November 2020 list by Nanette Alderman
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The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway
by Una McCormack
Discover the story of the woman who travelled further than any human ever had before, stranded decades from home, encountering new worlds and species.
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Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts
by Nancy Campbell Allen
Detective-Inspector Oliver Reed is assigned to guard social activist Emme O'Shea on her trip to Scotland where she will speak at an important summit on Shifter rights, but getting her there safely will be a challenge-especially when the two of them realize they might be falling in love with each other.
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Cold As Ice
by Allison Brennan
When the psychopath she put away is released from juvenile detention with a clean slate and is determined to make her life a living hell, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is the only one who can stop this woman before she finishes her deadly game.
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Confessions on the 7:45
by Lisa Unger
Befriending a stranger in an accompanying seat when their commuter train stalls, Selena confesses a personal grievance before her life is upended by her nanny’s disappearance and growing fractures in her marriage.
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The Devil's Boneyard
by William W. Johnstone
A former Pinkerton agent who knows how to keep the peace, saloon owner Ben Savage must save the town’s sheriff when a notorious hellraiser is released from prison bent on revenge.
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The Hollow Places
by T. Kingfisher
Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she's discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle's house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area-only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities.
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Invisible Girl
by Lisa Jewell
Suspended from work amid allegations of sexual misconduct, a virgin geography teacher is targeted by a sinister predator upon joining an online support group for the involuntarily celibate, before a therapist neighbor’s distraught patient goes missing.
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The Last Druid
by Terry Brooks
A conclusion to the Shannara saga is set in the war-torn Four Lands, where a group of heroes organizes to defend the region while one carries world-changing technology to the Skaar homeland and another becomes trapped in a deadly realm.
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Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
Sheltering in a New York beach house with a couple that has taken refuge during a massive blackout, a family struggles for information about the power failure while wondering if the cut-off property is actually safe.
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Miracle Creek Christmas
by Krista Lynne Jensen
Fleeing her bad ending to a relationship with a popular actor, Riley takes a job as a high school art teacher in the sleepy mountain town of Miracle Creek where she develops a connection to an injured firefighter.
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Murder on Cold Street
by Sherry Thomas
When her friend refuses to defend himself after being found in a locked room with two murder victims, Charlotte Holmes navigates baffling evidence and rumors in a case that is further complicated by Lord Ingram’s long-anticipated offer.
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My Last Duchess
by Eloisa James
Hugo Wilde, the Duke of Lindow, must convince Lady Astley, the only woman for him, that their powerful attraction, his castle and his eight mischievous children add up to a match made in heaven.
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Point of Danger
by Irene Hannon
Radio show host Eve Reilly is used to backlash for her on-air commentary. But when angry online posts escalate to menacing harassment, it will be up to Detective Brent Lange to track down a dangerous foe who wants to silence the fearless woman now stealing his heart.
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The Sentinel
by Lee Child
A latest entry in the best-selling series, co-written with the author’s brother, finds Jack Reacher following his lizard-brain instincts on a seemingly uneventful night in Nashville, where a recently fired man nurses an increasingly violent grudge.
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The Silence
by Don DeLillo
Five people gathered together in a Manhattan apartment in 2022 react to a mysterious, catastrophic event that severs all of modern life’s digital connections.
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Silent Bite
by David Rosenfelt
Finally getting into the Christmas spirit, lawyer Andy Carpenter, while running a dog rescue organization, which is his true passion, agrees to help his partner prove the innocence of a man wrongly accused of murder.
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A Song for the Dark Times
by Ian Rankin
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst – and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.
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A Time for Mercy
by John Grisham
Court-appointed lawyer Jake Brigance puts his career and the safety of his family on the line to defend a 16-year-old murder suspect who is facing the death penalty.
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
by Karen Kingsbury
Dividing his family with his decision to become a police officer, 18-year-old Tommy Baxter falls in love with a girl fighting for her life at the same time he uncovers devastating truths about his late grandfather.
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A Wild Winter Swan
by Gregory Maguire
The best-selling author of Wicked reimagines Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Wild Swans” in the story of an Italian-American rebel who encounters a handsome swan boy during the Christmas season in 1960s New York.
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