November 2019 list by Nanette Alderman
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The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols
by Nicholas Meyer
Investigating the murder of a Secret Service agent, Sherlock and Watson, accompanied by an enigmatic woman, uncover a plot by a covert group intent on taking over the world.
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Angel in a Devil's Arms
by Julie Anne Long
Sweeping into London with vengeance on his mind, Lucien Durand, seeking to reclaim his true birthright, finds himself brought to his knees by the beautiful Angelique Breedlove and the dangerous passion they share.
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Agent Running in the Field
by John Le Carré
Desperate to resist the political turbulence of his 2018 London home, a young man establishes connections that lead him down a dark and dangerous path.
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The Art of Theft
by Sherry Thomas
When Mrs. Watson resolves to uncover long-kept secrets on behalf of a friend, Charlotte Holmes infiltrates a glamorous Yuletide ball to prevent the sale of a priceless work of art.
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Blue Moon
by Lee Child
A highly anticipated latest installment in the best-selling series finds Jack Reacher offering aid to an elderly couple only to be confronted by the most dangerous opponents of his career.
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The Bodies in the Library
by Marty Wingate
The new curator of an exclusive first-edition library in Bath encounters resistance in her efforts to modernize, before the murder of a fan-fiction writer threatens everything she has worked to achieve.
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A Book of Bones
by John Connolly
Three murders in different regions of England reveal the work of a sinister killer who is sacrificing victims for an evil agenda, compelling Charlie Parker’s gripping search for clues in multiple countries.
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Clear My Name
by Paula Daly
A jaded investigator from a UK charity that helps exonerate wrongly convicted people teams up with a naïve trainee to follow leads related to a witness who could clear an innocent woman’s name.
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Curious Toys
by Elizabeth Hand
Joining a gang near the famous Riverview amusement park in 1915 Chicago, the daughter of a fortune teller teams up with a reclusive artist to track down a serial killer responsible for a child’s disappearance.
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A Dog's Promise
by W. Bruce Cameron
A latest entry in the series that includes, A Dog’s Journey, continues the story of Bailey, who is joined by another special dog, Lola, in an effort to fulfill a promise over the course of several lives.
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Full Throttle: Stories
by Joe Hill
The best-selling author of Strange Weather presents 13 short stories of supernatural suspense, including “Throttle,” co-written by Stephen King, in which a trucker is caught in a sinister dance with motorcycle outlaws in the Nevada desert.
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Grand Union: Stories
by Zadie Smith
The award-winning author of White Teeth presents a first collection of 10 original short stories and selections from her most-lauded pieces as first published in The New Yorker and other prestigious literary magazines.
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Hidden Cove
by Meg Tilly
When a close friend dies from a suspicious overdose, Solace Island gallery owner Zelia Thompson teams up with a reclusive crime fiction novelist to uncover the truth, placing her own life at risk along the way.
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Marley
by Jon Clinch
From the acclaimed author of Finn comes a reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, with a moving exploration of the twisted relationship between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley.
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Massacre at Crow Creek Crossing
by Charles G. West
Returning to the place that almost destroyed him, Cole Bonner, determined to avenge his family who was slaughtered by outlaws, must face his own demons to bring a widow to safety before another massacre happens at Crow Creek Crossing.
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The Noble Path
by Peter May
When a wealthy Cambodian refugee asks him to rescue his wife and children from the Khmer Rouge, discredited and suicidal British Army officer Jack Elliot accepts the job in the hope that he will be killed while completing it.
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Stealth
by Stuart Woods
Abruptly dispatched to a remote region of the U.K., Stone Barrington teams up with two brilliant colleagues only to land in a trap that reveals a rival power’s lethal agenda and the larger conspiracy of a criminal mastermind.
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Takes One To Know One
by Susan Isaacs
A retired FBI agent-turned-Long Island housewife taps into her investigative past when she begins to suspect that her neighbor is harboring criminal secrets.
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What Comes My Way
by Tracie Peterson
A wild west show performer fears that her secret identity as the daughter of a murderer will compromise her relationship with a man who is struggling through his own crisis in faith in the aftermath of his father’s death.
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What Happens in Paradise
by Elin Hilderbrand
A follow-up to the best-selling Winter in Paradise finds Irene and her sons returning to St. John to investigate her late husband’s secret double life before uncovering surprising truths about their own realities and futures.
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