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Garden of lies
by Amanda Quick
Refusing to believe that her star employee's death was not accidental, Ursula Kern, the owner of a secretarial agency for wealthy clients, hires skeptical adventurer Slater Roxton to investigate the dark side of cultured society. By the best-selling author of Otherwise Engaged.
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Little Bastards in Springtime
by Katja Rudolph
It's spring 1992. Jevrem Andric is eleven years old, and brutal civil war is erupting in Sarajevo. Five years later, what's left of his family has immigrated to Toronto, where Jevrem Andric faces fight for emotional survival and a family's attempt to find peace in a new land.
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Inside the O'Briens : a novel
by Lisa Genova
When a beloved Irish-Catholic police officer is diagnosed with Huntington's Disease, his grown children witness their father's demise and consider whether they want to be tested to see if they have inherited the condition. By the best-selling author of Still Alice.
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Blood brothers
by Ernst Haffner
Delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power, describing how gang members move from one petty crime to the next, finding in one another the legitimacy denied them by society.
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My documents
by Alejandro Zambra
A collection of eleven short stories presenting portraits of life in Chile before and after Pinochet.
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The given world
by Marian Palaia
Withdrawing and taking drugs to cope when her brother goes missing in Vietnam, Riley falls in love with a reservation youth who also goes to war, compelling a journey to Vietnam that introduces her to others affected by wartime losses. A first novel.
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Emma : a modern retelling
by Alexander McCall Smith
The best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency presents a modern rendering of Jane Austen's classic that follows the experiences of a college graduate who returns to the side of her health-nut father and interferes in the personal lives of her friends.
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The Valley
by John Renehan
Summoned to a formidable region in Afghanistan to help defend one of the country's most dangerous outposts, a young Army lieutenant confronts the realities of a traumatized platoon overwhelmed by regional violence and dark secrets. A first novel.
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A reunion of ghosts : a novel
by Judith Claire Mitchell
Forging a suicide pact in accordance with a macabre tradition, three sisters reflect on their shared love and the tragedies that have overshadowed their ancestors and personal lives. Reading-group guide available. By the author of The Last Day of the War.
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Barefoot dogs : stories
by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
This collection of intertwined short stories follows the members of a wealthy family in Mexico City as they disperse across the globe, facing heartbreak and financial ruin, after their patriarch is kidnapped by shady underworld forces.
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Delicious foods : a novel
by James Hannaham
A young widow with an addiction is lured away to a remote farm by a shady company called Delicious Foods, where she is held captive and forced into hard labor while she struggles to become reunited with her young son.
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I refuse
by Per Petterson
A U.S. release of a best-seller from Norway follows a chance encounter between two childhood friends, including one who escaped an abusive father, that reveals how their fortunes have reversed. By the award-winning author of Out Stealing Horses.
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