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New Adult Fiction - Authors P - S
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The Murder Inn
by James Patterson
The owner of the Inn at Gloucester, a place open to anyone running from trouble or hiding from life is a former Boston police detective Bill Robinson. He must defend his town, his chosen family and his home when a newcomer in town launches a series of attacks.
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Mania : a novel
by Lionel Shriver
In an alternative 2011, the Mental Party convinces Americans to embrace the sacred, universal truth that there's no such thing as variable human intelligence. A college English instructor, confides in her best friend, a media commentator, about her hatred of the MP movement causes their lifelong relationship to implode.
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The #1 lawyer
by James Patterson
A small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation, Stafford Lee Penney is Mississippi's #1 lawyer. He has never lost a case. When his wife is scandalously killed, he spirals into a legal and personal streak, ruining his career, and making him the nation's #1 suspect.
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Finding Margaret Fuller : a novel
by Allison Pataki
Describes how Margaret Fuller became the beating heart of the Transcendentalists. How she becomes a role model to Louisa May Alcott, an inspiration to Nathaniel Hawthorne and a muse to Henry David Thoreau as he headed into the woods.
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The underground library : a novel
by Jennifer Ryan
When the Blitz destroys Bethnal Green Library in London, librarian Juliet Lansdown, along with two other women, relocate the stacks to the local Underground station. This is where the city's residents shelter nightly. The librarians are determined to lend out stories that will keep spirits up. However, soon tragedy after tragedy threatens to destroy what they've built.
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Murder road
by Simone St. James
In 1995, newlyweds April and Eddie, make a wrong turn and pick up an injured hitchhiker. Later he dies. And they are now suspects in a series of unexplained murders. They must dig into the town's history to clear their names and discover there's something supernatural at work on that horrible stretch of road.
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The sunlit man
by Brandon Sanderson
Nomad lands on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels. This a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones. Nomad must gain enough power to leap off world before he pays the ultimate price.
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The truth about the Devlins
by Lisa Scottoline
The charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, TJ Devlin finds his world turned upside down when his lawyer brother confesses he has just killed one of his clients. Seizing this chance to prove his worth, he becomes entangled in a deadly web of deception and murder to save his brother.
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Expiration dates : a novel
by Rebecca Serle
Every time she meets a new man, Daphne Bell receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it that contains the exact amount of time they will be together. Usually she is right, but when she meets Jake, her whole system is thrown for a loop.
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Never too late : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Kezia Cooper Hobson starts a new life in New York after being recently widowed. She moves into a beautiful midtown penthouse where she forms an instant connection with her movie-star next-door neighbor over their strong impulse to help those in need after a devastating crisis strikes the city.
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The guest
by B. A. Paris
Iris and Gabriel's friend Laure moves in with them after her husband reveals he's had a child with another woman. As time goes on Laure begins to act increasingly unhinged. Broken relationships and hidden motives linked to a recent tragedy are piling up around them. They must reckon with whether their happy life has been an illusion.
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Crosshairs
by James Patterson
NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer, in the 16th novel of the series following Obsessed.
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Owning up : new fiction
by George P. Pelecanos
Drawn together by themes of strife, violence and humanity, this searing collection of four stories introduces characters who defy the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil as they grapple with consequence, random chance and the many paths a life can take.
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Simply the best
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
When Brett, the hottest sports agent in the business, and Rory, the sister of his superstar client, meet they have a disastrous one-night stand. It all results in murder. They find things getting messy, dangerous, heartbreaking and sexy as they struggle with themselves, each other and love.
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The American daughters : a novel
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Ady, when she's separated from her mother, meets Lenore, a free black woman who invites her to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters, setting her on a journey toward liberation and imagining a new future.
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Love novel
by Ivana Sajko
Love in late capitalism: Ivana Sajko takes us to the frontlines of a war waged between kitchen and bedroom. He, an unemployed Dante scholar, trying to change the world and write a novel. She, once a passable actress with a vaguely rewarding theater job, now a stay-at-home mom. He is delirious with dreams of grandeur. She is on edge, a detonator bomb with a dirty laundry trigger.
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Cahokia jazz : a novel
by Francis Spufford
A detective and his indigenous jazz pianist partner investigate a seemingly ordinary murder that ultimately threatens to unravel the peace and reveal hidden secrets in an alternate history version of 1920s America where Native American populations thrived.
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Holmes, Marple & Poe
by James Patterson
Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and Auguste Poe open a private investigating company together. Their daring methodology and news-making solved cases would make their last-namesakes proud. They also attract the attention of an NYPD detective.
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Missing persons : a Private novel
by James Patterson
A desperate businessman asks Jack Morgan, the head of Private to find his daughter and grandchildren who have disappeared without a trace. Jack finds this simple missing persons case turning into something much more deadly. It forces him to face the trauma of his past to save a family's future.
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Twilight territory : a novel
by Andrew X. Pham
In the Vietnamese fishing village of Phan Thiet in 1942, Tuyet meets and falls in love with Japanese major Yamazaki Takeshi. He is a wounded veteran with a good heart. When he risks his life for the Resistance, she and her family are drawn into the conflict, with devastating consequences.
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The ascent
by Adam Plantinga
When a security system malfunction in a maximum-security prison releases a horde of prisoners, ex-cop Kurt Argento must help a small band of staff and civilians, including the governor's daughter, make their way through six floors of the most dangerous convicts in Missouri to safety.
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The parliament
by Aimee Pokwatka
Tens of thousands of owls descend on Madigan Purdy's hometown library, rending and tearing at anyone foolish enough to step outside. Tasked with keeping her students safe, she seeks inspiration from her favorite childhood book, The Silent Queen, to find a solution to their dilemma.
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Come and get it : a novel
by Kiley Reid
A senior resident assistant at the University of Arkansas accepts an easy yet unusual opportunity offered by a visiting professor. Things get messy when her new side-hustle is jeopardized by strange new friends and illicit and vengeful dorm antics.
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Bird Life
by Anna Smaill
Dinah has come to Japan from New Zealand to teach English and grieve the death of her brother, Michael, a troubled genius who was able to channel his problems into music as a classical pianist — until he wasn’t. In the seemingly empty, eerie apartment block where Dinah has been housed, she sees Michael everywhere, even as she feels his absence sharply.
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Upside down : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law, a Hollywood icon at 62, deals with conflicting feelings for a much-younger man. Meanwhile, her daughter, Morgan, a successful plastic surgeon in NYC, falls for a much-older man. Something that brings them together, as they each try to navigate an unconventional romance.
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Flores and Miss Paula : a novel
by Melissa Rivero
Flores is a 30-year-old living with her Peruvian immigrant mother in a Brooklyn apartment. After her father's passing she discovers a weird note under his urn that forces FLores and her mother to confront their complicated past.
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Raiders of the lost heart
by Jo Segura
Archaeologist Dr. Corrie Mejía is forced to co-lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle with her nemesis. She realizes they must work together to deal with greedy artifact smugglers, the Mexican authorities and the lies between them before everything they've worked hard for ends in ruin.
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Same bed different dreams : a novel
by Ed Park
In an alternate history where the Korean Provisional Government (KPG) still exists and strives for a unified Korea, the story follows Soon Sheen, an employee at an international tech company. They discover a bizarre manuscript revealing the KPG's ambitious project, which warps reality in kaleidoscopic ways.
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The berry pickers : a novel
by Amanda Peters
Growing up as the only child of affluent and overprotective parents, Norma is troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. Her search for the truth leads her to the blueberry fields of Maine, where a family secret is finally revealed.
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A grandmother begins the story
by Michelle Porter
Five generations of Indigenous women from Canada's Prairie Provinces struggle for healing and meaning through the strength of familial bonds, in the debut fiction novel from the award-winning author of Scratching River.
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The caretaker : a novel
by Ron Rash
In 1951, Blackburn Gant, the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is charged with caring for his best friend's wife, Naomi. Blackburn and Naomi grow closer and closer, when he is suddenly drafted to serve overseas. A shocking revelation upends numerous lives.
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Hunt on dark waters
by Katee Robert
After stealing from her vampire ex and falling through a portal to another realm, witch Evelyn is rescued by telekinetic sailors in the first novel of a new series by the New York Times best-selling author of Neon Gods.
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Recipe for second chances
by Ali Rosen
Stella Park, seeking a break from her personal and professional life, is thrilled to attend her best friend's wedding in the Italian countryside, despite her underwhelming career as a recipe writer. However, her joy is disrupted when she encounters her ex, Samuel Gordon, stirring up past regrets and forcing her to reconsider if he was the one that got away during a weekend of rich food, cultural wedding traditions, and unexpected adventures
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The star and the strange moon
by Constance Sayers
In 1968, actress Gemma Turner, on the brink of fading into obscurity, vanishes on the set of a bizarre horror film, L'Etrange Lune, where she becomes trapped within the film's reality, forced to survive its unfolding horrors.
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The ex hex : a novel
by Erin Sterling
Vivienne Jones must find a way to break her 'Ex Hex' on Rhys Penhallow, while ignoring their off-the-charts chemistry. Meanwhile, the town falls under the attack of murderous wind-up toys, a pissed-off ghost and a talking cat with some interesting things to say. Original.
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Love, Holly : a novel
by Emily Stone
Part of a lonely-hearts writing club for the holidays, Holly receives a grief-filled letter from a woman named Emma. Holly becomes determined to reunite her with her estranged grandson. This turns into a mission that leads to unexpected romance and the true meaning of family. Original.
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The seven year slip
by Ashley Poston
In Red Mountain, where everyone's lives are intertwined like the vines in the town's beautiful and renowned vineyards, the secrets of four complicated people are revealed, and they each wonder if this town filled with eccentrics will rally around them—or turn their backs.
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Starter villain
by John. Scalzi
Charlie's long-lost uncle dies, leaving him his supervillain business. As rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital come after him, he finds going bad looking pretty good with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats and a terrifying henchperson at his side.
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