August 2020 list by Nanette Alderman
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Afterland
by Lauren Beukes
Fleeing west to find a safe haven in a world vastly transformed by a pandemic that has killed nearly all men, a mother disguises her son as a girl to escape dangerous adversaries, including her own sister.
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The Badlands Trail
by Lyle Brandt
While driving a herd of longhorn cattle 500 miles northwest, Toby Bishop, a jack-of-all-trades and drifter, is tested physically by the rigors of the trails, and mentally by the grim memories evoked by violence.
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The Best Man Plan
by Jaci Burton
After her fiancé dumps her three days before their wedding, Erin Bellini, hurt and embarrassed, decides to have a fling with the best man—veterinarian Jason Callum, who decides he wants more than a no-strings-attached affair.
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A Blessing to Cherish
by Lauraine Snelling
Enjoying the support and friendship from the Blessing, North Dakota community, Ingeborg Borklund feels content and grateful for all she’s been given as she tries to help her recently-widowed stepson deal with his grief and raise his two children.
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Cajun Justice
by James Patterson
A disgraced former Secret Service agent from New Orleans takes a job in Tokyo as the head of security for an important CEO, but when he discovers a web of corruption and greed, he calls on his years of training to find justice.
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Deal with the Devil
by Kit Rocha
An information broker whose librarian team uses knowledge to protect a crumbling America and a battle-weary supersoldier who is fighting for survival after refusing to target innocents become rivals and then unlikely partners in a quest to save the world.
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Desolation Road
by Christine Feehan
When their enemies threaten the club’s existence and the ones they love, the members of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club stir up the town of Sea Haven once again.
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The Hooligans
by Peter T. Deutermann
After his first deployment in 1942 at Guadalcanal, a young surgical resident finds himself transferred aboard a PT (patrol torpedo) boat where he confronts submarines and surface ships, and attacks from both the air and sea.
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The Lantern Men
by Elly Griffiths
When a convicted murderer offers to lead her to the bodies of four additional cold-case victims, Ruth Galloway embarks on a search in a fens-bordering village reputed to be haunted by mysterious lantern-carrying beings.
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Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook
by Celia Rees
Recruited as a spy for the OSS for her educational background and brother’s Oxford connections to help find a war criminal in occupied post-World War II Germany, a young British schoolteacher finds herself surrounded by civilians hiding dubious agendas.
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My Highland Rogue
by Karen Ranney
Returning home to Scotland to care for his ailing father, Gordon McDonnell discovers that the feelings he always had for Jennifer Adaire are stronger than ever until family secrets surface, threatening their chance at having a future together.
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Near Dark
by Brad Thor
The world's largest bounty has just been placed upon America's top spy. His only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth. But for Scot Harvath to accomplish his most dangerous mission ever, he nees help from an unlikely ally, Norwegian intelligence operative Sølvi Kolstad.
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The Nemesis Manifesto
by Eric Lustbader
Dedicating her life to protecting her country after surviving an unspeakable tragedy, DOD black-ops field agent Evan Ryder investigates a hostile cabal behind the assassinations of her fellow agents.
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Of Mutts and Men
by Spencer Quinn
Chet the dog and his private investigator partner, Bernie Little, must investigate after they show up for a meeting with a hydrologist but discover him murdered in the latest addition to the series following Heart of Barkness.
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Outsider
by Linda Castillo
A follow-up to the best-selling Shamed finds Kate Burkholder helping a friend from the police academy go into hiding among the Amish to avoid vengeful rogue cops who have wrongly accused her of murdering an undercover officer.
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Peace Talks
by Jim Butcher
Joining the White Council’s security team to help facilitate peace among hostile supernatural nations, wizard Harry Dresden is confronted by manipulative political forces that threaten all of Chicago.
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Quantum Shadows
by L. E. Modesitt
On a world called Heaven, Conwyn, known as the Shadow of the Raven, contains the collective memory of humanity’s Falls from Grace and discovers that another Fall may happen and if he doesn’t stop it, mankind will not survive.
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Utopia Avenue
by David Mitchell
The members of a music band in 1967 London navigate the era’s parties, drugs and politics as well as their own egos and tragedies while exploring transformative perspectives about youth, art and fame.
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The Vacation
by T. M. Logan
Spending a week with loved ones in an opulent villa in southern France, Kate finds her life upended by an incriminating text that reveals her husband is having an affair with one of her three best friends.
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When She Was Good
by Michael Robotham
A sequel to Good Girl, Bad Girl finds criminal psychologist Cyrus Haven uncovering answers about Evie Cormac’s dark past that force the latter to flee and question whether or not her secrets should remain hidden.
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