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Antkind
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Charlie Kaufman
A neurotic and underappreciated film critic becomes sole witness to a film he’s convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core.
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The Book of Lost Names
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Kristin Harmel
The best-selling author draws on true events in the story of a Polish graduate student in World War II who uses her forgery talents to help hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis.
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The Chicken Sisters
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K. J. Dell'Antonia
A more than three-decade feud between two Kansas families implodes when a daughter who left one of the families to marry into the other brings the story of their fried-chicken competition to the attention of a popular reality show.
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The Color of Air
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Gail Tsukiyama
A young doctor finds his arrival home to Hawai’i coinciding with the awakening of the Mauna Loa volcano and its dangerous path toward their village, unearthing long-held secrets simmering below the surface that meld past and present.
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Crossings
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Alex Landragin
A debut in three parts designed to be read straight through or in alternating chapters finds a Jewish-German bookbinder in occupied Paris discovering links between poet Charles Baudelaire, a Walter Benjamin-like exile and a seven-generation woman monarch.
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Empire of Wild
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Cherie Dimaline
Inspired by the Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou, a U.S. debut finds a woman reconnecting with her heritage when her missing husband reappears in the form of a charismatic preacher who does not recognize her.
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Fast Girls
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Elise Hooper
Traces the lesser-known stories of such athletes as Betty Robinson, Louise Stokes and Helen Stephens to detail the barriers they overcame to become the first integrated women’s Olympic team at the 1936 games in Berlin.
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Fragments of Light
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Michele Phoenix
After cancer takes nearly everything away from Ceelie, except the support and love of her quirky elderly friend, Darlene, she decides to help her bestie find a WWII paratrooper who was the father she never knew.
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Fresh Water for Flowers
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Valérie Perrin
The caretaker at a cemetery in a small French town in Bourgogne must revisit her difficult past when the local police chief insists on scattering the ashes of his recently departed mother on the grave of a complete stranger.
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The Good Luck Stone
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Heather Bell Adams
Ninety-year-old Audrey Thorpe is determined to retain her independence even as her family hires a part-time caretaker, Laurel. The two women seem to bond-until Audrey disappears. Unbeknownst to Laurel, Audrey made a desperate decision during World War II that changed everything, and now her secret is unraveling.
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Grown Ups
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Marian Keyes
Three brothers, their wives and children mostly get along and lead fairly privileged lives, but everyone has something worth hiding. At one fateful get-together, brother Ed's wife, Cara, starts spilling far too much truth after suffering a concussion, and the entire family is in for a much-needed unraveling.
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Heaven and Earth
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Paolo Giordano
Forging close ties with three brothers from a neighboring farm in Italy, Teresa discovers a dark secret when the brother she secretly loves commits a brutal act of revenge.
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Hieroglyphics
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Jill McCorkle
Bonding over the mutual losses of their parents in childhood, a couple determined to leave a history for their own children respectively sift through family records and obsess over a possible childhood home before uncovering troubling memories.
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Lake Life
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David James Poissant
The members of the Starling family return for one last weekend to their beloved, but for-sale, summer home in North Carolina, where they witness a tragedy that acts as a catalyst to a series of dramatic revelations.
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The Lending Library
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Aliza Fogelson
When the Chatsworth library closes indefinitely, small-town art teacher Dodie Fairisle turns her sunroom into her very own little lending library, which leads to both new friendships and romance, as well as an unexpected chance to realize her secret dream of motherhood.
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue
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Fiona Davis
A New York Public Library superintendent’s wife reevaluates her priorities upon joining a woman’s suffrage group in 1913, decades before her granddaughter’s efforts to save an exhibit expose tragic family secrets.
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The Lives of Edie Pritchard
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Larry Watson
Objectified for her beauty through two failed marriages, a hard-working grandmother pursues a life on her own terms when she is harassed by a younger man.
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The Lost and Found Bookshop
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Susan Wiggs
Inheriting her mother’s San Francisco bookshop in the wake of a tragedy, Natalie bonds with her ailing grandfather and hires a contractor to perform repairs before unexpected discoveries connect her to the community and family secrets.
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Members Only
by
Sameer Pandya
Raj Bhatt is often unsure of where he belongs. Having moved to America from Bombay as a child, he now lives mostly happily in California, with a job at a university. Still, his white wife seems to fit in better than he does, especially at their tennis club, a place he's cautiously come to love. And then he's accused of racism and anti-American bias.
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Musical Chairs
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Amy Poeppel
Envied for her close relationship with a famous music artist and Julliard classmate, a successful chamber group founder finds her summer plans riotously upended by sudden family upheavals, including her elderly father’s marriage.
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Natural History
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Carlos Fonseca
Revisiting an unfinished exhibit he had been preparing with a late fashion designer, a natural-history museum curator uncovers clues to the story of the designer’s remarkable family in Israel, New York and the Latin-American jungle.
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No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories
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Jayant Kaikini
An eclectic mix of short stories set in Mumbai focus on the different experiences of those in the vibrant city, including a bachelor who receives a strange wedding proposal and a young girl who tries to comfort her father.
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Other People's Pets
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R. L. Maizes
Abandoned by her mother and thief father, a woman who empathically relates more to animals than people drops out of veterinary school and turns burglar, targeting houses where ailing pets can benefit from her care.
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The Pull of the Stars
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Emma Donoghue
A novel set in 1918 Dublin finds light in the darkness as it offers a three-day look at a maternity ward during the height of the Great Flu pandemic. A new classic of hope and survival against all odds.
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Sex and Vanity
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Kevin Kwan
When George, the man with whom she had brief fling several years earlier, unexpectedly appears in East Hampton, newly engaged Lucie Churchill is drawn to him again and spins a web of deceit in an attempt to block him from her life – and her heart.
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The Son of Good Fortune
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Lysley A. Tenorio
An undocumented teen, the son of a Filipina B-movie star-turned-con artist, joins a friend on a freedom-risking journey to a ramshackle desert town that offers him the first chance to define himself.
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A Star Is Bored
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Byron Lane
A debut novel (by Carrie Fisher's former personal assistant) follows the experiences of an assistant to an award-winning celebrity who becomes a close friend and possibly more as she conducts him through the wonders of Hollywood life.
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Utopia Avenue
by
David Mitchell
The members of a music band in 1967 London navigate the era’s parties, drugs and politics as well as their own egos and tragedies while exploring transformative perspectives about youth, art and fame.
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A Walk Along the Beach
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Debbie Macomber
When the younger sister she has always protected recovers from a dangerous illness and announces her intention to summit Mount Rainier, an older sister manages personal concerns by taking a chance on a relationship with a charming freelance photographer.
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What the Heart Wants
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Audrey Carlan
Given a stack of birthday letters by her late mother, Kaye returns home after a decade of wanderlust and reevaluates her relationship with her sister before discovering the existence of a sibling they never knew.
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What You Wish For
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Katherine Center
When the new principal turns out to be the former, unrequited crush of her teen years, elementary school librarian Samantha Casey discovers that he is a changed man, determined to destroy everything she loves about the school, which forces her to take action.
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1st Case
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James Patterson
Recruited into the FBI when her unorthodox programming skills get her kicked out of MIT, a computer genius tracks a killer who has been targeted young women through a sophisticated messaging app.
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Blacktop Wasteland
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S. A. Cosby
Compelled by poverty to agree to a lucrative final heist that will allow him to go straight, a skilled getaway driver finds his efforts complicated by racial dynamics and the ghosts of his past.
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The Burden of Truth
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Neal Griffin
About to graduate high school and join the Army, 18-year-old Omar Ortega’s life changes in an instant during one fateful night that leaves him labeled as a cop killer and fighting for his own life, which is now in the hands of law-and-order advocates, community organizers and the public.
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Cajun Justice
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James Patterson
James Patterson and award-winning investigative agent/author Tucker Axum present a stand-alone tale of high-suspense adventure inspired by Cajun culture.
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Cut to the Bone
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Ellison Cooper
Struggling to rebuild after the death of her fiancé, FBI neuroscientist Sayer Altair investigates the case of a ritually murdered teen before discovering that the victim is one of a busload of missing high-school students.
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Deadlock
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Catherine Coulter
Targeted by a vengeful psychopath who would destroy his family, Savich receives three mysterious boxes containing clues leading to an unfamiliar community and a young wife who must confront a decades-old secret.
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The Devil's Bones
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Carolyn Haines
Visiting a Jerusalem-inspired garden with the newly pregnant Tinkie, Sarah Booth and Cece stumble on the body of an underhanded local lawyer before taking the case of a wrongly implicated pharmacist.
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Dharma
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Vee Kumari
A thirty-something Indian American professor of art history, disillusioned by academia and haunted by the murder of her father, (for which she believes police convicted the wrong person), moves away from her match-making family and gets entangled in solving a second murder.
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Find Me
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Anne Frasier
In this shocker, convicted serial killer Benjamin Fisher has finally offered to lead San Bernardino detective Daniel Ellis to the isolated graves of his victims. One catch: he'll only do it if FBI profiler Reni Fisher, his estranged daughter, accompanies them.
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Fire on the Island
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Timothy Jay Smith
An FBI agent investigating a series of mysterious fires on Greece is welcomed by the community after rescuing a beloved dog from a blaze but finds himself irresistibly drawn to a young bartender who becomes his primary suspect.
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Florida Man
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Tom Cooper
When his prospects are endangered by massive sinkholes appearing throughout Florida’s Emerald Island, a middle-aged beach bum uses his amateur spelunking skills to uncover artifacts that change his understanding of the island’s history and his own family’s birthright.
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The Geometry of Holding Hands
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Alexander McCall Smith
Investigating local rumors about mysterious occurrences taking place throughout Edinburgh, a skeptical Isabel finds the limits of her good sense and ethics tested by the demands of her family, including her tempestuous niece’s latest romantic entanglement.
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The Golden Cage
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Camilla Läckberg
Discovering that the privileged husband for whom she sacrificed everything has been having an affair, an emotionally and financially devastated woman orchestrates a daring plot for revenge.
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Half Moon Bay
by
Jonathan Kellerman
When the decades-old skeleton of a child is discovered at the site of a park demolition, Deputy Coroner Clay Edison unearths devastating community secrets surrounding the long-ago disappearance of his sister.
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House Privilege
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Mike Lawson
Joe DeMarco is dispatched by a newly elected Speaker of the House to care for an orphaned plane crash survivor, before discovering that the girl’s lawyer has been embezzling from her estate and may have murdered her parents.
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I Saw Him Die
by
Andrew Wilson
In this classic whodunit filled with red herrings and double-crosses, Agatha Christie returns in the role of sleuth as she investigates a mysterious death in the Scottish Highlands.
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Love and Theft
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Stan Parish
To save his family, Alex, a charismatic thief, is forced to pull off one last spectacular, international caper and soon discovers that he is not the only with dark secrets when he learns what his new wife Diane is really capable of.
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Molten City
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Chris Nickson
Leeds, 1908. Detective Superintendent Tom Harper has received an anonymous letter claiming that a young boy was stolen from his family fourteen years before. But why was the case ignored? Harper is drawn into the dark underworld of child-snatching, corruption and murder.
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Murder in Chianti
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Camilla Trinchieri
In the heart of Tuscan wine country, Nico Doyle is a former NYPD homicide detective who’s just looking for space to grieve when he finds himself pulled into a local murder investigation. Enticing descriptions of food and wines, an introspective protagonist with an unusual background, and an intricate plot make this a winner.
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Near Dark
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Brad Thor
The world's largest bounty has just been placed upon America's top spy. His only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth in the latest entry in the series featuring elite military operative and intelligence agent, Scot Harvath.
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The Nemesis Manifesto
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Eric Lustbader
Dedicating her life to protecting her country after surviving an unspeakable tragedy, DOD black-ops field agent Evan Ryder investigates a hostile cabal behind the assassinations of her fellow agents.
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Never Ask Me
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Jeff Abbott
After their neighbor from two houses away is found murdered on a park bench, the Pollitt family becomes embroiled in a whirlwind of distrust and intrigue as they each begin to suspect the unimaginable of each other.
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Of Mutts and Men
by
Spencer Quinn
Chet the dog and his private investigator partner, Bernie Little, must investigate after they show up for a meeting with a hydrologist but discover him murdered in the latest addition to the series.
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The Order
by
Daniel Silva
The award-winning author presents a latest high-action thriller that pits enigmatic art restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon against an international threat that tests the limits of his skills.
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The Revelators
by
Ace Atkins
Struggling to recover after an attempt on his life, Sheriff Quinn Colson resolves to track down his would-be killers only to find his efforts stymied by an interim sheriff who has been appointed by a corrupt governor.
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The Shadows
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Alex North
Forced by his mother’s failing health to return to the hometown where a misfit friend committed a shocking murder 25 years earlier, Paul learns about an investigation into a local copycat before realizing he is being followed.
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The Silence of the White City
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Eva García Sáenz
A young Inspector investigating a series of ritualistic murders that are strikingly similar to ones that previously terrified Vitoria must determine if the convicted man had an accomplice or he has been wrongly incarcerated for 20 years.
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Skin Deep
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Sung J. Woo
When an old friend asks her to find her daughter who has disappeared from her dorm room at a private college in upstate New York, amateur sleuth Siobhan O’Brien is immersed in a world of campus politics, vegan cooking, deadly yoga poses and politely dangerous billionaires.
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To Kill a Mocking Girl
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Harper Kincaid
Bookbinder Quinn finds herself in trouble when her ex’s fiancé turns up dead, and, if she’s not careful, her days might be numbered.
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When She Was Good
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Michael Robotham
A sequel to Good Girl, Bad Girl finds criminal psychologist Cyrus Haven uncovering answers about Evie Cormac’s dark past that force the latter to flee and question whether or not her secrets should remain hidden.
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Deadly Touch
by
Heather Graham
Experiencing a terrifying vision of a murder in the shadowy Everglades while trying on a dress in a Miami boutique, Raina Hamish is forced into an unexpected alliance to help track down the body without implicating herself.
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Home to Me
by
Catherine Bybee
Finally living for herself after escaping her abusive ex, Erin begins an unexpected friendship with her landlord, a firefighter with a passion for danger and protection in the second novel of the series.
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Not Like the Movies
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Kerry Winfrey
Avoiding relationships to focus on caring for her ailing father, Chloe is challenged to resolve the disparity between fiction and truth when her friend writes a screenplay about Chloe’s romantically charged relationship with her too-good-to-be-true boss.
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Once Dishonored
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Mary Jo Putney
Bonding over scandals that have caused them both to be shunned by the ton, a Royal Navy officer and a beautiful divorcée team up to regain their honor and investigate the conspiracy that cost the woman her young son.
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Deal with the Devil
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Kit Rocha
An information broker whose librarian team uses knowledge to protect a crumbling America and a battle-weary supersoldier who is fighting for survival after refusing to target innocents become rivals and then unlikely partners in a quest to save the world.
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Malorie : a Bird Box novel
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Josh Malerman
A highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Bird Box focuses on the story of main character, Malorie, as she confronts the dangers of her near-future apocalypse world head-on.
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The Only Good Indians
by
Stephen Graham Jones
A novel that blends classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives.
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Or What You Will
by
Jo Walton
A fictional hero who has assumed the roles of gods, warriors, scholars and lovers in award-winning novels discovers that his author is dying and orchestrates a daring plan to catapult writer and character into immortality.
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Peace Talks
by
Jim Butcher
Joining the White Council’s security team to help facilitate peace among hostile supernatural nations, wizard Harry Dresden is confronted by manipulative political forces that threaten all of Chicago.
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Red Dust
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Yoss Yoss
From beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny space-opera homage to Raymond Chandler, about a positronic robot detective on the hunt for some extra-dangerous extraterrestrial criminals.
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Survivor Song
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Paul Tremblay
When Massachusetts is overrun by a rabies-like virus that is incurable an hour after infection, a soft-spoken pediatrician navigates apocalyptic obstacles to get a vaccine to her eight-months pregnant friend.
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Unconquerable Sun
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Kate Elliott
A high-adventure space opera inspired by Alexander the Great follows the coming of age of Princess Sun, a legendary queen-marshal’s daughter who navigates a plot by conniving nobles to prevent her ascent to the throne.
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The Year of the Witching
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Alexis Henderson
Observing a life of strict submission to minimize discrimination for her mixed heritage, Immanuelle discovers dark truths about her community’s church and her late mother’s secret relationship with the spirits of four witches. A debut horror novel.
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