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The magnetic girl
by Jessica Handler
A girl in post-Civil War rural Georgia discovers that by harnessing the power of electricity she can control the thoughts and actions of others and sets out on a quest to use this power to heal her disabled baby brother.
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Sidney Sheldon's The silent widow by Tilly BagshaweA decade after a young au pair goes missing in Mexico City, psychologist Nikki Roberts uncovers a common link between the cold case and a spate of murders in Los Angeles (by the best-selling author of Angel of the dark).
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Women talking : a novel by Miriam ToewsAfter learning the men in the community have been drugging and attacking more than a hundred women, eight Mennonite women meet in secret to decide whether they should escape to a place outside the colony or stay in the only world they've ever known.
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The mister by E. L JamesAfter he inherits his family’s noble title, wealth and estates, Maxim Trevelyan must fight his desire for an enigmatic woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous past (by the best-selling author of Fifty shades of Grey).
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Feast your eyes : a novel by Myla GoldbergThe life of a controversial mid-20th-century photographer is chronicled through her daughter's memories, interviews with her intimates and excerpts from journals and letters documenting her quest for artistic legitimacy in the face of public notoriety.
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Waiting for Bojangles : a novel by Olivier BourdeautLiving in a Parisian apartment with his eccentric parents and an exotic bird, a young boy must keep his unpredictable mother safe as she descends deeper into madness in a darkly humorous novel about dealing with the realities of mental illness in unique ways.
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The Persian gamble by Joel C. RosenbergA former U.S. Secret Service agent infiltrates enemy territory and forges a precarious alliance with a Russian double agent to halt a world-threatening nuclear alliance among enemy nations (by the best-selling author of The Kremlin Conspiracy).
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Bluff by Jane Stanton HitchcockA fallen socialite sets in motion a plan for revenge that begins by intentionally shooting the wrong man at a fancy New York restaurant (by the New York Times best-selling author of Trick of the eye).
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The wall : a novel
by John Lanchester
When the island nation of an Earth-like world builds a concrete barrier around its entire coastline, a Defender charged with protecting his section of the Wall from the desperate Others trapped outside begins questioning the political divides of his insular existence.
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Afternoon of a faun : a novel by James LasdunWhen his expat journalist friend is accused of sexual assault in a former girlfriend's memoir, a man finds himself caught between loyalty and an urgent desire to uncover the truth (by the author of The fall guy).
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Trust exercise : a novel
by Susan Choi
Falling in love while attending a competitive 1980s performing arts high school, David and Sarah rise through the ranks before the realities of their family dynamics and economic statuses trigger a spiral that impacts their adult lives.
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The view from Alameda Island by Robyn CarrDeciding on her 24th wedding anniversary that she will no longer uphold pretenses about her idyllic family life, Lauren taps the power of her inner strength to separate from her controlling husband and pursue a happier relationship.
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The book of dreams : a novel by Nina GeorgeRendered comatose after an act of heroism, a man revisits memories of his British youth, while his ex forges an unexpected, profound friendship with the teenage son he has never known (by the author of The little Paris bookshop).
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A wonderful stroke of luck : a novel
by Ann Beattie
A man who attended a prestigious New England boarding school has his life turned upside down by the reappearance in his life of an enigmatic and brilliant but difficult former teacher who makes him question everything he knows.
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Miracle Creek by Angie KimA dramatic murder trial in the aftermath of an experimental medical treatment and a fatal explosion upends a rural Virginia community where personal secrets and private ambitions complicate efforts to uncover what happened.
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Outside looking in : a novel by T. Coraghessan BoyleA novel inspired by the controversial psychedelic drug experiments of Timothy Leary traces the impact of LSD and communal living on a 1960s Harvard grad student and his wife (by the award-winning author of The Terranauts).
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Crown jewel : a Simon Riske novel by Christopher ReichA sequel to the New York Times best-selling novel The take finds international spy Simon Riske connecting a series of crimes in Monte Carlo's most lavish casinos to a brutal plot by an organization of criminal gamblers.
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The last romantics : a novel by Tara ConklinA fictional poet describes the Connecticut summer when she and her siblings ran wild as the inspiration for her most iconic work (by the New York Times best-selling novel of The house girl).
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