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"Nobody dreams of living in Luxembourg." ~ from Chris Pavone's The Expats
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New and Recently Released!
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| Ripper by Isabel AllendeMystery. Seventeen-year-old Amanda Martín has developed an obsession with Ripper, an online role-playing game in which players from all over the world attempt to solve real-life crimes -- most recently, a series of grisly murders in Amanda's native San Francisco. However, when her mother disappears, the game takes on a chilling new dimension. With the help of her eccentric relatives and her fellow Internet sleuths, Amanda must piece together the clues, find the killer, and save her mom. Author Isabel Allende's first foray into crime fiction provides "great entertainment" (Library Journal) for fans of quirky amateur detectives and intriguing mysteries. |
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| Andrew's Brain: A Novel by E.L. DoctorowFiction. Best known for his atmospheric, expansive historical fiction, author E.L. Doctorow presents an intimate portrait of Andrew, a cognitive neuroscientist with a very complicated personal life. Narrated by Andrew, who presents his story in the form of a confession to an unknown, anonymous third party, this spare, reflective tale examines the relationship between truth and fiction while raising questions about the reliability of memory. |
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| An Officer and A Spy: A Novel by Robert HarrisHistorical Thriller. Paris, 1895: Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, is convicted of treason, stripped of his rank, and sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor on Devil's Island, French Guiana. Ordered to investigate the case on behalf of the military's new counter-espionage force, Colonel Georges Picquart uncovers evidence of anti-Semitism as well as a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the government. Inspired by the events of the Dreyfus Affair, a real-life political scandal that engulfed Europe in the late 19th century, this gripping tale brings history to life. |
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| Somerset by Leila MeachamHistorical Fiction. In this prequel to the bestselling Roses saga, which begins in 1835, author Leila Meacham introduces the founding families of Howbutker, Texas: the Tolivers, the Warwicks, and the DuMonts. Opening with the ambitious pioneers who heed the call of Manifest Destiny and head westward to make their fortunes, Somerset follows the constantly intertwining lives of their descendants over several generations in this sweeping, dramatic tale of love and loss set in the antebellum American South. |
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| A Delicate Truth: A Novel by John le CarréSpy Fiction. "War's gone corporate." This is what mid-level British civil servant "Paul Anderson" learns soon after he receives his alias and his assignment: a counter-terrorism operation code-named Wildfire. As part of a multi-national team of agents, Paul must help capture a prominent arms dealer. However, with all secrecy surrounding the mission, even high-ranking government officials are in the dark regarding what actually happened...until a disgraced soldier reveals information that casts doubt on the actions of everyone involved. Fifty years after his breakout success, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, author John le Carré continues to deliver his signature style of taut, intricately plotted espionage fiction. |
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| Red Sparrow: A Novel by Jason MatthewsSpy Fiction. Once a ballerina, now a covert operative as adept at seduction as she is at spying, Dominika Egorova sets her sights on CIA agent Nathaniel "Nate" Nash, recently reassigned to Helsinki after nearly compromising a valuable Russian mole. As Dominika and Nate strive to keep their own secrets while learning each others, their growing attraction adds an additional level of risk to an already dangerous cat-and-mouse game. This debut by former CIA officer Jason Matthews combines a fast-paced plot full of twists and turns, sympathetic characters, and authentic details of tradecraft. |
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| The Expats by Chris PavoneSpy Fiction. When her husband Dexter is offered a lucrative job in Luxembourg, CIA agent Kate Moore decides to get out of the spy game and reinvent herself as a stay-at-home wife and mother. The only problem? She's never told Dexter the truth about what she does for a living -- which is why she hesitates to speak up when her spouse starts acting suspiciously. Meanwhile, Kate meets another expat couple who definitely aren't what they seem and realizes that starting over may be more difficult than she anticipated. |
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| The Tourist by Olen SteinhauerSpy Fiction. Six years ago, Milo Weaver (though perhaps that's not his name) was a "tourist" -- a top-secret black-ops CIA agent without a life of his own; now he's got a wife, a kid, and a desk job with the Agency. But it's hard to retire from such an intense career, and the death of a colleague soon draws Milo back into the life he tried to leave behind. Betrayed by both his enemies and his so-called allies, Milo goes on the run to save the life he's fought so hard to build. |
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