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The princess of Las Vegas : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
Living in the Buckingham Palace Casino, Crissy Dowling, a Princess Diana impersonator with her own musical cabaret, finds her carefully constructed kingdom crashing down around her when the owner of the casino is brutally murdered and she is drawn in a world of organized crime, cryptocurrency and obsession.
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| Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó CrucetIn Miami, 20-year-old Cuban American narrator Ismael "Izzy" Reyes is ordered to stop impersonating rapper Pitbull at parties, so he has a new goal: becoming his own version of Scarface's Tony Montana. Also narrating this creative, compelling novel is Lolita, a captive orca with a mental connection to Izzy. Read-alike: Sea Change by Gina Chung. |
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| The Adversary by Michael CrummeyIn an early 19th-century coastal Newfoundland town, Abe Strapp's grand plan to marry well and combine two businesses is sabotaged by his smarter widowed sister. Furious, Abe seeks revenge, which divides loyalties and causes devastating consequences in this "enthralling masterpiece" (Kirkus Reviews). Read-alikes: Macbeth by Jo Nesbo; Chenneville by Paulette Jiles. |
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| Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia FordThis sweet debut follows 77-year-old Jenny Quinn as she applies for and competes on a British baking show, where making old recipes has her recalling events from the past, including a 60-year-old secret she's never shared with her beloved husband. Read-alikes: Hazel Prior's How the Penguins Saved Veronica; Bonnie Garmus' Lessons in Chemistry. |
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| Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl GonzalezIn the 1980s, up-and-coming artist Anita de Monte is married to Jack, an established white artist, when she dies after a suspicious fall. In the 1990s, Brown University student Raquel Toro researches a project on Jack while starting her own relationship with a wealthy white man. This Reese's Book Club pick presents a witty, thought-provoking look at art, race, class, and gender. Read-alike: Hernan Diaz's Trust. |
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| The Other Valley by Scott Alexander HowardTeenage Odile lives in a remote valley that's bordered by itself -- 20 years earlier on one side and 20 years later on the other -- and travel between them is rarely allowed. One day while in the woods with a friend, Odile sees something she shouldn't in this buzzy, thought-provoking debut novel and inspiration for an upcoming TV series. |
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| The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai; translated by Jesse KirkwoodIn an unmarked Kyoto restaurant, a father and daughter work to recreate special dishes from a person's past. They help a widower who wants a dish like one his wife used to make, a student requesting one of her grandmother's meals, and more in this charming Japanese bestseller. For fans of: Michiko Aoyama's What You Are Looking for Is in the Library; Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold. |
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The woman with no name : a novel
by Audrey Blake
When her house bombed and she has nothing left, Yvonne Rudellat prepares to take her own life but fate intervenes, offering her the opportunity to train as a Special Operative Executive where she vows to set Europe ablaze and clear the way for the women who come after.
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Sleeping giants
by Rene Denfeld
A novel by the author of The Child Finder explores sibling bonds, foster children, monsters masquerading as caretakers, terrifying secrets and the power of love to right even the most egregious wrongs.
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Good half gone
by Tarryn Fisher
After witnessing her twin sister get kidnapped years prior, Iris Walsh decides to intern at a hospital for the criminally insane where she believes the perpetrator is being held and discovers something even more sinister going on.
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