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The Last Days of Ellis Island
by Galle Josse
Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. New York, November 3, 1954: In a few days, the immigration inspection station on Ellis Island will close its doors forever. Told in a series of poignant diary entries, the last immigration officer of Ellis Island looks back over 45 years as gatekeeper to America. He recalls his brief marriage to beloved wife Liz, and is haunted by memories of a transgression involving Nella, an Italian immigrant. Original.
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Crosshairs : a novel
by Catherine Hernandez
The author of Scarborough presents a dystopian tale set in a near-future world where a queer Black performer and his allies fight an oppressive regime that is incarcerating the LGBTQ+ community, people of color and the disabled.
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Glimmer as you can : a novel
by Danielle Martin
Operating a secret women’s club in her 1962 Brooklyn Heights boutique, Madeline bonds with a British ex-pat who would save her troubled marriage and a young stewardess whose future plans have been irrevocably upended. A first novel.
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The art of falling : a novel
by Danielle McLaughlin
A woman finds her precarious marriage and career thrown into turmoil by a reckoning with an old friend and an enigmatic woman’s claim that she is the true creator of a famous work of art. A first novel.
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Black buck
by Mateo Askaripour
An unambitious college graduate accepts a job at Sumwun, the hottest NYC startup, and reimagines himself as “Buck” a ruthless salesman and begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate America’s sales force.
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New Science Fiction & Fantasy
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King of the rising
by Kacen Callender
A conclusion to the duology that began with Queen of the Conquered finds Loren Jannik leading his fellow slaves in a push for freedom before discovering an option that could shift the course of the revolution.
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Princess Floralinda and the Forty-flight Tower
by Tamsyn Muir
When the witch built the forty-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Each flight contains a dreadful monster, ranging from a diamond-scaled dragon to a pack of slavering goblins. Should a prince battle his way to the top, he will be rewarded with a golden sword—and the lovely Princess Floralinda.
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Spin
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister—as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course.
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Elegy for the Undead
by Matthew Vesely
Jude and Lyle's newlywed life is shattered when a vicious attack leaves Lyle infected with a disease that transforms him into a violent and often incomprehensible person. With no cure for the "zombie" virus in sight, the young husbands begin to face the last months they have together before Lyle loses himself completely. Fond remembrances of young love meet the challenges of navigating a partner's terminal illness in this bittersweet tale that explores both how we fall in love and how we say goodbye when the time comes far too soon.
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The Chimera Code
by Wayne Santos
Cloke's one of the best; a mercenary with some unusual talents and an attitude to match. But when she's hired by a virtual construct to destroy the other copies of himself, and the down payment is a new magical skill, she knows this job is going to be a league harder than anything she's ever done.
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Cold wind : a mystery
by Paige Shelton
A sequel to Thin Ice finds Beth investigating the discovery of a trapper’s secluded home in the woods near Benedict, Alaska, where a murder victim is linked to the owner of the local mercantile.
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Murder in old Bombay
by Nev March
Investigating the double murder of two women in 1892 Bombay, Captain Jim Agnihotri is confronted by suspicion on both sides of a divided land before his investigation triggers unexpected consequences. An award-winning first novel.
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Heather and homicide
by Molly MacRae
"The new novel in the...Highland Bookshop mystery series finds a true-crime author murdered in the charming seacoast town of Inversgail--can the women of Yon Bonnie Books discover the killer's identity before he or she strikes again?"
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Lazarus
by Lars Kepler
Investigating the murder spree of a killer who is targeting Europe’s most infamous criminals, Detective Joona Linna connects two of the victims before discovering she is following a ghost from her own past. By the author of The Hypnotist.
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The mystery of Mrs. Christie : a novel
by Marie Benedict
Claiming amnesia after going missing for more than a week in late 1926, up-and-coming mystery author Agatha Christie pens a chilling story that brashly implicates her war-hero husband. By the author of The Other Einstein.
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