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Transit
by Rachel Cusk
Moving to London with her two young sons in the wake of a family collapse, a writer endures personal, moral, artistic and practical transitions while confronting difficult questions about her vulnerability and power. By the author of Aftermath.
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The sleepwalker : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
When a sleepwalker who has experienced episodes of near violence while unconscious goes missing, her eldest daughter, Lianna, finds herself drawn to a lead detective who seems to know more than he is revealing. By the author of The Guest Room.
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Lillian Boxfish takes a walk : a novel
by Kathleen Rooney
Embarking on a walk across the unsafe landscape of Manhattan on New Year's Eve in 1984, 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish recalls her long and eventful life, which included a brief reign as the highest-paid advertising woman in America, whose career was cut short by marriage and loss. By the author of O, Democracy!
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Idaho : a novel
by Emily Ruskovich
A tale told from multiple perspectives traces the complicated relationship between Ann and Wade on a rugged landscape and how they came together in the aftermath of his first wife's imprisonment for a violent murder. A first novel.
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History of wolves : a novel
by Emily Fridlund
Living with her parents in a nearly abandoned counterculture commune, 14-year-old Linda finds her perspectives and desires changed by the scandal-marked arrest of a teacher and the secrets of a new neighbor family as she wrestles with the consequences of actions and failures in the name of love.
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Behind her eyes : a novel
by Sarah Pinborough
The secretary of a successful psychiatrist is drawn into the seemingly picture-perfect life of her boss and his wife before discovering a complex web of controlling behaviors and secrets that gradually reveal profound and dangerous flaws in the couple's relationship.
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The nowhere man
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
A sequel to Orphan X finds Evan Smoak murderously pursued by the new head of the Orphan program and turning the tables on captors who find themselves trapped with Smoak in a virtual cage.
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The girl in green
by Derek Miller
A tale set in the aftermath of Desert Storm finds a British journalist who avoids his family and a reckless American private seeking redemption after failing to save the life of a young girl. By the award-winning author of Norwegian by Night.
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The boy who escaped paradise : a novel
by Chæong-myæong Yi
Arrested after a body is found beside mathematical symbols written in blood, Gilmo, a North Korean national, is assigned to CIA operative Angela, who learns of his past in Pyongyang, where he was imprisoned for his father's religious beliefs before using his math genius to escape and navigate the criminal underworld.
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Ring of fire
by Brad Taylor
Learning of an imminent terrorist attack on the U.S., Pike Logan, Jennifer Cahill and the Taskforce race against time to stop catastrophic events in multiple locations. By the best-selling author of The Forgotten Soldier.
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Pull me under
by Kelly Luce
A Japanese American girl must confront her past, which included fatally stabbing a playground bully, when she returns to Japan after receiving a mysterious package that might have something to do with the death of her violinist father.
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Lucky boy
by Shanthi Sekaran
A wrenching emotional battle ensues between an undocumented Mexican single mother and an Indian-American chef who cannot have children when the latter is placed in the care of the former's son during an immigration detention. By the author of The Prayer Room.
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Human acts : a novel
by Kang Han
A U.S. release of an award-winning, controversial best-seller from South Korea follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones.
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Homesick for another world : stories
by Ottessa Moshfegh
A highly anticipated first collection by the award-winning author of Eileen features protagonists who stumble on their own base impulses in their unsettling and laugh-out-loud pursuits of fulfillment.
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Her every fear
by Peter Swanson
A woman prone to panic attacks in the aftermath of a violent kidnapping relocates to a cousin's home in Boston, where a neighbor's murder embroils her in speculation about her cousin's nature and the intentions of an appealing stranger.
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Doctorow : collected stories
by E. L. Doctorow
An anthology of 15 signature classics by the late author of such best-sellers as Billy Bathgate has stories hand-selected by Doctorow himself and includes the tales "The Water Works," "Jolene," "All the Time in the World" and many more.
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Dark at the crossing : a novel
by Elliot Ackerman
The author of Green on Blue presents a contemporary love story set on the Turkish border of Syria, where an Arab American with a conflicted past attempts to join the fight against Bashar al-Assad's regime before the plight of his host family reshapes his loyalties.
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Burning bright
by Nicholas Petrie
When his restful vacation among the northern California redwoods is hampered by claustrophobia and a grizzly that forces him to retreat up a tree, war veteran Peter Ash discovers a hanging platform where a journalist who has escaped a kidnapping is hiding from gun-toting captors.
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America's first daughter
by Stephanie Dray
A carefully researched tale based on thousands of original sources imagines the experiences of third American President's daughter Patsy, who while accompanying her father to Paris struggles with his past affair with a slave and falls in love with his protégé against a backdrop of a growing revolution.
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