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The Automobile Club of Egypt
by 'Al' Aswn
The beating death of a once-respected Egyptian landowner turned servant in a luxury club subjects his widow and sons to poverty and turbulent politics that force the club's oppressed employees to make a life-risking choice. By the award-winning author of The Yacoubian Building.
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Best Boy : A Novel
by Eli Gottlieb
A middle-aged autistic resident of a therapeutic community where he was sent as a young child rebels against changes in his environment by attempting to return to a family home and younger sibling he only partially remembers.
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Days of Awe
by Lauren Fox
Enduring a year marked by her husband's abandonment, her daughter's rebelliousness and her best friend's shattering death, Isabel gains new insights into her friend's difficulties while considering a new relationship prospect.
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The Dog Master : A Novel of the First Dog
by W. Bruce Cameron
Years after an ice age tribe leader tames a hungry wolf, a boy shunned from his people for his disability forges an inseparable bond with a wolf cub who helps him to survive in an enemy-controlled, environmentally-extreme world.
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Eileen
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Dreaming of life in the city while caring for her alcoholic father and working in a 1960s boys' prison, a disturbed young woman is manipulated into committing a psychologically charged crime during the holiday season.
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Everybody Rise
by Stephanie Clifford
A first novel by an award-winning New York Times reporter is set in the years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse and follows a socially anxious young woman's efforts to define herself away from her ambitious mother and corrupt father.
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Flood of Fire
by Amitav Ghosh
A conclusion to the internationally best-selling series that began with Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke follows an East India Company soldier's 1839 journey to Hong Kong to end a costly embargo on the eve of the Opium Wars.
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The Girl from the Garden
by Parnaz Foroutan
When his first marriage does not produce a male son, the head of a prosperous Persian-Jewish family makes a fateful decision that shatters his household and drives his wife to desperate measures to preserve her status.
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Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders
by Julianna Baggott
Gathering around the deathbed of their matriarch, a reclusive famous author who may have written a final manuscript, three generations of women share respective secrets that have shaped their lives and loves.
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The Headmaster’s Darlings
by Katherine Clark
"In this Southern comedy of manners, Clark explores the world of charismatic, eccentric Assistant Headmaster Norman Laney as he attempts to reshape the cloistered world of high-society Alabama from within... A funny, gossipy look at a slice of the South through the eyes of an indelible character." Kirkus
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How to Write a Novel
by Melanie Sumner
While attempting to write the Great American Novel, 12-year-old Aristotle "Aris" Thibodeau is exposed to a dark part of her family's history, which forces her to confront the fact that sometimes in life--as in great literature--things might not work out exactly as you hoped.
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If You Only Knew
by Kristan Higgins
Returning to her Hudson hometown to escape her ex's drama, a wedding dress designer encourages her sister to reconcile with an unfaithful husband by revealing a family secret.
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The Investigation
by Jung-myung Lee
Fukuoka Prison, 1944. Beyond the prison walls, the war rages. Inside, a man is found brutally murdered. What follows is a searing portrait of Korea before their civil war, and a testimony to the redemptive power of poetry.
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Landfalls
by Naomi J. Williams
A reimagining of the historical La Pérouse expedition follows the exploits and heartbreaks of the explorers, their loved ones and the natives and Europeans they encounter against a backdrop of the Enlightenment period.
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Last Bus to Wisdom
by Ivan Doig
Rejected by his domineering great aunt during the summer of 1951, imaginative 11-year-old Donal travels back to his ailing grandmother's home accompanied by his German great uncle while experiencing haphazard adventures along the way.
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Last Chance Llama Ranch
by Hilary Fields
When a close encounter with an 80-foot spruce steals Merry Manning's dreams of Olympic gold, the former ski champ finds herself falling into a career she never expected -- the life of a travel writer. A heartwarming tale of friendship, romance, self-discovery... and llama drama.
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Secondhand Souls
by Christopher Moore
A sequel to A Dirty Job finds death merchant Charlie Asher waiting for a new body while a motley crew of would-be heroes tackles a thief who is stealing the souls of the dead in San Francisco.
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Silver Linings : A Rose Harbor Novel
by Debbie Macomber
Struggling with the enigmatic Mark's decision to move away, innkeeper Jo Marie welcomes new guests Kellie and Katie, who would overcome heartbreak and pursue new chances for love.
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The Taming of the Queen
by Philippa Gregory
The best-selling author of The Other Boleyn Girl reimagines the story of Henry VIII's sixth wife, Kateryn Parr, who after being forced to marry the king struggles against dangerous adversaries to observe her own faith and promote religious reforms
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We Never Asked for Wings
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
When her parents return to Mexico, 15-year-old Letty Espinosa is forced to become a parent to her young sister and considers a risky move that jeopardizes their fragile hopes for the future. By the best-selling author of The Language of Flowers.
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Who Do You Love
by Jennifer Weiner
First meeting as young children in the hospital, a wealthy girl with a congenital heart defect and an underprivileged boy with athletic talents meet periodically over the course of three decades before considering whether their growing affections will overcome their differences.
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Alert
by James Patterson
Pursuing well-disguised terrorists behind two high-tech attacks and an assassination, detective Michael Bennett realizes that the attacks are escalating toward an ultimate threat.
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The Bangkok Asset
by John Burdett
Paired with a young misfit inspector with the Royal Thai Police force, tortured Buddhist detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep stumbles on a conspiracy surrounding a new super-soldier cyborg technology in a case that forces him to confront his lost father.
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Between the Living and the Dead
by Bill Crider
Investigating several suspects in the murder of a drug dealer, Texas sheriff Dan Rhodes is challenged by a community college professor who would solve the case by communicating with the victim's ghost.
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Candy Corn Murder
by Leslie Meier
Covering the town's annual giant-pumpkin festival during the Halloween season, reporter Lucy Stone follows leads to a local general store-turned-Internet hotspot when her husband, Bill, is framed for a friend's murder.
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Close Quarters
by Adrian Magson
Hired by the CIA to get a U.S. State Department official safely out of the Ukraine, the Watchman pits his skills against regional gangsters, snipers, separatists and corrupt officers before discovering a lethal adversary in his own ranks.
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Collector of Secrets
by Richard Goodfellow
"Goodfellow's action-packed thriller is full of international intrigue. American Max Travers is disenchanted with the for-profit school in Tokyo where he has been teaching English, but when he tries to sneak his passport out of the director's office, he ends up taking a small diary that holds information about some of the twentieth-century's most closely guarded secrets" Booklist
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Deadly Assets
by W. E. B. Griffin
Tensions between the Philadelphia Police Department and its Citizens Oversight Committee reach a boiling point during an investigation into shootings by young Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne, who investigates the murders of an investigative reporter and his family.
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Devil's Bridge
by Linda A. Fairstein
Investigating the disappearance of Alex Cooper, NYPD detective Mike Chapman looks into a recent security breach and Coop's numerous enemies while evaluating the vulnerabilities of their newly intimate relationship.
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The Drowned Boy
by Karin Fossum
Investigating the suspicious death of a toddler with Down Syndrome, Skarre and Sejer become increasingly suspicious of the child's mother's changing story.
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The Drowning Ground
by James Marrison
Chief Inspector Guillermo Downs gets a second chance to make good on a promise he made when the body of a local man, who many in the town believe murdered his wife, is found and a connection between him and two girls who went missing 10 years earlier is made.
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Friction
by Sandra Brown
Petitioning to regain custody of his young daughter in the aftermath of a reckless decision, a Texas Ranger intervenes during the attempted assassination of an attractive judge who he risks his life to protect when the gunman escapes. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Mean Streak.
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In the Dark Places : An Inspector Banks Novel
by Peter Robinson
A scorched van and a peculiar bloodstain in an abandoned airport hangar challenge Inspector Alan Banks and his team in the aftermath of two disappearances and a string of murders.
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Iron Wolf
by Dale Brown
The first woman president of the United States is tested by a Russian invasion of Ukraine and Moldova that compels a previous U.S. president to organize a radical counterattack involving manned robot soldiers.
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Last Ragged Breath
by Julia Keller
A tale inspired by a true event in West Virginia history finds prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins struggling to discover the truth when a survivor of the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster is implicated in the murder of a development company president.
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The Last Time I Saw Her
by Karen Robards
Realizing the extent of her feelings for ghost Michael after an attack by a hostile specter, Charlotte Stone struggles to stay out of trouble while assisting her FBI friends in solving a gruesome murder case tied to a string of killings.
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Last Words
by Michael Koryta
Grieving the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak reluctantly accepts a case from a suspected murderer who may or may not be innocent.
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Long Upon the Land
by Margaret Maron
Judge Deborah Knott tracks down the source of an engraving on her late mother's cigarette lighter while Dwight and Kezzie investigate the murder of a former whiskey runner who has succumbed to three separate attacks.
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Lord of the Wings : A Meg Langslow Mystery
by Donna Andrews
Reluctantly volunteering her home after a haunted house exhibit burns down during her town's over-the-top Halloween festival activities, Meg Langslow is challenged to save the day upon discovering a real murder victim among the creepy displays.
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Malice at the Palace
by Rhys Bowen
Accepting a royal assignment that places her in the allegedly haunted Kensington Palace, Lady Georgiana serves a Greek princess who is betrothed to the king's youngest son, a comfortable situation that is disrupted by an untimely murder.
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Margaret Truman's Internship in Murder
by Donald Bain
When a popular but secretly womanizing congressman's besotted intern goes missing, investigator Robert Brixton is hired by the girl's family to discover clues that the police may have missed.
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Mrs Pargeter's Principle
by Simon Brett
Investigating the connection between her late husband and a wealthy man who has recently passed away, Mrs. Pargeter finds herself in a shady world of gun-runners, shifty politicians and high-profile abductions.
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The Murderer's Daughter
by Jonathan Kellerman
Engaging in secret high-risk activities to escape from her regimented life as a master psychologist, Grace Blades has a one-night stand with a man who turns out to be her new client—one who claims a unique connection to Grace's foster father.
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The Musubi Murder
by Frankie Bow
Murder complicates the already stressful life of Molly, a college professor at Mahina State University in Hawaii. "Molly's debut is a smart and welcome addition to the teaching-college-is-murder genre." -Kirkus
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The Nature of the Beast
by Louise Penny
When a young boy prone to crying wolf goes missing, village newcomers Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache join a frantic search for the child only to stumble on a community secret about a long-ago betrayal and murder.
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Night of the Cobra : A Sniper Novel
by Jack Coughlin
Marine sniper Kyle Swanson journeys to Somalia to confront a vengeful warlord and rescue the terrorist-soldier grandson of a teacher who once saved Swanson's life.
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A Pattern of Lies
by Charles Todd
Searching for a reluctant witness who may have evidence proving that a deadly explosion was not an accident, Bess Crawford journeys to the frontlines of war-torn France and risks her life to protect the witness from a dangerous assailant.
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Point Blank
by Fern Michaels
When Harry Wong's daughter goes missing from her Shaolin temple school, the Sisterhood and their friends organize a daring rescue mission to China.
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Rubbernecker
by Belinda Bauer
Patrick, a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome, begins to suspect that something strange is going on in the cadaver lab where he works. Winner of the 2014 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.
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Smaller and Smaller Circles
by F. H. Batacan
A U.S. release of an award-winning first novel from the Philippines follows the experiences of two Catholic priests on the hunt for a serial killer in the notorious Payatas city of northern Manila.
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A Song of Shadows
by John Connolly
Struggling to recover from life-threatening wounds, Charlie Parker risks everything to protect a widow and her young daughter in a case stemming from brutal acts performed in a World War II Nazi concentration camp.
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Spy Games
by Adam Brookes
A sequel to Night Heron finds journalist Philip Mangan embroiled in a life-threatening conspiracy involving local unrest in East Africa and his failures in Beijing.
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Trap
by Robert Tanenbaum
Investigating an explosion at an East Harlem school that has caused numerous deaths and injuries, Karp and Ciampi discover links to a mysterious serial arsonist and a teacher's union president who would protest New York City's charter school movement.
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Trust No One : A Thriller
by Paul Cleave
Diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, a famous crime writer struggles to differentiate between his own reality and the frightening plotlines he has created for his books.
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Woman with a Secret
by Sophie Hannah
Fleeing a checkpoint being manned by a police officer she recognizes from her secret past, Nicki is targeted with suspicion in the murder investigation of a controversial newspaper columnist.
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X
by Sue Grafton
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of W Is for Wasted and V Is for Vengeance presents a latest series entry starring the intrepid Kinsey Millhone.
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Zeroes
by Chuck Wendig
Five iconoclastic hackers are recruited against their will to serve the U.S. government by working as cyber spies before discovering an NSA artificial intelligence program that is rapidly growing out of control. By the author of the Miriam Black series.
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Brown-Eyed Girl
by Lisa Kleypas
A conclusion to the series that began with Sugar Daddy finds cynical wedding planner Avery avoiding the advances of seductive wedding guest Joe, who challenges her beliefs about love and commitment.
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Starlight on Willow Lake
by Susan Wiggs
Working as a caregiver for a sharp-tongued woman to rebuild after a painful loss, Faith unexpectedly falls for her client's charismatic son, who questions his fast-paced lifestyle in the wake of a chilling revelation.
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Tremaine's True Love
by Grace Burrowes
When he pays a visit to the Earl of Bellefonte, Tremaine St. Michael, an astute man of business, finds himself captivated by the earl's formidable sister, Lady Nita, who he believes needs his protection as she tends to the sick and the poor.
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Tough Love : Back to Buckhorn
by Lori Foster
She's playing hard to get to win the MMA fighter of her ultimate fantasies in this sultry new novel.
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Wildest Dreams
by Robyn Carr
Professional athlete Blake Smiley, who has come to Thunder Point to focus on his training, is distracted by his new neighbor, Lin Su Simmons, and her teenage son, Charlie, who are in desperate need of his help and discovers, along the way, that he wants to be a permanent fixture in their lives.
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The Dark Forest
by Cixin Liu
A continuation of a near-future trilogy follows humanity's desperate plan to outmaneuver alien invaders by placing all defensive strategies in the hands of four men, including an anonymous astrologer who is baffled by his new status.
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Deceptions : A Cainsville Novel
by Kelley Armstrong
Haunted by visions of a blond child with an urgent message, Olivia Taylor Jones outmaneuvers her stalking ex-fiancé while investigating how her destiny is being shaped by ancient scripts.
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The End of All Things
by John Scalzi
A sequel to The Human Division finds Colonial Defense Forces lieutenant Harry Wilson investigating a series of alien attacks that are threatening Earth's survivors and an increasingly under-sourced Colonial Union. By the Hugo Award-winning author of Redshirts.
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The Eternal World
by Christopher Farnsworth
Escaping slaughter by conquistadors who claim the Fountain of Youth, chief's daughter Shako swears revenge against commander Simon De Oliveras, who makes a horrifying discovery centuries later.
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Fool's Quest
by Robin Hobb
A follow-up to Fool's Assassin finds former royal assassin FitzChivarly Farseer resolving to exact revenge against the individuals responsible for stealing away his daughter.
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The Sword of the South
by David Weber
A first entry in a new series set in the War God universe finds a swordsman with no memory of his past rendered a pawn in a millennium-long war before confronting a dark wizard who would protect his world and a frightened young girl.
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Zero World
by Jason M. Hough
Equipped with a brain implant that causes him to conduct missions without a conscience and forget them immediately afterward, super-powered spy Peter Caswell uncovers a universe-shaking secret with ties to a past he cannot remember.
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