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Execution of faith  by Stephen Taylor

Execution of faith

Stephen Taylor

"Terrorists and mercenary killers plot to change the balance of world power. Can Danny Pearson stop them or will this be his downfall. Since leaving the SAS, Danny Pearson passes time doing freelance security jobs. Still mourning the loss of his wife and son,...

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Josh and Hazel's guide to not dating  by Christina Lauren

Josh and Hazel's guide to not dating

Christina Lauren

"Hazel Camille Bradford knows she's a lot to take - and frankly, most men aren't up to the challenge. If her army of pets and thrill for the absurd don't send them running, her lack of filter means she'll say exactly the wrong thing in a delicate moment. Their...

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Chiefs  by Stuart Woods

Chiefs

Stuart Woods

"In the winter of 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Georgia - the naked, brutalized corpse of a young boy. It is a crime too horrific to be ignored, the first of many that will span four decades - embroiling three police chiefs in a remarkable manhunt...

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Genghis  by Conn Iggulden

Genghis

Conn Iggulden

"Genghis Khan was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Shaped by abandonment and betrayal, Temujin endured, driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and...

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Don't be scared  by Lisa Jackson

Don't be scared

Lisa Jackson

"Contains two classic stories of danger and desire, in one of which, "Devil's Gambit," Tiffany Rodes, after tragedy hits her horse breeding farm, is forced to consider selling it a mysterious stranger who holds devastating secrets about the past."--Publisher.

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Saint Cuthbert trilogy  by John Broughton

Saint Cuthbert trilogy

John Broughton

Heaven in a wild flower : "Aella is a leatherworker living in 7th century Northumbria. After surviving the war against the Picts, the king becomes his godfather, and Aella befriends Bishop Cuthbert. Aware of Aella's skills, the monks of Lindisfarne commission...

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Rocky road  by Becky Wade

Rocky road

Becky Wade

"FBI Agent Jude Camden handles every aspect of his job with by-the-book professionalism. There's no reason why his latest assignment - which calls for him to pose as the boyfriend of perfumer Gemma Clare - should be any different. Except Gemma is different....

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The lost art of keeping secrets  by Eva Rice

The lost art of keeping secrets

Eva Rice

"Struggling to preserve her family's crumbling estate as well as their lifestyle in 1950s London, Penelope endeavors to fall in love, participates in a plot with her best friend's brother, and finds herself falling for a wealthy American movie...

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Lives of the monster dogs  by Kirsten Bakis

Lives of the monster dogs

Kirsten Bakis

" In the New York of 2009, 150 'monster' dogs arrive by helicopter and chartered plane, dressed in the clothing of 19th-century Prussian burghers, speaking through surgically implanted voice boxes, able to perform the tasks of humans by virtue of prosthetic...

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Chimera's star  by Glynn Stewart

Chimera's star

Glynn Stewart

"In a bold and brazen act of treachery, the Royal Martian Navy exploratory cruiser Rose was stolen and is now in the hands of the conspiracy group known as Nemesis. Guilty of a thousand crimes, Nemesis and its leader, Kent Riley, are determined to find proof...

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Counting chimneys  by Sandy (Fiction writer) Taylor

Counting chimneys

Sandy (Fiction writer) Taylor

"Brighton 1969. Dottie Perks steps off the train and breathes in the sea air, the smell of fish and chips, and the precious childhood memories of a friend and place she'll never forget. Dottie Perks has forged a new life for herself in London, a new job and...

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The woods all black  by Lee Mandelo

The woods all black

Lee Mandelo

"The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s Appalachia. Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate...

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The tree doctor  by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

The tree doctor

Marie Mutsuki Mockett

"While caring for her Japanese mother, an unnamed narrator, preoccupied with her mother's garden, embarks on a torrid affair with an arborist equally fascinated by it and as she becomes obsessed with the awakening of her own body, she begins to see her...

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A brutal design  by Zachary C. Solomon

A brutal design

Zachary C. Solomon

"After the fascist takeover of his homeland and the murder of his parents, Jewish architecture student Samuel Zelnik thinks that he and his friends are bound for the gulag - or worse. Instead, he receives an unexpected offer of freedom working in the...

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Cold granite  by Stuart MacBride

Cold granite

Stuart MacBride

"Det. Sgt. Logan MacRae, back from a lengthy convalescence caused by a crazed suspect's knife attack, is plunged straightaway into the investigation of a brutally murdered child. To make matters worse, the victim's family learns of the death from a reporter...

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The secrets they kept  by Jenny Lynch

The secrets they kept

Jenny Lynch

"The psychic had a curious message for Helena. She said: 'You are not who you think you are.' 'The Secrets They Kept' is the story of a young woman's quest to discover the truth about her mother's unexplained death - and her own identity. Helena Anderson was...

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Spirits in the dark  by H. Nigel Thomas

Spirits in the dark

H. Nigel Thomas

"In his powerful debut novel, H. Nigel Thomas writes with compelling honesty about the confusing maze of societal pressures that paralyze Jerome Quashee while growing up in the Caribbean, and later on in his adult life. Jerome's intelligence at first promises...

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Harlan Ellison's greatest hits  by Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison's greatest hits

Harlan Ellison

"How to summarize the psychedelic, witty, helter-skelter mind of Harlan Ellison? A mind that refused to be contained by something as rudimentary as genre, form, or even a particular label. A mind that created some of the most outrageous short stories and...

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Oriana  by Anastasia Rubis

Oriana

Anastasia Rubis

"When a Hollywood producer comes to Oriana Fallaci at the end of her life to propose a movie, the story unfolds of her gutsy career as a journalist, her tragic love, and her greatest regret. Oriana was born a rebel. She fought beside her father at age fourteen...

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The stars turned inside out  by Nova Jacobs

The stars turned inside out

Nova Jacobs

"Deep beneath the ground outside of Geneva, where CERN's Large Hadron Collider smashes subatomic particles at breathtaking speeds, a startling discovery is made when the tunnel is down for maintenance: the body of Howard Anderby, a brilliant and recently...

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Mice 1961  by Stacey Levine

Mice 1961

Stacey Levine

"Mice 1961 recounts a pivotal day in the fraught relationship of two orphaned sisters through the eyes of their obsessively observant housekeeper. Will Jody be able to cope if her younger sibling Mice, subject to constant harassment in their community for her...

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Lethal horizon by Jason Kasper

Lethal horizon

Jason Kasper

"For David Rivers and his team, the mission was supposed to be simple-retrieve a defecting militia leader and deliver him to CIA interrogators. But nothing is simple in Yemen, where vast swaths of terrain are controlled by Houthi and Al Qaeda fighters. When...

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Return to blood  by Michael Bennett

Return to blood

Michael Bennett

"Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start. The discovery of a skeleton in the dunes near her house changes everything. The remains are those of a young Māori...

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Cascade failure  by L. M. Sagas

Cascade failure

L. M. Sagas

"There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. Between them the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy. Branded a Guild deserter, Jal 'accidentally' lands a...

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In a not so perfect world  by Neely Tubati Alexander

In a not so perfect world

Neely Tubati Alexander

"A delightful Caribbean-set novel about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course."--

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Cape Rage  by Ron Corbett

Cape Rage

Ron Corbett

"The FBI has a hundred undercover agents who can work in the city, but Danny Barrett is the one they call when they need someone to investigate crimes in the wilderness. This case is a particularly difficult one. For more than a century the Danby family have...

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If the boot fits  by Karen Witemeyer

If the boot fits

Karen Witemeyer

"When Samantha Dearing's rancher father hosts a ball to find her a husband, she balks at the prospect of marrying a man not of her own choosing. After a mystery guest saves her brother's life and then disappears, leaving only his boot behind, her search for...

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Never fall again  by Lynn Huggins Blackburn

Never fall again

Lynn Huggins Blackburn

"Landry Hutton, quiet artist-in-residence of The Haven, came to Gossamer Falls to build a new life and a new home for her and her daughter - with the unexpected help of a handsome former Marine. But when danger threatens them, can Callum Shaw help protect both...

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One last shot  by Susan May Warren

One last shot

Susan May Warren

"When music star Oaken Fox joins Alaska Air One Rescue for a reality show, he must work with Boo Kingston, a female EMT who isn't impressed with his fame. She needs a trained rescuer - especially if they're going to find a group of lost hikers. But when a...

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Set in stone  by Kimberley Woodhouse

Set in stone

Kimberley Woodhouse

"When paleontologist Martha Jankowski discovers an intact dinosaur skeleton, she has the opportunity to make a name for herself, but only if she can uncover the full skeleton before another competing dig. As she races against the clock, she meets a man who...

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Song of the huntress  by Lucy Holland

Song of the huntress

Lucy Holland

"Britain, 60AD. Hoping to save her lover, her land, and her people from the Romans, Herla makes a desperate pact with the king of the Otherworld. But years pass unheeded in his realm, and she escapes to find everyone she loved long dead. Cursed to wield his...

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Rainbow black  by Maggie Thrash

Rainbow black

Maggie Thrash

"Lacey Bond is a 13-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents' rural daycare center. Then the Satanic Panic hits. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey 's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with...

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Bad animals  by Sarah Braunstein

Bad animals

Sarah Braunstein

"Now that her brilliant botanist daughter is off at college, buttoned-up Maeve Cosgrove loves her job at a quiet Maine public library more than anything. But when a teenager accuses Maeve of spying on her romantic escapades in the mezzanine bathroom, she winds...

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Wolf at the table  by Adam Rapp

Wolf at the table

Adam Rapp

"As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until...

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The weavers of Alamaxa  by Hadeer Elsbai

The weavers of Alamaxa

Hadeer Elsbai

"The Daughters of Izdihar - a group of women fighting for the vote and against the patriarchal rule of Parliament - have finally made strides in having their voices heard... only to find them drowned out by the cannons of the fundamentalist Ziranis. As long as...

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A midnight puzzle  by Gigi Pandian

A midnight puzzle

Gigi Pandian

"Secret Staircase Construction is under attack, and Tempest Raj feels helpless. After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business - known for bringing...

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The rumor game  by Thomas Mullen

The rumor game

Thomas Mullen

"Boston. June, 1943. Wartime tensions are running high, and an atmosphere of distrust and unease is dividing friends and neighbors. The two protagonists of Thomas Mullen's gripping historical thriller find themselves at the center of a dangerous tinderbox,...

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Death of a countess  by Jenny Harrison

Death of a countess

Jenny Harrison

"London. May 1957. Eight friends gather for a party. They are Polish displaced persons who have survived the worst of World War II in Europe. Now, all they want is a peaceful life, a chance to heal their wounds, to forget. On this fateful night, they gather to...

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Ghosts of the resistance  by Janna Ruth

Ghosts of the resistance

Janna Ruth

"I’ve given the ghosts everything. Now they’re coming for my powers. All my life, I’ve talked to ghosts, helped them fulfil their last wishes, and made friends with them. I thought I had a good grip on the afterlife. Boy, was I wrong. There are things afoot...

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Once broken faith  by Seanan McGuire

Once broken faith

Seanan McGuire

"Politics have never been October 'Toby' Daye's strong suit. When she traveled to the Kingdom of Silences to prevent them from going to war with her home, the Kingdom of the Mists, she wasn't expecting to return with a cure for elf-shot and a whole new set of...

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Deadly dreams  by K. J. Sutton

Deadly dreams

K. J. Sutton

"Fortuna has made one too many sacrifices to protect the ones she loves. She no longer knows how to go about her day-to-day life like she's normal. Like she's not utterly destroyed. Just a glimpse of Ian O'Connell's face causes panic attacks, and Collith isn't...

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Beautiful nightmares  by K. J. Sutton

Beautiful nightmares

K. J. Sutton

"In the space of a single day, everything Fortuna thought she knew was exposed as lies and illusion. Alliances have shifted and roles are forever changed. And she now finds herself a prisoner in the Seelie Court. It is here that Fortuna learns the board for...

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Restless slumber  by K. J. Sutton

Restless slumber

K. J. Sutton

"Fortuna's entire life has changed. She has no idea how to balance her new responsibilities and who she used to be. There are hundreds of faeries in her head, her brother seems to have lost touch with reality, and a werewolf won't leave her side. Maybe the...

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Fortuna Sworn  by K. J. Sutton

Fortuna Sworn

K. J. Sutton

"Fortuna Sworn is the last of her kind. Her brother has disappeared, leaving her alone. She hides among humans, spending her days working at a bar and her nights searching for him - until she catches the eye of a powerful faerie. Collith desires Fortuna. And...

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Cocktail  by Lisa Alward

Cocktail

Lisa Alward

"From quiet reflection to explosive power dynamics in a marriage, Cocktail reveals the schism between the lives we build and our deepest inner selves. Underneath layers of wallpaper and plaster, a young housewife discovers two unnerving portraits. A...

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Holy Island  by L. J. Ross

Holy Island

L. J. Ross

Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take sabbatical leave from his duties as a homicide detective. A few days before Christmas, his peace is shattered and he is thrust back into the murky world of...

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Sandstorm  by James Rollins

Sandstorm

James Rollins

"Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. And her search for answers is about to lead Kara and her friend Safia al-Maaz, the gallery's brilliant and beautiful curator, into a world they...

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The Grand duchess of nowhere  by Laurie Graham

The Grand duchess of nowhere

Laurie Graham

"Perhaps there is one great love in everyone's life. For Princess Victoria Melita, or Ducky, hers was a Romanov, a member of the doomed Russian monarchy. Born a British Princess, Ducky's father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's second son....

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The death of Lucy Kyte  by Nicola Upson

The death of Lucy Kyte

Nicola Upson

"When Josephine inherited a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it came full of secrets. Sorting through the artefacts of her godmother's life, Josephine is intrigued by an infamous murder committed near the cottage a century before. Yet this old crime...

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The light & the dark  by Mikhail Shishkin

The light & the dark

Mikhail Shishkin

"Picture two people, young and in love. Picture them being separated from one another. Picture them keeping their love alive through letters. But now imagine they've not just been separated geographically, but also historically. Imagine that their love and...

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The millstone  by Margaret Drabble

The millstone

Margaret Drabble

"Set in London during the 1960s, about a casual love affair, an unplanned pregnancy and one young woman's decision to become a mother. The book is a gentle satire on English manners of the 1960s."--Publisher.

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Silent kill  by Chris Ryan

Silent kill

Chris Ryan

"Northern Ireland, 1993. For high-flying MI5 officer Avery Chance the real war has only just begun. When Chance is abducted by the IRA's notorious Nutting Squad, her hopes lie in the hands of a young SAS recruit who must risk everything to bring her home....

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Words of radiance  by Brandon Sanderson

Words of radiance

Brandon Sanderson

:From the bestselling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic WHEEL OF TIME series comes a new, original creation that matches anything else in modern fantasy for epic scope, thrilling imagination, superb characters and sheer addictiveness. Return to a...

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The rest is slander  by Thomas Bernhard

The rest is slander

Thomas Bernhard

"The cold increases with the clarity," said Thomas Bernhard while accepting a major literary prize in 1965. That clarity was the postwar realization that the West's last remaining cultural reference points were being swept away by the ever-greater...

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Three kings

Three kings

"In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth's population was devastated by an alien virus. Those who survived were changed forever. Some, known as jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical mutations; others, granted superhuman abilities, became the...

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Say hello to my little friend  by Jennine Capó Crucet

Say hello to my little friend

Jennine Capó Crucet

"Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes - you can call him Izzy - might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and...

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Acts of forgiveness  by Maura Cheeks

Acts of forgiveness

Maura Cheeks

"Almost a decade ago, Willie Revel gave up her burgeoning journalism career in New York to help run her father's struggling construction company in Philadelphia. An ambitious single mother, Willie has reluctantly put family first without being able to forget...

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Right on cue  by Falon Ballard

Right on cue

Falon Ballard

"Hollywood darling Emmy Harper is considered the queen of writing romantic comedies. That is, until tragedy struck and she swore she'd never write another happy ending again. After some time away, and lots of encouragement from family and friends, Emmy is...

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The winter palace  by Paul Morgan

The winter palace

Paul Morgan

"In 1939, Anton, a captain in the Polish army, says goodbye to his wife, Elisabeth. He is leaving to defend their homeland against the invasion by Nazi Germany and Russia. They make a vow that, whatever happens, however much time passes, they'll meet again at...

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Despatches  by Lee Murray

Despatches

Lee Murray

"Daily Star war correspondent Cassius Smythe is off to the Dardanelles to report on the Allied campaign. That is, if only the War Office will let him tell the truth. But after months in the trenches at Anzac Cove, Smythe learns that it isn't just the Ottoman...

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The siege of burning grass  by Premee Mohamed

The siege of burning grass

Premee Mohamed

"Alefret, the founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a 'visionary' scientist. But now they're offering him a chance of freedom. Ordered to infiltrate one of Med'ariz's...

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High vaultage  by Chris Sugden

High vaultage

Chris Sugden

"1887. London, but not as you know it.The Industrial Revolution went further than anyone could have imagined, and the sprawling, chaotic metropolis of Even Greater London spreads across the southern half of England. The immense Tower casts electricity through...

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Keep your friends close  by Leah Konen

Keep your friends close

Leah Konen

"Mary never meant to tell Willa her secret. But after leaving her husband and father of her young son, meeting Willa feels like fate. Finally, she has someone on her side. Until Willa disappears. Mary is heartbroken and confused. Why would her friend abandon...

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The day tripper  by James Goodhand

The day tripper

James Goodhand

"The right guy, the right place, the wrong time. It's 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of the beautiful and vivacious Holly, and all the time in the world ahead of him. That is until a run-in with a former...

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Smoke Kings  by Jahmal Mayfield

Smoke Kings

Jahmal Mayfield

"Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets...When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after...

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The atlas maneuver  by Steve Berry

The atlas maneuver

Steve Berry

"1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States...

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Widows  by Pascal Engman

Widows

Pascal Engman

"Two bodies are discovered in a Stockholm park, one a policeman and the other an unidentified young woman. With the police believing the woman to be nothing more than unfortunate collateral damage, they focus on the murder of the police officer. But Detective...

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The boy who cried bear  by Kelley Armstrong

The boy who cried bear

Kelley Armstrong

"Haven's Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it's supposed to be, being that it's a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton already feel at home in their new town, which reminds them...

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Dream girl  by Joy Holley

Dream girl

Joy Holley

"Alice wants a heart-shaped bed. Mary, Genevieve and Angelica want to know the future. June says she wants Lena to rescue her from a rat, but really she wants Lena to make out with her. Eve wants to get Wallace alone at the strawberry farm. Olivia just wants...

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Missing  by Ricky Masterman

Missing

Ricky Masterman

"Rick has been missing, presumed drowned, for four years. When he arrives back at his home in rural Hawkes Bay without any warning and carrying only a backpack, in the middle of a cold winter's night, his reception back home is tinged with doubt and suspicion....

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The heart of the actuary  by K. T. Bowes

The heart of the actuary

K. T. Bowes

"His job is to neutralise risk. Hers is to turn a blind eye. But the stakes are too high this time. She needs to get to this risk first. And hide it. After a terrible few months and the collapse of her world, Emma Andreyev is trying. She's trying to reinvent...

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Hana Du Rose  by K. T. Bowes

Hana Du Rose

K. T. Bowes

"New marriage at forty five isn't the bed of roses that beautiful widow Hana, imagined, especially not when a sinister man who hides in the shadows and preys on vulnerable women is intent on hurting her. Her adult children have secrets of their own and her son...

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Liberation  by M. C. (Maya Cohen) Ronen

Liberation

M. C. (Maya Cohen) Ronen

"Sunny, an escapee from a farm where she was kept as a dairy slave, is now an activist who fights to liberate other slaves from their hopeless, grim destiny. The dangerous and relentless battle for total liberation provides for many suspenseful encounters, as...

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Reynard the Fox  by Anne Louise Avery

Reynard the Fox

Anne Louise Avery

"Reynard--a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders--is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. How will he pit...

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The length of a wish  by Hilary Boyd

The length of a wish

Hilary Boyd

"The story of a woman with cancer who creates an imaginary hero to help her through her journey. Enter Lyra: a sassy nine (-and-three-quarters-) year old who loves fairytales"--Introduction.

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The company you keep  by Luiza Dobrzyńska

The company you keep

Luiza Dobrzyńska

"In a not-so-distant future, Earth is slowly being reborn in the wake of an ecological catastrophe, but that rebirth is not happening fast enough. With her faithful android companion at her side, school teacher Etta must embark upon a dangerous mission to the...

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Fire wolf  by Rory. author. Black

Fire wolf

Rory. author. Black

The deadly hired killer Fire Wolf is heading to a remote settlement in answer to a telegraph message. On the way there he tangles with three wanted outlaws in the ghost town known as Gold Strike. When the remaining two outlaws show up they vow vengeance and...

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