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New Fiction - December 2017
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The Crooked Path
by Irma Joubert
The daughter of the town physician in a WWII-era South African village, Lettie Louw, pursuing her own dreams of a career in medicine in Johannesburg, meets and marries Marco Romanelli, an Italian immigrant, and as they raise a family in the midst of racial and political tensions, she is thrown together with her first love—the man she has never been able to forget.
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A Distant Heart
by Sonali Dev
Stricken with a rare illness, Indian woman of privilege Kimaya grows up isolated in an ivory tower, until she builds a relationship with window washer Rahul Savant, whom she inspires to join the police force; but when Rahul uncovers a gang-run organ ring at the same time Kimaya gets a chance at a life-changing heart transplant, their world gets turned upside down.
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Elmet
by Fiona Mozley
Former enforcer John lives in the remote woods of Yorkshire with his two children, Cathy and Daniel, leading a quiet life in a house they built themselves; but when a local landowner shows up on their doorstep, their precarious existence is threatened, and a series of actions is set in motion that can only end in violence. A Man Book Prize finalist.
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Enchantress of Numbers
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Rigorously educated in mathematics and science by her mother, an only legitimate child of brilliant Romantic poet Lord Byron is introduced into London society as a highly eligible heiress before forging a deep bond with inventor Charles Babbage and using her unique talents to become the world's first computer programmer.
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The Ice House
by Laura Lee Smith
A man on the brink of losing his family's business in the wake of a mysterious accident receives an equally devastating health diagnosis that compels him to reach out to his estranged drug-addict son and the baby granddaughter he has never met.
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The Last Suppers
by Mandy Mikulencak
In 1950s Louisiana, Ginny Polk's quest to provide meals for death row prisoners leads her into the secrets of her own past.
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Now That You Mention It
by Kristan Higgins
Returning to her hometown in the hopes of reconciling with her estranged family, a woman who recently survived a brush with death makes discoveries with the potential to heal the rift or permanently separate her from her surviving relatives.
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Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors
by Conn Iggulden
A conclusion to the best-selling series is set in 1470 England, where an escalating battle between the House of Lancaster and the army of Edward of York leads to the unexpected rise of the Red Dragon, Henry Tudor.
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The Sisters of Glass Ferry
by Kim Michele Richardson
Inheriting her father's generations-old recipes for some of Kentucky's best whiskeys, Flannery is forced to confront painful truths about her sleepy town, her family's past and the disappearance of her twin sister decades earlier.
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The Temptation to Be Happy
by Lorenzo Marone
A funny and heart-warming story of a 77-year-old man rediscovering love and life in Naples, Italy.
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The Wake Up
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Recovering a long-suppressed ability to feel the emotions of others, a 40-year-old cattle rancher falls in love with a single mother whose son is struggling with trauma from experiences with an abusive father.
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Where My Body Ends and the World Begins
by Tony Romano
In 1958, a devastating blaze at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago took the lives of ninety-two children, shattering a close-knit Italian neighborhood. Nearly a decade later, Anthony Lazzeri struggles with survivor’s guilt. Complicating his life is a retired detective’s dogged belief that Anthony was involved in the setting of the fire. Romano explores explores the complex psychological toll such an event has on all those involved.
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Bloodstains with Bronte
by Katherine Bolger Hyde
When the murdered body of a contractor is discovered at a Halloween murder-mystery fundraiser, detective Luke Richards reluctantly investigates Windy Corner's single-mother housekeeper, Katie; while owner Emily Cavanaugh identifies common traits shared by the victim and St. John Rivers from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
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The Boy
by Tami Hoag
When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most confusing he's ever seen. Genevieve's seven-year-old son, P.J., has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well. Who would murder a child and leave the only witness behind?
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Bury the Past
by James L'etoile
Sacramento Police Detectives John Penley and Paula Newberry race to stop a criminal mastermind who’s coordinating murders from behind prison walls in this thrilling mystery.
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The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor
by Cathy Ace
When the village's prodigal son, Huw Hughes, returns and sets his cap at Annie Parker, Annie's colleagues at the WISE Enquiries Agency make it their business to unearth the truth as to why Huw has been widowed three times. Is Annie in danger?
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Chord of Evil
by Sarah Rayne
Researcher Phineas Fox has agreed to help track down his neighbor’s cousin, who has disappeared without trace, leaving a single clue to her whereabouts: an obscure 1940s portrait of an alleged murderess. What exactly happened back in 1941 – and what is the connection with Arabella’s disappearance?
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Dark Dawn over Steep House
by M. R. C. Kasasian
Detective Sidney Gower and his ward, March Middleton, must solve a mystery that involves a Prussian Count, two damsels in distress, a Chinese man from Wales, a gangster looking for love and the shadowy ruin of a once-loved family home, Steep House.
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Death at Nuremberg
by W. E. B. Griffin
Assigned to the Nuremberg war trials, special agent James Cronley, Jr., finds himself fighting wars on multiple fronts, in a dramatic entry in the popular series about the birth of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Cold War.
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Death Below Stairs
by Jennifer Ashley
Highly sought-after young cook Kat Holloway takes a position in a Mayfair mansion and soon finds herself immersed in the odd household of Lord Rankin. Kat is unbothered by the family’s eccentricities as long as they stay away from her kitchen, but trouble finds its way below stairs when her young Irish assistant is murdered.
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The Demon Crown
by James Rollins
The members of Sigma Force reluctantly join forces with their most hated enemy to stop a primordial threat with ties to the American Civil War and the secret work of Alexander Graham Bell.
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A Devious Death
by Alyssa Maxwell
In the sobering yet hopeful years following the First World War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, find their summer plans marred by an instance of murder.
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Don't Look for Me
by Mason Cross
When Carter Blake learns that deadly hitman Trenton Gage his hunting a woman from Carter's past—a woman with a secret that many would kill for and who had asked Carter not to look for her—he realizes that he must break his vow if he is going to find her before Trenton does.
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An English Murder
by Cyril Hare
| A country house murder mystery classic! Snowed-in on Christmas Eve, no one is getting in or out of Warbeck Hall. But with friends and family gathered round the fire and the bells chiming midnight, a murder is committed. Who is responsible? |
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Ginger Snapped
by Gail Oust
When their town's Realtor of the Year, a suspected romantic interest for police chief Wyatt McBride, is found murdered, Wyatt is targeted with suspicion and suspended from his post, compelling Piper Prescott to launch an investigation to clear his name.
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The Girl in Times Square
by Paullina Simons
When her best friend and roommate, Amy, disappears without a trace, New York City college student Lily Quinn finds herself drawn to the detective investigating Amy’s case, until she finds answers that challenge everything she knows about her own life.
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Insidious Intent
by Val McDermid
A latest entry in the best-selling series by the award-winning author finds Tony Hill and Carol Jordan on the trail of a serial killer who targets single women at weddings
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A Lady in Shadows
by Lene Kaaberbøl
Author Lene Kaaberbøl returns with her beloved protagonist Madeleine Karno--an ambitious young woman who shatters the confines of nineteenth century France as she struggles to become the first female forensic pathologist and hunt down what appears to be a Jack the Ripper copycat.
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The Missing Guests of the Magic Grove Hotel
by David J. Casarett
Detective Wiriya Mookjai investigates after wealthy foreign travelers begin to go missing throughout Thailand after having brief stays at a mysterious resort.
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My Brother's Keeper
by Donna Malane
Helping an ex-convict track down the teenage daughter she lost contact with while in prison, missing-persons expert Diane Rowe struggles with concerns that her client's intentions may not be as honorable as they seem.
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A Murder for the Books
by Victoria Gilbert
Fleeing a disastrous love affair, university librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet, historic mountain town in Virginia. When inexplicable murders plunge the quiet town into chaos, Amy and her new neighbor Richard must crack open the books to reveal a cruel conspiracy and lay a turbulent past to rest.
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Signal loss
by Garry Disher
Sergeant Destry tries to find a serial rapist while Inspector Hal Challis investigates two burned bodies found in a Mercedes outside a meth lab. A tense, human, at times darkly funny entry into Disher's celebrated series.
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Splintered Silence
by Susan Furlong
Former Marine MP Brynn Callahan returns to her insular community in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee with PTSD and her canine partner, Wilco, only to discover the body of a woman that has personal connections to her.
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The Wanted
by Robert Crais
Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, embark on a seemingly simple case involving a client who fears her troubled teen son is dealing drugs, an investigation that reveals the young man's dangerous role in a string of high-end burglaries that have resulted in a murder and a disappearance.
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You Can Run
by Steve Mosby
As the manhunt for the Red River Killer intensifies, Detective Inspector Will Turner finds himself fighting to stay involved in the investigation.
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The Art of Running in Heels
by Rachel Gibson
Runaway reality-show bride Lexie shares a one-night stand with Sean, the biggest star on the Seattle Chinooks hockey team, only to have a photo of their passionate night published online, a high-profile scandal that compels them to spin the whole story.
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Firefly Cove
by T. Davis Bunn
A follow-up to Miramar Bay follows the experiences of terminally ill young adult Lucius, who returns to the home of his youth to reunite with the only woman he ever loved.
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The Lord Meets His Lady
by Gina Conkle
Arriving at her new post, Genevieve Turner doesn’t know what to do when she discovers that her new employer is none other than the man who came to her rescue on a dark country land—and who stole a kiss before he disappeared.
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Moonlight over Manhattan
by Sarah Morgan
When she becomes a temporary live-in dog sitter for Dr. Ethan Black, Harriet Knight, who is determined to conquer a lifetime of shyness, challenges herself to explore their very unexpected chemistry—and to tell him how she really feels after her dog-sitting duties are over.
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Roomies
by Christina Lauren
When a struggling musician on the brink of stardom reveals he is in the country illegally, besotted Holland Bakker enters a marriage of convenience that becomes more real than either anticipated.
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Canto Bight: Journey to Star Wars: the Last Jedi
by Saladin Ahmed
A collection of stories brings to the life the inhabitants and visitors of a mysterious casino city Canto Bight, which will be featured in the forthcoming film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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A Gathering of Ravens
by Scott Oden
Grimnir, the last of a long line of monsters, seeks vengeance against the Dane who killed his brother and discovers a world he barely recognizes, where a new faith is quickly replacing the Old Ways across Europe.
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Persepolis Rising
by James S. A. Corey
As humanity's presence in space expands and new colony worlds struggle to survive, the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante struggles to keep the fragile peace as ancient patterns of war and subjugation return.
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Year One
by Nora Roberts
A tale of suspense and survival is set in the wake of a cataclysmic pandemic that wipes out more than half the world's population, replacing science and technology with magic and compelling Lana, a practitioner of good witchcraft, to embark on a perilous journey west with her lover and other survivors.
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