November 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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After the Fire
by Henning Mankell
A final novel by the late award-winning author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries traces the experiences of an aging man whose quiet, solitary life on an isolated island off the coast of Sweden is turned upside-down when his house catches fire.
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American Drifter
by Heather Graham
A young U.S. Army veteran suffering from PTSD drifts around Brazil, struggling to make peace with the world's illogical elements before fatefully falling in love with a gangster's mistress.
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End Game
by David Baldacci
Returning home from an overseas mission to discover that his boss has gone missing in remote Colorado, Will Robie and his sometime partner, Jessica Reel, team up in an increasingly violent small town, where their lives are soon in jeopardy.
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Every Breath You Take
by Mary Higgins Clark
Struggling with the departure of co-host Alex Buckley, television crime solver Laurie Moran is teamed with a despised Ryan Nichols, who draws her into the cold case of a wealthy widow pushed to her death from the roof of a famous museum.
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Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich
A tale set in a world of reversing evolution and a growing police state follows the efforts of a pregnant woman who investigates her biological family while awaiting the birth of a child who may emerge as a member of a primitive human species.
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Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
by Gregory Maguire
The best-selling author of Wicked presents an imaginative tale rooted in early 19th-century German Romanticism that explores parallels between the origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.
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The House of Unexpected Sisters
by Alexander McCall Smith
Investigating a case of wrongful dismissal, Precious Ramotswe discovers information that causes her to rethink her views about the case before meeting a local nurse who shares her unusual surname.
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In the Midst of Winter
by Isabel Allende
A minor traffic accident becomes a catalyst for an unexpected bond among a human rights scholar, his Chilean lecturer tenant and an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, who explore firsthand the difficulties of immigrants and refugees in today's world. By the best-selling author of The House of the Spirits.
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In This Moment
by Karen Kingsbury
Risking his job by organizing an after-school bible-study program to combat local crime and gang activity, Indiana high school principal Wendell Quinn is delighted by the program's positive results, until a complaint renders him the subject of media speculation and a controversial lawsuit. TV tie-in.
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Manhunt
by James Patterson
Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family, making his newest case more than just an act of terror—now, it's personal.
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Mind Game
by Iris Johansen
Searching for a long-missing treasure in Scotland, Jane MacGuire experiences vivid dreams of a girl in danger at the same time she reconnects with a volatile ex and is confronted by stunning changes in the lives of those closest to her.
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Mrs. Osmond
by John Banville
The prize-winning author of The Sea presents a continuation of the story of Isabel Archer, the heroine of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, that finds her receiving an unexpected inheritance and married to a cruel man before finding the courage to return to her home in Italy at the side of an unexpected companion.
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The Noel Diary
by Richard Paul Evans
A latest holiday-themed novel by the best-selling author of The Christmas Box follows the experiences of a man who, in the wake of estrangements and losses, is given a chance to rewrite and rediscover his true past.
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Noelle
by Gregory D. Kincaid
Resolving to shake up the holiday by accepting the role as Crossing Trail's first woman Santa Claus, rebellious matriarch Mary Ann McCray embarks on a season marked by a close friend's divorce and a disabled young man's decision to train a high-spirited dog to be a service animal.
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Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson
Taking refuge from the formidable Everstorm in the tower city of Urithiru, Dalinar and the Alethi forces join the newly raised Knights Radiant to explore the legendary city's mysteries and confront long-lost truths that challenge everything they believe.
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Past Perfect
by Danielle Steel
An abrupt job relocation that takes them from their well-ordered Manhattan life to San Francisco triggers a collision between the past and present for a successful married couple who during a small earthquake experience visions of their new home's original inhabitants from a century earlier.
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Quick & Dirty
by Stuart Woods
A latest entry in the best-selling series finds New York City cop turned Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington tackling an explosive case that tests his signature composure.
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Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance
by Bill McKibben
Broadcasting from a secret location with the help of a young computer prodigy, a septuagenarian radical and fugitive from the law leads an eccentric group of activists who carry out their own version of guerilla warfare when they decide that their home state might be better off seceding from the United States.
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Strange Weather: Four Short Novels
by Joe Hill
A collection of four novellas by the award-winning author of The Fireman includes the tales, "Snapshot," "Aloft," "Rain" and "Loaded."
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The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
by Darynda Jones
Navigating the son of Satan's violent determination to destroy his heavenly Brother's world, Charley struggles to redomesticate her husband and protect humanity in ways that involve covering up a murder.
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Two Kinds of Truth
by Michael Connelly
An investigation into the murder of a young pharmacist leads Harry Bosch and San Fernando's detective squad into the big-business world of pill mills and prescription drug abuse at the same time an old case from Bosch's days with the LAPD returns to haunt him.
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Typhoon Fury
by Clive Cussler
Hired to track down a valuable art collection, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon sail into a perfect storm involving a Filipino insurgency, a Japanese-developed super-warrior drug and a South African mercenary.
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