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Halcyon : a novel
by Elliot Ackerman
During President Gore's second term, a group of scientists funded
by his administration find a cure for death in the new alternate
history novel from the author of the National Book Award finalist
Dark at the Crossing.
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No two persons
by Erica Bauermeister
When a devastating event breaks her heart open, aspiring
writer Alice creates a stunning debut novel. Her words find
their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness
to a widower rent by grief, who, due to her book, find new
paths forward.
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Blue skies : a novel
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
When a social media influencer, Cat buys a Burmese python
from her local pet shop, she sets in motion a series of increasingly
dire events that ensnares her entire family in the new novel
by the author of World's End.
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The comeback summer
by Ali Brady
When a well-known self-help guru of the famed TED Talk
“Crushing the Comfort Zone” offers to give them her business
if they follow her plan, sisters Hannah and Libby cannot afford
to fail this challenge. However, by crushing their comfort zones,
they wonder if they're heading toward the wrong path.
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The collected regrets of Clover
by Mikki Brammer
Clover, a death doula in NYC feels a stronger connection with the
dying than to the living. She feels that she has no life of her own
until the final wishes of a feisty old woman sends her across
the country to uncover a forgotten love story, and perhaps, her
own happy ending.
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Weapons of opportunity : a novel
by Dale Brown
When Nick Flynn left the US Air Force to join the Quartet Directorate,
he did so with the full knowledge that no one could ever know.
This covert private force--called Four by its members--promised
him the chance to lead his own missions and make his own
decisions. When a former senior CIA executive goes dark, Flynn
and his team are ready to step in. What begins as a quiet check
on his home turns into a firefight against a familiar enemy who
is more dangerous than ever.
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Only the dead : a thriller
by Jack Carr
Former Navy SEAL James Reece is on a mission generations in
the making. As a secret cabal of global elites prepare to assume
control of the U.S., James picks up his tomahawk and sniper rifle.
He shows his enemies that no one is out of range as he blows a
global conspiracy wide open.
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The East Indian : a novel
by Brinda Charry
After traveling from the British East India Company's outpost on
the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, Tony
finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he works the tobacco plantations. All the while he's dreaming of becoming a medicine man.
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Tom Clancy flash point
by Don Bentley
To stop an unseen enemy from destroying the Campus, Jack Ryan
Jr. is led to the South China Sea where he, after a midair collision
serves as a flash point, must put the pieces of a conspiracy together
to stop the world's two remaining super powers from going to war.
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The senator's wife : a novel
by Liv Constantine
DC philanthropist and Senator's wife Sloane Chase hires a health
aide to give her the support and independence she needs after hip replacement surgery. As weeks go by and she becomes sicker,
she begins to suspect that her seemingly perfect employee is
plotting to steal her husband, her reputation, and even her life.
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The ferryman : a novel
by Justin Cronin
Proctor Bennet, of the Department of Social Contracts is a
ferryman. He gently shepherds people through the retirement
process, and, when necessary, he enforces it. He receives a
disturbing and cryptic message from his father. Meanwhile, The
Support Staff, who keep everything running, organize a revolution
that causes Proctor to question everything he once believed.
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Homebodies : a novel
by Tembe Denton-Hurst
A young black woman who discovers she is being replaced at
her flashy media job writes a detailed letter outlining the racism
and sexism she's endured at work. It all goes viral and launches
her into the public zeitgeist.
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Chain-Gang All-Stars
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The star of a popular, but controversial for-profit program in the
private prison industry that basically turns prisoners into gladiators contemplates freedom, in the new novel from the New York Times
best-selling author of Friday Black.
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The last animal
by Ramona Ausubel
When they accidentally discover a perfectly preserved,
4,000-year-old baby mammoth while on their mother's scientific expedition in the Arctic, teenage sisters Eve and Vera set off a
surprising chain of events, resulting in the birth of a creature
that could change the world, and their family.
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Simply lies
by David Baldacci
The latest blockbuster thriller from the #1 New York Times
best-selling author. A new thriller in which two women, one a
former detective, and the other a dangerous con artist go
head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse.
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Swamp story : a novel
by Dave Barry
Jesse Braddock. a single mother, who lives in the Everglades,
stumbles across a long-lost treasure, and must figure out how
to keep it out of the hands of villains. Meanwhile, Ken Bortle
attempts to lure tourists to his failing store, by inventin the
“Everglades Melon Monster,” which inspires a horde of TikTokers
to swarm the swamp, inciting mayhem and hilarity.
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The house is on fire
by Rachel Beanland
Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed
the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing
apart a community.
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The Mitford affair : a novel
by Marie Benedict
Diana, divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader.
Her sister, Unity, follows Diana to Munich, inciting rumors that
she's become Hitler's mistress. After uncovering disquieting
documents, novelist Nancy Mitford, must make difficult
choices as Great Britain goes to war with Germany.
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The lost Americans : a novel
by Christopher Bollen
Not believing her brother, a weapons technician, committed suicide,
Cate arrives in Cairo to piece together his life. Her endeavor raises
more questions and problems than she ever imagined as she takes
on the arms company, the Egyptian military, secret police and
American expats who will do anything to bury the truth.
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Dirty laundry : a novel
by Disha Bose
A clique of mothers in a small Irish village react to the murder
of their queen bee, whose picture-perfect life made easy money
on Instagram and whose death provided each of them something to gain.
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Clytemnestra : a novel
by Costanza Casati
After her husband starts the Trojan War to bring her sister
back to Greece, Clytemnestra begins an affair with Aegisthus
and plots to kill her husband for sacrificing their daughter in
this retelling of the classic Greek tragedy.
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The haunting of Alejandra
by V. Castro
Struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her,
Alejandra discovers she, like the women in her family before her,
is being haunted by La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous
mother of Mexican Legend. Alejandra must summon everything
she's inherited from her foremothers to banish this demon forever.
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The Cuban heiress
by Chanel Cleeton
On a voyage from New York to Havana aboard the Morro Castle,
the fates of heiress Catherine Dohan, a woman living a lie, and
Elena Palacio, bent on revenge against those who wronged her,
are intertwined as they risk everything to see justice served once
and for all.
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Ana Marâia and the fox
by Liana De la Rosa
Seeking refuge in London from the French occupation of Mexico,
a Mexican heiress enjoys her first taste of freedom away from her domineering father. If only she could ignore the scorching looks
she begins receiving from a member of Parliament, Gideon Fox.
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My heart will find you
by Jude Deveraux
Etta Wilmont, caring for an elderly man during the pandemic fell
asleep sometimes. Every time she fell asleep, she traveled through
the past and the present, discovering she has the power to make
the lives of others better. She also found that she had the chance
to find a love to last a lifetime.
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Our share of night : a novel
by Mariana Enriquez
United in grief after the death of the wife and mother they both
loved, a young father and son travel to confront the terrifying
legacy she bequeathed: a family called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of immortality.
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The neighbor favor
by Kristina Forest
Aspiring children's book author Lily Greene enlists the help of her
new neighbor to find a date for her sister's wedding. She does not
realize that he is her favorite fantasy author, who is the very same
one who ghosted her months ago. Lily finds this simple favor
between them becoming anything but.
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Meet me at the lake
by Carley Fortune
Fern Brookbanks needs a plan. She needs a lifeline. To her
surprise, it comes in the form of Will. Will may be the only
person who understands what Fern's going through. However,
Will is hiding something, and Fern'snot sure she wants to know
what it is.
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The last heir to Blackwood Library
by Hester Fox
In post-World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets in the history-filled American city of Charleston, South Carolina.
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The lioness of Boston : a novel
by Emily Franklin
Based on the life of an eccentric trailblazer who lived life on her
own terms, this deeply evocative novel follows Isabella Stewart
Gardner who, explored the world of art, ideas and letters. She
developed a keen eye for paintings and objects, scandalizing
Boston's polite society and transforming the city itself.
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The trackers : a novel
by Charles Frazier
Commissioned to create a mural representing Dawes, Wyoming,
for their new Post Office, Val Welch, a painter in Depression-era
America, stays with a wealthy art lover, his wife and a mysterious
elder cowboy where he turns up secrets that could spark
formidable changes for all of them.
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Old babes in the wood : stories
by Margaret Atwood
The internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The
Handmaid's Tale presents this stunning collection of short stories
that showcase both her creativity and her humanity as she explores family relationships, marriage, loss and memory and what it means
to spend a life together.
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Old God's time
by Sebastian Barry
When two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions
about a decades-old case, one that has haunted him for years,
recently retired policeman Tom Kettle finds himself pulled
into the darkest currents of his past.
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The writing retreat : a novel
by Julia Bartz
While attending a month-long writing retreat at the estate of a
feminist horror writer who issues a life-changing challenge, Alex is determined to win this seemingly impossible contest. She ignores
the strange happenings around her until the disappearance of a
fellow writer leads her on a desperate search for the truth.
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Black candle women : a novel
by Diane Marie Brown
Follows four generations of the Montrose family, who have been
living with a curse that leaves any person they fall in love with dead, stemming back to a Voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans French Quarter.
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Birnam Wood
by Eleanor Catton
The founder of a guerilla gardening group that plants crops on
roadsides, parks and neglected yards fights an enigmatic billionaire
over a parcel of land in the new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries.
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Flux : a novel
by Jinwoo Chong
Brandon experiences his reality unraveling when he begins losing
chunks of time and finding himself in an apartment he doesn't
recognize and starts to suspect his new employers have discovered
time travel and are covering up violent crimes.
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The adventures of Amina al-Sirafi : a novel
by S. A. Chakraborty
While trying to settle into a life of piety, motherhood and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural, Amina al-Sirafi, one of the
Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, is offered a job she cannot refuse, but soon discovers this final chance at glory comes with a
high price, her soul.
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I will find you
by Harlan Coben
Receiving evidence that his son might still be alive, an innocent
father convicted of murdering his own child breaks out of prison to uncover the truth. The new novel by the best-selling author of The Stranger.
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Lessons at the school by the sea
by Jenny Colgan
During summer holiday, beloved Downey House teacher Maggie
Adair, despite being engaged to another man, falls for her colleague, David McDonald. She faces an uncertain future, while the girls of Downey House each have their own challenges during the break.
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Community board
by Tara Conklin
A woman moves back into her parents' empty home after her
husband leaves her and spends her days on the town's internet community board, in the new novel from the best-selling author
of The Last Romantics.
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Monstrilio
by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased 11-year-old son's lung, nurturing it until in gains sentience, and hides this carnivorous little Monstrilio in the walls of her family's decaying Mexico City estate, but his innate impulses threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life. 50,000 first printing.
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How I'll kill you
by Ren DeStefano
A set of identical triplets have a nasty habit of killing their
boyfriends, but soon the youngest commits their worst crime yet:
falling in love with her mark.
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Forget what you know
by Christina Dodd
Zoey Phoenix remembers nothing about her early childhood. Her mother's desire to leave those years behind never worried her ...
until she's almost killed in a hit-and-run.
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What have we done
by Alex Finlay
The survivors of Savior House, an abusive group home for
wayward teens, are forced to come together when someone one
starts killing them one by one. This is a reunion none of them asked
for or wanted, but one that may be the only way to save all their lives.
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A spell of good things
by Ayobami Adebayo
The lives of two Nigerians, Eniola, who spends his days running
small errands and begging and Wuraola, an exhausted young
doctor from a wealthy family, are intertwined when sudden
violence shatters them both.
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Apoca lips
by Piers Anthony
Needing a royal match before taking the throne, Prince Nolan
Naga completes three challenges to consult the Good Magician
only to be told an ideal bride doesn't exist, in the latest novel
of the long-running series following Six Crystal Princesses.
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The crane husband
by Kelly Regan Barnhill
A best-selling author offers a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice,
and family.
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Vampire weekend
by Mike Chen
When Ian, a long-lost relative, finds her, Louise Chao, punk
rock vampire extraordinaire, feels a connection for the first time
in ages. However, when he discovers her true identity, he asks
her for the ultimate favor. A favor that might change everything
vampires know about life and death forever.
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The last tale of the flower bride : a novel
by Roshani Chokshi
A sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is
unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy,
and the danger of believing in fairy tales.
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Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian
love story : a novel
by Terri-Lynne DeFino
Widow Varina Paladino's 92-year-old mother and her daughter set
into motion an ill-conceived plan to find her a man. Varina is running Paladino's Italian Specialties grocery and keeping her large, loud
Jersey Italian family from killing one another. She hardly has time
for love, but fate has other plans.
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It's one of us
by J. T. Ellison
A successful interior designer who keeps failing in her quest to
conceive is shocked when she learns that a suspect in a recent
murder investigation is her husband's son from a long-ago
donation to a sperm bank.
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Hell bent
by Leigh Bardugo
Assembling a team of dubious allies, Galaxy Alex Stern is
determined to find a gateway to the underworld and rescue
Darlington from purgatory, in the second novel of the series
following Ninth House.
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The Mitford affair : a novel
by Marie Benedict
Diana, divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader.
Her sister, Unity, follows Diana to Munich, inciting rumors that
she's become Hitler's mistress. After uncovering disquieting
documents, novelist Nancy Mitford, must make difficult
choices as Great Britain goes to war with Germany.
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Alone with you in the ether : a love story
by Olivie Blake
A doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with
time travel calculations and a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing
court-ordered psychotherapy meet at the Art Institute in a new
novel from the best-selling author of The Atlas Six.
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Love, Clancy : diary of a good dog
by W. Bruce Cameron
Told from the viewpoint of Clancy, a very good dog who keeps a
diary, this deeply moving story follows an unforgettable cast of characters as they jointly and separately navigate the challenges
of life, love and other pets, including Clancy's worst enemy.
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The shards
by Bret Easton Ellis
In 1981 Los Angeles, 17-year-old Bret and his friends at the
exclusive Buckley prep school welcome new student Robert Mallory
into their fold until Mallorys unsettling preoccupation with the
Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers throughout the city,
takes a horrific turn.
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The faraway world : stories
by Patricia Engel
From the New York Times best-selling author of Infinite Country,
this collection of 10 haunting, award-winning short stories bring
to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the
epic deeds and quiet moments of love.
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Window shopping
by Tessa Bailey
Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan,
shop windows are decorated in red and green satin. I'm standing
alone in front of the famous Vivant department store, when a
charming man named Aiden asks my opinion of the décor.
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The light pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Born during a powerful hurricane, Wanda, an unusual woman in
a rapidly changing world, loses family, gains community and
ultimately seeks adventure, love and purpose in a place abandoned
by civilization and remade by nature.
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Tom Clancy red winter
by Marc Cameron
When a possible Soviet defector offers the CIA details of his
government's espionage plans in return for asylum, former
Marine and brilliant CIA analyst Jack Ryan goes behind the
Iron Curtain to find answers before the Cold War turns into
a Red Winter.
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The bookshop on the corner : a novel
by Jenny Colgan
A "literary matchmaker" who takes joy in pairing readers with
perfect books moves from the city to a sleepy village. In the
village, she becomes a bookmobile driver. She rediscovers her
senses of adventure and home, while searching for a happy
ending of her own. By the best-selling author of Little Beach
Street Baker.
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The Christmas bookshop : a novel
by Jenny Colgan
Out of a job just in time for the holidays, Carmen, with little cash
and few options, is forced to move in with her "perfect" sister. She
takes a job at a book store that desperately needs her help and
helps her in return.
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Night shift : a novel
by Robin Cook
Laurie Montgomery's longtime friend, Dr. Sue Passero, dies
mysteriously in the hospital parking garage. The newly appointed
chief medical examiner, Laurie asks her husband to investigate.
An action which pits him against a clever and deranged killer
determined to administer another lethal blow.
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Judas 62
by Charles Cumming
Master spy Lachlan Kite discovers that a mission of 30 years ago
has resulted in his name being put on the JUDAS list, a record of enemies of Russia. The JUDAS list members have been targeted for assassination. Lachlan must win a deadly game of cat-and-mouse
with the Russian secret state to survive.
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A history of fear : a novel
by Luke Dumas
A University of Edinburgh student takes on a ghostwriting job for
a mysterious stranger. He begins to suspect he is working for the
devil himself in the new novel by the author of The Cabin at the
End of the World.
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All the broken places
by John Boyne
An elderly London resident befriends the little boy who moves
in downstairs, but his parents fighting brings her back to her
harrowing escape from Nazi Germany at age 12 and grim post-war
ears in France with her mother.
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Small game : a novel
by Blair Braverman
Survivalist Mara and her four teammates are cast in a new show called Civilization. After something goes horribly wrong, they are stranded in the northern wilds and face terrifying decisions as survival becomes more than a game.
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Kiss her once for me : a novel
by Alison Cochrun
Ellie must choose between the safety of a fake relationship
and the risk of something real. Perfect for fans of Written in
the Stars and One Day in December, Kiss Her Once for Me is
the queer holiday rom-com that you'll want to cozy up with
next to the fire.
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Hunting time : a Colter Shaw novel
by Jeffery Deaver
A wealthy entrepreneur hires Colter Shaw to track down and
protect his employee, Allison Parker, a brilliant engineer, who is
on the run from her ex-husband with her teenage daughter,
in the fourth novel of the series following The Never Game.
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A Christmas memory
by Richard Paul Evans
Reeling from the loss of his brother in Vietnam, Richard moves
with his family from California to his grandmother's abandoned
house in Utah, where he finds the holiday spirit with the help of
an elderly neighbor and his dog.
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The Lindbergh nanny : a novel
by Mariah Fredericks
In 1932 New Jersey, Lindbergh nanny Betty Gow, after toddler
Charles Lindbergh Jr. is kidnapped, becomes a suspect in the
eyes of both the media and public, and must find the truth in
order to clear her name and find justice for the child she loves.
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The atlas paradox
by Olivie Blake
This is the electrifying sequel to the viral sensation, The Atlas Six.
The members of a secret society, headed by a man whose plans to change life as we know it are already under way. Each must each
pick a side; preserve the world or destroy it.
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No plan B : a Jack Reacher novel
by Lee Child
Witnessing a woman pushed to her death in front of a bus, Jack
Reacher, following the killer on foot, is unaware that this is part of
a secret conspiracy with many moving parts with no room for error
and any threats will be permanently removed, including Reacher.
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The house party : a novel
by Rita Cameron
When the good kids trash her newly built home just weeks before
she moves in, Maja Jensen finds her marriage put to the ultimate
test as the repercussions from what should've been the party of the
year divides the town over questions of privilege and responsibility.
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All good people here : a novel
by Ashley Flowers
Twenty years after a fellow 6-year-old was abducted and
murdered, Margot returns to Wakarusa, Indiana, and is shocked
when another child similarly goes missing, in the debut novel from
the host of the popular true crime podcast, Crime Junky.
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