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New & Coming Soon FictionJuly 2017
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The Address : a novel by Fiona DavisStruggling to rebuild after rehab, an interior designer leaps at a chance to renovate her heiress cousin's lavish apartment and learns the scandalous history of a distant ancestor's connection to the murder of the building's architect a century earlier. By the author of The Dollhouse. FICTION DAVIS
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After the Fall : a novel by Julie CohenFrom the author who brought you Dear Thing comes After the Fall--a poignant, beautifully heartbreaking novel about what it means to be family, the ties that bind us, and the secrets that threaten to tear us apart. When an unfortunate accident forces Honor back into the lives of her widowed daughter-in-law, Jo, and her only granddaughter, Lydia, she cannot wait to be well enough to get back to her own home. However, the longer she stays with Jo and Lydia, the more they start to feel like a real family. But each of the three women is keeping secrets from the others that threaten to destroy the lives they've come to know. FICTION COHEN
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The Alice Network : a novel by Kate QuinnIn 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission. Original. 100,000 first printing. FICTION QUINN
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The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn JacksonSwept off her feet by a costumed man at a comics convention, a graphic novelist discovers that she is pregnant with a biracial child and avoids telling her conventional Southern family while assisting her elderly grandmother, who has been hiding a dangerous secret linked to the Civil War. 100,000 first printing. FICTION JACKSON
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky : a novel by Mark T SullivanA teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps but is forced by his parents to enlist as a German soldier for his own protection, where he becomes a spy for the Allies. Original. FICTION SULLIVAN
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Black Mad Wheel by Josh MalermanA Detroit band desperate to reclaim fame is recruited by the government to track down the source of a mysterious sound in the African desert, which they link to an ominous conspiracy and an enigmatic accident victim's remarkable recovery. 25,000 first printing. FICTION MALERMAN
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Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy CoopermanBest friends Annie and Sarah need money, so they join forces to sell an anti-aging face cream laced with an illegal ingredient to Annie's Southern California book club. FICTION COOPERMAN
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The Destroyers by Christopher BollenFleeing to a Greek island in the aftermath of his father's death, a humiliated young man reconnects with a best friend and girlfriend from his youth before being swept up in a web of deception involving a violent fantasy game he played as a child. 50,000 first printing. FICTION BOLLEN
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The Diplomat's Daughter : a novel by Karin TanabeA Japanese-American woman and a German-American man in a World War II internment camp fall in love before one is extradited and the other enlists in the U.S. Army in the hopes that a Pacific assignment will enable their reunion, a situation that is complicated by her first love and the realities of war. By the author of The Gilded Years. Original. FICTION TANABE
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Extraordinary Adventures by Daniel WallaceA single man with a dead-end job who lives in a seedy neighborhood with his spirited mother wins a couples-only vacation and is given only 79 days to find someone to take with him. By the best-selling author of Big Fish. FICTION WALLACE
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A French Wedding : a novel by Hannah TunnicliffeSix longtime college friends reunite on the coast of Brittany for a birthday celebration marked by sumptuous foods, tricky romantic entanglements and hidden secrets. By the author of The Color of Tea. FICTION TUNNICLIFFE
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Fresh Complaint : stories by Jeffrey EugenidesJeffrey Eugenides's bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and what it means to be American in our times. The stories in "Fresh Complaint" explore equally rich --and intriguing--territory. FICTION EUGENIDES
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The Girl of the Lake : stories by Bill Roorbach"Nine richly varied, often funny, always moving stories that cross a range of landscapes and generations to reveal the complex workings of the human heart. Bill Roorbach has been called "a kinder, gentler John Irving . . . a humane and entertaining storyteller with a smooth, graceful style" (the Washington Post), and his work has been described as "hilarious and heartbreaking, wild and wise" (Parade magazine), all of which is evident in spades (and also hearts, clubs, and diamonds) in every story in this arresting new collection. FICTION ROORBACH
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Goodbye, Vitamin : a novel by Rachel KhongStruggling with disillusionment in the aftermath of a broken engagement, Ruth moves back home with her parents to discover that her professor father's erratic memory loss and her mother's eccentricity are manifesting in near-comical ways that help Ruth transform her grief. A first novel. FICTION KHONG
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Here and Gone : a novel by Haylen BeckWrongly arrested after fleeing her abusive husband's home, a mother desperately fights corrupt authorities to recover her stolen children; while a man across the country hears the story on the news and identifies links to similar events in his own past. FICTION BECK
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If We Were Villians by M. L. RioEntreated to tell his side of the story to a detective who put him in prison a decade earlier for a murder he may not have committed, Oliver describes his past as a Shakespearean actor whose rivalry with a castmate escalated in dangerous ways. A first novel. FICTION RIO
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The Last Laugh : a novel by Lynn FreedWhen their empty-nest freedom is compromised by the demands of their grandchildren, three friends embark on a year-long excursion to Greece that is complicated by an extramarital affair, a stalking client, an ex and an unscrupulous fortune-hunter. By the author of The Servants' Quarters. FICTION FREED
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Less : a novel by Andrew Sean GreerReceiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his 50th birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing himself and making connections with the past. By the author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli. 50,000 first printing. FICTION GREER
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Letters to his Neighbor by Marcel ProustLetters to His Neighbor Is richly illustrated with facsimile letters and photographs--catnip for lovers of Proust. With an Introduction by Jean-Yves Tadi; and a translator's note by Lydia Davis. 813 PRO
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The Lying Game by Ruth WareIn the wake of a woman's horrifying discovery of human remains along a scenic tidal estuary, the members of a once-inseparable clique from a second-rate boarding school near the English Channel reflect on their participation in a dangerous game of deception that contributed to the death of a teacher. By the best-selling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood. FICTION WARE
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Often I Am Happy : a novel by Jens Christian GrøndahlWhen her husband, Georg, passes away, 70-year-old Ellinor, in desperate need to confide in someone, starts addressing her long-dead best friend, Anna, who was also Georg’s first wife, and finds it meaningful to finally divulge long-held secrets and burdens of her past. Reading-group guide available. 30,000 first printing. FICTION GRONDAHL
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The Outer Cape : a novel by Patrick DaceyReturning to the small town of their childhoods in the aftermath of their father's release from white-collar prison and their mother's fateful diagnosis, two young men find themselves atoning for the mistakes of their parents in order to resolve long-standing family dynamics. A first novel. FICTION DACEY
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River Under the Road : a novel by Scott SpencerMeeting at a vast Hudson River estate, two couples become estranged by unexpected successes and reactions that shape the lives of diverse friends and family members over the course of two decades. 40,000 first printing. FICTION SPENCER
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The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr : a novel by Frances MaynardForced to confront her social anxiety in the wake of her mother's stroke, a young woman who lives by strict if unreliable codes of conduct devises a seven-step approach to coping with the outside world, before a series of awkward encounters reveals how most people do not live according to rules. Original. FICTION MAYNARD
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The Shark Club by Ann Kidd TaylorNearly two decades after surviving a shark attack in the Gulf of Mexico, a world-traveling marine biologist and respected "shark whisperer" harbors private insecurities that compel her to return to her Florida coast home to explore old and new relationships. A first novel by the best-selling co-author of Traveling With Pomegranates. FICTION TAYLOR
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Shtum : a novel by Jem LesterAfter strategically faking a separation with his wife to influence a tribunal’s decision about the future of his severely autistic son’s education, Ben Jewell moves in with his elderly and cantankerous father and learns harsh lessons about accountability. FICTION LESTER
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The Sisters Chase by Sarah HealyRendered homeless by her mother's accidental death, 18-year-old Mary takes her younger sister across the country in search of a better life that is further complicated by painful secrets. By the author of Can I Get an Amen? 35,000 first printing. FICTION HEALY
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The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues : a novel by Edward Kelsey MooreThe late-in-life marriage of two infamous natives of an Indiana community attracts the return of a famous guitar bluesman while compelling numerous locals to resolve long-standing disputes, from a philanderer who would prove his faithfulness, to a transgender woman who would live authentically. By the best-selling author of The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat. FICTION MOORE
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Unsub : a novel by Meg GardinerA psychological thriller inspired by the unsolved case of the Zodiac Killer follows the efforts of a young detective who resolves to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city 20 years earlier. By the Edgar Award-winning author of China Lake. FICTION GARDINER
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It's the story "They" don't want you to read. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. No, don't put the book back on the shelf -- it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from reading it. Yes, it works with e-books, too, I don't have time to explain how. John Dies at the End 's "smart take on fear manages to tap into readers' existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next" ( Publishers Weekly ) and This Book is Full of Spiders was "unlike any other book of the genre" ( Washington Post ). Now, New York Times bestselling author David Wong is back with What the Hell Did I Just Read, the third installment of this black-humored thriller series. FICTION WONG
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The Windfall : a novel by Diksha BasuMoving to a wealthy community after the lucrative sale of their website, Mr. And Mrs. Jha, formerly of East Delhi, struggle with cultural changes while their son, studying in America, pursues romance and wonders how his parents' new status will affect his life choices. FICTION BASU
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The Witches of New York by Ami McKayA tale inspired by Manhattan's 19th-century witchcraft revival finds a celebrated teahouse proprietress and a gifted medium teaming up with a dream interpreter in the aftermath of a psychic colleague's disappearance. Original. FICTION MCKAY
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Armistice by Harry TurtledoveA conclusion to the trilogy set in a mid-20th-century alternate universe reimagines humanity's attempts to rebuild in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear war. By the Hugo Award-winning author of the War That Came Early series. SCI FI TURTLEDOVE
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The Black Elfstone : the fall of Shannara by Terry BrooksA first entry in an epic four-part series concluding the Shannara Chronicles depicts a peaceful Four Lands that are invaded by a largely ignored, mysterious army whose true agenda is recognized by a band of outcasts who would expose the truth. By the best-selling author of The Sword of Shannara. SCI FI BROOKS
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Gather the daughters : a novel by Jennie MelamedStarving herself to fend off adulthood in a radical post-apocalypse community where a few chosen men scavenge for detritus and women are little more than breeders, a teen leader investigates a shocking mystery that is contradictory to law before risking her life to organize a girl uprising. 30,000 first printing. SCI FI MELAMED
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Gilded Cage by Vic JamesA tale set in an alternate-universe England where the lower classes must endure 10 years of forced service to magically powered rulers follows the exploits of a rebellious teen and his knowledge-seeking older sister, who spark a rebellion while a dangerous young aristocrat uses dark magic to remake the world. A first novel. SCI FI JAMES
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The Half-Drowned King : a novel by Linnea HartsuykerBetrayed by his usurping stepfather during his return trip to his ancestral lands, a young warrior resolves to exact revenge and claim the woman he loves at the side of a strong Norse fighter rumored to be a prophesied king. 50,000 first printing. SCI FI HARTSUYKER
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