January 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Below the Belt
by Stuart Woods
New York City cop-turned-Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington and his gang of cronies find themselves back in the line of fire. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs.
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Curtain of Death: A Clandestine Operations Novel
by W. E. B Griffin
When two WACs are accosted by Soviet NKGB agents from an officers' club in 1946 Munich and kill three of their attackers to escape, the incident triggers shock waves that have major repercussions throughout a fledgling CIA.
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The Dangerous Ladies Affair
by Marcia Muller
Hired by a wealthy banker to undermine an extortionist who has threatened to reveal personal secrets unless he receives multiple grand sums, John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter find the case turning deadly when a courier is found dead in a locked room.
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The Final Day
by William R Forstchen
An entry in the series that includes the best-selling One Second After continues the story of America's efforts to rebuild in the aftermath of an electromagnetic pulse that wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation and violence.
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The Guests on South Battery
by Karen White
Reluctant to return to work after the birth of her twins, Melanie takes on a client eager to sell a historic Charleston home only to find herself approached by ghost informants who have been long silent. By the best-selling author of Spinning the Moon.
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Her Every Fear
by Peter Swanson
A woman prone to panic attacks in the aftermath of a violent kidnapping relocates to a cousin's home in Boston, where a neighbor's murder embroils her in speculation about her cousin's nature and the intentions of an appealing stranger.
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Hidden: A Mitchum Story
by James Patterson
When Mitchum's fourteen-year-old cousin is abducted, he calls on every lethal skill he's learned to track her down, but nothing is what is seems.
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History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
Living with her parents in a nearly abandoned counterculture commune, 14-year-old Linda finds her perspectives and desires changed by the scandal-marked arrest of a teacher and the secrets of a new neighbor family as she wrestles with the consequences of actions and failures in the name of love.
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Lord of the Privateers
by Stephanie Laurens
A #1 New York Times best-selling author delivers the conclusion to her acclaimed series, a passionate Regency-era drama where intrigue and danger play out on the high seas and in exotic tropical jungles, ultimately reaching a dazzling climax in the glittering ballrooms of London.
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The Midnight Bell
by Jack Higgins
When the assistant to the head of a secret White House department is killed by a hit-and-run driver, the event is tied to a warning to the U.S. president by a London branch of al-Qaida that is determined to prove its resilience. By the best-selling author of The Eagle Has Landed.
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The Mistress
by Danielle Steel
The innocent mistress of a Russian oligarch gradually finds independence through her own efforts and a friendship with the artist son of a world-renowned painter in a tale set in the South of France, London and Paris.
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The Old Man
by Thomas Perry
The toppling of a Middle Eastern government renders a decades-old case urgent for covert army intelligence retiree Dan Chase, who must fight for his life to escape a past he had hoped to leave behind. By the best-selling author of the Jane Whitefield series.
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Ring of Fire
by Brad Taylor
Learning of an imminent terrorist attack on the U.S., Pike Logan, Jennifer Cahill and the Taskforce race against time to stop catastrophic events in multiple locations. By the best-selling author of The Forgotten Soldier.
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Selection Day
by Aravind Adiga
Two brothers growing up in a Mumbai slum are raised by an obsessive father to become cricket stars only to have their relationship, future and senses of self threatened by unexpected dynamics that shape their coming-of-age. By the award-winning author of The White Tiger.
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The Seventh Plague
by James Rollins
When a British archaeologist who had been missing for two years reappears and dies amid findings that his body was being mummified while he was still alive, Sigma Force must stop an ancient plague with ties to some of history's most innovative minds.
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The Sleepwalker
by Chris Bohjalian
When a sleepwalker who has experienced episodes of near violence while unconscious goes missing, her eldest daughter, Lianna, finds herself drawn to a lead detective who seems to know more than he is revealing.
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Take Back the Sky
by Greg Bear
Marooned on Titan, Skyrine Michael Venn and his comrades face adversaries who would eliminate them for their growing awareness of what the alien Gurus are really planning for the solar system. By the author of Hull Zero Three.
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A Wedding in Maine: A McCullagh Inn Story
by Jen Mclaughlin
A woman's ecstatic preparations for a dream wedding at the inn she built at the side of the man who is everything she ever wanted are thrown into turmoil by past secrets that refuse to stay buried.
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When We Were Sisters
by Emilie Richards
Superstar singer-songwriter Cecilia lives life on the edge, but when a former close friend from foster care, Robin, is nearly killed in an accident, Cecilia drops everything to be with her. By the USA Today best-selling author of One Mountain Away.
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Wyoming Brave
by Diana Palmer
Agreeing to let Meredith Grayling, who is hiding from a dangerous stalker, stay on his ranch, Ren Colter, who has lived as a recluse since his fiance left him years ago, finds his protective instincts kicking in and his heart opening up to this blonde beauty who has gotten under his skin.
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