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Ayesha at Last
by Uzma Jalaluddin
A modern Muslim adaptation of Pride and Prejudice finds a reluctant teacher who would avoid an arranged marriage setting aside her literary ambitions before falling in love with her perpetually single cousin's infuriatingly conservative fiancé.
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The Burning Chambers
by Kate Mosse
A bookshop owner's daughter who has received an anonymous warning and a young Huguenot convert who needs her help to navigate escalating religious divides and the abandonment of friends in 16th-century Toulouse.
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City of Girls
by Elizabeth Gilbert
The best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love traces the experiences of a theater insider in 1940s New York who discovers that she does not have to be a "good girl" in order to be a good person
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Donna Has Left the Building
by Susan Jane Gilman
Leaving behind her family and her suburban home when her world implodes, 45-year-old Donna Koczynski sets off on a road trip to rebuild her life in this big-hearted novel.
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Dual Citizens
by Alix Ohlin
Lark and Robin are half-sisters whose similarities end at being named for birds. While Lark is shy and studious, Robin is wild and artistic. Raised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, they form a fierce team in childhood that is later tested, and broken as adults. This gripping novel traces the complex path toward fulfillment as an artist, as a sister, and as a human being.
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The Electric Hotel
by Dominic Smith
A French pioneer of silent films who has lived for half a century in a Hollywood hotel is forced to reckon with the reappearance of the lost movie masterpiece that left him bankrupt.
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Evvie Drake Starts Over
by Linda Holmes
The host of NPR's "Pop Culture Happy Hour" podcast presents a heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young widow and a major league pitcher who has lost his game.
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Fleishman is in Trouble
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Divorcing his hostile wife when he concludes he could find genuine happiness elsewhere, a doctor is astonished when his ex abruptly disappears, making him unable to move on without acknowledging painful truths about his marriage.
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The Friends We Keep
by Jane Green
Reconnecting 13 years after college, a supermodel whose career was derailed by an affair, the heartbroken wife of an alcoholic and an actor hiding a painful past find their bond tested by a dark secret.
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Honestly, We Meant Well
by Grant Ginder
A college professor's idyllic life is shattered by her husband's infidelity and her nearly adult son's recklessness, prompting a visit to the beautiful Greek isles, where she reconnects with the past while trying to heal her family.
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In West Mills
by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
A woman in mid-20th-century rural North Carolina, determined to live on her own terms in spite of community gossip, finds unexpected support from a veteran fixer who struggles with an inability to correct his own troubled past.
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The Islanders
by Meg Mitchell Moore
A writer struggling with a second book, the divorced owner of a café and an unfulfilled stay-at-home mom share a season of unexpected romance and secrets on scenic Block Island.
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The Lemon Sisters
by Jill Shalvis
Free-spirited Brooke and her high-achieving sister, Mindy, reconnect in the face of devastating personal setbacks before deciding to trade places to confront long-kept secrets.
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Lost and Found
by Danielle Steel
Spurred by old memories and a life-changing accident, Madison embarks on a cross-country adventure to reconnect with three very different men to reevaluate her past choices.
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The Lost Letters of William Woolf
by Helen Cullen
Working to identify the intended recipients of undelivered mail at the Dead Letters Depot, a mail detective tackles the greatest mystery of his career when he discovers letters addressed simply to, "My Great Love."
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Montauk
by Nicola Harrison
Distancing herself from her unfaithful spouse and her fellow society wives at seaside Montauk Manor, Bea Bordeaux is drawn by the village's natural beauty and community spirit before falling for a man who is nothing like her husband.
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Mrs. Everything
by Jennifer Weiner
Two sisters struggle to find their place, be true to themselves and adapt to rapid changes happening throughout the latter half of 20th-century America.
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Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
by Roselle Lim
Inheriting her grandmother's restaurant in a crumbling San Francisco Chinatown neighborhood, Natalie Tan is advised by the local seer to prepare three recipes from her grandmother's cookbook to help their struggling community.
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One Minute Later
by Susan Lewis
When an unexpected illness strikes a successful London lawyer, she must return to her childhood home to be cared for by her enigmatic mother where she begins a potentially doomed relationship with a handsome veterinarian.
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The Orphan's Song
by Lauren Kate
Longing to escape from the 18th-century music orphanage where she has lived her entire life, a talented singer bonds with a gifted violinist who would find his missing mother.
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The Paper Wasp
by Lauren Acampora
A first novel by the award-winning author of The Wonder Garden traces the dark friendship of twisted ambition shared between a failed artist and a rising star in contemporary Hollywood.
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Paris, 7 a.m.
by Liza Wieland
This poignant and captivating novel reimagines the experiences of pre-fame poet Elizabeth Bishop during three life-changing weeks spent in Paris on the eve of World War II.
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Patsy
by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Receiving her long-coveted visa to America, Patsy leaves behind her family in Jamaica, only to discover that life as an undocumented immigrant is not what her best friend had described.
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Searching for Sylvie Lee
by Jean Kwok
The best-selling author of Girl in Translation draws on a personal family tragedy in the story of three women from a Chinese immigrant family who navigate complicated secrets when an elder daughter goes missing.
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The Stationery Shop
by Marjan Kamali
A novel set in 1953 Tehran, against the backdrop of the Iranian Coup, about a young couple in love who are separated on the eve of their marriage, and who are reunited 60 years later, after having moved on to live independent lives in America.
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The Summer Country
by Lauren Willig
Inheriting the ruins of a Barbados sugar plantation, a young woman from Victorian Bristol is seduced by the region's dark tropical beauty at the same time her new neighbors take steps to acquire the property for themselves.
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The Summer Guests
by Mary Alice Monroe
Taking refuge on a friend's farm when a hurricane threatens the Southern coast, an eclectic group of evacuees confronts unresolved issues in the face of excruciating losses, discovering new priorities along the way.
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Summer of '69
by Elin Hilderbrand
A pregnant eldest sibling, a middle-sister civil rights activist, an infantry soldier brother deployed to Vietnam and a lonely 13-year-old youngest child find their lives upended by troubling family secrets.
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Templar Silks
by Elizabeth Chadwick
In this glorious adventure, William Marshal, England's greatest knight, begins a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with his brother, Ancel — a perilous journey that will have lasting impact for the rest of his life. A story perfect for fans of Ken Follett and Philippa Gregory.
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The Tenth Muse
by Catherine Chung
Determined to conquer the Riemann hypothesis in the face of cultural discrimination against women intellectuals, a genius mathematician uncovers a mysterious theorem's unexpected World War II link to her family.
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This Is Home
by Lisa Duffy
Sixteen-year-old Libby grudgingly befriends the new tenant in the bottom apartment of the triple decker home she shares with her father and two aunts and slowly learns to redefine the meaning of family and home.
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Time after Time
by Lisa Grunwald
Trapped in 1937 Grand Central Terminal by magical rules she cannot understand, an aspiring artist forges a romantic relationship with a hardworking railroad man before a landmark construction threatens their future together.
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The Unbreakables
by Lisa Barr
After discovering her husband has been serially unfaithful to her, Sophie escapes to France where she reawakens both her sensuality and her long-dormant artistic ambitions as a sculptor.
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A Vineyard Summer
by Jean Stone
Summer on the Vineyard brings not only tourists, but also wealthy families with summer homes—like Fiona Littleton’s—and tensions between them and the tight-knit island community often ignite. But when Fiona's life is saved by quick-thinking novelist Annie, the two young women realize they must learn to trust each other.
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Assassin of Shadows
by Lawrence Goldstone
After Leon Czolgosz shoots President William McKinley, two Secret Service agents are assigned to investigate if the assassination is the result of an anarchist-lead conspiracy, but they discover something much worse.
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Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold
by Nancy Atherton
Joining friends for an annual holiday bash at Emma Harris' manor that turns into an overnight stay because of stormy weather, Tilly Trout tours her host's home and discovers a hidden compartment filled with a treasure in gold.
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Backlash
by Brad Thor
Far from home and surrounded by enemies in the wake of an unforgivable betrayal, Scot Harvath tests the limits of his training in an effort to escape and exact revenge.
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Beyond All Reasonable Doubt
by Malin Persson Giolito
Dedicating herself to exonerating a man who was wrongly convicted of murder 13 years earlier, lawyer Sophia Weber is targeted with public disapproval while harboring private doubts about her client's true nature.
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Big Sky
by Kate Atkinson
Investigating a new client's suspicions about an unfaithful spouse, iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie is catapulted by a chance encounter into a sinister network of secrets and lies.
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Clause & Effect
by Kaitlyn Dunnett
When construction at the historical society of Catskills village Lenape Hollow reveals a shocking discovery—human remains walled up in a fireplace—professional editor, and amateur sleuth, Mikki Lincoln shifts focus from cold-reading to solving a cold case.
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Conviction
by Denise Mina
An upper-class Edinburgh housewife who enjoys listening to the sordid details of true-crime podcasts has her world turned upside down when a new podcast turns out to have connections to her own dark past.
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The Dagger Before Me
by Jeanne M. Dams
The newest member of the aristocratic Montcalm family is due to be christened but, on arrival at Durnham Manor, Dorothy and Alan Martin discover the ceremonial dagger has gone missing. The pair’s investigative skills are put to the test when a man is murdered in the village by an ornate dagger, and Sir Edwin Montcalm becomes the prime suspect
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The Darwin Affair
by Timothy Mason
Unsettling connections between an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria and the gruesome murder of a petty thief lead Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field to a shocking conspiracy related to the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
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Death in Kew Gardens
by Jennifer Ashley
After being gifted with a rare and precious tea from a Chinese scholar, Lady Cynthia's cook, Kat, investigates the murder of a neighbor with connections to China in the third novel of the series.
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Death in Summer
by Michael Theurillat
On a blazing hot day a renowned banker is shot dead on the golf course. There are no witnesses, and no obvious suspects. When Inspector Eschenbach is assigned to the case, he knows that someone must be hiding something. And as he delves deeper into the victim's life, he starts to uncover a past darker than any he could have imagined.
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Gone Too Long
by Lori Roy
Seven years after a girl with unusual skills goes missing amid a Klan uprising in Georgia, an estranged daughter confronts community secrets when she discovers a child in her father's basement.
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The Good Sister
by Gillian McAllister
An American debut by a best-selling author from the U.K. finds the bond between two devoted sisters tested in the wake of a devastating murder and revelations about what really happened.
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Joe Country
by Mick Herron
While the disgraced former MI5 spies of Slough House navigate painful memories, Regent's Park First Desk Diana Taverner considers a complicated arrangement and Jackson Lamb discovers the man responsible for violent losses.
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The Last House Guest
by Megan Miranda
When her longtime best friend is found murdered, a woman combs through her idyllic Maine tourist community to uncover local secrets and clear her name of suspicion.
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Murder in Bel-Air
by Cara Black
Preparing to deliver a keynote address at a tech conference, private investigator Aimée Leduc is entangled in a dangerous web of international spycraft, post-colonial Franco-African politics and neighborhood secrets in Paris's 12th arrondissement.
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Murder in the Crooked House
by Soji Shimada
Set in 1983, Shimada’s brilliant sequel to The Tokyo Zodiac Murders will thrill fans of golden age puzzle mysteries, combining a locked room murder with a logical and fair solution likely to stump even the most astute readers.
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One Small Sacrifice
by Hilary Davidson
Det. Sheryn Sterling has a bad feeling about war photographer Alex Traynor. A year ago, his friend Cori fell to her death in front of him, and now his fiancée, Emily, is missing. Sheryn believes that Alex is involved in both cases, and this time she's going to prove it. First in a new series.
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The Oracle
by Clive Cussler
Searching for a cache of cursed scrolls from sixth-century northern Africa, treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo confront rival crime bands that have taken students hostage to steal supply shipments from a charity-funded Nigerian school.
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The Perfect Fraud
by Ellen LaCorte
Two women with dangerous respective secrets are thrown together by a chance meeting that plunges both of their realities into chaos, placing the life of a sick child at risk.
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The Right Sort of Man
by Allison Montclair
Organizing a matchmaking business together in spite of their differences, two women from 1946 London find their promising company endangered when one of their clients is arrested for the murder of another.
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The Shallows
by Matt Goldman
Investigating the brutal murder of a Minnesota lawyer, private investigator Nils Shapiro and his partners are unexpectedly overwhelmed by an influx of complicated cases, additional murders and an unknown adversary that would keep the truth hidden.
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Skin Game
by Stuart Woods
Launching a search for a treasonous criminal in Paris, former CIA operative Teddy Fay follows a trail of clues that reveal complicated secrets, power grabs and an unprecedented global threat.
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The Spies of Shilling Lane
by Jennifer Ryan
A follow-up to The Chilbury Ladies' Choir finds scandalous divorcée Mrs. Braithwaite traveling to World War II London in search of her missing daughter, an effort that is complicated by a difficult secret.
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Their Little Secret
by Mark Billingham
Suspecting foul play while investigating a metro station suicide, Tom Thorne enlists Nicola Tanner to help investigate the activities of a murderous con man before linking the case to a bludgeoning death.
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This Storm
by James Ellroy
A corrupt vice cop, a crime-lab whiz facing Japanese internment, a fascist police consultant to Army Intelligence and a rogue profiteer investigate a historically relevant murder in 1942 Los Angeles.
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Tom Clancy, Enemy Contact
by Mike Maden
A dangerous mission in Poland catapults Jack Ryan, Jr. into a race to stop an international criminal conspiracy at the same time a friend's dying request reveals the identity of a CIA mole.
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Unsolved
by James Patterson
Baffled by an outbreak of suspicious fatal accidents, FBI agent Emmy Dockery finds her investigation complicated by her vindictive ex and a plotting stranger.
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Wherever She Goes
by Kelley Armstrong
Witnessing the abduction of a child at the park, Aubrey struggles to find the boy and his missing mother when the police and her neighbors begin to question her sanity.
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Whiskers in the Dark
by Rita Mae Brown
A massive nor'easter on the eve of an annual National Beagle Club benefit finds Harry Harristeen and her crime-solving kitties linking the murder of a foreign services officer to an unsolved killing from the 18th century.
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Fix Her Up
by Tessa Bailey
When his best friend’s sister, Georgie, proposes a wild scheme—that they pretend to date to shock her family and help him land a new job, major league baseball player Travis Ford agrees and soon finds himself wanting to make their fake relationship real.
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The Friend Zone
by Abby Jimenez
A brilliantly written romantic comedy that seamlessly toggles back and forth between scenes of laugh-out-loud, snarky wit and serious emotional issues (infertility) without missing a beat.
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Sisters of Summer's End
by Lori Foster
Abandoning her stressful life to take a job at a lakeside resort, a single mom reconsiders romance at the urging of a new friend, a dedicated businesswoman who also starts wondering what she might be missing.
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The Summer of Sunshine and Margot
by Susan Mallery
Descended from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love, twin sisters Margot and Sunshine transform their controversial relationships with a client's son and an employer into unexpected sources of happiness.
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Empress of Forever
by Max Gladstone
Vivian Liao is a technology genius and billionaire who runs afoul of the government and decides to disappear—but first, she breaks into a data farm that has used her code, planning to take over the world before the government takes her in this epic space opera adventure.
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Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell
by Neal Stephenson
When a routine procedure gone wrong renders a gaming billionaire brain dead, his stunned family and friends cryopreserve and digitally transfer his consciousness into an immortal tech-driven existence.
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The Grand Dark
by Richard Kadrey
An ambitious addict and bike messenger uses an elite contact to lift himself up out of the slums of post-Great War Lower Proszawa in this inventive fantasy filled with dark realities.
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The Lesson
by Cadwell Turnbull
For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of super-advanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. A year after the death of a young boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find themselves at the center of the inevitable conflict, witnesses and victims to events that will touch everyone and teach a terrible lesson.
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Recursion
by Blake Crouch
Assigned to the case of a suicide victim who claimed her son's existence had been erased, investigator Barry Sutton follows leads to the outbreak of a memory-altering disease and the technological innovations of a controversial neuroscientist.
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Spine of the Dragon
by Kevin J. Anderson
When a powerful ancient race reawakens with plans to remake the world, two continents at war are challenged to set aside generations of hatred to form an alliance against their common enemy.
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