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The wolf and the watchman : a novel by Niklas Natt och DagA disabled ex-soldier and a lawyer with tuberculosis comb the underworld of 18th-century Stockholm to unmask a ruthless murderer before a young workhouse laborer becomes the next victim.
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The Quintland Sisters by Shelley WoodAttending the birth of the Dionne quintuplets in 1934 Ontario, a teen midwife witnesses an explosive custody dispute between the government and family members involving the quintuplets' exploitation as curiosities.
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Before she knew him : a novel by Peter SwansonWhile she is in a new neighbor's home, a Boston artist with bipolar disorder spots an item that once belonged to the victim of an unsolved murder.
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We cast a shadow : a novel by Maurice Carlos RuffinIn a near-future South where an increasing number of people with dark skin endure cosmetic procedures to pass as white, a father embarks on an obsessive quest to protect his son, who bears a dark, spreading birthmark.
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The dragonfly sea : a novel by Yvonne Adhiambo OwuorA young woman growing up in an isolated island off the coast of Kenya discovers friends, enemies and her true self on a dramatic journey to the Far East.
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A student of history by Nina RevoyrA history graduate student at USC takes a job as the research assistant for an elderly oil-fortune heiress transcribing her journals and is soon drawn into her world of wealth and privilege.
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The last act : a novel by Brad ParksAccepting a lucrative six-month job from the FBI, a struggling stage actor impersonates a felon to get close to the fearsome head of one of Mexico's deadliest cartels.
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Instructions for a funeral : stories
by David Means
A collection of 14 stories from the O. Henry Prize-winning author includes the story of a woman whose seemingly natural death was in fact a murder, and an FBI raid which goes spectacularly wrong.
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Landfall by Thomas MallonThe award-winning author of Watergate reimagines the turbulent second term and political relationships of a mercurial President George W. Bush from the perspectives of two West Texans with disparate ideological views.
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The perfect alibi by Phillip MargolinTwo rape cases at the same bar are complicated by a prominent athlete's threats, baffling DNA evidence, suspicious attacks on case lawyers and a D.A.'s resolve to prosecute a killing in self-defense.
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We must be brave
by Frances Liardet
Caring for a lost child during the chaotic 1940 evacuation of her once-quiet Southampton village, a woman who never believed she wanted children finds herself unexpectedly at a loss when the child is taken away.
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The last woman in the forest by Diane Les BecquetsAn endangered wildlife protector on assignment in northern Alberta falls in love with her brilliant mentor before a tragic accident and disturbing inconsistencies trigger her suspicions about his possible role in four murders.
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White elephant : a novel by Julie LangsdorfWhen the owner of a gaudy monstrosity of a house compromises suburban aesthetics to sell the property, his fed-up neighbors stumble over private challenges to orchestrate an increasingly hostile, laugh-out-loud turf war.
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The river : a novel by Peter HellerTwo college students on a wilderness canoe trip find their survival skills and longtime best friendship tested by a wildfire, white-water hazards and two mysterious strangers.
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Night visitors by Carol GoodmanA social worker living alone in a run-down house in the woods offers shelter to a young boy and a woman fleeing an abusive relationship before their lives are threatened by dangerous secrets.
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The eulogist : a novel by Terry GambleIn pre-Civil War Ohio, Irish immigrants James, Olivia and Erasmus Givens must fend for themselves after they lose their mother to childbirth and their father boards a riverboat to New Orleans.
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Queenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsConstantly compared to her white middle-class peers, a young Jamaican-British woman in London makes a series of questionable decisions in the aftermath of a messy breakup before challenging herself to figure out who she wants to be.
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Make me a city : a novel by Jonathan CarrA fanciful reinterpretation of 19th-century Chicago traces its rise from a frontier settlement to an industrial colossus through the stories of a bombastic speculator, a pioneering woman reporter and the city's unheralded founder.
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Little faith : a novel by Nickolas ButlerA Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when an adult daughter falls under the influence of a radical church that threatens a grandchild's safety.
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Homeland by Fernando AramburuDescribes the story of two Basque families who were friends for generations but who became bitter enemies after the father of one is killed by ETA militants during the violent insurgency that plagued the region from the 1980s to 2011.
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