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Rathdrum Library News November 2023
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Normal rules don't apply : short stories
by Kate Atkinson
Startling, funny and imaginative, eleven interconnected stories, in which nothing is what it seems, are sharp observations on human nature and pack an emotional—and satisfying—punch.
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Long past dues
by James J. Butcher
"Grimsby, the newest Auditor in the magical Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself in hot water when he intercepts a friend's case in this fast-paced and thrilling urban fantasy. Against all odds, Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby has become an Auditor,enforcing laws about magic for Boston's Department of Unorthodox Affairs. But Grimsby soon realizes the daily grind of his job is far removed from the glamour he imagined. Overlooked for every exciting case, Grimsby tires of being told to handle mundane magical troubles, and appropriates a case file intended for a friend. Alongside Leslie Mayflower, the temporarily unretired Huntsman, Grimsby aims to crack the case and discover the origin of a strange, unfinished ritual-one that seems to imitate the handiwork of a foe Mayflower put down twenty years ago. Together, they'll have to deal with escaped werewolves, a cursed artifact, and a perilous journey to the mysterious subterranean city below Boston, all to uncover the shocking truth. At any cost, Grimsbymust stop this ritual from finally being completed. Yet the cost may be paid not by himself but by his friends. . . "
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Resurrection Walk
by Michael Connelly
With the help of his half-brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, defense attorney Mickey Haller sets out to prove the innocence of a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy, putting Mickey in the crosshairs of a killer who doesn't want the case reopened—or the truth coming to light.
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The attack
by W. E. B Griffin
When the body of a 17-year-old suburban high school cheerleader is found floating in the Delaware River, Philadelphia Homicide sergeant Matt Payne, with of the help of her parents' video surveillance, discovers the identity of the killer who has now gone underground, preparing to unleash an even more savage attack.
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