July 2019 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Almost Midnight
by Paul Doiron
When his best friend is released from prison under suspicious circumstances, warden investigator Mike Bowditch races to protect his friend's family only to uncover a violent criminal conspiracy.
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Alpha and Omega
by Harry Turtledove
Uncovering an End of Days prophecy during a routine dig in Jerusalem, a secular archaeologist sees the world turning upside-down in the face of prophecies and violence before his team makes a paradigm-changing discovery beneath Tel Aviv's Temple Mount.
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Backlash
by Brad Thor
Far from home and surrounded by enemies in the wake of an unforgivable betrayal, Scot Harvath tests the limits of his training in an effort to escape and exact revenge.
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Bark of Night
by David Rosenfelt
Rescuing a dog who was abandoned at a veterinarian's office by a stranger, defense lawyer Andy Carpenter searches for answers upon learning that the dog's real owner has been found murdered.
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Cham-Pain
by Solomon
A suburban wife and mother living a stable life in Washington, D.C. recovers memories of her real identity as the daughter of one of New York's most ruthless drug dealers and killers, and must continue to run from her past to stay alive.
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Dark Age
by Pierce Brown
Outlawed by the Republic he founded, Darrow wages a destructive war on Mars; while heir-in-exile Lysander struggles to overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families.
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Deep River
by Karl Marlantes
Lured by the prospects of the Homestead Act, Ilmari and Matti set sail for America, and the politicized young Aino, follows soon after. In the shadow of Douglas firs a hundred meters high, the brothers establish themselves among a logging community in southern Washington, and it is there, that each comes into their own. Layered with fascinating historical detail, this is a novel that breathes deeply of the sun-dappled forest and bears witness to the stump-ridden fields the loggers, and the first waves of modernity, leave behind.
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The Flight Girls
by Noelle Salazar
A novel looks at the Women' Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program and the heroic role women played in training military pilots who were being deployed to fight during World War II.
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The Gifted School
by Bruce W Holsinger
The students and parents of a tight-knit community find their bonds nearly destroyed by competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens nearby, in a story told from both adult and child perspectives.
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The Golden Hour
by Beatriz Williams
Traveling to World War II Nassau to interview the infamous Duke and Duchess of Windsor, an investigator for a New York society magazine uncovers a treasonous plot that is complicated by her romance with an unscrupulous scientist.
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Good Girl, Bad Girl
by Michael Robotham
A dangerous young woman with a unique ability to detect lies sues for her emancipation from a secure children's home, while the psychologist on her case finds herself in a battle of wits for survival.
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Heart of Barkness
by Spencer Quinn
When their impulsive tip to a once-famous country singer performing in a dive bar is stolen from under their astute noses, P.I. Bernie and his canine sidekick, Chet, land on a case with ties to long-ago border-town secrets.
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The Last Book Party
by Karen Dukess
Attending an early summer gathering at a famed journalist's Cape Cod home, an aspiring writer stuck in a low-level job discovers uncomfortable truths about the literary world she has been so desperate to join.
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Lost and Found
by Danielle Steel
Spurred by old memories and a life-changing accident, Madison embarks on a cross-country adventure to reconnect with three very different men to reevaluate her past choices.
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The New Girl
by Daniel Silva
The kidnapping of a mysterious girl from her Swiss boarding school ignites a secret war between Israeli intelligence chief Gabriel Allon and an old enemy who would transform the future of the Middle East.
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The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
A follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning, The Underground Railroad, follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
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One Good Deed
by David Baldacci
The best-selling author of The Fallen and The Fix presents a latest thriller introducing straight-talking World War II veteran and recent prison inmate, Aloysius Archer.
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The Orphan's Song
by Lauren Kate
Longing to escape from the 18th-century music orphanage where she has lived her entire life, a talented singer bonds with a gifted violinist who would find his missing mother.
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The Other Mrs. Miller
by Allison M. Dickson
A lonely suburban housewife finds her life entangled with that of her picture-perfect new neighbors across the street at the same time she becomes convinced that someone is watching her.
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The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
by Alexander McCall Smith
A follow-up to the best-selling My Italian Bulldozer finds Paul Stuart navigating romantic complications while writing his latest cookbook before finding his fortunes tangled up with those of an infamous restaurant in the French countryside.
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The Substitution Order
by Martin Clark
A disbarred attorney takes a job in a run-down sandwich shop before an offer by a gang of con artists challenges the extent of his legal savvy. By the award-winning author of The Legal Limit.
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Temptation's Darling
by Johanna Lindsey
A best-selling author blends passion and humor in a dazzling Regency-era novel in which a disastrous debutante becomes the toast of the town with a little help from a friend of Prince Regent.
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This is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and soon fall in love.
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Under Currents
by Nora Roberts
Discovering unexpected allies when his successful father's rages spiral out of control, Zane draws strength and insights from the darkness of the past to create a healthier family in adulthood.
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Whiskers in the Dark
by Rita Mae Brown
A massive nor'easter on the eve of an annual National Beagle Club benefit finds Harry Harristeen and her crime-solving kitties linking the murder of a foreign services officer to an unsolved killing from the 18th century.
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Window on the Bay
by Debbie Macomber
When single mom Jenna Boltz becomes an “empty nester,” she spreads her wings to rediscover herself — and her passions.
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