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Historical Fiction July 2024
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One-shot Harry by Gary Phillips"Los Angeles, 1963: African American Korean War veteran Harry Ingram earns a living as a news photographer and occasional process server: chasing police radio calls and dodging baseball bats. When Ingram hears a call over the police scanner to the scene of a deadly automobile accident, he recognizes the vehicle described as belonging to his good friend and old army buddy, the white jazz trumpeter Ben Kinslow, with whom he'd only just reconnected. The LAPD declares the car crash an accident, but when Ingram develops his photos there are signs of foul play. Ingram feels compelled to play detective, even if it means putting his own life on the line"
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The murder of Mr. Wickham : a novel by Claudia GrayFeaturing Jane Austen's leading literary characters, this mystery follows two young guests at a house party where they attempt to solve the murder of Mr. Wickham, a con-artist with a slew of enemies, before the wrong person hangs for the crime.
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The ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye : a novel by Briony CameronAn indentured servant to the infamous Blackhand, a ruthless pirate captain, Jacquotte, as she struggles to survive his brutality, must rely on her wits, resourcefulness and friends when she discovers treachery at play, forcing her to decide what price she's willing to pay to secure a better future for them all.
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The wealth of shadows : a novel by Graham MooreIn 1939, Ansel Luxford uproots his family and moves to Washington, D.C., to work on a clandestine project to undermine Nazi Germany, one involving economic warfare, and is plunged into a world of espionage, danger and deceit, especially when his wife takes a job with the FBI, bringing subterfuge to the home front.
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Shelterwood : a novel by Lisa WingateIn 1990 Oklahoma, Valerie, a Law Enforcement Ranger reporting for duty at Horsethief Trail National Park, is immediately faced with the long-hidden burial site of three children, and working with the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police, unearths old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.
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The secret keeper of Main Street : a novel by Trisha R. ThomasIn 1954 Mendol, Oklahoma, a Black dressmaker with the gift of“second sight,” Bailey Dowery, when she touches the hand of bride-to-be Elsa, she's horrified by what she sees, and against her better judgment, helps Elsa, which puts her at the center of a murder investigation that threatens everyone she loves.
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Some murders in Berlin by Karen RobardsAssisting the Kripo in solving a series of murders in Nazi Germany, Dr. Elin Lund, an expert in psychological profiling, when the killer realizes she's figured out who he is, must join Denmark's Jews, along with her family, who are being smuggled to Sweden that very night to survive.
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Butcher by Joyce Carol OatesA disgraced doctor's quest for surgical renown in 19th-century America leads him down a horrifying path of experimentation on marginalized women at a New Jersey asylum, until his obsession with a young Irish indentured servant brings about his ultimate destruction.
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Lucky by Jane SmileyComing of age in recording studios, backstage and on tour, rising folk musician Jodie Rattler, trying to hold her own in the wake of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell, feels like something is missing and sets out on a journey in search of herself.
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