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New Fiction BooksApril 2024
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Our Librarians have selected 10 of the newest fiction books in the collection.
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A Love Song for Ricki Wildeby Tia WilliamsLeaving behind her socialite family in Atlanta, Ricki Wilde moves to New York to open a flower shop as the Harlem Renaissance swirls around her - in the new novel from the author of Seven Days in June.
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Hidden Yellow Stars by Rebecca ConnollyIn Nazi-occupied Belgium, an unassuming schoolteacher and a resistance leader risk their lives to forge a daring covert operation to smuggle Jewish children to safety - in this novel based on a true story.
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The Chaos Agent by Mark GreaneyComing out of hiding when someone starts killing leading experts on robotics and intelligence, Gray Man, the world's deadliest assassin, must elude his enemies to uncover a sinister global plot.
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The Stranger in Her House by John MarrsWhen her elderly mother falls under the spell of a handyman who's a little too kind, a little too involved, Connie finds her desperate attempts to unmask him leaving her wondering if she's lost her grip on reality - and if that's been his plan all along.
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Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle CosimanoIn sore need of a girls' weekend away, Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero arrive in Atlantic City, where the odds are - seeing as it is actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero's childhood crush Javi and hunt down a stolen car - it won't be all fun and games.
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The Book of Doorsby Gareth BrownWhen her favorite customer, a lonely yet charming old man, dies right in front of her, Cassie holds onto the last book he was reading, which turns out to be a rare volume that has great power which she is tasked with protecting from those who will do evil.
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Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane OliverFilled with unforgettable characters dealing with the dangers of Jim Crow racism, this powerful story collection by a talented but missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African-American literature paints incisive and intimate portraits of families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments.
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Daybreakby Matt GallagherHaunted by a combat mistake, an American veteran joins an army friend to travel to Ukraine to help fight against the Russian invasion, but also hoping to look up a former love in Lviv to help right a past wrong.
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A Fire So Wildby Sarah Ruiz-GrossmanAs a wildfire threatens to engulf Berkeley, California, the city's residents, both rich and poor, are forced to confront the social and economic inequities that plague their community - in the new novel from a former climate journalist.
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Green Dotby Madeleine GrayDespite preferring women to men, a young Australian woman, adrift in millennial malaise and unmet potential, meets and falls for a married, middle-aged journalist while working at a news outlet moderating their online comments section.
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