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Popular FictionOctober 2014
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The children act : a novel
by Ian McEwan
A highly respected London judge hides behind her professional accomplishments her decision to separate from a husband who wants an open marriage, a loss that challenges her beliefs throughout a case involving parents whose faith forbids a life-saving transfusion for their son. 150,000 first printing.
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Burn
by James Patterson
Back home in New York, Detective Michael Bennett investigates a burnt body left where a strange party had been held in a condemned building, in the seventh novel of the series following Gone. 600,000 first printing.
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The Lost Key
by Catherine Coulter
Investigating the Wall Street stabbing of a rare-book dealer who had been secretly looking for a missing WWI U-boat full of treasure, Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, frantically try to track down the victim's missing children. Co-written by the best-selling author of The Cove. 500,000 first printing.
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The matchmaker : a novel
by Elin Hilderbrand
Storied matchmaker and Nantucket resident Dabney Kimball has her own life and match turned upside down when her true love of 27 years prior returns to the island, in this new novel from the best-selling author of Summerland. 150,000 first printing.
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Deserves to die
by Lisa Jackson
From best-selling suspense author Lisa Jackson comes her latest thriller.
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Cop Town : a novel
by Karin Slaughter
A standalone thriller by the best-selling author of Unseen is set in 1974 Atlanta and finds reluctant rookie cop Kate Murphy teamed with agenda-seeking Maggie Lawson in a manhunt for a cop killer. 200,000 first printing.
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The one & only : a novel
by Emily Giffin
Centering her life on the successful Walker family, into which she plans to marry, Shea struggles to end her affair with a less-than-stellar boyfriend only to have her entire existence placed in question by the death of the family's mother. By the best-selling author of Where We Belong. 400,000 first printing.
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The accidental duchess
by Madeline Hunter
When she is blackmailed over a shocking manuscript she once wrote, Lady Lydia Thornton, out of desperation, turns to the Duke of Penthurst for help in buying back her book, only to make a devil's bargain with a man who is determined to tame her rebellious ways. Original.
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Magic breaks
by Ilona Andrews
Kate Daniels discovers she has just 24 hours to find the shapeshifter that murdered a Master of the Dead, or risk the start of a war in the latest novel of the best-selling series following Magic Rises.
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Seeders : a novel
by A. J. Colucci
In the aftermath of a recluse botanist's suicide, his six heirs arrive on his isolated island estate, only to discover that he had made critical discoveries in plant intelligence and may have trapped them on the island with a monster. 25,000 first printing.
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Invisible
by James Patterson
On leave from her FBI researcher career, Emmy Dockery tries to convince her boyfriend that hundreds of unsolved cases are linked to a single perpetrator in the third thriller co-written by the authors behind Guilty Wives and Mistress.
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The invention of wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self. By the best-selling author of The Secret Life of Bees.
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Top secret twenty-one : a Stephanie Plum novel
by Janet Evanovich
A latest entry in the fan-favorite mystery series by the best-selling author of the Alexandra Barnaby novels finds bounty hunter Stephanie Plum immersed in an ultra-secret case.
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Hounded
by David Rosenfelt
Asked to care for the orphaned 4-year-old son and Bassett hound of a murdered ex-convict, defense attorney Andy Carpenter finds his circumstances further complicated when his friend, police officer Pete Stanton, is wrongly accused of the crime. 40,000 first printing.
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Deserves to Die
by Lisa Jackson
While dealing with a new commander and a department in the midst of upheaval, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli must stop a dangerous psychopath who has decided to use Grizzly Falls, Montana, as his killing ground. (suspense). Simultaneous.
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Dollbaby : a novel
by Laura Lane McNeal
After her father's unexpected death in 1964, Ibby Bell finds herself living at a New Orleans Garden District estate with her eccentric grandmother and her house staff including a sassy black cook named Queenie, and her smart-mouthed daughter Dollbaby.
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Shots fired : stories from Joe Pickett Country
by C. J. Box
The author of the Joe Pickett novels presents 10 suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so well—and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there—in a collection that includes four stories that feature Pickett himself.
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Close to home
by Lisa Jackson
In a romantic-suspense novel from a best-selling author, single mother Sara McAdams' attempt to raise her two teen daughters in her childhood home turns terrifying when the dilapidated mansion is rumored to be haunted and teenage girls begin disappearing around town.
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Murder 101 : a Decker/Lazarus novel
by Faye Kellerman
While working for the Greenbury Police Department in upstate New York, Peter Decker must draw from his years of experience as a homicide cop when a break-in at the local cemetery leads him into a world of art forgery and murder that is linked to cold case crimes, international intrigue and ruthless people who kill for sport. 150,000 first printing.
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Heroes are my weakness
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
A down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows finds herself trapped on a remote island off the coast of Maine with a sexy horror novelist who knows a dozen ways to kill with his bare hands. 200,000 first printing.
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The dead will tell : a Kate Burkholder novel
by Linda Castillo
Investigating a murder that was staged to look like a suicide, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder follows scanty clues to a long-ago tragedy, a case that is complicated by a second suspicious suicide and the acquittal of the man responsible for killing agent John Tomasetti's family. By the best-selling author of Last Breath. 150,000 first printing.
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Angels walking : a novel
by Karen Kingsbury
When the career that cost him his relationships with loved ones is ended by an injury, former national baseball star Tyler befriends an Alzheimer's patient and hopes for a miracle when he learns the woman he still loves has moved on with someone else. 250,000 first printing.
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All fall down : a novel
by Jennifer Weiner
Struggling with the demands of her job, distant husband, spoiled daughter and Alzheimer's patient father, Allison becomes addicted to painkillers and lands in rehab, where amid fellow inpatients she confronts incompatible recovery techniques, barely trained counselors and her own denial. By the best-selling author of In Her Shoes.
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Her last whisper : a novel
by Karen Robards
Assisting a colleague's search for a missing sister who may be a serial killer's latest victim, criminal psychologist Dr. Charlotte Stone, accompanied by ghost lover Michael, teams up with FBI agents Bartoli and Crane in Las Vegas, where they uncover the murderer's sinister seduction practices.
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Love letters
by Debbie Macomber
Three guests at Rose Harbor Inn find comfort and renewal through letters, including a woman who reconnects with the father she cannot remember, a couple who rekindle their love and an Afghanistan war widow who finds the strength to move on. By the best-selling author of the Cedar Cove series.
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Festive in death
by J. D. Robb
Investigating the untimely murder of a narcissist personal trainer who left a string of broken hearts in his wake, Lieutenant Eve Dallas sorts through a long list of suspects while juggling seasonal demands, including her husband's upcoming holiday bash. By the #1 best-selling author of Concealed in Death. 750,000 first printing.
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Mean streak
by Sandra Brown
After being abducted from a mountain road in North Carolina, a pediatrician and avid runner, Dr. Emory Charbonneau, finds herself held captive by a violent man with a dark past who may ultimately end up being her savior, in the new thriller from the author of Deadline. 400,000 first printing.
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Private down under
by James Patterson
The employees of the Sydney, Australia office of the investigation company Private are celebrating their branch's incorporation when a bloody young man staggers into the office and the agency's caseload suddenly fills up, in the latest novel of the series following Private Berlin.
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