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New & Coming Soon FictionDecember 2019
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The Book of Science and Antiquities by Thomas KeneallyObsessively researching prehistoric remains believed to represent a link between Africa and ancient Australia, an award-winning documentary filmmaker uncovers the complex world of a peaceful, 40,000-year-old tribal human. By the award-winning author of Schindler’s List.
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The revisionaries
by A. R. Moxon
When a nearby mental hospital releases its patients to run amok throughout his neighborhood, a man pretending to be a street preacher to hide his dark past struggles to protect his followers from otherworldly forces.
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The German house : a novel by Annette HessSet against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess's international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator-caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power-as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation's past.
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Such a fun age : a novel by Kiley ReidA story about race and privilege is centered around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.
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Africaville : a novel by Jeffrey ColvinThree generations of a family of former slaves, the founders of a small Nova Scotia community, navigate prejudice, harsh weather and estrangements against a backdrop of the historical events of the 20th century.
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Reputation
by Sara Shepard
Told in multiple points of view, a story of intrigue, sabotage and secrets follows a tight-knit college community as it is rocked to its core when a hacker dumps 40,000 people’s emails onto an easily searchable database, which results in murder.
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The sacrament : a novel
by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
Tells the haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims. By the author of One Station Away
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Holly Banks Full of Angst by Julie ValerieInstantly slighted by the elitist members of her affluent community, newcomer Holly wrestles with suspicions about her husband’s infidelity and clashes with a vindictive PTA president before landing in the middle of a high-drama neighborhood mystery.
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The wonderful by Saskia SarginsonLosing her military family to a sudden mysterious tragedy on a 1957 airbase, young Hedy tries to piece together what happened by reading stories written by her intellectually gifted late twin. By the author of The Other Me.
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Would Like to Meet by Rachel WintersCan you fall in love like they do in the movies? It's Evie Summers's job to find out. Because if she can't convince her film agency's biggest client, Ezra Chester, to write the romantic-comedy screenplay he owes producers, her career will be over. The catch? He thinks rom-coms are unrealistic and he'll only put pen to paper if Evie shows him that it's possible to meet a man in real life the way it happens on the big screen.
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Forever my duke : Unlikely Duchesses by Olivia DrakeOutspoken American beauty Natalie Fanshaw, who is trying to open a school while working to reunite a 6-year-old orphan with his English relatives, has no time the Duke of Clayton who has launched a campaign to win her heart.
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