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Heiress on Fire
by Kellie Mccourt
After accidentally blowing up her husband, can Indigo get back on her four-inch heels? In this madcap debut, One for the Money meets Crazy Rich Asians with a little Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries thrown in.
Reader rating: 5/5
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Kika & Me: How One Extraordinary Guide Dog Changed My World
by Amit Patel
Amit Patel is working as a trauma doctor when a rare condition causes him to lose his sight within thirty-six hours. Totally dependent on others and terrified of stepping outside with a white cane after he's assaulted, he hits rock bottom. He refuses to leave home on his own for three months. With the support of his wife Seema he slowly adapts to his new situation, but how could life ever be the way it was? Then his guide dog Kika comes along.
Reader rating: 5/5
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My Ball
by Doug McCaulay
A beautiful story about two friends learning to cope/accept what life throws at them. This book is not available from Hamilton City Libraries.
Reader rating: 5/5
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The Ice
by Laline Paull
A frozen corpse emerges from a melting glacier and after three years of uncertainty, Sean Cawson can finally put the past behind him. Tom Harding, Sean’s friend of thirty years was lost in an accident and Sean was the last person to see him alive. Tom’s body is not the only secret hidden in the ice.
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When the apricots bloom
by Gina Wilkinson
Three very different women navigate the complexities of trust, friendship and motherhood in turn-of-the-millennium Iraq, in a debut novel inspired by the author’s experiences as an award-winning foreign correspondent in Baghdad during the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Reader rating: 4.5/5
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Statue of limitations
by Kate Collins
Athena Spencer must live up to her warrior goddess namesake to protect her family from a killer and save their community from ruin after the powerful Talbot family threatens to raze the shops on Greene Street, resulting in murder.
Reader rating: 4/5
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The Paris secret
by Natasha Lester
Discovering a priceless collection of Dior gowns in her grandmother’s vacant cottage, a fashion conservator delves into the mystery of their origins in the years following World War II while uncovering her beloved grandmother’s remarkable story.
Reader rating: 4/5
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Crossing the Line
by John Sutherland
As a society, we are captivated by policing; we watch police procedurals and fly-on-the-wall documentaries and absorb the headlines on the rolling news. Yet how much do we really know about the world that policing inhabits and reveals?
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