Spring 2022 Book List | A list of fiction titles to be published from April through June recommended by your EPLS librarians. Download the printable list here.
Summer 2022 Book List | A list of fiction titles to be published from July through September recommended by your EPLS librarians. Download the printable list here.
May 2022
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Love Marriage
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Ali, Monica
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| A story about who we are and how we love in Today's Britain - with all the complications and contradictions of life, desire, marriage, and family. |
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The Homewreckers |
| Andrews, Mary Kay |
| When Hattie's husband died when she was only 25, now she's being cast in a renovation reality show with a male lead who will either be a love interest or the ultimate antagonist. |
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A Rip Through Time |
| Armstrong, Kelley |
| A modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland, in an unfamiliar body, with a killer on the loose. |
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Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage (Book 25 in the Aunt Dimity Series) |
| Atherton, Nancy |
| An inscrutable newcomer arrives in Finch; Lori is determined to befriend him, and in the process discovers Finch's own heart-wrenching past. |
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Deep Water |
| Bamford, Emma |
| The dark side of paradise is exposed when a terrified couple reveals their daunting experience on a remote island to their rescuers, only to realize they're still in the grips of the island's secrets. |
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Take Your Breath Away |
| Barclay, Linwood |
| A gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances. |
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Book of Night |
| Black, Holly |
| A modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. |
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The Lioness |
| Bohialian, Chris |
| A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage. |
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Power Challenges (Book 4 in the Jake Ross Series) |
| Bova, Ben |
| It is time to start colonizing the solar system. Ex-astronaut, current space advisor, and all-out trouble shooter for the President, Jake Ross, is determined to make it happen. |
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The Red Arrow |
| Brewer, William |
| A Singular, cosmically charged journey through art, memory, and the ways our lives intertwine and align within the riddles of space and time. |
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Countdown to Midnight (Book 2 in the Nick Flynn Series) |
| Brown, Dale |
| Former U.S. Air Force officer Nick Flynn is caught up in a shadow war against allied Russian and Iran - a duo wielding a terrifying new weapon. |
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Clive Cussler's Numa Files #19 - (Book 19 in the NUMA Files Series) |
| Brown, Graham |
| Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew return in a thrilling new adventure continuing the bestselling series from the grand master of adventure, Clive Cussler. |
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Thrill of the Hunt (Book 14 in the Jane Arnold Series) |
| Brown, Rita Mae |
| It's the start of fox hunting season in Crozet, Virginia, which means "Sister" Jane Arnold and her hounds are on the scent of another mystery. |
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Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Book 5 in the Holland Family Series) |
| Burke, James Lee |
| A writer grieves the death of is daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws. |
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The Hacienda |
| Canas, Isabel |
| Set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches. |
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Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride |
| Carcaterra, Lorenzo |
| When a crime on a beautiful Italian island stumps the police, locals turn to the trusted, elderly widow Nonna Maria. |
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In the Blood (Book 5 in the James Reece Series) |
| Carr, Jack |
| When Reece recognizes a victim from a plane crash, he enlists friends from across the globe to track down her killer, unaware that he may be walking into a deadly trap. |
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Meant to Be |
| Giffin, Emily |
| A restless golden boy and a girl with a troubled past navigate a love story that may be doomed before it even begins. |
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Vigil Harbor |
| Glass, Julia |
| A symphonic novel about a coastal community confronting climate instability, political violence, lost love, and the mysteries of the sea. |
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By the Book - (Book 2 in the Meant to Be Series) |
| Guillory, Jasmine |
| In an attempt to impress her boss, Izzy visits beastly author Beau Towers in his home to convince him to finish his book - and finds something neither of t hem expected. |
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Second Spear - (Book 2 in the Mkalis Cycle Series) |
| Hall, Kerstin |
| When an old enemy return wielding an unstoppable weapon and Tyn is swept up in the path of destruction, she must make a choice about who she is and who she wants to be |
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We Do What We Do in the Dark |
| Hart, Michelle |
| A novel about a young woman's life-altering affair with a much older, married woman. |
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Book Lovers |
| Henry, Emily |
| A by-the-book literary agent must decide if. happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for. |
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Bad Actors - (Book 8 in the Slough House Series) |
| Herron, Mick |
| Politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating, and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned. |
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Southern Man - (Book 7 in the Penn Cage Series) |
| Iles, Greg |
| About a man and a town rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love. |
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The Spear Cuts Through Water |
| Jimenez, Simon |
| Two Warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to and the tyrannical reign of a royal family. |
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Outside |
| Jonasson, Ragnar |
| When a deadly snowstorm strikes the Icelandic highlands, four friends seek shelter in a small, abandoned hunting lodge. It is in the middle of nowhere and they are isolated, but they are not alone. |
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The Latecomer |
| Korelitz, Jean Hanff |
| The story of three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth. |
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Yerba Buena |
| LaCour, Nina |
| The morning Emilie and Sara first meet at Yerba Buena, their connection is immediate. but the damage both carry, and the choices they have pulls them apart again. |
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Glitterati |
| Langmead, Oliver K. |
| Enter a world of the most fantastic costumes, grand palaces in the sky, the grandest parties known to mankind and the unbreakable rules of how to eat ice cream. A fabulous dstyopian fable about fashion, family, and the feckless billionaire class. |
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Something Wilder - romance - Lily was Leo's greatest regret, and how he has a chance to right the wrongs, but only if they can confront their history together |
| Lauren, Christina |
| Serge A. Storms gives condo living a try in this latest acid-splashed Florida crime caper. |
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Dead Against Her - mystery - (Book 5 in the Bree Taggert Series) |
| Leigh, Melinda |
| Sheriff Bree Taggert's downfall is part of a killer's cunning design. |
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Robert B Parker's Revenge Tour - mystery - (Book 10 in the Sunny Randall Series ) |
| Lupica, Mike |
| Robert B Parker's PI Sunny Randall's newest case hits close to home in ways she never expected in her latest thrilling investigation. |
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Seasonal Fears - (Book 2 in the Middlegame Series) |
| McGuire, Seanan |
| The king of winter and the queen of summer are dead. The fight for their crown begins! |
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Please Join Us - mystery |
| McKenzie, Catherine |
| Becoming the member of a women's networking group seemed to be the answer to all Nicole's problem's until they asked her to help cover up a congresswoman's crimes. |
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Strawberried Alive - cozy mystery - (Book 14 in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series) |
| McKinlay, Jenn |
| The crew from the Fairy Tale Cupcakes shop risks getting burned when they set out to find a murderer who is terrorizing their town. |
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The Island - mystery |
| McKinty, Adrian |
| A pulse-pounding, high-concept new thriller. |
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The Murder Rule - mystery |
| McTiernan, Dervla |
| They think I'm working hard to impress them. They think I'm here to save an innocent man on death row. They're wrong I'm going to buy him. |
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The Dark Flood - mystery - (Book 7 in the Benny Griessel Series) |
| Meyer, Deon |
| Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido find themselves demoted and dispatched to working on a missing person's report on student Callie de Bruin is not the level of work they are used to, but it's all they get. And soon, it takes a dangerous, deeply disturbing him. |
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Secrets - mystery - (Book 2 in the Lost and Found Series) |
| Michaels, Fern |
| A brother and sister who own an antique shop find themselves with life-or-death information and realize they have no one to turn to but themselves. |
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Razzmatazz - fantasy |
| Moore, Christopher |
| Someone is murdering the city's drag kings, and club owner Jimmy Vasco is sure she's next on the list and wants Sammy to find the killer. |
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The Favor - mystery |
| Murphy, Nora |
| Although Leah and McKenna have never met when Leah drive by McKenna's house and sees her perfect husband is not what he seems she decides to keep watch, and one day she intervenes. |
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The Perfect Golden Circle |
| Myers, Benjamin |
| The story of two rural outcasts and the crop circles they create over the course of a long, hot, and very strange summer. |
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All Fired Up - romance |
| Newton, Dylan |
| After one wild night together, two complete opposites plan to stay firmly in the friend zone, but life has other plans. |
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Overboard - mystery - (Book 22 in the V.I. Warshawski Series) |
| Paretsky, Sara |
| Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy during the Covid pandemic. |
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22 Seconds - mystery - (Book 22 in the Women's Murder Club Series |
| Patterson, James and Maxine Paetro |
| 22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge-or her life. |
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Two Nights in Lisbon - mystery |
| Pavone, Chris |
| A riveting thriller about a woman under pressure and how far she will go when everything is on the line. |
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When She Dreams - romance (Book 6 in the Burning Cove, California Series) |
| Quick, Amanda |
| Return to the 1930s Burning Cove, California, the glamorous seaside playground for Hollywood stars, mobsters, spies, and a host of others who find more than they bargain for in this mysterious town. |
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Hidden Pictures - horror |
| Rekulak, Jason |
| A creepy and warm-hearted mystery about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange disturbing secrets. |
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Decimate - mystery |
| Rice, Christopher |
| A desperate familiy confronts the mysteries that lie between life and death in this sou;-gripping novel of supernatural suspense. |
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The Book Woman's Daughter - (Book 2 in the Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Series) |
| Richardson, Kim Michele |
| Meet Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free. |
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Nightwork - Greed, Desire, Obsession. Revenge. |
| Roberts, Nora |
| They're all in a night's work... Harry Booth started stealing at nine, but when Carter LaPorte sees him as a tool, he can use Harry has to fight to truly free himself. |
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The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle |
| Ryan, Jennifer |
| Three plucky women lift the spirits of homefront brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration - even at weddings. |
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Companion Piece |
| Smith, Ali |
| A celebration of companionship in all its timeless and contemporary, legendary and un-pindownable, spellbinding and shapeshifting forms. |
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This Time Tomorrow |
| Straub, Emma |
| Forty-year-old Emma Straub keeps waking up on the 16th birthday withe the opportunity to face different versions of her life and the consequences of her decisions. |
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Poison Lilies - mystery |
| Tallo, Katie |
| Gus Monet becomes dangerously entangled with a powerful family whose wealth and success are built on dark and deadly secrets. |
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Summer Love |
| Thayer, Nancy |
| Old secrets come to light when four friends gather on Nantucket for a life-changing reunion in this heartwarming novel of love and self-discovery. |
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The Cherry Robbers |
| Walker, Sarai |
| A feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up. |
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Adult Assembly Required |
| Waxman, Abbi |
| A young woman arrives in Los Angeles determined to start over and discovers she doesn't need to leave behind after all. |
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The Key to Deceit - mystery - (Book 2 in the Electra McDonnell Series) |
| Weaver, Ashley |
| A delightful World War II mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and wit. |
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The Summer Place |
| Weiner, Jennifer |
| When Ruby announces her engagement to her pandemic boyfriend, the wheels are set in motion; lovers are revealed, misunderstandings abound, and family secrets come to light. |
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Elizabeth of York, the Last White Rose - (Book 1 in the Tudor Rose Series) |
| Weir, Alison |
| A spellbinding story of Elizabeth of York, the first Tudor Queen. |
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The Lost Summers of Newport - mystery |
| Williams, Baez, Kaen White, and Lauren Willig |
| A novel of money and secrets set among famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day. |
June 2022
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Donut Disturb - cozy mystery - (Book 15 in the Bakeshop Mystery Series) |
| Alexander, Ellie |
| The filling is looking grim for pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw as Thomas and Kerry's wedding approaches. |
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Long Way Home |
| Austin, Lynn |
| A young woman searches for the truth her childhood friend won't discuss after returning from World War II, revealing a story of courage, friendship, and faith. |
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Local Gone Missing |
| Barton, Fiona |
| Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other. |
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Jackie and Me |
| Bayard, Louis |
| A novel about the young Jacqueline Bouvier before she became that Jackie - and about a marriage that almost never happened. |
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His Amish Sweetheart - (Book 3 in the Petersheim Brothers Series) |
| Beckstrand, Jennifer |
| It is Austin's turn for love, and i t's up to his younger twin siblings to show him that his best friends Hannah is the perfect with for him. |
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Locklands - fantasy - (Book 3 in the Founders Trilogy Series) |
| Bennett, Robert Jackson |
| Sancia and her friends face and her friends face an entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe, and to stop this unbeatable foe, they will have to pull off the most daring h eist they've ever attempted. |
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Zero Hour - (Book 9 in the Jack Ryan, Jr. Series) |
| Bentley, Don |
| Jack Ryan, Jr. is the one man who can prevent a second Korean War. |
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The Omega Factor - mystery |
| Berry, Steve |
| Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity's past. |
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Gilt |
| Brenner, Jamie |
| A luxurious and richly compelling new novel about a famous family jewelry dynasty and the hidden past that could topple it all. |
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Horse |
| Brooks, Geraldine |
| A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. |
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The Accidental Newlywed Game - romance - (Book 3 in the Boots and Bouquets Series) |
| Burton, Jaci |
| What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas when one night out turns into a wedding that neither newlywed can remember. |
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The Gate-Keeper - mystery |
| Byrne, James |
| A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time. |
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The Lies I Tell - mystery |
| Clark, Julie |
| A twisted domestic thriller that dives deep into the psyches and motivations of two women and their unwavering quest to seek justice for the past rewrite the future. |
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A Killing of Innocents - mystery - (Book 19 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Series) |
| Crombie, Deborah |
| Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James must solve the stabbing death of a young woman before panic spreads across London. |
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Hatchet Island - mystery - (Book 13 in the Mike Bowditch Mystery Series) |
| Doiron Paul |
| An eerie, windswept island off the coast of Maine becomes the site of a double murder and a disappearance. |
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It All Comes Down to This |
| Fowler, Therese Anne |
| A warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway point. |
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Death by Beach Read - cozy mystery - (Book 9 in the Lighthouse Library Mystery Series) |
| Gates, Eva |
| Librarian Lucy's new historic house comes with a lot of baggage and family secrets. Can she put them to rest or will a killer bring Lucy's family to their downfall? |
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The Woman in the Library - mystery |
| Gentill, Sulari |
| Four strangers meet in the reading room of the Boston Public Library, passing the time, conversing, each having their own reasons for being there, and one of them is a murderer. |
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The Blue Diamond - mystery - (Book 6 in the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Series) |
| Goldberg, Leonard |
| The fate of the allied forces lies in the hands of Joanna and the Watsons |
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The Seed of Cain - science fiction - (Book 2 in the Record Keeper Series) |
| Gomillion, Agnes |
| General Arika Cobane is stripped of her rank and power and must somehow find the strength and the will to regain her life. |
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The Locked Room - mystery - (Book 14 in the Dr. Ruth Galloway Mystery Series) |
| Griffiths, Elly |
| Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that's looming ever close. |
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Lady of Bones - cozy mystery - (Book 24 in the Sarah Booth Delaney Series) |
| Haines, Carolyn |
| Sarah Booth accepts a case, which takes her on a journey to a secret underworld of beguiling cult leaders, witchcraft, and potentially, human sacrifice. She'll have to keep her wits about her if she wants to crack this case and make it home alive. |
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Rock of Ages - mystery - (Book 8 in the Junior Bender Series) |
| Hallinan, Timothy |
| Junior Bender, Los Angeles burglar and off-the-books detective to the felonious, is reminded that rock and roll will never die (no matter how fervently he wishes some of it would) when Hollywood's most dangerous geriatric mobster, Irwin Dressler, retains Juniors investigative services to solve a rather unharmonious problem. |
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A Mirror Mended - fantasy |
| Harrow, Alix E |
| Ziinia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer, n ever expected the next face in the mirror needing help would be Snow White's Evil Queen. She knows her story and wants a better ending. |
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Out of the Clear Blue Sky |
| Higgins, Kristan |
| A funny and surprising new novel about second chances, and why the lies we tell ourselves are the most dangerous. |
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The Hotel Nantucket |
| Hilderbrand, Elin |
| After 19-year-old Grace died in a fire in the Hotel Nantucket, it fell into disrepair until billionaire Xavier Darling hires a staff to turn it around while Grace harmlessly haunts the place. |
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The Girl Who Survived - mystery |
| Jackson, Lisa |
| The survivor of a brutal family massacre must uncover the shocking truth about a fateful night that left her forever marked. |
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A Face to Die For - mystery - (Book 28 in the Eve Duncan Series) |
| Johansen, Iris |
| Eve Duncan is in a fight against time while trying to unearth one of the lost secrets of the world's history. |
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Robert B. Parker's Opium Rose - western - (Book 11 in the Cole and Hitch Series) |
| Knott, Robert |
| Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch haven't seen much trouble of late, but with recent reports of village raids, coupled with the arrival of a young widow from San Francisco, the lawmen are about to be put to the test. |
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Into the West - fantasy - (Book 2 in the Founding of Valdemar Series) |
| Lackey, Mercedes |
| Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their. heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support. Are they willing to travel to the west. |
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Can't Look Away - mystery |
| Lovering, Carola |
| A sexy suspense novel about the kind of addictive, obsessive love that keeps you coming back - no matter how hard you try to look away. |
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The Unkept Woman - mystery - (Book 4 in the Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery Series) |
| Montclair, Allison |
| London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks - currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau - has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. |
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Lapvona - fantasy |
| Moshfegh, Ottessa |
| In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disaster, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test. |
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Escape - mystery - (Book 3 in the Black Book Thriller Series) |
| Patterson, James and David Ellis |
| Chicago's #1 detective, Billy Harney, takes on a billionaire crime boss. |
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Tracy Flick Can't Win |
| Perrotta, Tom |
| Tracy Flick is back and, once again, is determined to take. high school politics by storm. |
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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - romance |
| Pooley, Clare |
| Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? A heartwarming novel about unexpected friendships and the joy of connecting. |
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The German Wife |
| Rimmer, Kelly |
| A gripping novel about two women from opposite sides of WWII, whose enmity culminates in a shocking event as anti-German sentiment sweeps America. |
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The House Across the Lake - mystery |
| Sager, Riley |
| Casey Fletcher spends her time using her binoculars to watch Tom and Katherine Royce across the lake. When Katherine vanishes, Casey becomes consumed with finding out why? |
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Last Call at the Nightingale - mystery - (Book 1 in the Last Call at the Nightingale Series) |
| Schellman, Katharine |
| New York 1924 - Vivian Kelly's day are filled with drudgery, but by night she escapes to the underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and bands play the Charleston, where she can lose herself in the music until she discovers a body. |
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The Friendship Pact - romance - (Book 2 in the Sunrise Cove Series) |
| Shalvis, Jill |
| When Tae runs into Riggs Copeland again, she finds she is still intensely drawn to him, but she likes her past in the past, hence their friendship pact. |
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Suspects - romance |
| Steel, Danielle |
| A dedicated CIA agent becomes an unexpected ally to a woman haunted by the kidnapping of her family. |
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Playing their Games - mystery |
| Swinson, Kiki |
| We go back to the start of wild-card lawyer Yoshi Lomax's career, where her first elite white-shoe-law job puts an inescapable target on her back. |
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For the Throne - fantasy - (Book 2 in the Wilderwood Series) |
| Whitten, Hannah |
| Red's sister Neve is trapped in a mysterious land of twisted roots lost gods and mountains made of bone, and the only clues to her are magic mirror and a dark prince who wants to bring the whole thing crumbling down. |
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Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Vampire Menace - mystery (Book 2 in the Miss Blaine's Prefect Series) |
| Wojtas, Olga |
| Shona is drawn into a full-blown vampire hunt, involving serval notable villagers, the world-reknowed soprano Mary Garden - and even Count Dracula himself. Will Shona solve the mystery, secure justice for the murder victims and make and, make it through a deathly denouement in the hall of mirrors to return to present-day Morningside Library. |
