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New Fiction - December 2018
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The Accidental Beauty Queen
by Teri Wilson
In this charming and witty romantic comedy, quiet school librarian Charlotte finds herself filling in for her glamorous twin sister who falls ill with a face-altering allergic reaction the night before a beauty pageant.
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The Adults
by Caroline Hulse
After splitting up, a couple each bring their new significant other to Happy Forest Holiday Park in an attempt to give their daughter a "normal" family Christmas which turns into a powder keg fueled by drinking too much and oversharing.
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At the End of the Century: The Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
In this definitive collection of stories, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has tenderly and humorously written about the all-too-human situations faced by three (sometimes interacting) cultures—Europeans, post-independence Indians and Americans.
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The Dakota Winters
by Tom Barbash
Returning to his childhood home in 1979 New York's famed Dakota apartments, a former Peace Corps volunteer is swept up in a raucous celebrity effort to reignite his late-night host father's stalled career.
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Everything Under
by Daisy Johnson
In this electrifying reinterpretation of a classical myth, Daisy Johnson explores questions of fate and free will, gender fluidity, and fractured family relationships. Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.
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The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding
by Jennifer Robson
An enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century—Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown—and the fascinating women who made it.
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Half of What You Hear
by Kristyn Kusek Lewis
Greyhill, Virginia—refuge of old money, old mansions, and old-fashioned ideas about who belongs and who doesn’t—just got a few new residents. When Bess Warner arrives in town with her husband Cole and their kids, she thinks she knows what to expect but as she uncovers unsettling truths about Greyhill, she begins to learn how difficult it is to start over in a town that runs on talk.
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Josephine Baker's Last Dance
by Sherry Jones
A moving and insightful novel based on the life of legendary Josephine Baker--actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world.
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Just After Midnight
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
A woman navigating a difficult separation accompanies a traumatized teen along the horse-show circuit to help the latter reconnect with a beloved mare and come to terms with violent memories.
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The Liberty Bride
by Marylu Tyndall
In the latest installment of the Daughters of the Mayflower series, a trip home from England to Maryland in 1812 finds Emeline Baratt a captive on a British warship and she is forced to declare her allegiance between the British and Americans, but when the captain sends her and Lieutenant Owen Masters on land to spy, she must choose between her love for him and her love for her country.
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Milkman
by Anna Burns
In Northern Ireland during the Troubles of the 1970s, an unnamed narrator finds herself targeted by a high-ranking dissident known as Milkman. Winner of the Man Booker Prize.
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Moondust Lake
by T. Davis Bunn
A disillusioned business executive who would escape from his tyrannical father's shadow and psychotherapist with a tragic past discover unexpected healing, freedom and love in the solitude of a Miramar Bay retreat.
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North of Dawn
by Nuruddin Farah
A Somalian couple's tranquil life abroad in Oslo is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their jihadist son's widow and children, who respectively retreat into strict religion and hunger for freedoms in a new homeland.
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Once Upon a River
by Diane Setterfield
When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her in the new novel from the best-selling author of The Thirteenth Tale.
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Revolution Sunday
by Wendy Guerra
After traveling to Spain to accept a prestigious award, Cleo, a promising young writer, returns home to Cuba where she finds herself under constant surveillance by the government until she meets and falls in love with a Hollywood filmmaker who shows her the truth through his lens.
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The Songbird
by Marcia Willett
Taking a sabbatical in an English countryside cottage to make a difficult decision about the woman he loves, Tim forges bonds with eccentric but loving locals who harbor their own private struggles.
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Before We Were Strangers
by Brenda Novak
A woman reeling from a traumatic loss returns to her childhood hometown to uncover the truth about her mother's mysterious disappearance years earlier, a mystery that is complicated by community secrets and questions about her father's innocence.
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The Blood: A Jem Flockhart Mystery
by E. S. Thomson
Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain identify a link between a suicide and a prostitute's drowning death in a floating hospital that has dark ties to a private anatomy school and the opium dens of the waterfront.
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The Boy
by Tami Hoag
When a seven-year-old boy is brutally murdered at the same time his 13-year-old babysitter goes missing, detectives Nick and Annie sift through a grieving mother's troubled past to uncover the truth.
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Broken Ground
by Val McDermid
When a would-be heiress uncovers a murdered body, rather than her hidden inheritance, in a Highland peat bog, DCI Pirie unravels a case where nothing is what it seems.
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Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors
by Christopher Fowler
An early case from 1969 London finds a younger Bryant and May struggling to protect a playboy star witness and solve a murder in this good, old-fashioned manor house murder mystery.
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The Collector
by Fiona Cummins
After escaping the clutches of serial killer Brian Howley, Detective Sergeant Etta Fitroy must follow his grisly clues to finally bring him to justice but his endgame has a terrifying twist—one that will not only change his fate but the fate of everyone she loves.
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Death Comes to Bath
by Catherine Lloyd
On a visit to Bath, Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lady Lucy Kurland discover that the English spa town is not beneficial to everyone’s health.
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Death of an Eye
by Dana Stabenow
Queen Cleopatra, pregnant with the child of Julius Caesar and co-ruling with her brother, Ptolemy, turns to her childhood friend, Tetisheri, to find a shipment of new coins and discover who murdered the Queen's Eye in 47 B.C. Alexandria.
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Deep War
by David Poyer
In the wake of a catastrophic nuclear attack on America, Admiral Dan Lenson leads an allied force in the Pacific, only to be challenged by a powerful Chinese artificial intelligence system that seems to anticipate and counter every move.
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A Delicate Touch
by Stuart Woods
Asked by an old acquaintance for help solving a tricky puzzle, Stone Barrington unwittingly stirs up a decades-old scandal in high-society New York and must risk his life to protect innocent lives. | |
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Eighteen Below
by Stefan Ahnhem
When a police chase in Helsingborg ends in the death of a tech entrepreneur, Fabian Risk and his team make a bizarre discovery about the victim's demise before the case is further complicated by other strange murders.
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The Enemy of My Enemy
by W. E. B. Griffin
Searching for two Nazi criminals who have been broken out of prison by powerful enemies, special agent James Cronley Jr. discovers evidence of a stolen fortune in the hands of an infamous organization.
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The Frame-Up
by Meghan Scott Molin
MG Martin lives and breathes geek culture. She even works as a writer for the comic book company she idolized as a kid. But when someone in LA starts recreating crime scenes from her favorite comic book, MG is the LAPD’s best—and only—lead.
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Fractured Truth
by Susan Furlong
When the mutilated remains of a young woman are found in an Appalachian Mountain cave, newly sworn-in deputy sheriff Brynn Callahan is forced to track down a killer driven by twisted motives. An intense sequel to Splintered Silence.
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Hearts of the Missing
by Carol Potenza
A prize-winning debut novel follows the experiences of Pueblo Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews, who investigates a personally relevant case involving the serial murders of genetic members of the Fire-Sky tribe by a killer who also deliberately violates spiritual laws.
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Hooks Can Be Deceiving
by Betty Hechtman
A craft-themed cable talk show's exciting decision to tape an episode at Molly Pink's bookstore is complicated by the host's secret lack of crochet skills and an untimely murder that implicates a new Tarzana Hookers member.
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In a House of Lies
by Ian Rankin
When the remains of a private investigator who went missing a decade earlier are discovered, Siobhan Clarke uncovers disturbing evidence implicating her mentor, Inspector Rebus.
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Into the Night
by Sarah Bailey
Lost and alone after relocating to Melbourne, brilliant Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is assigned to a hostile partner before investigating two murders, including one of a homeless man and the other of a high-profile movie star.
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Kith and Kin
by Jane A. Adams
December, 1928. When two bodies are found washed up in the Kentish marshes, DCI Henry Johnstone and DS Mickey Hitchens are propelled into a disturbing investigation in this excellent historical mystery.
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Liars' Paradox
by Taylor Stevens
In this new series, 26-year-old twins Jack and Jill, who were raised to deceive—and to kill—are drawn into a twisted game when their mother goes missing, pitting them against the CIA, KGB and a network of trained assassins—all of whom want them dead.
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Mr Campion's War
by Mike Ripley
It’s Albert Campion’s seventieth birthday, and he has decided to enthral his guests at the Dorchester Hotel with his account of his wartime experiences in Vichy France. But in doing so he unveils a series of extraordinary events, the repercussions of which put one of his guests in deadly danger...
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Murder at the Mill
by M. B. Shaw
Renting a cottage in a picturesque Hampshire village to escape her crumbling marriage, Iris Grey is commissioned to paint the portrait of a celebrated crime writer before a tension-filled Christmas Eve party is thrown into turmoil by an untimely death.
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The Other Wife
by Michael Robotham
When his father, a celebrated surgeon, is brutally attacked and a strange woman shows up at his bedside covered in blood, Joe O’Loughlin is forced to question everything he has always believed about his father and soon discovers that the truth comes with a high price.
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Sins As Scarlet
by Nicolás Obregón
In this follow-up to Obregon's critically-acclaimed Blue Light Yokohama, Inspector Iwata returns--in a murder case in his new home of Los Angeles.
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Verses for the Dead
by Douglas Preston
After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.
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Watching You
by Lisa Jewell
When a murder occurs in Melville Heights—one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bristol, England—dangerous obsessions come to light involving the headmaster at a local school, in this place where everyone has a secret.
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Wine and Punishment
by Sarah Fox
The owner of a literary pub finds her efforts to start over in a quaint Vermont community challenged by a suspicious fire and the untimely death of her compulsive gambler ex.
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Home to Wind River
by Lindsay McKenna
Working as a caregiver to foreman and ex-Marine Jake Murdoch’s elderly mother, Army nurse Lily Thompson feels a connection to this powerful man, who is tormented by his past, and longs to help him heal.
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My Favorite Half-Night Stand
by Christina Lauren
Joining an online dating service with her fellow professors, Millie invents an online persona and begins an intimate anonymous correspondence with a friend with whom she once shared a night of passion. A laugh-out-loud romp through online dating and its many, many fails.
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Not the Duke's Darling
by Elizabeth Hoyt
A member of the secret order of Wise Women, Freya de Moray, the daughter of disgraced nobility, finds her plans of revenge against the man who destroyed her family thwarted by an attraction she cannot deny.
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Ten Kisses to Scandal: Misadventures in Matchmaking
by Vivienne Lorret
Determined to get her matchmaking career off the ground, Briar Bourne enlists London’s most notorious rake to teach her everything he knows about attraction and gets more than she bargains for when the lessons take a passionate turn.
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories
by N. K. Jemisin
The first short story collection from the widely-acclaimed Jemisin showcases a wide range of fantasy and sf united by her particular vision, including "The City Born Great," where a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.
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The Last Unicorn the Lost Journey
by Peter S. Beagle
A special commemorative edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Last Unicorn shares the fantastical origin story of his best-selling novel with new illustrations, the author's musings on his early career and tributes from modern fantasy authors.
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Of Blood and Bone
by Nora Roberts
Knowing she will have to reveal her identity as The One, Fallon Swift trains under a centuries-old mentor to hone her magical and fighting abilities to defend their world from violent raiders.
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