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The Flight Attendantby Chris BohjalianA binge-drinking flight attendant wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room beside a dead body and sneaks back to her work, telling a series of lies that complicate her ability to figure out what really happened.
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Huck Out West by Robert CooverIn the author's interpretation of what happened after Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Huck joins the Pony Express, scouts for both sides in the Civil War, joins a bandit gang, locates an ill-fated pal in a Lakota tribe and finds himself in the Black Hills just ahead of the 1876 Gold Rush, in a book that sees the return of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Jim.
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Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. CosbyCompelled by poverty to agree to a lucrative final heist that will allow him to go straight, a skilled getaway driver finds his efforts complicated by racial dynamics and the ghosts of his past.
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In the Company of Killers by Bryan ChristyAn investigative wildlife reporter and secret CIA spy pursues a vengeful opportunity to capture the man responsible for a friend’s death by infiltrating the offices of a woman he once loved.
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The Revolution of Marina M. by Janet FitchA young woman of privilege coming of age in 1916 St. Petersburg finds her life and ambitions violently upended by historical events that find her joining the cause for workers' rights, falling in love with a radical poet and navigating devastating betrayals. By the best-selling author of White Oleander.
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The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur JaswalMaking an obligatory pilgrimage to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to carry out their mother's final rites, three estranged British-Punjabi sisters make unexpected discoveries about why their mother was forced to leave India.
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Dead Sea Rising by Jerry B JenkinsLeading her first archaeological dig in Jordan to search for concrete evidence from the life of biblical patriarch Abraham, Nicole discovers a 4,000-year-old complex with ties to an ancient puzzle and modern-day Jewish-Islamic peace efforts.
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Another Kingdomby Andrew KlavanStuck between dual realities—a fantastical medieval realm and modern-day Los Angeles—disillusioned screenwriter Austin Lively finds his monotonous life turning into an exciting—and dangerous—adventure of magic, murder and political intrigue as he searches for answers.
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Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica LockeForced by duty to return to his racially divided East Texas hometown, an African-American Texas Ranger risks his job and reputation to investigate a highly charged double murder case involving a black Chicago lawyer and a local white woman. By the award-winning author of Pleasantville.
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The White Road by Sarah LotzDesperate to attract subscribers to his fledgling website, an ex-adrenaline junkie and slacker undertakes two life-risking ventures, one in the notorious Cwm Pot caves and another scaling Everest, that force him to test the limits of his morality and wits in order to survive.
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My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall SmithVisiting the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his overdue cookbook, writer Paul Stewart endures setbacks that leave him stranded at the airport until a stranger offers him transportation on a bulldozer, triggering a madcap series of adventures on the Tuscan countryside.
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Caroline : Little House, Revisited by Sarah Elizabeth MillerAuthorized by the Little House estate, a retelling of the early pioneering journeys of the Ingalls family is told from the perspective of a pregnant Caroline, who in the frigid winter of 1870 leaves the safety of Wisconsin for a life of hazards and promise in unsettled Kansas Indian Territory.
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The Bright and Breaking Sea : A Captain Kit Brightling Novel by Chloe NeillRescued as a foundling and raised in a home for girls with magical abilities, a rare woman captain in the Isles’ Crown Command fleet reluctantly partners with a mysterious war veteran for a dangerous rescue mission in pirate territory.
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The New Kingdom by Wilbur A SmithCast out of Lahun, Hui, once the ruler-in-waiting of the great city, seeks vengeance for the death of his father, swearing his allegiance to the enemies of Egypt and learning the art of war to fight to become the master of a new kingdom.
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The Lesson by Cadwell TurnbullThe people of the US Virgin Islands coexist with the Ynaa, a race of super-advanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose, until the death of a young boy plunges three families into an inevitable conflict that will touch everyone and teach a terrible lesson.
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