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New At PPL Books on CD and Playaway September
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The book of life : a novel
by Deborah E. Harkness
Historian and witch Diana Bishop and her vampire scientist husband Matthew Clairmont return from a trip to the past still searching for the elusive alchemy tome Ashmole 782 in the final installment of the best-selling trilogy following Shadow of Night. Read by Jennifer Ikeda. Simultaneous.
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Her Last Whisper
by Karen Robards
Assisting a colleague's search for a missing sister who may be a serial killer's latest victim, criminal psychologist Dr. Charlotte Stone, accompanied by ghost lover Michael, teams up with FBI agents Bartoli and Crane in Las Vegas, where they uncover the murderer's sinister seduction practices. Simultaneous.
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Lisette's List
by Susan Vreeland
A tale centered on the lives of Provence-inspired master artists follows the experiences of an exiled young Parisian who cares for her husband's ailing grandfather during the Vichy regime and rediscovers love through the master works of Cezanne, Pissarro, Chagall and Picasso. By the best-selling author of The Girl in Hyacinth Blue.
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The Long Way Home : A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
by Louise Penny
At first enjoying a peaceful retirement, former Quebec homicide detective Armand Gamache reluctantly agrees to help a neighbor search for her missing estranged husband and teams up with two former colleagues on a search that reveals the workings of a psychologically damaged mind.
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Mean streak
by Sandra Brown
After being abducted from a mountain road in North Carolina, a pediatrician and avid runner, Dr. Emory Charbonneau, finds herself held captive by a violent man with a dark past who may ultimately end up being her savior, in the new thriller from the author of Deadline. Simultaneous.
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Private down under
by James Patterson
The employees of the Sydney, Australia office of the investigation company Private are celebrating their branch's incorporation when a bloody young man staggers into the office and the agency's caseload suddenly fills up, in the latest novel of the series following Private Berlin. Simultaneous.
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The Story of Land and Sea
by Katy Simpson Smith
A sweeping generational story, set in a small coastal town in North Carolina during the waning years of the American Revolution follows fathers and daughters, mother and son, and master and slave as they search for redemption during a time of war, servitude and love.
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2 a.m. at The Cat's Pajamas : a novel
by Marie-Helene Bertino
A first novel by a Pushcart Prize-winning writer traces the unlikely bond between a precocious 9-year-old jazz singer, a divorcée teacher who would reunite with her high-school sweetheart and a club owner facing the imminent loss of his Philadelphia business.
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Driving with the top down : a novel
by Elizabeth M Harbison
Running a monthly tag sale on her inherited Maryland farmette, Dara embarks on a thrift-shop road trip to Florida with new friend Colleen and has more adventure than anticipated when they pick up down-on-her-luck Jonnie, who hides a terrible secret. By the best-selling author of Secrets of a Shoe Addict. Simultaneous.
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The Governess of Highland Hall
by Carrie Turansky
When Julia Foster, a spirited young woman and former missionary takes a job as governess, she catches the eye of the owner of Highland Hall, Sir William Ramsey, and he must decide if he will follow his heart and marry for love or choose a wealthy bride whose fortune can save his family's estate from ruin.
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The lost island : a Gideon Crew novel
by Douglas J Preston
After being tasked with stealing a page from a priceless, ancient book, brilliant scientist and master thief Gideon Crew discovers a hidden map on the back of the book's parchment, in the third novel of the series following Gideon's Corpse. Simultaneous.
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Love letters : A Rose Harbor Novel
by Debbie Macomber
Three guests at Rose Harbor Inn find comfort and renewal through letters, including a woman who reconnects with the father she cannot remember, a couple who rekindle their love and an Afghanistan war widow who finds the strength to move on. By the best-selling author of the Cedar Cove series.
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Remains of innocence : a Brady novel of suspense
by Judith A Jance
While investigating two separate cases, Sheriff Joanna Brady must discover if the death of a family friend whose body was found in a limestone cavern is linked to the discovery of a fortune in $100 bills hidden in the house of a hoarder. Read by Hillary Huber. Simultaneous.
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Still life
by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of Canada's Sûreté du Quebec is called to Three Pines, a tiny hamlet south of Montreal, to investigate the suspicious hunting "accident" that claimed the life of Jane Neal, a local fixture in the village
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Three Wishes
by Liane Moriarty
Following the three Kettle sisters through their tumultuous thirty-third year as they deal with sibling rivalry and secrets, revelations and relationships, unfaithful husbands and unthinkable decisions, and the fabulous, frustrating life of forever being part of a trio.
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In the kingdom of ice : the grand and terrible polar voyage of the USS Jeannette
by Hampton Sides
A dramatic account of the ill-fated 19th-century naval expedition to the North Pole cites the contributions of German cartographer August Peterman, New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett and famed naval officer George Washington De Long in the team's efforts to survive brutal environmental conditions.
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