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Staff Recommendations June 2017
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In a Dark, Dark Wood
by Ruth Ware ~ Cindi says: "Written in the style like Gone Girl - mixing past with present."
Reluctantly accepting an old friend's invitation to spend a weekend on the English countryside, reclusive writer Leonora awakens in a hospital badly injured, unable to recall what happened and confronting a growing certainty that someone involved has died.
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Orphan #8
by Kim van Alkemade ~Marie says: "A book that will make you think about seeking forgiveness or revenge on your worst enemy."
When hospice nurse Rachel realizes that her new patient is the doctor that spent years subjecting her to tortuous medical experiments at a Jewish orphanage, she is forced to confront her memories of the time and their lasting effect.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot ~Donna says: "Do you know what is done with your blood and tissue samples? Read this book to find out."
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping, in a book that inspired the forthcoming HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey.
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Threads of Suspicion
by Dee Henderson ~Marianne says: "Very descriptive on how detectives solve 'unsolved' murders."
Pressured to deliver results through the governor's new Missing Persons Task Force, Detective Evie Blackwell and her new partner, David, investigate two cold cases while navigating growing suspicions about public agendas and questions in Evie's personal life. By the best-selling author of the O'Malley series.
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The Sheik's Secret Bride
by Susan Mallery ~Jonalee says: "I needed some 'Brain Candy'."
Single mom Liana Archer had read her share of romance novels featuring dashing, passionate sheiks. Still, she was astonished when sinfully handsome Malik Khan, Crown Prince of exotic El Bahar, hijacked her and her little girl off an airliner and into his lavish palace. Why would the sexy desert prince want a passibly pretty schoolteacher from San Bernadino...?
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The Dark Prophecy
by Rick Riordan ~Olivia says: "A laughable and endearing read for all ages."
Leaving the safety of the demigod training ground, a disgraced Apollo embarks on a quest across North America to find a dangerous ancient-world Oracle while navigating the challenges of the evil Triumvirate.
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The Warded Man
by Peter V Brett ~Jon's pick
As darkness falls each night, the corelings rise, demons who well up from the ground like a hellish steam, and when young Arlen decides to brave the night roads and face the demons, he attempts something not dreamt of since ancient times: a stand against the night.
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann ~Kathy says: "How money destroys lives and has since the beginning of time."
The best-selling author of The Lost City of Z presents a true account of the early 20th-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. (true crime). Simultaneous.
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Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman ~Amber says: "Excellent all the way through."
In a world where dragons and humans coexist and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity while she struggles to accept and develop her musical talents.
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