January 2020 list by Nanette Alderman
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As Long as We Both Shall Live
by JoAnn Chaney
Matt frantically tells park rangers that he and his wife, Marie, were hiking when she fell off a cliff into the raging river below. They start a search, but they aren't hopeful: no one could have survived that fall. It was a tragic accident. But Matt's first wife also died in suspicious circumstances. And when the police pull a body out of the river, they have a lot more questions for Matt. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital. eAudiobook on RBdigital.
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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
by Alex White
Targeted by the same killer, two women, one a washed-up treasure hunter and one a race car driver framed for murder, find themselves on the wrong side of the law as they board a smuggler’s ship. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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The Devil Aspect
by Craig Russell
In Czechoslovakia in 1935, a brilliant young psychiatrist takes his new post at an asylum for the criminally insane that houses only six inmates, the country's most depraved murderers. At the same time, in Prague, a detective struggles to understand a brutal serial killer who has spread fear through the city, and who may have ties to the asylum. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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The Dinner List
by Rebecca Serle
In a novel imbued with magical realism, when Sabrina Nielsen arrives at her 30th birthday dinner in New York City, she finds at the table not just her best friend, but also her favorite professor from college; her father; her ex-fiance, Tobias; and Audrey Hepburn. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
by Helene Tursten
Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This little bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Maud's apartment, foil the engagement of her long-ago lover, and dispose of some pesky neighbors. But when the local authorities are called to investigate a dead body found in Maud's apartment, will Maud finally become a suspect? eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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Fogland Point
by Douglas R. Burgess
Returning home to Narragansett Bay, a town where everyone has a secret, to care for his grandmother during her struggle with dementia, David Hazard discovers that her fragile memories could hold the key to an old mystery—and a sudden murder next door. eBook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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The Frangipani Tree Mystery
by Ovidia Yu
When two murders at the residence of Singapore's Acting Governor occur, it seems very likely that a killer is stalking the corridors of Government House. It takes all journalist and nanny SuLin's traditional skills and intelligence to help British-born Chief Inspector Thomas LeFroy solve the murders - and escape with her own life. No eBook or eAudiobook available.
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Ghosted
by Rosie Walsh
An idyllic romance between Sarah and her boyfriend, Eddie, is shattered when Eddie abruptly disappears, prompting Sarah to ignore her friends' advice and investigate what really happened. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital. eAudiobook on RBdigital.
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Here and Now and Then
by Mike Chen
Stranded for 18 years since the 1990s, time-traveling agent Kin Stewart, suffering from memory loss, has started a new life, but when rescuers from the year 2142 finally arrive, he must choose between his current family and the one he left behind in the future. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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Leave No Trace
by Mindy Mejia
When a boy who went missing 10 years earlier in the untamed wilderness of Minnesota is discovered, violent and uncommunicative, a language therapist harboring difficult secrets struggles to uncover what happened. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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The Military Wife
by Laura Trentham
Harper Lee Wilcox, a military widow, and Bennett Caldwell, an Ex-Navy SEAL wounded in combat, struggle to heal their personal pain and find the courage to love again. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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A Mind Unraveled
by Kurt Eichenwald
Matt tells park rangers that his wife fell off a cliff into the raging river below. Authorities start a search, but doubt anyone could survive the fall. Matt's first wife also died under suspicious circumstances. Detectives Loren and Spengler want to know if Matt is a grieving, twice-unlucky husband or a cold-blooded murderer. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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The Night Tiger
by Yangsze Choo
A vivacious dance-hall girl in 1930s colonial Malaysia is drawn into unexpected danger by the discovery of a severed finger that is being sought by a young houseboy in order to protect his late master's soul. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital. eAudiobook on RBdigital.
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The Proposal
by Jasmine Guillory
Surprised by her new boyfriend's jumbotron proposal at a Dodgers game, Nikole is rescued from the public humiliation after saying no by a handsome doctor. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital. eAudiobook on RBdigital.
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Séances Are for Suckers
by Tamara Berry
When something goes bump in the night, fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee—but when an apparent ghostly presence at an ancestral estate in England turns deadly, things get serious. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital. eAudiobook on RBdigital.
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The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
A therapist becomes dangerously obsessed with uncovering the truth about what prompted his client, an artist who refuses to speak, to murder her husband in a way that triggers mass public speculation. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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Song of a Captive Bird
by Jasmin Darznik
Re-imagines the life of rebel poet Forugh Farrokzhad, a passionate young writer in search of freedom and independence from the restrictions imposed on women in mid-twentieth-century Iran. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer
Told in alternating voices from the present day and Nazi-occupied Poland, a follow-up to Before I Let You Go follows a woman's urgent search for answers to a family mystery involving her grandparents' wartime experiences. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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Torn
by Rowenna Miller
Sophie, a dressmaker and charm caster, has lifted her family out of poverty with a hard-won reputation for beautiful ball gowns and discreetly embroidered spells. A commission from the royal family could secure her future — and thrust her into a dangerous new world where revolution is brewing. When Sophie and her brother Kristos are drawn into a deadly magical plot, Sophie is torn between her family and her future. eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive. eBook on RBdigital.
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