July 2018 list by Nanette Alderman
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All We Ever Wanted
by Emily Giffin
Nina Browning has it all: the handsome husband, the Ivy-League-bound teenage son, and the big house in the Nashville suburbs. But with one unthinkable social media post from her beloved child, could it all fall apart?
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Before and Again
by Barbara Delinsky
Maggie Reid hides her tragic past and takes satisfaction in working as a makeup artist to the local spa. When a friend's teenage son is thrust in the spotlight, Maggie is torn between pulling away and protecting herself. As the stunning truth behind their case is slowly revealed, Maggie's own carefully constructed story begins to unravel as well.
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A Conspiracy of Tall Men
by Noah Hawley
When Linus Owen is informed by the FBI that his wife had been killed in a plane crash on her way to Brazil when she supposedly had gone to Chicago to visit her mother, he enlists the aid of fellow conspiracy theorists in search of answers.
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Crisis at the Cathedral
by Jeanne M. Dams
When Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan meet the wealthy Ahmad family, they are charmed by their courtesy, their perfect English, their delightful children and their commitment to peace. When Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad disappear, suspicions of kidnapping and even murder are raised. Dorothy and Alan assist the police and MI5 in their efforts to find their new friends.
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The Darkest Warrior
by Gena Showalter
Puck the Undefeated, host of the demon of Indifference, cannot experience emotion without punishment, so he allows himself to feel nothing. Until her. According to ancient prophecy, she is the key to avenging his past, saving his realm and ruling as king. All he must do? Steal her from the man she loves—and marry her.
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Last Seen Alive
by Claire Douglas
Libby Hall needs a vacation. She and her husband Jamie cant believe their good fortune when they discover the Heywoods want to do a house swap. The home yields disquieting surprises: a fortune in hidden surveillance equipment, a stranger in the garden who watches them, and the make-shift operating room in the basement.
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Low Chicago
by George R. R. Martin
The stakes were already high enough at Giovanni Galante's poker table that night in Chicago. Poker. Dealer's choice. Seven players. A million-dollar cash buy-in. But after a superpowered mishap, the most high-profile criminals in the city are scattered throughout the past and their schemes across time threaten the stability of the world.
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The Moscow Offensive
by Dale Brown
America's first line of defense--Brad McLanahan and the heroes of the Iron Wolf Squadron--must counter a dangerous Russian strike from within the homeland in this high-tech military thriller.
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The Patchwork Bride
by Sandra Dallas
Ellen is putting the finishing touches on a wedding quilt made from scraps of old dresses when the bride-to-be—her granddaughter June—unexpectedly arrives and announces she's calling off the marriage. Ellen then tells her the story of Nell, a Kansas-born woman who goes to the High Plains of New Mexico Territory in 1898 in search of a husband.
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The Pharaoh Key
by Douglas Preston
Terminally ill Gideon Crew is shocked when a former employer disappears. Then he learns that the final project of her now shuttered lab involved translating an ancient stone tablet whose secrets could save Gideon's life--or end it with a bang.
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A Place for Us
by Fatima Farheen Mirza
As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. What secrets and betrayals have caused this close-knit family to fracture? Can astranged Amar find his way back to the people who know and love him best?
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Scorpion Strike
by John Gilstrap
For Jonathan Grave and Gail Bonneville, the Crystal Sands Resort is the perfect getaway—until gunshots shatter the night. Wealthy guests are yanked out of their sleep, herded like animals, forced to submit to their captors' demands. But Jonathan and Gail are no ordinary vacationers. The assassins who invade their bungalow receive a deadly surprise. And two determined, skilled operatives escape into the jungle.
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The Skaar Invasion
by Terry Brooks
The mysterious force that laid waste to Paranor has revealed a more human face. While some gain a new understanding of the invaders and what they are after, others continue their existing quests even as the peril rises. For what looked to be a formidable invading force proves only the forerunner of a much vaster army--one that is now marching against the Four Lands.
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The Summer List
by Amy Mason Doan
Best teenage friends Laura and Casey split over an act of betrayal. Laura returns two decades later to their small California town to join the town's scavenger hunt, hoping to heal the rift between them.
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Tempting the Laird
by Julia London
Catriona follows in her beloved late aunt Zelda's steps to help women in need. When the refuge comes under fire, Cat is soon caught up in rumors surrounding Hamlin Graham, the mysterious Duke of Montrose.
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Three Days Missing
by Kimberly Belle
When Kat Jenkins awakens to the police on her doorstep, her greatest fear is realized. Her nine-year-old son, Ethan, is missing. As the police investigation unfolds, Ethan's disappearance has earth-shattering consequences for Stef, another mother from the school. As the two mothers race against the clock, their desperate search for answers reveals how the greatest dangers lie behind the everyday smiles of those they trust the most.
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Us Against You
by Fredrik Backman
No matter how difficult times get for the people of Beartown, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring town of Hed, take in that fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising new coach and a chance at a comeback.
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The Verdun Affair
by Nick Dybek
Three characters, Sarah, Tom, and Paul are haunted by loss and in search of consolation. Travel back and forth in time between a European continent destroyed by World War I and 1950s Hollywood to discover the secrets each keep and the identity of the amnesiac they met in the psychiatric war of an Italian hospital.
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When Life Gives You Lululemons
by Lauren Weisberger
Emily Charlton has been working in Hollywood as an image consultant to the stars, but has recently lost a few clients. She needs a big comeback and hope it comes from helping former supermodel Karolina Hartwell recover from her current scandal.
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The Woman in the Woods
by John Connolly
When the body of a woman--who apparently died in childbirth--is discovered, Parker is hired to track down both her identity and her missing child. In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered. Investigators realize that the dead young woman gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby.
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