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Enchanted islands : a novel
by Allison Amend
A lonely spinster who works as a secretary for the Office of Naval Intelligence is sent on a secret mission to the Galápagos Islands with a much younger intelligence officer. By the author of A Nearly Perfect Copy
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The after party
by Anton DiSclafani
When her popular best friend, Joan, spirals out of control in their socially driven 1950s Houston community, Cece, a young wife and mother, struggles to intervene before making a painful choice. By the best-selling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.
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The city of mirrors : a novel
by Justin Cronin
A long-anticipated conclusion to the epic adventure set in an apocalyptic America finds the colony confronting a terrifying threat in the aftermath of the destruction of the Twelve, a situation that forces Amy and her companions to confront their destinies. By the best-selling author of Mary and O'Neil.
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Allegheny front
by Matthew Neill Null
Henry Prize-winning author Matthew Neill Null's lyrical and disquieting stories offer a panoramic portrait of his native West Virginia.
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Bones and Roses
by Eileen Goudge
After wrecking her real estate career in a booze-fueled blowout, Cypress Bay property manager and recovering alcoholic Tish Ballard thought she had put her past behind her. But when she opens an old trunk, a bequest from an anonymous benefactor,she finds it filled with bones and roses. Suddenly Tish is plunged into a murder case that dates back to her childhood.
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Wintering
by Peter Geye
The Eide family finds themselves changed forever after their elderly, demented patriarch runs into the wilderness of northern Minnesota in an attempt to reenact a similar adventure 60 years earlier.
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Ghostheart
by Roger Jon Ellory
When an enigmatic man arrives, claiming to be her late father's oldest friend, bookshop owner Annie O'Neill jumps at the chance to learn about her past, but soon discovers that he is much more interested in a 50-year-old betrayal that has something very much to do with her. By the best-selling author of A Quiet Belief in Angels.
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The Emperor's revenge
by Clive Cussler
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon join forces with a former CIA colleague to track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer who are behind a violent bank heist that occurred during the Monaco Grand Prix. Co-written by the best-selling author of the Dirk Pitt series.
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The invisible library
by Genevieve Cogman
An undercover librarian who works for an occult organization that collects books from different realities must determine what happened to a particularly dangerous book that has been stolen and becomes mired in a mystery infused with peril and conflicting clues.
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December boys : a Jay Porter novel
by Joe Clifford
Insurance investigator Jay Porter's investigation of a motor vehicle accident claim leads him to a political kickback scheme involving first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to privately owned hardcore behavioral modification centers.
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The king of fear : a Garrett Reilly thriller
by Drew Chapman
In an action-packed sequel to The Ascendant, Garrett Reilly, who sees what others do not—numbers, patterns, a nation on the brink of collapse—recognizes a string of events that could lead to economic Armageddon in the U.S. and, while confronting his own demons, reunites with the Ascendant team to face enemies on all sides.
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The readers of Broken Wheel recommend
by Katarina Bivald
A Swedish tourist opens a bookstore in Broken Wheel, Iowa, to honor her deceased pen pal and makes some unconventional choices that threaten to bring long-hidden secrets to light as she attempts to share her love of reading with the locals.
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins' all-time greatest hits : a novel
by Mark Binelli
A reimagining of the life of one-hit bluesman Screamin' Jay Hawkins depicts a flamboyant Hawkins who embarks on an outrageous career built on claims about his upbringing by Blackfoot Native Americans, deliberately inauthentic stage performances and his culturally dubious classic, "I Put a Spell On You." By the author of Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die!
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Under the harrow
by Flynn Berry
After arriving in London to discover that her sister has been brutally murdered, Nora unravels the mystery, uncovering a side of her sibling that was mired in secrets and danger and putting her own life at risk. Readers guide available.
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Grand hotel
by Vicki Baum
"A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in Vicki Baum's celebrated novel, a Weimar-era bestseller that retains all its verve and luster today.
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Britt-Marie was here : a novel
by Fredrik Backman
Walking away from her loveless marriage and taking a job in a derelict, financially devastated town, 63-year-old Britt-Marie uses her fierce organizational skills to become a local soccer coach to a group of lost children, becoming a vital community member along the way. By the author of A Man Called Ove.
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One Hundred Twenty-one Days
by Michele Audin
This debut novel by renowned mathematician Michèle Audin—only the second book ever published in English by a female member of the prestigious and influential Oulipo—follows the lives of French mathematicians through the World Wars. Oscillating stylistically from chapter to chapter—at times a novel, fable, historical research, diary—One Hundred Twenty-One Days locks and unlocks historical codes as it unravels the tragic entanglement of politics and science, culminating in a wholly original and emotionally powerful reading experience.
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