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| Followers by Megan AngeloWhat happens: Two storylines unfold, one set in 2016, and one in 2051. Separating the two is a catastrophic data hack.
Why you might like it: Exploring the pitfalls of social media, this debut novel takes contemporary interest in celebrity culture to its logical extreme.
For fans of: Dave Eggers' The Circle; Courtney Maum's Touch, or Connie Willis' Crosstalk -- all of which touch on different aspects of the trouble with technology and social media. |
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| Butterfly by Ashley AntoinetteWhat it is: the 1st in a new series by bestselling author Ashley Antoinette; main character Morgan Atkins also played a large role in the author's Ethic series.
What happens: Morgan is juggling the love of two men when a third comes into the picture (and he's a big surprise).
What to read next: Well, the sequel, of course! Butterfly 2 will be published in June. |
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Ride the High Lonesome
by Rosanne Bittner
When Kate Winters is stranded in outlaw country, she knows there's little chance she'll survive, until she stumbles across a gang hanging a cowboy — and discovers after they leave that the cowboy is very much alive. By the USA Today bestselling author of The Last Outlaw.
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The Secret Guests
by Benjamin Black
The secret World War II relocation of the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to an old estate in Ireland becomes subject to the devastations of the Blitz, the resentments of grieving townspeople and suspicions about the girls’ true identities.
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The Girls with No Names
by Serena Burdick
In 1910s New York City, a girl goes missing and her younger sister hatches an audacious plan to be admitted to the House of Mercy, a home for wayward girls, risking everything to bring her older sister home.
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Love Lettering
by Kate Clayborn
When a word of warning she had hidden in a wedding program one year earlier leads Reid Sutherland back into her life, skilled hand letterer Meg Mackworth finds both her heart and business in danger unless she can read the messages he is sending her before it’s too late.
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Highfire
by Eoin Colfer
Burned out by the days of yore and passing his time in the Louisiana bayou watching Flashdance, a vodka-drinking dragon endures unexpected misadventures when he crosses paths with a 15-year-old troublemaker on the run.
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The Tenant
by Katrine Engberg
Copenhagen detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner investigate the murder of a woman whose story is being suspiciously chronicled in her landlady’s novel, in a U.S. debut of a best-selling series from Denmark.
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How Quickly She Disappears
by Raymond Fleischmann
A woman whose twin disappeared 30 years earlier is approached in her small Alaskan town by a dangerous man claiming to know what happened to her sister, but requesting from her three specific gifts in exchange for the information.
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Verse and Vengeance
by Amanda Flower
When a pesky private investigator is murdered during a bicycle race fundraiser, Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly is guided by the works of Walt Whitman to find the killer and clear her own name of suspicion.
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Lady Hotspur
by Tessa Gratton
A gender-swapped fantasy homage to Shakespeare's Henry IV is set in the world of Gratton's The Queens of Innis Lear and finds the three daughters of Aremoria waging battle over the fate of the kingdom.
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The Glittering Hour
by Iona Grey
A tale set in pre-World War II England follows an unlikely romance between a penniless painter and a wealthy socialite who is forced by tragedy to make a safe choice. By the award-winning author of Letters to the Lost.
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Lady of Perdition
by Barbara Hambly
Risking his freedom in New Orleans to help a loved one in the Republic of Texas in 1840, Benjamin January navigates land disputes and racism to locate a kidnapped girl while proving the innocence of a murdered landowner’s widow.
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The Vanished Birds
by Simon Jimenez
An out-of-time space traveler who only aged months while decades passed back home navigates the loss of everyone she knew before finding new purpose caring for a mysterious broken child who communicates through a wooden flute. A first novel.
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The Better Liar
by Tanen Jones
Desperate to safeguard a much-needed inheritance that is dependent on the legacy of a long-estranged runaway sibling, Leslie orchestrates a reckless bargain with an imposter who hides her own dangerous secrets. A first novel.
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Zed
by Joanna Kavenna
In an identity-challenged world dominated by a global media and tech corporation that anticipates every human need, a murder-by-robot case reveals either a deadly human error or the work of a paradigm-changing hacker.
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The Rabbit Hunter
by Lars Kepler
Summoned from prison by the Swedish prime minister to help investigate the murder of a high-ranking political official, detective Joona Linna teams up with security police detective Saga Bauer to uncover the complex scheme of a vengeful killer.
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Sweet Talkin' Lover
by Tracey Livesay
Arriving in a small Southern town to shut down an unprofitable factory, a marketing manager in the beauty industry, Caila Harris, finally having a chance to prove herself, must go up against the town’s gorgeous mayor — the only thing standing in her way.
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Blitzed
by Alexa Martin
Professional athlete Maxwell Lewis must convince no-nonsense bar owner Brynn Sterling that he is the perfect man for her, but fate conspires against him especially when ghosts from both their pasts make a sudden reappearance.
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Come Tumbling Down
by Seanan McGuire
After leaving with the murdered body of her deranged sister, Jack discovers that something has gone very wrong upon her return to Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children, in the fifth novel of the series following Every Heart a Doorway.
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Long Bright River
by Liz Moore
A policewoman races to find her missing sister, a homeless addict, amid a vicious killing spree in a Philadelphia neighborhood, in a story that alternates between the investigation and memories of their shared childhood. By the award-winning author of Heft.
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All That's Bright and Gone
by Eliza Nellums
Unable to get answers from her traumatized family in the aftermath of her older brother’s murder, a precocious 6-year-old teams up with a nosy neighbor to uncover painful secrets on the rooftops of Detroit. A first novel.
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| You Were There Too by Colleen OakleyHow's this for weird: For years, Mia Graydon has had a recurring character appear in her dreams; when she meets him in real life, she's shocked to find out she's been appearing in his.
What happens: Mia, whose marriage has faltered under the weight of infertility problems, has to figure out which man is the one for her. Expect to need tissues in this relationship-driven book.
For fans of: Kristin Hannah's The Life Intended; Taylor Jenkins Reid's One True Loves. |
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Riot Baby
by Tochi Onyebuchi
The author of the award-winning young-adult novel Beasts Made of Night tackles youth, race and the carceral state with magical flair, in his adult-science-fiction debut.
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Treachery: In Elizabeth's England There is No Greater Crime
by S. J. Parris
When Sir Francis Drake’s daring 1585 expedition against the Spanish is sabotaged by an on-board murder, Giordano Bruno uncovers multiple deadly plots in Plymouth’s murky underworld. By the best-selling author of Heresy.
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The Missing American
by Kwei Quartey
Turning private detective when her ambition to be a police officer is dashed, Emma Djan teams up with a first client to search for a man whose disappearance is linked to the email scams and fetish priests of Ghana.
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The Poppy Wife: A Novel of the Great War
by Caroline Scott
Hired by other families looking for MIA soldiers, a grieving man searches for his own missing brother along the Western Front, where he photographs soldier graves while making life-changing discoveries. A first novel.
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The Cost of Honor
by Diana Muñoz Stewart
Tony Parish gave up everything he thought he knew when he fled his family, but when a threat too dangerous for Tony and Honor Silva to fight on their own closes in, he has no choice but to go to them for help.
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