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Wasps in the ice cream  by Tim McGregor

Wasps in the ice cream

Tim McGregor

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"Summer 1987: Mark Prewitt's only priority is to avoid his dad's new wife and waste time with his friends, but idle nights are the devil's playground. When his friends decide to pull a cruel prank on the reclusive and strange Farrow sisters, Mark regrets...

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Missing persons  by David Barry

Missing persons

David Barry

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"A young man's drinking binge sets in motion a sequence of violent and lethal crimes, leading Swansea detective, DI Harry Lambert, suspecting foul play in a suicide verdict, to continue his own investigations. Lambert is warned off the case by a Serious...

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The wrecking bar  by David Barry

The wrecking bar

David Barry

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"Investigating a series of gruesome murders, Swansea police detective, Harry Lambert, discovers the victims are a ring of paedophiles who have been targeted by a serial killer. When the truth about the victims' years of abuse becomes apparent, it stirs up...

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Riders under a bloody moon  by V. J. Rose

Riders under a bloody moon

V. J. Rose

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"Picks up the trail with Dudford Washburn, his Uncle Ponder, and a cast of rough and tumble characters in this continuation of a classic adventure tale of the Old American West. After making a small fortune selling longhorns in West Texas and New Mexico,...

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Showdown at Pinos Altos  by Melody Groves

Showdown at Pinos Altos

Melody Groves

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"Andy Colton, the youngest of the Colton brothers, leaves Mesilla to pursue gold mining in New Mexico's Black Range. However, he finds little gold and is captured by a runaway slave while fleeing from a band of Apache. Andy recovers from his wounds with the...

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This man must die  by William W. Johnstone

This man must die

William W. Johnstone

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"In the world of criminal lawbreakers in Laramie County, Lucien Clay was king. He terrorized the locals, robbed every business in the territory, and ruled the place with a merciless iron fist. Thankfully he's behind bars now -- along with a load of other...

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Lady Odelia's secret  by Jane Steen

Lady Odelia's secret

Jane Steen

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"Do you ever really know your family? In the 1880s a sixth daughter learns not to ask for much, even if she's the daughter of an earl. Even if she married the richest man in her corner of Sussex. Even if she's now a widow with a splendid Georgian mansion. Lady...

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Bear  by Marian Engel

Bear

Marian Engel

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"Lou is a shy and diligent librarian at the local Heritage Institute. She works monotonous and dusty hours long into the night but she has found nothing - and no one - to go home to. She has resigned herself to passionless sex on her desk with the Director of...

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Of cattle and men  by Ana Paula Maia

Of cattle and men

Ana Paula Maia

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"In a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood. Edgar Wilson makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of a cow, then stuns it with a mallet. He does this over and over again, as the stun operator at Senhor Milo's slaughterhouse:...

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Where David threw stones  by Elyse Hoffman

Where David threw stones

Elyse Hoffman

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"West Germany, 1968. When ten-year-old David Saidel's parents are murdered, he is sent to live with his grandfather in the anti-Semitic village of Brennenbach. Miserable and lonely, David finds solace in his kindly Grandpa Ernst, who has one strict rule: never...

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The song of the partisans  by Kathryn Gauci

The song of the partisans

Kathryn Gauci

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"When she closed her eyes, the faces of those she had killed, surfaced like a grotesque scene from a Gothic novel. She had blood on her hands, and it could never be washed away. April 1944, Paris: Simone Guillot is ordered to shoot a collaborator before being...

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Somewhere in the crowd  by Katrina Logan

Somewhere in the crowd

Katrina Logan

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"Four friends. Twelve years. One Eurovision . . . Eurovision is always the highlight of Millie's year. So when she and her best friend James get the chance to see the final live in Oslo, it's a dream come true - until they get swept up the excitement and try...

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Maidens in the vale  by Patrick Robinson

Maidens in the vale

Patrick Robinson

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"Can a young woman be so shockingly abused, that any action she subsequently takes is justified? She's beautiful, young, expensively educated in England, although Russian by birth and heritage. But her uncle, her mum's brother, is an ex-KGB assassin. He's a...

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The Führer's prophecy  by Brian Klein

The Führer's prophecy

Brian Klein

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"30 January 1939. Adolf Hitler makes an infamous speech at the Reichstag threatening 'The annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe'. This vile public proclamation is seized upon by his fanatical supporters who christen it 'The Führer's Prophecy'. November...

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Changing times at Harpers  by Rosie Clarke

Changing times at Harpers

Rosie Clarke

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"London, Spring 1920. Harpers is beginning to flourish once more after the end of the war but for Sally Harper the problems continue. Husband Ben is moody, sometimes distant, and she feels he is shutting her out at home and at work, but why? It takes a...

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Herald of the black moon  by Stephen Deas

Herald of the black moon

Stephen Deas

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"The Wraiths have raised an army of the dead. An army of the living is marching on the throne. Caught in the middle, Myla is supposed to be spying on a sorceress who can read minds. Things are not going well. Far away, Seth and Fings are trying their hardest...

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Wish upon a Cornish moon  by Amanda (Romance fiction writer) James

Wish upon a Cornish moon

Amanda (Romance fiction writer) Jam...

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"'I can see you don't believe me, girl, but I'm telling you that there's magic in the moon and that big sea out there.' Grandma Mary cleared her throat and winked. 'Dreams come true for them as take those old tales to heart.' 1938: One midnight in June,...

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The polite act of drowning  by Charleen Hurtubise

The polite act of drowning

Charleen Hurtubise

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"Michigan, 1985. The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy, however, the tragedy dredges up untold secrets and causes her mother to drift...

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The cameraman  by Matthew Kneale

The cameraman

Matthew Kneale

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"Former cinema camera director Julius Sewell journeys across Europe with his family to his sister's wedding in Rome. But this will be an unusual road trip. For one thing, Julius has been in an institution and has only just been released from mental hospital to...

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The Moonlight Gardening Club  by Rosie Hannigan

The Moonlight Gardening Club

Rosie Hannigan

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"Though they come from the same small Irish village, lonely widow Ruby and struggling single mother Frankie couldn't be more different. Then they discover the Moonlight Gardening Club, founded to remind its members that even on the darkest of nights, beauty...

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A killer in the Crystal Palace  by Deb Marlowe

A killer in the Crystal Palace

Deb Marlowe

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"A grand showcase for technology, art, design and. . . murder. London, 1851, and the Great Exhibition is on. A soaring success despite months of dour predictions, it is the event of the year, on front pages and wagging tongues the world over--and Miss Kara...

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Black gold  by Bobby Akart

Black gold

Bobby Akart

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"BLACK GOLD is the story of environmental terrorists waging war against the Texas oil industry through physical violence and cyber attacks. They will stop at nothing to end oil production, including shutting down the power grid. They soon learn not to mess...

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Final term  by Leigh Russell

Final term

Leigh Russell

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"When a pupil accuses a teacher of molesting her, his career and marriage are threatened... The girl's corpse is discovered in the woods, and the teacher becomes a suspect in a murder enquiry. The victim's best friend is then murdered so she cannot reveal the...

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The runaway bride  by Felicity York

The runaway bride

Felicity York

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"1826. At first sight, Ellen Turner does not seem the type to elope with a stranger. So when the young heriess vanishes from her boarding school in the arms of the rugged scoundrel Edward Wakefield, and the pair are sighted in a carriage racing from Gretna...

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Where the guilty hide  by Annette Dashofy

Where the guilty hide

Annette Dashofy

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"On the shore of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, a body lays half hidden, the waves slowly moving it with the rising tide... In the early morning mist, freelance photographer Emma Anderson takes pictures of the rocky coastline. She moved to Erie to escape a past that...

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White sun war  by Mick Ryan

White sun war

Mick Ryan

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"After decades of poising on the brink, the United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan. Deploying their most futuristic technologies in this grand strategic competition of the 21st century, the stakes could not be higher....

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Death in a Shetland lane  by Marsali Taylor

Death in a Shetland lane

Marsali Taylor

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"Days before the final Shetland fire festival, in broad daylight, a glamorous young singer tumbles down a flight of steps. Though it seems a tragic accident, sailing sleuth Cass Lynch, a witness at the scene, thought it looked like Chloe sleepwalked to her...

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Love at six thousand degrees  by Maki Kashimada

Love at six thousand degrees

Maki Kashimada

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"A housewife finds herself haunted by visions of a mushroom cloud and abruptly leaves her husband and son to travel alone to the city of Nagasaki, where she has an affair with a young half-Russian, half-Japanese man."--Provided by publisher.

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The younger woman  by Mandy Byatt

The younger woman

Mandy Byatt

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"She knows him better than anyone. She doesn't know him at all... Lottie and Nick once had a dream marriage, but a series of failed IVF attempts has left Lottie feeling insecure, and her paranoia is further stoked by the arrival of a new starter at Nick's...

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Web of lies  by Paul Gitsham

Web of lies

Paul Gitsham

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"When mother-of-two Louisa doesn't return home from work one night, her husband raises the alarm. Investigating the workshop where she ran her mail-order business reveals signs she was taken by force - and DCI Warren Jones is put on the case. As Warren and his...

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You get that from me  by Charlotte Butterfield

You get that from me

Charlotte Butterfield

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"Stella thought she knew how her life would turn out. A stellar career, the perfect husband (not like her own good-for-nothing dad), two children, and a dog. But here she is: 40, single, living with her mum and grandmother, and choosing the ideal sperm donor...

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The vanishing of Class 3B  by Jackie Kabler

The vanishing of Class 3B

Jackie Kabler

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"One spring morning, a bus full of children and their teachers from a Cotswolds primary school head off on a much-anticipated day trip. But as night falls and the well-heeled parents - one or two of them famous, as well as wealthy - wait at the school to...

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The serial killer's sister  by Alice (Novelist) Hunter

The serial killer's sister

Alice (Novelist) Hunter

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"She thought she'd left her past behind. She was wrong ... Despite a childhood in the care system, Anna Price has beaten the odds and built herself the perfect life, complete with a beautiful seaside home, devoted husband and a job she loves. Then a policeman...

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Harold  by Steven Wright

Harold

Steven Wright

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"From the outside, Harold is an average seven-year-old third grader growing up in the 1960s. Bored by school. Crushing on a girl. Likes movies and baseball--especially the hometown Boston Red Sox. Enjoys spending time with his grandfather. But inside Harold's...

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The problem with perfect  by Philip William Stover

The problem with perfect

Philip William Stover

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"When style is everything, will Ethan learn that true beauty is on the inside? Chase Myles can throw together a swinging dinner party or redecorate an entire townhouse with jaw-dropping elegance. Followers scroll his Insta and see effortless workouts, exotic...

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Fly me to Paris  by Helga Jensen

Fly me to Paris

Helga Jensen

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"Penny is not living her best life. Her job is far from thrilling and her long-term boyfriend shows no sign of wanting to commit. She has just turned fifty and is going nowhere. Wanting a new start, Penny applies for a job as cabin crew, to find out if she can...

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Scarlet  by Genevieve Cogman

Scarlet

Genevieve Cogman

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"Revolution's a bloodthirsty business . . . A reinvention of the tale of The Scarlet Pimpernel with the addition of magic and even more mayhem. Revolutionary France is no place to be, especially for aristocrat vampires facing the guillotine. But the League of...

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Fowl eulogies  by Lucie Rico

Fowl eulogies

Lucie Rico

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"Upon her mother's death, Paule Rojas, a vegetarian city-dweller, returns to the chicken farm where she grew up. Pressured to fulfil her mother's last request, Paule rediscovers pleasure and meaning in running the old family business. Yet, eager to bring...

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Pearl  by Siân Hughes

Pearl

Siân Hughes

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"Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother's love; the smell of fresh herbs, the...

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This wound full of fish  by Lorena Salazar Masso

This wound full of fish

Lorena Salazar Masso

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"In the city of Quibdo, a mother and her child embark on a canoe trip down the mighty Atrato River, the only route that allows them to penetrate the thick Colombian jungle. The journey is long, slowed down by several stops. As the small boat proceeds along the...

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Soldier sailor  by Claire Kilroy

Soldier sailor

Claire Kilroy

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"Well, Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us and all is well, for now. . . In her first novel for over a decade, Claire Kilroy takes us deep into the early days of motherhood. Exploring the clash of...

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Your love is not good  by Johanna Hedva

Your love is not good

Johanna Hedva

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"At an otherwise forgettable party in Los Angeles, a queer Korean American painter spots a woman who instantly controls the room: gorgeous and distant and utterly white, the center of everyone's attention. Haunted into adulthood by her Korean father's...

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Murder in a heatwave

Murder in a heatwave

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"As the days get longer, escape your troubles and take a trip to the desperately hot towns where nightfall lingers and a sun-drenched picnic can end in panic. No matter how murderously high the temperatures rise, these stories will chill you to the bone. So...

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French holiday  by Sarah Ready

French holiday

Sarah Ready

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"Merry DeLuca is in desperate need of a getaway after her best friend and secret crush, Leo, marries her sister. She takes off for a three-month stay at a chateau in Annecy, France--only to arrive and find that Leo's insufferable friend, travel documentarian...

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The drinker of horizons  by Mia Couto

The drinker of horizons

Mia Couto

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"Set against the backdrop of the war between the Kingdom of Gaza, one of the last great pre-colonial African kingdoms, and the Portuguese colonialists, a young African woman Imani and the Portuguese sergeant Germano de Melo have shared an unexpected love....

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A summer surprise at the Little Blue Boathouse  by Christie Barlow

A summer surprise at the Little Blue Boathouse

Christie Barlow

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"When Bea Fernsby discovers her fiance's eyes have been wandering, she calls off the wedding and hits the road. The village of Heartcross in the Scottish Highlands is about as far away from home as she can get, and when she stumbles into the ideal summer job...

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Chrysalis  by Anna Metcalfe

Chrysalis

Anna Metcalfe

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"She is watched by Elliot as he trains in the gym. He notices her dedication to building her body and taking up space, and he is drawn to her strength. She is observed by her mother, as she grows from a taciturn, tremulous child into a determined and distant...

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Lost women  by Neil Humphreys

Lost women

Neil Humphreys

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"Detective Inspector Stanley Low - belligerent, bipolar and brilliant. A Chinese-Singaporean, educated in London with a foot in both cities, his mission to eradicate violent crime wherever he finds it. Twelve women are found in the back of a truck, dumped in...

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The salt grows heavy  by Cassandra Khaw

The salt grows heavy

Cassandra Khaw

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"You may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the mermaid is joined by...

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Last house before the mountain  by Monika Helfer

Last house before the mountain

Monika Helfer

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"When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a...

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Mrs. Nash's ashes  by Sarah Adler

Mrs. Nash's ashes

Sarah Adler

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"Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend that she'd reunite her with the woman she fell in love with nearly eighty years ago, she didn't expect that would mean traveling to Key West with three tablespoons of Mrs. Nash's...

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Unsolved  by Heather Critchlow

Unsolved

Heather Critchlow

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"Thirty-five years ago two women disappeared. Now, their secrets may finally be told... Cal Lovett's sister, Margot, has been missing since he was a child. When Marc Dubois, The Woodland Killer, learns of Cal's true crime podcast, Finding Justice, he invites...

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The secrets we keep  by Theresa Howes

The secrets we keep

Theresa Howes

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"1944, the Cote d'Azur. Artist Marguerite Segal is recruited by British Intelligence into befriending Etienne Valade, a local priest. Her mission is to persuade him to pass on information from the high-ranking German officers who attend his church: evidence of...

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Four weddings and a duke  by Michelle (Romance fiction writer) McLean

Four weddings and a duke

Michelle (Romance fiction writer) M...

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"As the middle--and least marriageable--sister in a bevy of swans, Lavinia Wynnburn is quite content being the odd duck out. This way, she's free to commit social faux pas without anyone much noticing. Until the Duke of Beaubrooke turns up the morning after a...

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The bones at Point No Point  by D. D. Black

The bones at Point No Point

D. D. Black

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"Thomas Austin was once a prominent NYPD detective, known for locking up a psychopathic serial killer dubbed "The Holiday Baby Butcher." Now retired in a small beach town in the Pacific Northwest, Austin runs a little café, trying to overcome the loss of his...

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Maps of our spectacular bodies  by Maddie Mortimer

Maps of our spectacular bodies

Maddie Mortimer

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"When Lia finds out that her cancer is back, she tries to keep the landscapes of her past, her present and her body separate. But bodies are porous, unpredictable places. Lia's story is told, in part, by the very thing that is killing her; a gleeful and...

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Les misérables  by Victor Hugo

Les misérables

Victor Hugo

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"Les Miserables, or 'the wretched', is Victor Hugo's epic novel of redemption, sacrifice, love and suffering. It tells the story of ex-convict Jean Valjean, who has spent nineteen brutal years in chains after stealing a loaf of bread. Saved by an act of...

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Everything is illuminated  by Jonathan Safran Foer

Everything is illuminated

Jonathan Safran Foer

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The measure of sorrow  by J. Ashley-Smith

The measure of sorrow

J. Ashley-Smith

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"J. Ashley-Smith's first collection, The Measure of Sorrow, draws together ten new and previously acclaimed stories of dark speculative fiction. In these pages a black reef holds the secret to an interminable coastal limbo; a father struggles to relate to his...

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When the rain ends  by Mary Ellen Taylor

When the rain ends

Mary Ellen Taylor

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"When artist Dani Manchester learns she's slowly losing her vision, she becomes unmoored. Her ex-husband died only months before, leaving Dani and her preteen daughter grief stricken ... On a whim, Dani sells her waterfront home and buys an old farm inland...

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Date with evil  by Julia Chapman

Date with evil

Julia Chapman

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"From stolen washing to inheritance investigations, Bruncliffe's Dales Detective Agency is being inundated with cases. But with Samson O'Brien still in London helping the Met Police clear his name, and the newly appointed member of the investigations team, Ida...

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Game of mirrors  by Andrea Camilleri

Game of mirrors

Andrea Camilleri

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"Inspector Montalbano and his colleagues are stumped when two bombs explode outside empty warehouses - one of which is connected to a big-time drug dealer. Meanwhile, the alluring Liliana Lombardo is trying to seduce the inspector over red wine and arancini....

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Eta Draconis  by Brendan Ritchie

Eta Draconis

Brendan Ritchie

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"Elora is leaving her hometown for university. Leaving behind friends, family, and safety to follow her dream of studying theatre while she still has the chance. Together, Elora and her older sister, Vivienne, set out by road for the city and the upcoming...

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The girls in the glen  by Lynne McEwan

The girls in the glen

Lynne McEwan

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"With her daughter on an archaeological dig, the only bodies DI Shona Oliver expects to find are long-dead. But when a corpse from the 1980s is unearthed, Shona quickly realises that it may be one of the missing 'Girls in the Glen', victim of a notorious...

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The duchess takes a husband  by Harper St. George

The duchess takes a husband

Harper St. George

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"Despite her illustrious title, Camille, Duchess of Hereford, remains what she has always been, a pariah. Though her title means she's technically accepted by London Society, the rebellious widow with her burgeoning interest in the suffrage movement and her...

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The mother  by B. L. Blanchard

The mother

B. L. Blanchard

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"What if Europe had never colonized the world? It is a world that never had overseas empires, the transatlantic slave trade, or the Protestant Reformation. There is, however, in an obscure island nation called England, a woman running for her life. Marie,...

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A fate of wrath & flame  by K. A. (Kathleen A.) Tucker

A fate of wrath & flame

K. A. (Kathleen A.) Tucker

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"Gifted thief Romeria steals jewels under a notorious New York City crime boss. But when an enigmatic woman secures her services at swordpoint, Romeria is wrenched from this world and transported into a realm of opposing thrones, warring elven societies, and...

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The Cuban heiress  by Chanel Cleeton

The Cuban heiress

Chanel Cleeton

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"In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women's pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana. Inspired by the true story of the SS Morro Castle. New York heiress Catherine Dohan seemingly has it all. There's only one...

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I'm a fan  by Sheena Patel

I'm a fan

Sheena Patel

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"The unnamed narrator of I'm a Fan is in a seemingly unequal relationship with 'the man I want to be with'. She is also addicted to cyber-stalking the man's other lover, an online influencer she refers to as 'the woman I am obsessed with'. Written with a clear...

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Never go back  by Jessie Keane

Never go back

Jessie Keane

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"Gangster Max Carter and his ex-wife Annie Carter are leading separate lives in separate countries: past hurts and broken promises cannot be resolved. But then a summons to Majorca and a tragic death makes Max question all that has happened to him over many...

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The will of the many  by James Islington

The will of the many

James Islington

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"At the elite Catenan Academy, where students are prepared as the future leaders of the Hierarchy empire, the curriculum reveals a layered set of mysteries which turn murderous in this new fantasy by bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington....

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Closer by sea  by Perry Chafe

Closer by sea

Perry Chafe

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"A poignant coming-of-age debut novel about the mysterious disappearance of a young girl and the fragility of childhood bonds, set against the backdrop of a small island community adapting to an ever-changing landscape."--

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The chateau  by Jaclyn Goldis

The chateau

Jaclyn Goldis

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"Welcome to Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, Séraphine Demargelasse, has opened its elegant doors to her granddaughter Darcy and three friends. Twenty years earlier, the four girlfriends studied abroad together in France and visited the old woman on...

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Loving Lydia  by Susan Pope Sloan

Loving Lydia

Susan Pope Sloan

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"Lydia Gibson's life is overturned when the Union Army invades her hometown and burns down the cotton mill where she and her stepdaughter worked. Even worse, she and the other workers are arrested and sent to Marietta, where they wait for the army to send them...

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The house of doors  by Twan Eng Tan

The house of doors

Twan Eng Tan

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"The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, are living at Cassowary House on the Straits Settlement of Penang. When "Willie" Somerset Maugham, a famed writer and old friend of Robert's, arrives for an extended visit with...

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The curse of saints  by Kate Dramis

The curse of saints

Kate Dramis

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"As an elite spy and the Queen's Third-in-Command, Aya has dedicated herself to a life of discipline and duty, using her gods-given abilities to keep dark magic from ever returning to the realm. Her oath ensures she will always act to protect those she fights...

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At the edge of the woods  by Kathryn Bromwich

At the edge of the woods

Kathryn Bromwich

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"Laura lives alone in a cabin deep within the Italian Alps, making her living translating medical documents and tutoring the children of affluent locals. She spends her days climbing the mountains outside her door and exploring the woods, and when she must...

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Siblings  by Brigitte Reimann

Siblings

Brigitte Reimann

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"The border between East and West Germany has closed. For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build a glorious, egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the...

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Notes on her color  by Jennifer (Novelist) Neal

Notes on her color

Jennifer (Novelist) Neal

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"Gabrielle has always had a complicated relationship with her mother Tallulah, one marked by intimacy and resilience in the face of a volatile patriarch. Everything in their home has been bleached a cold white-from the cupboards filled with sheets and crockery...

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Artfully yours  by Joanna Lowell

Artfully yours

Joanna Lowell

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"Sparks fly between a lordly art critic and a lady forger in this enthralling Victorian historical romance. Nina Finch isn't suited for a life of crime. Raised by her art-forger brother, she can paint like Boticelli. But she'd so much rather be baking...

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Big gay wedding  by Byron Lane

Big gay wedding

Byron Lane

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"Two grooms. One mother of a problem... Barnett Durang has a secret. No, not THAT secret. His widowed mother has long known he's gay. The secret is Barnett is getting married. At his mother's farm. In their small Louisiana town. She just doesn't know it yet....

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The celebrants  by Steven Rowley

The celebrants

Steven Rowley

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"It's been a minute, or five years, since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new...

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Graceland  by Nancy Crochiere

Graceland

Nancy Crochiere

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The quiet, introverted daughter of a flamboyant soap-star agrees to take her Elvis-obsessed mother to Graceland one last time before she dies despite leaving Memphis with a secret and a signed agreement never to return.

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Hang the moon  by Jeannette Walls

Hang the moon

Jeannette Walls

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"Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the twentieth century into a life of comfort...

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The vanishing hour  by Seraphina Nova Glass

The vanishing hour

Seraphina Nova Glass

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"When a string of missing persons brings two strangers to her inn, Grace Holloway, a trauma survivor, realizes she can help, and when the truth is revealed, the three of them might need to take matters into their own hands for justice to be...

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Between two strangers  by Kate White

Between two strangers

Kate White

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"Struggling artist Skyler Moore is flabbergasted when she receives a suspicious phone call from a lawyer she's never met regarding a 'private matter.' As soon as she arrives at the law firm's office, she learns she's the recipient of a large inheritance, a...

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Lady Whistledown strikes back

Lady Whistledown strikes back

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"A disastrous dinner party during which a ruby bracelet goes missing - and four couples discover or rediscover their soul mates - sparks the collection. Each tale follows one pair as they tackle the obstacles to love, but the stories are skillfully interwoven...

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The nursery  by Szilvia Molnar

The nursery

Szilvia Molnar

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" There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now...

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Killing me  by Michelle Gagnon

Killing me

Michelle Gagnon

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"Amber Jamison cannot believe she's about to become the latest victim of a serial killer - she's savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she's more angry than afraid. Things get even weirder when she's...

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Weapons of opportunity  by Dale Brown

Weapons of opportunity

Dale Brown

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"Nick Flynn finds himself once again facing a vicious enemy - one determined to destroy the United States. When Nick Flynn left the US Air Force to join the Quartet Directorate, he did so with the full knowledge that no one could ever know. This covert private...

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The Paris deception  by Bryn Turnbull

The Paris deception

Bryn Turnbull

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"Paris, 1940. Three years ago, talented art restorer Sophie fled to Paris to escape the horrors of the Nazi regime. But now, with her beloved adoptive city under occupation, Sophie is forced to work at the renowned Jeu de Paume, restoring the art ruthlessly...

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I am Ayah  by Donna (Donna O.) Hill

I am Ayah

Donna (Donna O.) Hill

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"Alessandra Fleming has spent most of her life running from her past. Her budding photography career, her life in Manhattan, all serve to distract from the secrets and guilt she's never been able to face. Then the call. Her estranged father is in the...

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Mothers' instinct  by Barbara Abel

Mothers' instinct

Barbara Abel

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"David and Laetitia Brunelle and Sylvain and Tiphaine Geniot are inseparable friends and next-door neighbors in a pretty, tranquil suburb. Their sons Milo and Maxime, born in the same year, grow up together as close as brothers. But when Maxime is killed in an...

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Yellowface  by R. F. (Rebecca F.) Kuang

Yellowface

R. F. (Rebecca F.) Kuang

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Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white...

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Dykette  by Jenny Fran Davis

Dykette

Jenny Fran Davis

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"An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day getaway with her partner and two other queer couples Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional...

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A thief's justice  by Douglas Skelton

A thief's justice

Douglas Skelton

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"The city is caught in the vice-like grip of a savage winter. Even the Thames has frozen over. But for Jonas Flynt, thief, gambler, killer, the chilling elements are the least of his worries. Justice Geoffrey Dumont has been found dead at the base of St Paul's...

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For the first time, again  by Sylvain Neuvel

For the first time, again

Sylvain Neuvel

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"Aster believes she is a normal teenage girl - she is very wrong . . . Teenager Aster barely escapes with her life when her adoptive father is killed in a shooting. Suddenly finding herself under the protection of a special US military unit, blood tests...

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Isha, unscripted  by Sajni Patel

Isha, unscripted

Sajni Patel

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"Isha Patel is the black sheep of the family. She doesn't have a 'prestigious' degree or a 'real' career, and her parents never fail to remind her. But that's okay because she commiserates with her cousin, best friend, and fellow outcast, Rohan. When Isha has...

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The king's pleasure  by Alison Weir

The king's pleasure

Alison Weir

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"Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of...

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Never forget you  by Fiona Lucas

Never forget you

Fiona Lucas

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"When Lili meets Ben by chance one hot summer's day, it feels like fate. But life is about to take them in different directions, and so they agree to meet next July, in the beautiful hidden garden where they first laid eyes on each other. But one of them never...

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