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The high tide club
by Mary Kay Andrews
Unexpectedly hired by an eccentric millionaire from a vast barrier island home, a young attorney learns the story of the new client's now-deceased circle of friends, her determination to protect the land from developers, disturbing clues about a long-unsolved murder and her ambitious plans for heirs and descendants.
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The silence of the girls : a novel
by Pat Barker
The Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy reimagines The Iliad from the perspectives of the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War.
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The clockmaker's daughter : a novel
by Kate Morton
More than 150 years after an artist's retreat on the banks of the Upper Thames ends in murder, theft and ruin, a London archivist is drawn by a striking photograph and a sketchbook to discover a manor's secrets.
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Circe : a novel
by Madeline Miller
A highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning The Song of Achilles follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.
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Her fearful symmetry : a novel
by Audrey Niffenegger
After they inherit a London flat near Highgate Cemetery from their aunt Elspeth Noblin, two American twin teenagers, Julia and Valentina, move in and get to know their quirky neighbors, but they soon discover that much is still alive at Highgate, including, perhaps, their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old apartment or life behind.
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The nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Reunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways. Discussion guide available online.
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The war that saved my life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
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The Christmas cat
by Melody Carlson
After his grandmother passes away, Garrison Brown is tasked with re-homing her six cats—which includes sizeable monetary gifts for their new owners—and maybe a new companion for Garrison.
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Tortured souls : the legend of Primordium
by Clive Barker
After a seemingly routine murder-for-hire, assassin Zarles Krieger must face his victim's daughter, as well as an entity known as Agonistes, who resides in the legendary "first city" Primordium and accepts the pleas of supplicants, transforming them—through art, magic and pain—into avatars of violence and rage.
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American gods
by Neil Gaiman
Just released from prison, Shadow encounters Mr. Wednesday, an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world.
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The serpent's shadow
by Mercedes Lackey
After the murder of her parents by mysterious magical forces, Maya Witherspoon--the daughter of a British physician and a Brahmin woman--seeks refuge in London, struggling to build a carer as a doctor and attempting to master the magical gifts inherited from her mother, a former priestess, before the dark forces can claim her as their prey.
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