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New Fiction BooksFebruary 2021
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The mystery of Mrs. Christieby Marie BenedictClaiming amnesia after going missing for more than a week in late 1926, up-and-coming mystery author Agatha Christie pens a chilling story about a missing woman, a murderous husband, and a plan to expose the truth, which brashly implicates her war-hero husband - by the author of The Other Einstein.
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Twenty by James GrippandoA nightmarish shooting at their daughter’s school finds Jack Swyteck and his law-enforcement officer wife Andie investigating a chief suspect’s alleged ties to Al Qaeda amid growing anti-Muslim fervor.
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To cook a bear by Mikael NiemiBecoming Laestadius’s faithful son and disciple in 1852 Sweden, runaway Jussi works with the famous pastor to track down a killer who is targeting maids, unaware of the evil closing in on them.
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The prophetsby Robert JonesTwo enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation find refuge in each other while transforming a quiet shed into a haven for their fellow slaves, before an enslaved preacher declares their bond sinful in this novel of slavery's brutality, racism, misogyny and homophobia.
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Waiting for the night song by Julie Carrick DaltonCadie returns to her childhood home to confront her estranged best friend and the dark secret they both share and must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to protect the people and the land she loves amidst drought, foreclosure, wildfires and the tensions between locals and displaced migrant farmers.
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Our Italian summer by Jennifer ProbstA concerned grandmother convinces her workaholic daughter and rebellious teen granddaughter to reconnect with family during a trip to the rolling hills and historical sites of Italy, where a seminary student imparts lessons in acceptance, healing and love.
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The perfect guests by Emma RousA teen orphan in the isolated East Anglian fens of 1988 finds her existence irrevocably changed by her host family’s seemingly harmless game, before an actress is invited to play a strange role at a party 30 years later.
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The revolution according to Raymundo Mata by Gina ApostolA sight-impaired, avid reader traces his Manila childhood and revolutionary activities at the side of Filipino nationalist Jose Rizal against a backdrop of Spanish colonial-era violence - by the National Book Award-winning author of Bibliolepsy.
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The children's blizzardby Melanie BenjaminThe best-selling author of The Aviator’s Wife draws on oral histories of the Great Plains blizzard of 1888 to depict the experiences of two teachers, a servant and a reporter who risk everything to protect the children of immigrant homesteaders.
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Nora : a love story of Nora and James Joyce by Nuala O'ConnorA bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce’s wife and muse describes the experiences of an early 20th-century Dublin chambermaid who sacrifices everything to help her addict husband achieve literary acclaim.
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Slash and burn by Claudia HernándezIn the wake of war and political trauma in Central/Latin America, a woman returns to her community riven with distrust, fear and hypocrisy in search of the daughter she was forced to give up.
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Joint custody by Lauren Baratz-LogstedA devoted pooch resorts to escalating means, including the consumption of chocolate, to make the Man and Woman who share custody of him get back together before the arrival of a New Man prompts even more drastic doggy measures.
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Confessions of a curious bookseller by Elizabeth GreenTold through emails, journal entries, combative online reviews, texts and tweets, this novel follows Fawn Birchill, owner of a used bookstore in West Philadelphia, as she goes up against a young indie bookseller while navigating a series of misguided and strained relationships.
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Pianos and flowers : brief encounters of the romantic kind by Alexander McCall SmithAn anthology of 14 stories by the best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series imagines the rich lives and loves behind everyday people featured in pictures from the London Sunday Times photograph archives.
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The other mother by Matthew DicksA boy mourning the sudden death of his father and resenting his overworked mother’s marriage to another man wakes up one morning to discover that his real mother has been replaced by a mysterious "other mother", one nobody else seems to notice.
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Meet me in Bombayby Jenny AshcroftA homesick Englishwoman falls in love with a charismatic man who opens her eyes to the beauty and culture of 1913 Bombay before their relationship is complicated by a disapproving parent and the harsh realities of war.
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Tropic of stupid by Tim DorseyEmbarking on a Sunshine State road trip to meet long-lost family members, Serge Storms discovers that he may be related to a notorious serial killer before encountering a park ranger with her own mysterious agenda in this darkly humorous/amateur sleuth novel.
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The lost manuscript by Cathy BonidanDiscovering an abandoned manuscript in her Brittany hotel room, a woman falls in love with the story and begins a life-changing correspondence with its mysterious writer - by the award-winning author of The Perfume of Hellebore Rose.
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Shippedby Angie HockmanCompeting for the same promotion, a workaholic marketing manager and her e-mail nemesis discover their mutual attraction when they meet for the first time while researching their company’s cruise line in the Galápagos Islands.
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Trioby William BoydA film location in 1968 Brighton is riotously upended by a scandalous intelligence investigation into the secret lives and loves of a novelist, an actress and a movie producer - by the award-winning author of Love Is Blind.
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