March 2020 list by Donalee Jacobs
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And They Called it Camelot
by Stephanie Thornton
Using her charm and intelligence to carve a place for herself among the men of history, Jackie Kennedy is forced to reassemble the fragments of her life after her husband’s assassination.
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Barn 8
by Deb Olin Unferth
Two auditors for the U.S. egg industry go rogue and conceive a plot to steal a million chickens in the middle of the night-an entire egg farm's worth of animals. A series of catastrophes ensues, bringing into the minds of a farmer's daughter, a former director of undercover investigations, hundreds of activists, a forest ranger who suddenly comes upon forty thousand hens, and a security guard who is left on an empty farm for years. We hear what hens think happens when they die. In the end the cracked hearts of these indelible characters, their earnest efforts to heal themselves, and their radical actions will lead them to ruin or revelation. Funny, whimsical, philosophical, and heartbreaking, Barn 8 ultimately asks: What constitutes meaningful action in a world so in need of change?
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Coconut Layer Cake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Racing home to wintry Minnesota when her sister’s boyfriend, Detective Lonnie Murphy, is implicated in a murder case, Hannah struggles with Lonnie’s foggy memory about driving the victim home.
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A Conspiracy of Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan struggles to identify a faceless murder victim in possession of her cell number, a mystery that is entangled with a decade-old missing-child case.
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Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
by Deepa Anappara
In an award-winning debut based on true events, a 9-year-old reality-television enthusiast in India uses crime-show approaches to investigate the disappearance of a classmate, before additional abductions shatter life in his sprawling city home.
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A Forgotten Murder
by Jude Deveraux
Gathering at a British country estate for a festive murder-mystery weekend, a retired romance novelist and her old friends tackle a 25-year-old unsolved case that is complicated by the discovery of a murdered jewel thief.
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Hannah's War
by Jan Eliasberg
An award-winning writer and director reimagines the last months of World War II as an exiled German physicist, Dr. Hannah Weiss, is suspected of being a spy in the top-secret nuclear lab at Los Alamos.
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Hit List
by Stuart Woods
Former New York City cop turned Manhattan law firm rainmaker finds himself in rather hot water in a high-suspense latest entry in the best-selling series.
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Journey of the Pharaohs
by Clive Cussler
Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew race to identify a link between an ancient Egyptian treasure, a 1927 daredevil aviator’s disappearance and the sinking of a modern fishing trawler to prevent a scheme by a cutthroat arms dealer.
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Lethal Game
by Christine Feehan
Recuperating in San Diego after a painful injury, GhostWalker Malichai Fortunes bonds with a woman he believes possesses GhostWalker healing powers before confronting a difficult choice in the wake of a threat he cannot manage alone.
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Long Range
by C. J Box
Assisting an investigation into a fatal grizzly attack that is not what it seems, Joe Pickett becomes embroiled in the case of a prominent judge’s wife by a would-be assassin who was shooting from a surprisingly long distance.
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The Lost Diary of M
by Paul Wolfe
A reimagining of the life of Georgetown socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer traces her marriage to a CIA chief, presidential affair and LSD experiments before her baffling murder a year after JFK’s assassination.
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The Moonglow Sisters
by Lori Wilde
Maddie and Shelley Clark return to their hometown of Moonglow Cove, Texas, for the wedding of their free-spirited sister, Gia.
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My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Asked to help defend an older high-school English teacher with whom she had an affair at age 15, Vanessa struggles to choose between her romantic teen illusions and harrowing adult perceptions.
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The Night Watchman
by Louise Erdrich
A historical novel based on the life of the National Book Award-winning author’s grandfather traces the experiences of a Chippewa Council night watchman in mid-19th-century rural North Dakota who fights Congress to enforce Native American treaty rights.
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No Stone Unturned
by Andrea Kane
When the woman helping her research heirloom tapestries is murdered, jewelry designer Fiona McKey turns to her brother, Forensic Instincts’ technology wiz, for help and finds herself caught in the middle of two rival assassins who will do anything to get their hands on this Irish treasure.
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The Numbers Game
by Danielle Steel
Setting aside her dreams to raise a family, Eileen reevaluates her sacrifices in the wake of her husband’s affair with a famous actress’s daughter, and discovers that she needs to find herself before committing to someone else.
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One Little Lie
by Colleen Coble
When her recently retired sheriff father is framed for theft and murder, interim sheriff Jane Hardy reluctantly teams up with a documentary journalist to determine if the cult her father and she escaped years earlier may be responsible.
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The Red Lotus
by Chris Bohjalian
Falling in love with a wounded former patient and accompanying him on a cycling trip to Vietnam, an emergency-room doctor uncovers a bizarre series of deceptions that culminate in her boyfriend’s unexplained disappearance.
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Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Resurrection
by Joshua Hood
When he receives a mysterious email from a former colleague and is then attacked by an unknown hit team at his job site, former Treadstone agent-turned-carpenter Adam Hayes is forced to come out of retirement to discover who wants him dead.
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The Sea Glass Cottage
by RaeAnne Thayne
Returning to her northern California hometown to care for her estranged mother, an unfulfilled career woman reflects on the cycles of addiction and enabling that ended her sister’s life and orphaned her niece.
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The Sea of Lost Girls
by Carol Goodman
A teacher with a secret past endures attacks on her family when her son is implicated in the death of his girlfriend just before she discovers her husband’s involvement.
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The Shape of Family
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
A headstrong college student from a once-ambitious family navigates an unspeakable tragedy before her search for identity leads her down a dark path that is complicated by her parents’ secrets.
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Trouble is What I Do
by Walter Mosley
Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building his reputation in the New York investigative scene. His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking. Phillip "Catfish" Worry is a 92-year-old Mississippi bluesman who needs Leonid's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. But when a famed and feared assassin puts a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past. Joined by a team of young and tough aspiring investigators, Leonid must gain the trust of wary socialites, outsmart vengeful thugs, and, above all, serve the truth— no matter the cost.
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The Warsaw Protocol
by Steve Berry
Investigating the thefts of the seven Arma Christi relics from their international sanctuaries, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone learns that the relics are being demanded by a blackmailer in possession of incriminating evidence against the president of Poland.
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