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The second Mrs. Hockaday
by Susan Rivers
A tale inspired by a true story follows the efforts of a Civil War veteran to discern the truth about his teen bride, who during the two years he was at war was convicted and imprisoned for allegedly having a baby in his absence and killing it. A first novel by the award-winning playwright of Overnight Lows
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The witchfinder's sister : a novel
by Beth Underdown
A 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.
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Against all odds : a novel
by Danielle Steel
A Soho widow struggles with her grown children's plans to gamble their futures in their determination to pursue their hearts, from her attorney daughter's illicit romance with a client to her struggling-writer son's decision to have children before he can afford to support them.
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Anything Is Possible
by Elizabeth Strout
Two sisters, one who trades self-respect for a wealthy husband and one who discovers a kindred spirit in the pages of a book, struggle with intimate human dramas at the sides of their community members and a returned Lucy Barton. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge.
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City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris
by Holly Tucker
Draws on transcripts, letters and diaries to chronicle how an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s led to Nicolas de La Reynie's appointment as Paris's first police chief, the installation of lanterns that turned Paris into the City of Light and the investigations in the criminal underground that implicated Louis XIV's mistress.
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Down city : a daughter's story of love, memory, and murder
by Leah Carroll
After losing both her parents, the author digs deep to uncover the truth about the drug dealers with mafia ties that murdered her gifted, amateur photographer mother and the deeply troubled alcoholic father who tried to raise her alone. 50,000 first printing.
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Space between us /
The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time where he embarks on an adventure with a street smart girl he met online
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Miss Sloane /
When a political lobbyist is offered the chance to represent the gun lobby, she quits her job and starts working for a firm that is on the other side of the issue
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Battle for Incheon:
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur sends out several South Korean soldiers on a daring mission that will pave the way for an important battle at Incheon
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