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Lessons in chemistry : a novel
by Bonnie Garmus

In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.
Killers of a certain age
by Deanna Raybourn

"Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire - it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn."
Look closer
by David Ellis

When the murder of a beautiful socialite in a nearby suburb blows up their lives, Simon and Vicky, a normal, well-respected, wealthy Chicago couple, find their secrets and lies having devastating consequences as it comes to light that one of them may be a killer.
Flying solo : a novel
by Linda Holmes

Returning to her Maine hometown to handle her grandmothers estate, Laurie investigates a love letter and a mysterious wooden duck she found at the bottom of a cedar chest and is swept up in a journey of self-discovery and antiques.
Like a house on fire : a novel
by Lauren McBrayer

Returning to her career at Jager + Brandt, Merit forms a true friendship with Jane, a brilliant and beautiful Danish architect who sees Merit for exactly who she is, and wonders if Jane is the love of her life, not the husband she’s been married to for 23 years.
The drowning sea
by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Former Long Island homicide detective Maggie Darcy finds her family vacation in Ireland taking a dangerous turn when a body washes up on shore, pulling her into an investigation that reveals old secrets, hidden relationships, crime and village politics..
The Woman in the Library
by Sulari Gentill

"The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room. Security guards immediately appear and instruct everyone inside to stay put until they determine there is no threat. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers who had been sitting in the reading room get to chatting and quickly become friendly. Harriet, Marigold, Whit, and Caine each have their own reasons for being in the reading room that morning--and it just happens that one of them may turn out to be a murderer."
Upgrade
by Blake Crouch

"Logan Ramsay can feel his brain...changing. And his body too. He's becoming something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. As he sets out to discover who did this to him, and why, his transformation threatens everything-his family, his job, even his freedom. Because the truth of what's happened to him is more disturbing than he could possibly imagine. His DNA has been rewritten with a genetic-engineering breakthrough beyond anything the world has seen-one that could change our very definitions of humanity. And the battle to control this unfathomable power has already begun. But what if humankind's only hope for survival lies in embracing this change-whatever the cost?"
The gatekeeper
by James Byrne

After foiling an attack at the hotel where hes staying, Dez, a retired mercenary, musician and gatekeeper, is back in action and drawn into a dangerous conspiracy involving media manipulation, militias, an armed coup and an attempt to fracture the very country in which we live.
Love in the time of serial killers
by Alicia Thompson

Obsessed with true crime, Phoebe Walsh, while spending the summer in Florida, is convinced her new neighbor is a serial killer, but its not long before she realizes he could something scariera genuinely nice guy who can break down the walls around her heart. Original.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin

Embarking on a legendary collaboration launching them to stardom, two friends, intimates since childhood, have the world at their feet until they discover that their success, brilliance and money wont protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of the heart.
Acts of violet
by Margarita Montimore

As the 10-year anniversary of the mid-act disappearance of her magician sister approaches, responsible Sasha, who has been raising her niece Quinn, is pursued by a podcaster devoted to the mystery who is becoming increasingly intrusive.
Nora Goes Off Script
by Annabel Monaghan

Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it’s her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage’s collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it’s picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old-home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne’er do well husband Nora’s life will never be the same.
Mother daughter traitor spy : a novel
by Susan Elia MacNeal

In 1940 Los Angeles, Veronica and her mother stumble upon an underground Nazi cell and go undercover to gather enough information to take to the authorities with the help of an anti-Nazi spymaster, embroiling them in a plot far more sinister than they feared where one misstep could cost them everything.
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