May 2019 list by Donalee Jacobs
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The 18th Abduction
by James Patterson
Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the abduction of three teachers with help from investigative reporter Cindy Thomas.
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The Big Kahuna
by Janet Evanovich
Nick Fox and Kate O’Hare have their work cut out for them in a wild adventure that features a stoner, an Instagram model, a Czech oligarch and a missing unicorn.
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Blessing in Disguise
by Danielle Steel
Loving three very different men throughout her lifetime, a single mother and art consultant examines the unique bonds she shares with her three daughters, before an unexpected twist of fate brings a past secret to light.
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The Bride Test
by Helen Hoang
When his difficulties with processing emotions complicate the search for his bride, a Vietnamese-American on the autism spectrum is pursued by a hopelessly smitten girl from the Hot Chi Min City slums. By the author of The Kiss Quotient.
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Cari Mora
by Thomas Harris
A ruthless man driven by unspeakable appetites to pursue a fortune in cartel gold finds his efforts challenged by a war survivor with unusual talents. By the award-winning author of Silence of the Lambs.
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The Girl He Used to Know
by Tracey Garvis Graves
A tumultuous but tender love affair between a socially awkward chess club member and a courageous, quirky girl is shattered by an unforeseen tragedy that forces them to confront respective anxieties when they reunite a decade later.
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The Glovemaker
by Ann Weisgarber
As Deborah worriedly waits for her long-overdue husband to return from his travels during the winter of 1888, a desperate stranger shows up at her home seeking refuge, which sets in motion a chain of events that will turn her life upside down.
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If She Wakes
by Michael Koryta
An insurance investigator finds herself on the run from a mysterious young hit man while examining the case of a young college student who has been rendered a locked-in syndrome patient by a suspicious accident.
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The Kremlin Strike
by Dale Brown
When a new administration initiates countermeasures to Russian aggression, Brad McLanahan and the Iron Wolf Squadron find themselves confronting dangerous adversaries on the untested battlefield of space. By the best-selling author of The Moscow Offensive.
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Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
A dramatic murder trial in the aftermath of an experimental medical treatment and a fatal explosion upends a rural Virginia community where personal secrets and private ambitions complicate efforts to uncover what happened.
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The Never Game
by Jeffery Deaver
Searching for a missing woman in Silicon Valley, an expert tracker is pitted against dark elements in the billion-dollar gaming industry and a serial killer who stages scenes from his favorite game. By the award-winning author of The Bone Collector.
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The Night Before
by Wendy Walker
A tale told through parallel accounts of the days before and after a fateful blind date follows a woman's revelatory investigation into her sister's disappearance and complicated nature.
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The Night Window
by Dean R. Koontz
When people under Arcadian control begin showing signs of violent instability, Jane Hawk and her growing band of supporters prepare for an ultimate battle to determine America's future.
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The Pursuits of Lord Kit Cavanaugh
by Stephanie Laurens
Kit Cavanugh and Sylvia Buckleberry fight to secure her school and to expose the blackguard trying to sabotage his yacht business; yet an even more dastardly villain lurks, one who threatens the future both discover they now hold dear.
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Resistance Women
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Resisting the power grabs of an increasingly formidable Nazi Party in 1930s Berlin, the courageous American wife of a German intellectual and her circle of women friends engage in a clandestine battle to sabotage Hitler's regime.
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The Road Home
by Richard Paul Evans
A conclusion to the trilogy that includes, The Forgotten Road, finds Charles struggling with his ex-wife's engagement while continuing his pilgrimage toward Santa Monica along iconic Route 66.
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Robert B. Parker's Buckskin
by Robert Knott
A campaign for sheriff in Appaloosa is thrown into turmoil by a nearby gold strike and a dangerous snowstorm, pitting marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch against rival mining factions and a vicious serial killer.
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Spring
by Ali Smith
The Man Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn and Winter presents the highly anticipated third title in a celebrated series of stand-alone, metaphorically interconnected novels. Spring. The great connective. With an eye to the migrancy of story over time and riffing on Pericles, one of Shakespeare's most resistant and rollicking works, Ali Smith tell the impossible tale of an impossible time. In a time of walls and lockdown, Smith opens the door. The time we're living in is changing nature. Will it change the nature of story? Hope springs eternal.
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Storm Cursed
by Patricia Briggs
Patronized by supernatural beings of all kinds after the Tri-Cities are declared neutral, garage owner Mercy investigates the activities of a witch newcomer while Adam provides security during a top-secret meeting between the government and fae.
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Sunset Beach
by Mary Kay Andrews
Reluctantly accepting a job at her estranged father's law firm in the aftermath of her mother's passing, Drue is tangled in a decades-old mystery that threatens everyone she loves. By the best-selling author of The High Tide Club.
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Tightrope
by Amanda Quick
When her new bed-and-breakfast is threatened by a robot innovator's untimely death, a former trapeze artist teams up with an enigmatic man who would track down a cipher machine prototype. By the best-selling author of the Arcane Society series.
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Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
Falling in love while attending a competitive 1980s performing arts high school, David and Sarah rise through the ranks before the realities of their family dynamics and economic statuses trigger a spiral that impacts their adult lives.
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The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Making an obligatory pilgrimage to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to carry out their mother's final rites, three estranged British-Punjabi sisters make unexpected discoveries about why their mother was forced to leave India.
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