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Bright Burning Things
by Lisa Harding
Haunted by her failed career and lingering childhood trauma, a former stage performer turns to alcohol but is saved from the brink of the abyss by her son whose love redirects her towards rehabilitation and redemption.
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The Christie Affair
by Nina de Gramont
Brilliantly reimagining the unexpected 11-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world, this novel is told from the point of Miss Nan O’Dea, who infiltrated the Christies’ wealthy, rarified world to destroy their marriage.
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Find Me
by Alafair Burke
A Manhattan defense lawyer searches for her missing best friend, a person who never recovered from amnesia after an accident, with the help of a homicide detective who thinks the disappearance might be related to a cold case.
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A Ficker in the Dark
by Stacy Willingham
Twenty years after her father was arrested as a serial killer, Louisiana psychologist Chloe Davis becomes alarmed when local teenage girls once again go missing and she begins seeing parallels that may or may not be there. .
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Greenwich Park
by Katherine Faulkner
Helen innocently befriends Rachel at a prenatal class despite the woman’s unbecoming behavior and has no idea her new friend has ulterior motives and is on a vindictive mission to ruin the lives of her extended family.
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Honor
by Thrity N. Umrigar
An Indian American journalist returns home to cover the story of a Hindi woman attacked by her own family for marrying a Muslim and deals with a society that places more weight on tradition than one’s heart.
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The Last House on the Street
by Diane Chamberlain
Recently widowed, architect Kayla Carter moves into her new home in Round Hill where she is faced with threatening notes and a neighbor who is harboring long-buried secrets about the dark history of the land on which her house was built.
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Lightning in a Mirror
by Jayne Ann Krentz
When her speed dating experiment leads her to Harlan Rancourt, who—long believed dead—needs her help locating a legendary lab, psychic investigator Olivia LeClair must use her unique gift to get them to the top-secret lab before innocent people die.
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The reading list
by Sara Nisha Adams
Working at the local library, Aleisha reads every book on a secret list she found, which transports her from the painful realities she’s facing at home, and decides to pass the list on to a lonely widower desperate to connect with his bookworm granddaughter.
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Reckless Girls
by Rachel Hawkins
When they arrive at Meroe Island, a remote island paradise in the South Pacific despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism and murder, six people find their dream vacation turning into a nightmare when history starts repeating itself.
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Something to Hide : a Lynley novel
by Elizabeth George
When a police detective is murdered, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley becomes embroiled in a case that has far-reaching cultural associations that have nothing to do with life as he knows it as he pursues a killer determined to remain hidden.
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Baking with Dorie : Sweet, Salty & Simple
by Dorie Greenspan
A James Beard Award-winning and New York Times best-selling cookbook author offers more than 150 new recipes with ingenious twists including Meringue Little Marvels, Double-Decker Caramel Cake, Coconut Milk Chocolate Marble Cake and Curd and Cream Shortcake.
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The Crepe Recipe Book for Beginners : 60+ Sweet and Savory Crepes
by Ann Costlow
BoElegant, simple, and filled with flavor, crepes conjure up dreams of cozy Parisian cafes―and now you can make this golden, crispy comfort food in your own kitchen. From mixing up batter to cooking, flipping, and folding, this crepe recipe book provides foolproof guidance for learning the crepe-making method, plus dozens of recipes for sweet and savory crepes
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Laptop From Hell : Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide
by Miranda Devine
"When a drug-addled Hunter Biden abandoned his waterlogged computer at a Mac repair shop in Delaware in the spring of 2019, just six days before his father announced his candidacy for the United States presidency, it became the ticking time bomb in the shadows of Joe Biden's campaign. The dirty secrets contained in Hunter's laptop almost derailed his father's presidential campaign and ignited one of the greatest media coverups in American history. This is the unvarnished story of what's really inside the laptop and what China knows about the Bidens, by the New York Post journalist who brought it into the open"
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Powers and Thrones : a New History of the Middle Ages
by Dan Jones
This epic history of the medieval world, which was forged by the big forces that still occupy us today—climate change, pandemic disease, mass migration and technological revolutions, shows us how every sphere of human life and activity was transformed in the thousand years covered by this book.
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Spectacular Spreads : 50 Amazing Food Spreads for Any Occasion
by Maegan Brown
Not just a cookbook, but an entertaining resource, Spectacular Spreads features over 250 recipes, gorgeous photography, and endless ideas that you can follow to a tee or mix and match. The BakerMama shares even more of her tips and tricks for effortless, stress-free, and foolproof entertaining that will impress your guests and feed a hungry crowd, all while allowing you to relax and enjoy the occasion.
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The Unofficial Bridgerton Cookbook : from the Viscount's Mushroom Miniatures and the Royal Wedding Oysters to Debutante Punch and the Duke's Favorite Gooseberry Pie, 100 Dazzling Recipes Inspired by Bridgerton
by Lex Taylor
Blue satin ball gowns, chocolates and high tea, five course meals with family, scandal, and romance. Welcome to the dashing world of Bridgerton. Grosvenor Square is buzzing with ladies and lords dressed to the nines, promenading in the park, and sharinglemonade at the evening's ball. From dazzling canapes, savory meat pies, sparkling wine, gooseberry pie, delicious finger sandwiches, and more, you'll be eating like a Bridgerton in no time. These 100 recipes inspired by the delectable foods from Regency England will have you dining Duke and Duchess style.
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Unthinkable : Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
by Jamin B. Raskin
Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the 45 days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life—and his family’s—as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.
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Vanderbilt : the Rise and Rall of an American Dynasty
by Anderson Cooper
Drawing on never-before-seen documents and told from a unique insider’s viewpoint, the CNN anchor and New York Times bestselling author tells the story of his legendary family and their remarkable influence..
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