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New & Coming Soon FictionJune 2017
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The Accomplished Guest : stories by Ann BeattieA new collection of stories by the award-winning author of Distortions is set along America's East Coast and explores unconventional friendships, frustrated loves, mortality and aging. FICTION BEATTIE
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The Beach at Painter's Cove by Shelley NobleFour generations of estranged Whitaker women find themselves at the family’s Connecticut mansion to restore the building, catalogue their enormous art collection and inadvertently begin healing their relationships. FICTION NOBLE
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Rida is an orphan out of California who dances for the troops in the USO. Spencer is a naval officer with roots deep in New England's upper crust. They meet during World War II at an Officer's Club dance, and Spencer might have been dissuaded if he saw just one engagement ring on her finger, but instead, he sees four.
The courtship is easy, Rida wins him and wears his ring alone. But Rida is a wild card, and Spencer's family can't accept her unconventional approach to marriage, motherhood, and life.
Even Rida's four daughters struggle to understand her, but for them it becomes a quest--to untangle the mystery of their stubborn, off-beat, clear-sighted, loving, and above all mesmerizing mother. FICTION VOIGT
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The City Always Wins : a novel by Omar Robert HamiltonDeeply enmeshed in the 2011 uprising in Tahrir Square, Mariam and Khalil move through Cairo's surging streets and roiling political underground to support what they believe will be an entirely different future. A first novel. FICTION HAMILTON
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From acclaimed novelist Jill Dawson comes this imaginative psychological thriller--a dark and compelling snapshot into the life of Patricia Highsmith that immerses readers into the intoxicating, nightmarish psyche of this brilliant, complex author. FICTION DAWSON
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The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie DonleaA year after one of two missing girls becomes famous for escaping from a mysterious abductor, the recovered girl's forensic pathologist older sister discovers clues that may reveal the fate of other missing teens. By the author of Summit Lake. FICTION DONLEA
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Grief Cottage : a novel by Gail GodwinMoving in with his reclusive artist aunt after his mother's death, 11-year-old Marcus learns the story of a local cottage from which a family disappeared during a hurricane half a century earlier, a tragedy that compels him to explore the cottage, where he meets a ghost with a mysterious agenda. By the National Book Award finalist author of Evensong. FICTION GODWIN
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He Said/She Said by Erin KellyTraveling to a festival in Cornwall to see a total eclipse, an eclipse chaser and his girlfriend intervene in a crime that they cannot prove until a dangerous enemy's activities during a subsequent eclipse forces them to confront the past. By the best-selling author of The Poison Tree. FICTION KELLY
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A House Among the Trees : a novel by Julia GlassWhen a revered children's book author dies accidentally and leaves everything to his trusted assistant, the assistant reflects on their long bond and the complicated aspects of her late employer's life and final wishes. By the National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes. FICTION GLASS
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Deftly written and utterly addictive, this Western literary horror debut will find a home with fans of authors like Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and Anne Rice.
FICTION DAVIDSON
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Little Sister by Barbara GowdyExperiencing disturbing dreams about being in another woman's body during a summer thunderstorm outbreak, Rose discovers from her dementia-patient mother the existence and traumatic story of her late younger sister. By the award-winning author of Helpless. FICTION GOWDY
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Marlena : a novel by Julie BuntinStruggling to adapt to a new home in rural Michigan, 15-year-old Cat bonds with a pill-popping, manic young neighbor with whom she renders their desolate community into a kind of playground until suffering a tragedy that she confronts decades later. A first novel. FICTION BUNTIN
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MatchUp : The Battle of the Sexes Just Got Thrilling by Lee ChildA follow-up to FaceOff collects stories written by best-selling thriller authors, 11 women and 11 men partnered in male-female literary pairings, in an anthology that includes contributions by such favorites as Sandra Brown, John Sandford and Eric Van Lustbader. FICTION CHILD
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The Mentor by Lee Matthew GoldbergRegretfully rejecting his college mentor's depraved manuscript, publishing editor Kyle finds himself targeted by his increasingly obsessed mentor, whose book Kyle gradually realizes may be a confession to a cold-case disappearance. By the author of Slow Down. FICTION GOLDBERG
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The Outsider by Anthony J FranzeIntervening in a violent mugging and catching the eye of the chief justice of the U. S., a young law clerk becomes caught in the crosshairs of a serial killer in a fast-paced thriller set in the high-pressure world of the Supreme Court. FICTION FRANZE
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Perennials : a novel by Mandy BermanA darkly poignant coming-of-age novel about the magic of camp and the enduring power of female friendship finds two former campers reunited as counselors and struggling to find common ground in the wake of personality differences, secrets and tensions that build to a tragic event. FICTION BERMAN
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Prussian Blue : a Bernie Gunther novel by Philip KerrHiding on the French Riviera when his cover is blown, Bernie Gunther finds himself in a cat-and-mouse game with an old and dangerous enemy before fleeing to Berlin, where he places his survival in the hands of dubious former allies. By the best-selling author of A Man Without Breath. FICTION KERR
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Public Relations by Katie HeaneyWhen her boss leaves town and a young, hot, internationally famous British singer-songwriter demands that she be his publicist, PR star Rose Reed finds herself way in over her head and is forced to choose between risking her reputation or letting the sweet pop star she’s grown to love go. FICTION HEANEY
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The Bourne Initiative by Eric LustbaderAmnesiac secret agent Jason Bourne joins forces with dubious enemies when the murder of a high-ranking Russian official triggers a retaliatory plot to steal the U.S. President's nuclear launch codes. By the best-selling author of Black Heart. FICTION LUDLUM
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel by Taylor Jenkins ReidWhen an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposes their tragic common history. FICTION REID
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She Rides Shotgun by Jordan HarperFresh out of jail, Nate thrusts his 11-year-old daughter into a world of robbery and violence in an effort to keep her safe from the prison gang that has put a bounty on his head and murdered her mother. FICTION HARPER
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Signs for Lost Children by Sarah MossNewly married, Dr. Ally Moberly, with her husband in Japan, starts working at the Truro Asylum in Cornwell where she, after witnessing the brutal attitudes of male doctors and nurses toward their female patients, becomes immersed in the institutional politics of women’s mental health during a time when madness is only just being imagined as treatable. FICTION MOSS
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Small Hours by Jennifer KitsesIn a novel told hour-by-hour over the course of a single day, a husband and wife try to outrun long-buried secrets—and send their lives spiraling into chaos. Reading-group guide available. A first novel. FICTION KITSES
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The Summer House : a novel by Hannah Roberts McKinnonA family reunion to celebrate a father's 80th birthday is challenged by private struggles, personal heartbreak and a mother's fateful decision to sell the family's summer home. By the author of The Lake Season. FICTION MCKINNON
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness : a novel by Arundhati RoyA provocative love story by the award-winning author of The God of Small Things meanders through a spectrum of powerful emotions experienced by diverse protagonists, including a grieving father who writes a letter profiling the people who came to his 5-year-old daughter's funeral and two longtime friends at a guest house who sleep wrapped around each other like newlyweds. FICTION ROY
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The Party : a novel by Robyn HardingA small party celebrating a sweet daughter's 16th birthday is shattered by a devastating accident that turns friends on each other and exposes dark secrets about the daughter's true nature and her parents' marriage. FICTION HARDING
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Things To Do When You're Goth in the Country : and other stories by Chavisa WoodsCapturing the lyricism of lives without a future in southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and New York City, Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country introduces us to Chavisa Woods's people. They are smart and poor, lost and hoping not to be found,and of high hopes but few if any expectations--inhabitants, mostly young, of a hidden country without a name that exists within America. The eight stories in Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country bring the underbelly of America into vivid focus. FICTION WOODS
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Touch : a novel by Courtney MaumA leading trend forecaster suddenly finds herself in the position of wanting to overturn her own predictions. By the author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You. FICTION MAUM
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Underground Fugue : a novel by Margot SingerSet against the backdrop of the tube bombings in London in 2005, Underground Fugue interweaves the stories of four characters who are dislocated by shock waves of personal loss, political violence, and, ultimately, betrayal. Margot Singer's Underground Fugue is an elegant, suspenseful, and deeply powerful debut. FICTION SINGER
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An exhilarating debut novel that follows one woman's hunt for the truth when she realizes she might have married a killer.
FICTION HEATHCOTE
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The Weight of Ink by Rachel KadishAn ailing historian with a fondness for Jewish history reviews 17th century documents discovered during a renovation in Amsterdam, and learns the story of an emigrant who worked as a scribe for a blind rabbi just before the onslaught of the plague. FICTION KADISH
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The Widow Nash : a novel by Jamie HarrisonThe quiet adulthood of a woman who spent her childhood traveling is disrupted by her eccentric father's abrupt death and an investigative journey through early 20th-century America, during which she reads her father's journals for clues to what happened to the proceeds of a lucrative sale. By the author of Blue Deer Thaw. FICTION HARRISON
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The Witchfinder's Sister : a novel by Beth UnderdownA tale inspired by the witch hunts of mid-17th-century England follows the experiences of Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkin's disgraced sister—who, upon returning, pregnant and unmarried, to her brother's home—discovers how he is targeting the marginalized women of their community. FICTION UNDERDOWN
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You're the One That I Want by Giovanna FletcherA love triangle between three childhood friends leads to the ultimate moment of choice and heartache, as Maddy must choose between Rob and Ben both standing at the altar, one as her fiancé, the other as best man. FICTION FLETCHER
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