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eBooks for February February 2017
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Wintry Reads All titles are available for download to a variety of devices at nh.overdrive.com. Questions? Call Cary at the library, 603-757-1838.
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Ashen Winter by Mike MullinMore than six months after the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, Alex and Darla retrace their steps to Iowa hoping to find Alex's parents and bring them to the tenuous safety of Illinois, but the journey is ever more perilous as the remaining communities fight to the death for food and power.
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Bodies in Winter by Robert KnightlyNYPD detective Harry Corbin and his partner Adele Bentibi arrive at the scene of a murder, which looks like a cut-and-dried case, but as they investigate, they uncover a murky world of cover-ups that put both of their careers--and their lives--in serious danger.
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Cold Cruel Winter by Chris NicksonRichard Nottingham, constable of the city of Leeds, goes in search of the killer of Samuel Graves, a wealthy wool merchant who was found with this throat cut and the skin removed from his back.
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The Demi-Monde : Winter by Rod ReesThe Demi-Monde, a computer-simulated military training world populated by some of history's cruelest sadists and tyrants, begins bleeding into the real world when the U.S. President's daughter becomes trapped inside and enlists the assistance of a reluctant teenager to escape.
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The Edge of Winter by Luanne RiceNeve Halloran and her teenage daughter, Mickey, struggle to build a new life together amid the harsh beauty of a wildlife sanctuary in Rhode Island's South County, as Mickey grows to womanhood in the company of a lonely boy who shares her love of the wild creatures of the coast, and Neve finds herself drawn to a troubled man dedicated to preserving the sanctuary.
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Hard Cold Winter : A Van Shaw Novel by Glen Erik HamiltonA former Army Ranger investigates the brutal murder of a member of an influential Seattle family while he deals with his PTSD, which is making an unwelcome resurgence, in the second novel of the series following Past Crimes.
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The Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P. D. VinerResolving to dedicate his detective career to solving cold cases like that of his murdered girlfriend, Tom finds an ironclad lead 20 years later and notifies the girl's mother, an ex-journalist who has become so obsessed with solving the case that she has ended her marriage and turned violent. A first novel.
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A Week in Winter by Maeve BinchyA final novel by the late best-selling author of Tara Road follows the efforts of a woman who against the opinions of local detractors turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges.
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Winter at the Doorby Sarah GravesA debut entry in a suspenseful series begins the adventures of Jake Tiptree's onetime helper, Lizzie Snow, who takes over as Eastport's police chief only to find herself stalked by a deadly adversary from her past. By the best-selling author of the Home Repair Is Homicide series.
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The Winter Crown : A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Elizabeth ChadwickAs Queen of England, Eleanor has decided that her role as Queen has been fulfilled and wants to gain her own power by exacting retribution on her husband, Henry II, for his indescretions and infidelities.
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The Winter Fortress : The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal BascombDocuments the Allied raid against occupied Norway's Vermork hydroelectric plant, the world's only supplier of an essential ingredient needed by the Nazis to build an atomic bomb, citing the teamwork of British Special Ops, a brilliant scientists and refugee Norwegian commandos that foiled Hitler's nuclear ambitions.
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Winter of Wishes by Charlotte HubbardRhoda Lantz risks being shunned by the Amish community when she begins to fall for a single father whose family she is caring for.
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The Winter Palace : A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva StachniakA reimagining of the early years of Catherine the Great traces the story of a naive German duchess as observed by young Barbara, a servant who watches her mistress's elevation and rises to become one of Russia's most clever royal spies.
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The Winter People by Jennifer McMahonComing of age in an old farmhouse, 19-year-old Ruthie begins a search for her agoraphobic mother and discovers the century-old diary of the farmhouse's long-ago resident, a grieving mother who died under mysterious circumstances. By the best-selling author of Island of Lost Girls.
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The Winter Queen by B. AkuninWhen a young student from a wealthy family unexpectedly commits suicide in the Alexander Gardens, Erast Fandorin of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police investigates the supposedly open-and-shut case and discovers that the student's suicide is not an isolated case.
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Winter's Passage by Julie KagawaMeghan Chase used to be an ordinary girl...until she discovered that she is really a faery princess. After escaping from the clutches of the deadly Iron Fey, Meghan must follow through on her promise to return to the equally dangerous Winter Court with her forbidden love, Prince Ash. (YA Fiction)
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Winter's Tale by Mark HelprinWhen master mechanic Peter Lake attempts to rob a mansion on the Upper West Side, he is caught by young Beverly Penn, the terminally ill daughter of the house, and their subsequent love sends Peter on a desperate personal journey.
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http://www.keenepubliclibrary.org/
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