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The opium prince
by Jasmine Aimaq
Accidentally killing a young Kochi girl while driving through Kabul, an Afghan-American foreign-aid worker is confronted by an opium dealer’s threats, the loss of his marriage and wrenching guilt over the local regime’s indifference.
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This time next year
by Sophie Cousens
Born in the shadow of a boy who was born moments earlier and heralded as 1990 London’s first baby, Minnie encounters her more fortunate rival on various disastrous birthdays before making unexpected discoveries when they both turn 30.
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The Chicken Sisters
by Kj Dell'antonia
A more than three-decade feud between two Kansas families implodes when a daughter who left one of the families to marry into the other brings the story of their fried-chicken competition to the attention of a popular reality show.
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Big Girl, Small Town
by Michelle Gallen
A U.S. debut by an award-winning writer from Ireland follows the experiences of a plucky chip-shop worker whose coming-of-age in the post-Troubles years is upended by abandonment and growing tensions between local Catholics and Protestants.
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Germania : a novel of Nazi Berlin
by Harald Gilbers
Reactivated against his will by the Gestapo in the bombed-out capital of the Reich in 1944, Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer investigates a serial killer who has been leaving Nazi-connected victims at war memorials.
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We hear voices
by Evie Green
A mother who initially disregards her recovering son’s imaginary friend in their pandemic-stricken world becomes concerned when her son’s alter-ego becomes dominant and compels the boy to engage in increasingly violent behavior.
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Nophek gloss
by Essa Hansen
"Caiden's planet is destroyed. His family gone. And, his only hope for survival is a crew of misfit aliens and a mysterious ship that seems to have a soul and a universe of its own. Together they will show him that the universe is much bigger, much more advanced, and much more mysterious than Caiden had ever imagined. But the universe hides dangers as well, and soon Caiden has his own plans. He vows to do anything it takes to get revenge on the slavers who murdered his people and took away his home. To destroy their regime, he must infiltrate and dismantle them from the inside, or die trying"
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The orchard : a novel
by David Hopen
Reinventing himself upon moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, a student at an Orthodox Jewish academy is welcomed into a circle of popular students whose faith is unconventionally tested by their charismatic rabbi.
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Pretty Little Wife
by Darby Kane
Debut author Darby Kane thrills with this twisty domestic suspense novel that asks one central question: shouldn't a dead husband stay dead?
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Eartheater
by Dolores Reyes
A woman from an underprivileged region of contemporary Argentina teams up with a withdrawn police officer when she develops uncontrollable pica that triggers visions of murdered and missing people, including her own mother.
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A certain hunger : a novel
by Chelsea G. Summers
A passionate food critic who travels the world to sate her appetites for wonderful food and sex reflects on how her early years on an idyllic farm led to her culinary career and violent psychopathic impulses.
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The lady upstairs
by Halley Sutton
Supporting herself by targeting and then blackmailing powerful unscrupulous men from Hollywood, Jo orchestrates a final con against a rising political star when she is wrongly targeted with suspicion for murder.
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Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder
by T. A. Willberg
After a filing assistant at Miss Brickett's Investigations & Inquiries is murdered, her colleague and first year inquirer-in-training is framed for the crime and must sort through hidden alliances and WWII secrets to clear her name.
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How to fail at flirting
by Denise Williams
Challenged by her friends to start enjoying her life when her university department is cut, a Type-A overachiever embarks on a daring to-do list that involves leaving an abusive ex and pursuing a career-risking fling with a charming stranger.
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