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While traveling from London to Kingfisher Hill to discretely investigate murder allegations against a wealthy client's wife, Hercule Poirot swaps seats with a nervous train passenger before a second killing is complicated by a series of impossible confessions.
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The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampiresby Grady Hendrix, narrated by Bahni TurpinWhen her hectic but predictable life is upended by a vicious attack by an elderly local, Patricia unexpectedly bonds with a well-read neighbor who her senile mother-in-law claims to have known herself when she was a girl.
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Writers & Loversby Lily King, narrated by Stacey GlemboskiA follow-up to the award-winning Euphoria follows the story of a former child golf prodigy-turned-unemployed writer whose determination to live a creative life is complicated by her relationships with two very different men.
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Star wars, the rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson, narrated by Marc ThompsonJust as the spark of rebellion is rekindling, a mysterious signal broadcasts throughout the galaxy, with a chilling message: Emperor Palpatine, long thought defeated and destroyed, is back from the dead. Kylo Ren cuts a swath of destruction across the stars, determined to discover any challenge to his control over the First Order and his destiny to rule over the galaxy--and crush it completely. Meanwhile, to discover the truth, Rey, Finn, Poe, and the Resistance must embark on the most perilous adventure they have ever faced.
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I'd give anythingby Marisa De los Santos, narrated by Caitlin KellyGinny hides what she knows about the incident in which a friend's firefighter father was killed for decades before a scandal involving her husband threatens to destroy everything.
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The end of her : a novel by Shari Lapena, narrated by Karissa VackerWhen a woman from her husband’s past shows up and raises questions about the death of his first wife, Stephanie remains loyal to her husband until a newly opened police investigation starts eroding her trust and her marriage.
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The Down Days by Ilze Hugo, narrated by Bianca Amato and Gideon EmeryAfter a deadly outbreak, a quarantined African city is losing its mind, with residents experiencing hallucinations and paranoia, and a fulltime corpse collector and a freelance “truthologist” named Faith must make sense of it all.
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Her last flightby Beatriz Williams, narrated by Cassandra CampbellInvestigating the fate of a forgotten aviation pioneer in 1947, war correspondent Janey Everett tracks down the pilot's former student before learning the remarkable story of their complicated and passionate relationship.
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Broken by Don Winslow, narrated by Ray Porter and Kaleo GriffithPresents a collection of six novellas in which drug dealers, bounty hunters, fugitives, struggling cops, and lost souls rob, steal, kill, corrupt, and betray.
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Oona out of orderby Margarita Montimore, narrated by Brittany PressleyOona Lockhart, a young woman destined to wake up on each birthday to a different random year in her life, struggles through an out-of-order existence as she tries to reconcile her inner youth with the realities of shifting external identities, appearances, and period norms.
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Eleanor by David Michaelis, read by Gabra ZackmanThe award-winning author of Schulz and Peanuts presents a breakthrough portrait of America’s longest-serving First Lady that includes coverage of her major contributions throughout critical historical events and her essential role in advancing international human rights.
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Race for Profit : How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, read by Janina EdwardsKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offers a chronicle of the twilight of redlining and the introduction of conventional real estate practices into the Black urban market, uncovering a transition from racist exclusion to predatory inclusion. In the 1970s, new housing policies encouraged African Americans to become homeowners, and these programs generated unprecedented real estate sales in Black urban communities. However, inclusion in the world of urban real estate was fraught with new problems.
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