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Murder at the PTA  by Lee Hollis

Murder at the PTA

Lee Hollis

"Someone is trying to turn Portland High into a school for scandal with a gossipy website called Dirty Laundry. The latest target of ruinous rumors is newly elected PTA president Sandra Wallage. After a heated meeting with outraged parents, Sandra runs into...

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The lost boys of London  by Mary Lawrence

The lost boys of London

Mary Lawrence

"While her husband fights the Scots for King Henry VIII, Bianca Goddard earns her coin by concocting medicines that offer relief to London's sick. Some unfortunates, however, are beyond any remedies she can provide like the boy discovered hanging from a church...

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Dark hearts  by D. K. Hood

Dark hearts

D. K. Hood

"When a robbery at a local store ends with multiple deaths and the abduction of sixteen-year-old schoolgirl Cassidy Wilder, FBI agent Beth Katz and her partner Dax Styles are called in. Visiting Cassidy's family home just a couple of blocks away from the quiet...

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When we danced at the end of the pier  by Sandy (Fiction writer) Taylor

When we danced at the end of the pier

Sandy (Fiction writer) Taylor

"Brighton 1930: Maureen O'Connell is a carefree girl, but her family is on the brink of tragedy, war is looming and life will never be the same again. Jack and Nelson have always been dear friends to Maureen. Despite their different backgrounds, they've seen...

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Short war  by Lily Meyer

Short war

Lily Meyer

"When sixteen-year-old Gabriel Lazris - an American in Santiago, Chile - meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together. But everybody's saying there's going to be a...

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A forgotten kill  by Isabella Maldonado

A forgotten kill

Isabella Maldonado

"FBI Special Agent Daniela 'Dani' Vega was seventeen when her mother murdered her father. Ten years after Dani's own damning eyewitness testimony sealed her mother's fate, she's starting to have doubts. What if she got it all wrong? A veteran NYPD homicide...

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Damned if I duke  by Anna (Romance fiction writer) Bradley

Damned if I duke

Anna (Romance fiction writer) Bradl...

"When her plan to blackmail Jasper Vincent, Duke of Montford, into forgiving her father's debts backfires, Prudence Thorne is forced into a marriage neither wanted - and fighting a desire neither expected - only to discover they are each other's perfect...

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Off-white  by Astrid Roemer

Off-white

Astrid Roemer

"A sweeping family saga chronicling the inner lives of the women of the Vanta family as they tend to Grandma Bee's declining health, exposing the complexities and tensions of young and old, past and present, homeland and homeland, white and off-white."--

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Sincerely, the duke  by Amelia Grey

Sincerely, the duke

Amelia Grey

"Miss Edwina Fine has one shot at finding a husband before the ton learns her secret. With red hair, green eyes and being one of triplets, she knows the superstitions and rumors about women like her. So when a marriage proposal from the Duke of Stonerick...

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Cover story  by Rachel Lacey

Cover story

Rachel Lacey

"Natalie Keane is one of Hollywood's top leading ladies, but she's paid a steep price for her fame. After she was stalked eight years ago, the ensuing media frenzy almost broke her. So when a new threat arises, Natalie agrees to extra security, but she wants...

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The duchess  by Sophie Jordan

The duchess

Sophie Jordan

"It's been a year since her wretched cad of a husband died and Valencia, the Dowager Duchess of Dedham, is finally her own woman. Flitting from party to party, freedom is sweet and life should be perfect. Until the new duke surfaces. Nothing like the haughty...

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A deadly walk in Devon  by Nicholas (Novelist) George

A deadly walk in Devon

Nicholas (Novelist) George

"Still grieving the death of his long-time partner, Chase reunites with his dear friend and fellow Anglophile Billie Mondreau for a seacoast holiday of historic sightseeing. Assigned a pair of guides from the tour company Wanderers, Chase and Billie join seven...

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If the tide turns  by Rachel Rueckert

If the tide turns

Rachel Rueckert

"Inspired by true figures - real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy and his star-crossed love story with a young woman named Maria - this captivating historical debut, set in the Golden Age of Pirates and in the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, combines...

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Falling for Alaska  by Belle Calhoune

Falling for Alaska

Belle Calhoune

"As the oldest of three brothers, former pro-football player Xavier Stone is no stranger to making tough calls. Like returning to his small hometown of Moose Falls, Alaska to help run his grandmother's hard cider company and gastro pub. He agrees to keep an...

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The boyfriend subscription  by Steven Salvatore

The boyfriend subscription

Steven Salvatore

"After losing his marriage and his beloved retail plant business, Teddy Hughes is ready to drown his sorrows - or would be, if he could afford another beer in his favorite dive bar. He has no choice but to uproot his dreams and leave New York for good. And...

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Lost man's lane  by Scott Carson

Lost man's lane

Scott Carson

"For a sixteen-year-old, a summer internship working for a private investigator seems like a dream come true - particularly since the PI is investigating the most shocking crime to hit Bloomington, Indiana, in decades. A local woman has vanished, and the last...

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Doorman wanted  by Glenn R. author Miller

Doorman wanted

Glenn R. author Miller

"Henry Franken has a problem with money - he has too much of it. When his unprincipled father dies, thirty-three-year-old Henry inherits a massive estate, including an Upper East Side residential building. He must confront the reality of his new financial...

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Forgetting to remember  by M. J. Rose

Forgetting to remember

M. J. Rose

"Setting aside grief from the fallout of the second World War and putting her energy into curating an upcoming show critical to her career as the Keeper of the Metalworks at London's renowned Victoria and Albert Museum, Jeannine Maycroft stumbles upon a unique...

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The inheritance  by Joanna Goodman

The inheritance

Joanna Goodman

"Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband's high-paying job. But a year after his death, the 36-year-old is a grieving single mother deeply in debt and living paycheck to paycheck with her three children. Then an unexpected call from a...

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Perris, California  by Rachel Stark

Perris, California

Rachel Stark

"In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, encounters the woman she used to love - leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she's...

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Rhythm and clues  by Olivia Blacke

Rhythm and clues

Olivia Blacke

"It's been five whole months since the last murder in Cedar River, Texas, and Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie have been humming along when disaster strikes again. Their struggling vinyl records shop/coffee nook, Sip & Spin Records, is under...

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The other side of disappearing  by Kate Clayborn

The other side of disappearing

Kate Clayborn

"Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan - and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she'd known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he's the same...

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A governess's guide to passion and peril  by Manda Collins

A governess's guide to passion and peril

Manda Collins

"Jane Halliwell once dreamed of exploring the world as an acclaimed journalist - but those dreams (and her dowry) died with her father. Now, she works as a governess, safe on England's shores. But when her current employer is murdered, adventure seems to...

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One in the chamber  by Robin Peguero

One in the chamber

Robin Peguero

"Cameron Leann is new to Washington, D.C. An Iowa farm boy without a penny to his name, Cam has joined a group of affluent junior staffers working for a powerful cohort of U.S. Senators known as The Gang of Six. Liz Frost, the group's charismatic leader,...

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A great country  by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

A great country

Shilpi Somaya Gowda

"Pacific Hills, California: Gated communities, ocean views, well-tended lawns, serene pools, and now the new home of the Shah family. For the Shah parents, who came to America twenty years earlier with little more than an education and their new marriage, this...

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All the world beside  by Garrard Conley

All the world beside

Garrard Conley

"Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century Puritan New England. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold....

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The emperor and the endless palace  by Justinian Huang

The emperor and the endless palace

Justinian Huang

"In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor - but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to...

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The trail of lost hearts  by Tracey Garvis Graves

The trail of lost hearts

Tracey Garvis Graves

"Thirty-four-year-old Wren Waters believes that if you pay attention, the universe will send you exactly what you need. But her worldview shatters when the universe delivers two life-altering blows she didn't see coming, and all she wants to do is put the...

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Patagonia Route 203  by Eduardo Fernando Varela

Patagonia Route 203

Eduardo Fernando Varela

"arker is an enigmatic lorry driver who spends his days travelling up and down the infinite roads of a mythical an empty yet wildly beautiful landscape where people are brought together and separated by the shifting, omnipresent wind. Patagonia is a land...

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The piano teacher  by Elfriede Jelinek

The piano teacher

Elfriede Jelinek

"38-year-old Erika Kohut, a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory, still lives with her domineering mother. Erika has a weakness for buying clothing that she will never actually wear, secretly visits Turkish peep shows and watches sadomasochistic films....

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The mark of a murderer  by Susanna Gregory

The mark of a murderer

Susanna Gregory

"On St Scholastica's Day in February 1355, Oxford explodes in one of the most serious riots of its turbulent history. Fearing for their lives, the scholars flee the city, and some choose the University at Cambridge as their temporary refuge. However, they...

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The lost estate  by 1886-1914 Alain-Fournier

The lost estate

1886-1914 Alain-Fournier

"When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring, and charisma. But when he disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house and a beautiful girl hidden...

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As long as the lemon trees grow  by Zoulfa Katouh

As long as the lemon trees grow

Zoulfa Katouh

"Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She was even supposed to be meeting a boy to talk about marriage. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in...

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Birds of a feather  by Jacqueline Winspear

Birds of a feather

Jacqueline Winspear

"London, 1929. JMaisie Dobbs is back and this time she has been hired to find a wealthy grocery magnate's daughter who has fled from home. What seems a simple case at first becomes complicated when Maisie learns of the recent violent deaths of three of the...

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Faceless killers  by Henning Mankell

Faceless killers

Henning Mankell

"One frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his...

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Joy Moody is out of time  by Kerryn Mayne

Joy Moody is out of time

Kerryn Mayne

"On her twin daughters' twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody - proprietor of Bayside's premier laundromat - is found dead. Yet that is not the strangest thing happening behind the bright pink facade of Joyful Suds. For much of their lives, Joy has been telling...

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The girl with no name  by Lisa (Lisa L.) Regan

The girl with no name

Lisa (Lisa L.) Regan

"Detective Josie Quinn is horrified when she's called to the house of a mother who had her newborn baby snatched from her arms. A woman caught fleeing the scene is Josie's only lead, but when questioned it seems this mysterious girl doesn't know who she is,...

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Fancy pants  by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Fancy pants

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

"She was a beautiful bauble in Europe's wealthiest play-grounds. Now she's broke, furious, and limping down a backwoods Mississippi road in an ugly pink southern belle gown. He's a gorgeous Texan pro athlete who can't tolerate spoiled rich girls. No way is is...

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Blue lard  by Vladimir Sorokin

Blue lard

Vladimir Sorokin

"The book begins in a futuristic laboratory where genetic scientists speak in a Joycean dialect of Russian mixed with Chinese-peppered with ample neologisms - and work to clone famous Russian writers, who are then made to produce texts in the style of their...

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Call me by your name  by André Aciman

Call me by your name

André Aciman

"The story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' Cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera."--

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Court of Winter  by Krista Street

Court of Winter

Krista Street

"Being a defective marks me in the eyes of the Solis Fae. Wingless. Magicless. Weak. To my kind, I'm nothing - not when strength is needed to survive the perpetual snow and ice that shrouds our northern continent in endless winter. But I've persevered, living...

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Dark magic  by Christine Feehan

Dark magic

Christine Feehan

"Young Savannah Dubrinsky was a mistress of illusion, a world-famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one - Gregori, the Dark One - who held her in terrifying thrall. Whose cold silver eyes and heated sensuality sent shivers of danger,...

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The year at Thrush Green  by Miss Read

The year at Thrush Green

Miss Read

"As the spring unfolds, so do the dramas of village life. Dotty Harmer serves up an herbal brew to her neighbor Albert Piggott, who has a soft spot for her despite his crusty facade. Architect Edward Young overhears a rumor that the old people's home he...

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The school at Thrush Green  by Miss Read

The school at Thrush Green

Miss Read

"Beloved primary school teachers Dorothy Watson and Agnes Fogerty announce their retirement and make plans to leave Thrush Green and buy a new home at Barton-On-Sea. The village people are aflutter with the news, musing about the teachers' replacements, the...

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Storm in the village  by Miss Read

Storm in the village

Miss Read

"Trouble brews in the tiny country village of Fairacre when it is discovered that Farmer Miller's Hundred Acre Field is slated for real estate development. Alarming rumors are circulating, among them the fear that the village school may close. The endearing...

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News from Thrush Green  by Miss Read

News from Thrush Green

Miss Read

"Tullivers, the former home of old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy, had stood empty for many months. Then, one bright April day, two newcomers move in - an attractive young woman and her son - and the villagers begin to show their interest and attention,...

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Miss Clare remembers ; by Miss Read

Miss Clare remembers ;

Miss Read

"Dolly Clare and her childhood friend Emily Davis are both retired teachers in the village school, who, due to their deep and lasting involvement in the life of their village and its children, meet many complexities beneath the surface and offer their help to...

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Farther afield  by Miss Read

Farther afield

Miss Read

"Open the gate to Fairacre, America's favorite English village. The end of a school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read, schoolmistress in the charming English village of Fairacre. But on the very first day...

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Farewell to Fairacre  by Miss Read

Farewell to Fairacre

Miss Read

"In an English village whose inhabitants cherish virtues and manners considered antiquated elsewhere, Miss Read, the school's headmistress, prepares for an early retirement because of ill health. On the positive side, a suitor appears."--Publisher.

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Celebrations at Thrush Green  by Miss Read

Celebrations at Thrush Green

Miss Read

"Little is known of the village's most distinguished son, Nathaniel Patten, until an unexpected letter arrives. When the correspondence shows that one hundred years have passed since the opening of Patten's mission school in Africa, coinciding with the...

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Battles at Thrush Green  by Miss Read

Battles at Thrush Green

Miss Read

"Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place. But as autumn turns to winter, feelings are running high in the village. Miss Fogerty, a respected teacher at the village school for over thirty years, is troubled by the...

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Affairs at Thrush Green  by Miss Read

Affairs at Thrush Green

Miss Read

"In Affairs at Thrush Green, Miss Read continues the fortunes of the Thrush Green families whom we last met in Gossip from Thrush Green. Here we follow the kindly vicar, Charles Henstock, to the neighboring Lulling, after his home was burned to the ground at...

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Tyler's Row  by Miss Read

Tyler's Row

Miss Read

"Open the gate to Fairacre, America's favorite English village. The two-hundred-year-old cottages known as Tyler's Row, with charming leaded-glass windows and an arched thorn hedge over the gateway, are supposed to provide a haven of peace for their new...

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Zodiac Station  by Tom Harper

Zodiac Station

Tom Harper

"Deep in the Arctic, the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker discovers the only survivor of a disaster at the Zodiac Station research base, who tells an incredible story of spies, greed, jealousy, and murder, but his tale simply doesn't add up."--Publisher.

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The dovekeepers  by Alice Hoffman

The dovekeepers

Alice Hoffman

"In 70 AD, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on a mountain outside the Judean desert, Masada. Two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic event, The dovekeepers is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinary women in...

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Kinfolk  by Sean Dietrich

Kinfolk

Sean Dietrich

"When a mysterious teenager shows up in Nub's life in rural Alabama, he learns that family, forgiveness, and kindness can be found in the most unlikely of places."--

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The smuggler's secret  by Lynne (Novelist) Francis

The smuggler's secret

Lynne (Novelist) Francis

"1813. Haunted by her father's death and tired of watching her mother struggle, Meg Marsh will do anything to keep a roof over her family's head. Even if that means getting involved in a dangerous smuggling operation. When Meg catches the eye of a dashing...

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Promises, promises  by Patricia Scanlan

Promises, promises

Patricia Scanlan

"The village of Glenree is home to the Munroe women: from the glamorous new in-law, Emma, to dogsbody Miriam and 'Airs-and-Graces' Sheila, who is forced to watch her own daughter Ellen become the talk of the county.Promises, Promises covers a decade in the...

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The loop  by Nicholas Evans

The loop

Nicholas Evans

"Helen Ross is a 29-year-old biologist, sent into a hostile place to protect the wolves from those who seek to destroy them. She struggles for survival and for self-esteem, embarking on a love affair with the 18-year-old son of her most powerful opponent,...

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Dead and gone  by Charlaine Harris

Dead and gone

Charlaine Harris

"Sookie is a sexy, sassy cocktail waitress who works at Merlotte's Bar in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's just a regular gal, with all the normal hopes and fears, about dating, boys and life in general - oh, and she's telepathic. And her boyfriends have included...

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What I would do to you  by Georgia Harper

What I would do to you

Georgia Harper

"In a near-future Australia, the death penalty is back. But if the victim's family wants the perpetrator to die, they have to do it themselves. Twenty-four hours alone in a room with the condemned. No cameras. No microphones. Just whatever punishment they...

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The Ha-ha  by Tom Shakespeare

The Ha-ha

Tom Shakespeare

"Fred Twistleton is about to turn forty. Gathering with his friends to celebrate at a rented stately home, he finally hopes to get together with his college crush, the woman of his dreams, Heather. But Fred is also keen to publish his memoirs, and Heather...

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Pheasants nest  by Louise Milligan

Pheasants nest

Louise Milligan

"She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assigned to cover her story? Have they started spooling through her social media and pulling out photographs? Constructing a narrative about who she is and what...

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8 down  by Kimberley Woodhouse

8 down

Kimberley Woodhouse

"Investigator Carrie Kintz has been on the job with the Alaska Bureau of Investigation in Anchorage for only a couple of months. But she's already jumped into the deep end: there's a serial killer on the loose. Not only is he claiming he's already killed eight...

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Jumpnauts  by Jingfang Hao

Jumpnauts

Jingfang Hao

"In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits for the other to make a move. But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party...

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Way far away  by Evelio Rosero

Way far away

Evelio Rosero

"In search of his missing granddaughter Rosaura, an old man named Jeremías Andrade arrives in a town strewn with dead mice and overflowing with mist and fog. The owner of a rotten hotel and the dwarf who always accompanies her; children who play with sinister...

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Between you and us  by Kendra Broekhuis

Between you and us

Kendra Broekhuis

"When Leona steps into Zarletti's Ristorante, she unexpectedly steps into another life - the one that could have been hers. And now she must choose between two paths: one with the love of her life and one with the daughter she's always longed for."--

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The Saturday place  by Alice Peterson

The Saturday place

Alice Peterson

"Holly's husband died, and she's lonely. She needs to do something to save herself, quickly. Next thing she knows she's interviewing for a voluntary cooking job, surprised to be ambushed by a scruffy man who looks like he has a past. Angus has messed up. He's...

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I cheerfully refuse  by Leif Enger

I cheerfully refuse

Leif Enger

"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator,...

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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers  by Samuel Burr

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

Samuel Burr

"An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind us. Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the...

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It must be true then  by Luci Adams

It must be true then

Luci Adams

"Daisy has realized you really can hit rock bottom when you lose your job, your boyfriend, and are estranged from your sister all at once. Seeking to claw her way out from the very definition of a bad year, her plan is to start by simply looking like she's...

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I'm f*cking amazing  by Anoushka Warden

I'm f*cking amazing

Anoushka Warden

"Maybe fannies and long-term love just don't work well together ... Hers used to work perfectly. It found her fingerings, orgasms and love. But now, as she moves into her thirties completely committed to serious boyfriend number three... It can't get wet. It...

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Meet me when my heart stops  by Becky (Romance fiction writer) Hunter

Meet me when my heart stops

Becky (Romance fiction writer) Hunt...

"Emery is born with a heart condition that means her heart could quite literally stop at any moment. The people around her know what to do - if they act quickly enough there will be no lasting damage, and Emery's heart can be restarted. But when this happens,...

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The final hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe MBE  by Claire Parkin

The final hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe MBE

Claire Parkin

"Muriel, a former bestselling romantic novelist, and Ruth, a journalist, are best friends. Inseparable since they were little, they've shared everything; unable to be without each other, even after the most vicious of fights. Now fate has left them living...

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The Dubrovnik Book Club  by Eva Glyn

The Dubrovnik Book Club

Eva Glyn

"Newly arrived on the sun-drenched shores of Croatia, Claire Thomson's life is about to change forever when she starts working at a local bookshop. With her cousin Vedran, employee Luna and Karmela, a professor, they form an unlikely book club. But when their...

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My name was Eden  by Eleanor Barker-White

My name was Eden

Eleanor Barker-White

"When her daughter Eden came home from the hospital, Lucy was profoundly relieved. Eden had survived a drowning incident and had no apparent brain damage, no serious injuries, not even a scratch on her. Lucy fervently welcomed having a second chance at being...

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All our yesterdays  by Joel H. (Joel Holloway) Morris

All our yesterdays

Joel H. (Joel Holloway) Morris

"Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household and granddaughter of a forgotten Scottish king, a young girl carries the guilt of her mother's death and the weight of an unknowable prophecy. When she is married, at fifteen, to the Mormaer of Moray, she...

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Wandering stars  by Tommy Orange

Wandering stars

Tommy Orange

"Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1865 to the aftermath of a mass shooting in the early 21st century, Wandering Stars is an indelible novel of America's war on its...

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The swan's nest  by Laura McNeal

The swan's nest

Laura McNeal

"On a bleak January day in 1845, a poet who had been confined to her room for four years by recurrent illness received a letter from a writer she secretly idolized but had never seen. 'I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett,' Robert Browning...

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Expiration dates  by Rebecca Serle

Expiration dates

Rebecca Serle

"Daphne has never left her love life to chance. The truth is, she can't. . . Every time she meets a man, a note will arrive. On it, a name and a date. An expiration date. Without fail, Daphne has always known when her next relationship will end. So when a note...

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This house  by Siân Northey

This house

Siân Northey

"Anna has lived alone for decades. She is cocooned by, and marooned in, an isolated cottage called Nant yr Aur in the Welsh mountains. The arrival of Sion, a young man who seems strangely at home in the house, leads to an unpicking of Anna's past. As Anna's...

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Great expectations  by Vinson Cunningham

Great expectations

Vinson Cunningham

"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the...

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The triumph of the lions  by Stefania Auci

The triumph of the lions

Stefania Auci

"Known as the Lions of Sicily, the Florios have officially arrived. Once rich only in ambition, the family has amassed a fortune that includes palaces, factories, ships, silks, and jewels. The city of Sicily admires them, honors them and, above all, fears...

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Sunbringer  by Hannah Kaner

Sunbringer

Hannah Kaner

"Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren - but now they are stirring, whispering of war. Godkiller Kissen sacrificed herself to vanquish the fire god Hseth, who murdered her family and endangered her friends. But gods cannot be destroyed so easily, and...

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Watch where they hide  by Tamron Hall

Watch where they hide

Tamron Hall

"After dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can't believe that her sister would ever...

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Original sins  by Erin Young

Original sins

Erin Young

"It's a brutal winter in Des Moines, Iowa, and the city is gripped by fear. A serial attacker known as the Sin Eater is stalking women and has just struck again. It's a tough time and a tough place for Riley Fisher, a former small-town sergeant, to be...

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Kill switch  by Penelope Douglas

Kill switch

Penelope Douglas

"Sending Damon to prison was the worst thing Winter could've done. It didn't matter that he did the crime or that she wished he was dead. Winter thought he'd cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was, or that at the very least she'd have time to...

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Devil's kitchen  by Candice Fox

Devil's kitchen

Candice Fox

"This tight-knit, four-person unit has worked together to save countless lives and stop out of control fires before they cause major destruction. They've also stolen millions from banks, jewelry stores, and art galleries. Under the cover of saving the city,...

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The glass house  by Anne Buist

The glass house

Anne Buist

"Psychiatry registrar Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic history, thought she had seen it all in the emergency room. But that was nothing compared to the psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital. Hannah must learn on the job in a strained medical...

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Cheater  by Karen Rose

Cheater

Karen Rose

"Homicide Detective Kit McKittrick finds herself standing over a dead body in the Shady Oaks retirement centre. Frank Flynn has been stabbed and his room ransacked. Though he kept his background quiet at the centre, Kit recognises Frank from the San Diego...

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The woman who ran away from everything  by Fiona Gibson

The woman who ran away from everything

Fiona Gibson

"Being married to a comedian is no joke. Kate is sick of it. Sick of being a wife, cook, dog walker and flat-pack assembler, while still being treated like a doormat. Her husband all but ignores her - unless he needs a clean shirt - and she's constantly...

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A stranger in the family  by Jane (Jane E.) Casey

A stranger in the family

Jane (Jane E.) Casey

"Every mother's worst nightmare... When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart. Now, sixteen years later, her mother Helena is found dead, her husband by her side. It looks like a...

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Kind of sort of maybe ... but probably not  by Imbi Neeme

Kind of sort of maybe ... but probably not

Imbi Neeme

"Librarian Phoebe Cotton lives with misophonia. The sound of other people crunching an apple, slurping their tea or snapping chewing gum fills her with a rage that she buries deep within. Mortified by her 'Not Quite Right' brain, she hides away inside 6 Salmon...

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Ready or not  by Cara Bastone

Ready or not

Cara Bastone

"Eve Hatch is pretty content with her life. Her apartment in Brooklyn is cozy, but close to her childhood best friend Willa, and far from her midwestern, religious upbringing where she always felt misunderstood. While her position as an administrative...

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End times

End times

"Explore the fall of the World That Was in this great value omnibus from Black Library. The End Times are coming. The Ruinous Powers of Chaos threaten to drown the world in madness. No kingdom is safe. In Sylvania, Mannfred von Carstein hopes to turn the tides...

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Dark carnival  by Ray Bradbury

Dark carnival

Ray Bradbury

"Bradbury's first story collection heralds the arrival of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Each tale is marked with the characteristic genius - for the unusual and the uncanny, the unexamined and the unexplained - that would define his later...

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The brothers  by Kimberley Chambers

The brothers

Kimberley Chambers

"Beau Bond hates fiercely and loves hard. He'll do anything to protect his twin Brett, and his girlfriend Jolene. Brett is a survivor. He's always followed his brother's lead, even if it means he's lived to regret it. As Beau and Jolene get hitched, their...

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Shifting shadows  by Patricia Briggs

Shifting shadows

Patricia Briggs

"Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has friends in high places - and in low, dark, scary ones. And in this must-have collection of stories, you'll meet new faces and catch up with old acquaintances - in all their forms ..."--

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Cop killer  by Maj Sjöwall

Cop killer

Maj Sjöwall

"In a Swedish country town, a woman is brutally murdered and left buried in a swamp. On a quiet suburban street a midnight shootout takes place between three cops and two teenage boys. Detective Inspector Martin Beck and his partner Lennart Kollberg are called...

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Like a charm

Like a charm

"In this novel in 16 parts by some of today's most prestigious crime writers, each writer picks up the story in their usual locale and each tells a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Running through the stories is a charm bracelet which brings...

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