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Adult Services Staff Picks January 2023
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
Recommended by: Lori
Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle in order to escape the curse, in a world filled with enemies where nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
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A Dangerous Business
by Jane Smiley
Recommended by: Claire
Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But when the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town, a darkness descends that she can't resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer, all the while juggling clients who begin to seem more and more suspicious.
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Exiles
by Jane Harper
Recommended by: Laura
A federal investigator, Aaron Falk, investigates the disappearance of young mother who left her baby alone in a festival crowd and vanished in the latest novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Dry.
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How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix
Recommended by: Rachel
Forced to return to the small Southern town where she grew up to sell her late parents' house, Louise discovers that her and her brother's old grudges pale in comparison to the terror that still lurks within its walls.
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The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell
Recommended by: Sarah V.
In Florence during the 1550s, captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici, having barely left girlhood behind, marries the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, and now, in an unfamiliar court where she has one duty- to provide an heir- fights for her very survival.
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Small Game
by Blair Braverman
Recommended by: Sarah L.
A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wilds.
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We All Want Impossible Things
by Catherine Newman
Recommended by: Joanna
When Edith, her best friend of 42 years, succumbs to ovarian cancer, Ashley helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold on and try to let go.
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The Invisible Kingdom : Reimagining Chronic Illness
by Meghan O'Rourke
Recommended by: Sarah R.
Drawing on her own medical experiences as well as a decade of interviews with doctors, patients, researchers, and public health experts, the author offers a revelatory investigation into the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases that resist easy description or simple cures.
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Murder Book : A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession
by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Recommended by: Brandee
Presents an unconventional graphic exploration of high-profile murders that have fascinated the author for decades, with a focus on the often-overlooked victims of notorious killers.
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