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The Cavendon Luck
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Picks up nine years after the events of Cavendon Women, in an epic tale that finds Cecily and Miles drawing on the collective strength of the whole family to protect Cavendon Hall and its clan from the challenges of World War II. Discussion guide available online. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author
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Charcoal Joe : an Easy Rawlins mystery
by Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins' plans to marry his girlfriend and start a new detective agency interrupted by the case of a promising Stanford student who in the face of daunting evidence has been charged with the race-related murder of a white man. By the 2016 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award-winning author of Devil in a Blue Dress. Tour
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End of watch : a novel
by Stephen King
"The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers--In End of Watch, the diabolical "Mercedes Killer" drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don't figure out a way to stop him, they'll be victims themselves. In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room. Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney--the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield's head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill's heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city. In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding, supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better than King"
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Foreign Agent
by Brad Thor
When an American safe house near the Syrian border is attacked, halting a high-risk operation targeting ISIS, an ensuing political and PR nightmare places counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath at the center of a maelstrom of blame and betrayal. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Code of Conduct
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The House of Secrets
by Brad Meltzer
The #1 best-selling author of The Inner Circle and The Boot of Fate, along with his award-winning co-author, presents a debut entry in a new thriller series. 250,000 first printing. Tour
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Ink and bone
by Lisa Unger
Possessing a psychic ability to dream about events before they occur and then make supernatural things happen, Finley Montgomery requests help from her seer grandmother to control her gift when she lands in the middle of an investigation involving a little girl's disappearance. By the best-selling, Silver Falchion Award-winning author ofIn the Blood
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Liberty's Last Stand
by Stephen Coonts
In the wake of an assassination attempt by a decorated sniper on the eve of a presidential election, Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini risk everything to uncover a massive conspiracy while helping a new resistance movement rise up against a new enemy. By a best-selling author. 200,000 first printing.
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Melody of murder
by Stella Cameron
The arrival of a talented, ambitious and unusual new family leads to mayhem and murder in the peaceful Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir. By the acclaimed author ofFolly
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Private Rio by James PattersonTwo years ago Jack Morgan – the head of the renowned worldwide investigation firm Private – was in charge of security for the World Cup in Brazil. During the championship final, the action nearly spilled from the field into the stands. Fortunately, Jack and his team averted disaster on football's biggest stage.
Now he has returned to Rio to secure the Olympics. But before the torch is lit, the threats come fast and furious as Jack discovers that someone is trying to sabotage the games. A lethal plan put in motion during the World Cup is set to decimate Rio, and turn the Olympics from a worldwide celebration into a horrifying spectacle.
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The Pursuit by Janet EvanovichThe #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Stephanie Plum series and an acclaimed writer forMonk team up again in a latest entry of the popular series starring master con artist Nicolas Fox and FBI agent Kate O'Hare
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Tom Clancy Duty and Honor
by Grant Blackwood
When a wealthy political opponent alludes to a scandal in the Ryan presidential family, Jack Ryan Jr. unravels an insidious plot that tests the limits of his sanity. By the best-selling author of the Briggs Tanner series. Tour.
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Vinegar girl : The taming of the shrew retold
by Anne Tyler
A modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew follows the experiences of a preschool teacher who alienates others by speaking her mind and who manages her family's home before she is expected by her eccentric father to marry his assistant to prevent the young man's deportation. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons
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15th affair
by James Patterson
When an alluring blonde with links to the CIA disappears from the scene of a brutal murder at a luxury hotel, detective Lindsay Boxer is forced to uncover difficult truths about her husband's secret life. By the Edgar Award-winning author of the Alex Cross series. (suspense). Simultaneous.
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Four friends sharing a beautiful loft apartment in New York City's Hell's Kitchen reveal in the glamour of city life before new relationships, job opportunities and surprising circumstances test the strength of their bond. By the best-selling author of Blue.
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Blood flag : a Paul Madriani novel
by Steve Martini
Defending a client accused of mercy-killing her father, attorney Paul Madriani is drawn into a treacherous conspiracy involving the victim's former unit from World War II and a feared Nazi relic. By the best-selling author of The Enemy Inside.
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Boar Island : An Anna Pigeon Novel
by Nevada Barr
When her paraplegic friend's adopted daughter attempts suicide in the face of cyber-bullying and stalking, National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon investigates the person behind the increasingly violent harassment, who follows the troubled teen when Anna tries to move her to a safe haven.
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The Emperor's revenge : an Oregon Files adventure
by Clive Cussler
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon join forces with a former CIA colleague to track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer who are behind a violent bank heist that occurred during the Monaco Grand Prix. Co-written by the best-selling author of the Dirk Pitt series.
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Fatal thunder : A Jerry Mitchell Novel
by Larry Bond
Receiving intelligence from a former enemy that nuclear relics from the fallen Soviet Empire are being sold to hostile adversaries, U.S. skipper Jerry Mitchell teams up with dubious allies in an effort to stop Indian nationalist from triggering an Asian nuclear war.
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The Girl from Summer Hill
by Jude Deveraux
Clashing with a gorgeous Hollywood star who is playing Darcy in a local production of Pride & Prejudice, Casey, a chef who puts her career first and who believes the actor's brother-in-law's damning claims, finds herself becoming attracted to him in spite of herself. By the best-selling author of A Knight in Shining Armor.
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Mercy
by Daniel Palmer
"Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die - until a motorcycle accident leaves her fiancé, Sam Talbot, a quadriplegic. He begs to die, but Julie sees hope in a life together. With the help of an organization that opposes physician-assisted suicide, Julie has Sam coming around to her point of view when he suddenly dies from an unexpected heart attack. An autopsy reveals that Sam died of an unusual heart defect, one seen only in those under extreme stress - in fact, it appears thatSam had been literally scared to death. As Julie investigates similar cases, threats begin to confront her. The more cases Julie discovers, the more the threats escalate until she finds herself accused of a mercy killing of her own. To clear her name andsave her career, she must track down who is behind these mysterious deaths... but someone has decided that killing Julie is the only way to stop her"
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Night shift
by Charlaine Harris
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels--"the Mark Twain of things that live under your bed"*--comes a new novel of Midnight, Texas, the town where some secrets will never see the light of day... At Midnight's localpawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves--only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town. Who better to figure out why blood is being spilled than the vampire Lemuel, who, while translating mysterious texts, discovers what makes Midnight the town it is. There's a reason why witches and werewolves, killers and psychics, have been drawn to this place. And now they must come together to stop the bloodshed in the heart of Midnight. For if all hell breaks loose--whichjust might happen--it will put the secretive town on the map, where no one wants it to be.."
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Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn by Ace AtkinsWhen a firefighter is ostracized for claiming that a deadly three-alarm blaze was set by an arsonist, Spenser discovers that the fire may be linked to a string of new arsons plaguing one of Boston's oldest neighborhoods. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of the Quinn Colson series.
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The sorcerer's daughter
by Terry Brooks
A latest entry in the standalone series that includes The High Druid's Blade and The Darkling Child follows the experiences of a reviled sorcerer's daughter who confronts an impossible choice between saving her life-partner from a dangerous mission gone wrong and rescuing her life-partner's abducted sister.
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Troublemaker
by Linda Howard
Sent to a remote location when an unknown enemy begins targeting members of his paramilitary group, dedicated operative Morgan Yancy fights his growing feelings for small-town police chief Isabeau Maran, whose life is put in danger by her discovery of Morgan's secret. 100,000 first printing.
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The Weekenders
by Mary Kay Andrews
Served with papers that her much-loved island home on idyllic Belle Isle is being foreclosed and that her husband has abandoned her, Riley turns to her friends for help, who she discovers are harboring their own secrets. By the best-selling author of Beach Town.
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Extreme Prey
by John Sandford
Invited to join his governor friend's campaign staff for the presidency, Lucas Davenport discovers that the governor is being stalked by a would-be assassin who proves lethal to anyone in the way of his target. By the award-winning author of the Virgil Flowers series.
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Hide away : An Eve Duncan Novel
by Iris Johansen
Protecting a young girl who has murderous enemies, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan takes her charge to the remote Scottish Highlands, where, with the assistance of Jane MacGuire, they search for a hidden treasure and navigate threats that change Eve's relationship with Joe Quinn.
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The Last Mile
by David Baldacci
A sequel to Memory Man continues the story of Amos Decker, a football player-turned-detective with an eidetic memory. By the best-selling author of The Forgotten. 500,000 first printing
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'Til death do us part
by Amanda Quick
"The author of the New York Times bestseller Garden of Lies returns to Victorian London in an all-new novel of deadly obsession. Calista Langley operates an exclusive "introduction" agency in Victorian London, catering to respectable ladies and gentlemen who find themselves alone in the world. But now, a dangerously obsessed individual has begun sending her trinkets and gifts suitable only for those in deepest mourning--a black mirror, a funeral wreath, a ring set with black jet stone. Each is engraved with her initials. Desperate for help and fearing that the police will be of no assistance, Calista turns to Trent Hastings, a reclusive author of popular crime novels. Believing that Calista may be taking advantage of his lonely sister, who has become one of her clients, Trent doesn't trust her. Scarred by his past, he's learned to keep his emotions at bay, even as an instant attraction threatens his resolve. But as Trent and Calista comb through files of rejected clients in hopes of identifying her tormentor, it becomes clear that the danger may be coming from Calista's own secret past--and that only her death will satisfy the stalker.."
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