March 2009
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Archer, Jeffrey - Paths of Glory. In 1924, George Mallory was last seen 800 ft. from the top of Mt. Everest. Was he on his way up or his way down
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Brennert, Alan - Honolulu. Regret, a Korean mail-order bride, commits herself to a prosperous man in Hawaii so she can continue her education, only to find he’s a callous plantation worker with drinking and gambling problems.
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Bowen, Rhys - In a Gilded Cage. After a women's suffrage protest, PI Molly Murphy ends up in jail, where she finds 2 new cases.
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Childs, Laura - Oolong Dead. Theodosia Browning discovers the body of her archenemy only to be reunited with an ex-boyfriend, the victim's brother.
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Coben, Harlan - Long Lost. Myron Bolitar hasn’t heard from his old flame in years, but when she calls saying she is in trouble, he flies to Paris to help her.
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Cussler, Clive - Corsair. A Novel of the Oregon Files. The U.S. secretary of state has vanished en route to a summit meeting in Libya, and it’s up to Juan Cabrillo to find her.
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Delaney, Frank - Shannon. In the 1920s, the Boston Archdiocese sends a disillusioned young priest to Ireland, where he lands smack in the middle of rebellion.
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Fielding, Joy - Still Life. While in a coma, Casey discovers her friends are not as nice as she thought.
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Fluke, Joanne - Cream Puff Murder: a Hannah Swensen Mystery.
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Fowler, Earlene - Love Mercy. A woman and her estranged granddaughter struggle to co-exist while trying to reconcile their relationship.
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Freeman, Brian - In the Dark. A brutal unsolved murder case is reopened and deadly secrets emerge.
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Gross, Andrew - Don't Look Twice. A convenience store shooting may be connected to a ring of crooked casinos in Det. Ty Hauck's latest adventure.
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Harrison, Kim - White Witch Black Curse: A Rachel Morgan novel.
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Kellerman, Jonathan - True Detectives. PI Aaron Fox eagerly takes on a case involving a woman missing for two years—until he discovers that his hated half-brother cop is also on the case. At least they both agree about consulting Alex Delaware.
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Kingsbury, Karen - Take One. Things start to fall apart for two unknown producers who are trying to make a movie.
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Kleypas, Lisa - Smooth Talking Stranger. A woman shows up on the steps of the home of a Texas playboy with a baby to tell him he fathered her sister's child.
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Laurens, Stephanie -Temptation and Surrender: a Cynster novel.
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Lehrer, Jim - Oh, Johnny. Years after World War II has ended, a U.S. Marine recalls the young woman he encountered in Kansas City en route to the fighting. With a six-city tour by request.
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Lippman, Laura - Life Sentences. A memoirist finds trouble when she returns home to write about her grade-school years and reconnects with a classmate who is being accused of a crime.
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Littell, Jonathan - The Kindly Ones. Littell's novel is a horrifying view of World War II as seen through the eyes of a monstrous Nazi officer who reinvents himself as a French entrepreneur after the war.
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Lutz, Lisa - Revenge of the Spellmans. The nutty Spellman family returns, and they are out for revenge.
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Mosley, Walter - The Long Fall: Leonid McGill No. 1. Mosley’s newest gumshoe, Leonid McGill (his father was a Communist), is trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his new case turns out to be a lot less innocuous than he thought.
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Perry, Anne - Execution Dock. Inspector William Monk finally catches a man guilty of a brutal slaying when his best friend is hired to defend him.
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Picoult, Jodi - Handle With Care. Willow wasn't born healthy, and her condition raises moral issues.
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Robards, Karen - Pursuit. Lawyer Jessica Monaghan is thrilled to serve as escort to First Lady Annette Cooper—until a car crash leaves Cooper dead and Jess, after recovering from a coma, wondering if the whole thing was really an accident.
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Robotham, Michael - Shatter. Psychologist Joe O’Loughlin is distraught because he could not stop a woman from jumping off a bridge and puzzled to learn that she was afraid of heights.
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Robinson, Peter - All the Colors of Darkness. When a group of children discover a body hanging from a tree, a suicide begins to look like murder.
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Thompson, Vicki Lewis - Casual Hex. Gwen must choose between two men. One of them lives in Paris and wants to sweep her off her feet. The other is Prince Leo of the Atwood fairy kingdom.
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Vine, Barbara - The Birthday Present. A gripping story of a fall from grace, and of a man who carries within him all the hypocrisy, greed and self-obsession of a troubled era.
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White, Randy Wayne - Dead Silence. Nothing Doc Ford did to earn entrance to the Explorers’ Club can match what he’ll encounter when his date—a U.S. senator—is nearly assassinated before his eyes and then mysteriously vanishes.
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April 2009
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Ahern, Cecelia - Thanks for the Memories. Two strangers’ lives become entangled as one recovers from an accident which has given her memories that are not her own, and the other looks for the sender of some unexplained gifts.
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Albert, Susan Wittig - Wormwood: China Bayles No. 17. China visits a historic Shaker village hoping for some peace and relaxation, but finds nothing but turmoil and conflict. As China and her friends attempt to get to the bottom of the tense situation, a shocking death occurs.
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Baldacci, David - First Family. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell investigate when a child is kidnapped from a party at Camp David.
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Barr, Nevada - Borderline. On vacation with her new husband, Anna Pigeon discovers a new case.
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Beverley, Jo - The Secret Wedding. In Beverly’s latest Georgian Romance, Lord Grandiston returns from war hoping to enjoy a bachelor’s life. To his dismay, he finds that he might soon have two wives instead of none.
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Butcher, Jim - Turn Coat: a Novel of the Dresden Files. When Warden Morgan is falsely accused of treason and threatened with execution, he turns to Harry Dresden for protection and help in clearing his name.
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Chiaverini, Jennifer - The Lost Quilter: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel. Master quilter Sylvia Compson recovers the letters of an escaped slave who had once traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm. She is transported back to the time during and just after the Civil War when a group of former slaves formed a quilting circle.
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Clark, Carol Higgins - Cursed: A Regan Reilly Mystery. Regan reluctantly agrees to help an old friend track down a shady former boyfriend, only to make surprising discoveries about the woman, the boyfriend, and the many people in their lives.
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Clark, Mary Higgins - Just Take My Heart. The fates of three childhood friends are changed forever as Natalie lies near death from an accident, Alice gets another chance at life with Natalie’s donated heart, and Emily discovers that Natalie’s death was not an accident at all.
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Coben, Harlan - Long Lost. Myron Bolitar is startled to hear from a long lost flame, Terese Collins. Now Terese is in danger n Paris and is desperate enough to ask Myron for help.
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Davidson, Diane Mott - Fatally Flaky. As Goldy Schulz prepares to cater a wedding, she sees the lovely bride turn into Bridezilla and the pre-wedding tension results in murder.
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Deveraux, Jude - Lavender Morning. Jocelyn Minton grew up in an affluent family but is now a laborer’s wife. When she inherits a Victorian house from a friend, Jocelyn discovers secrets about her past that could lead to changes in her future.
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Dyer, Geoff - Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. Dyer’s novellas touch on romance, art, and human nature. Although set in two different cities, and featuring different characters, they may be two tellings of the same story.
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Feist, Raymond - Rides a Dread Legion. (new series) Pug, magician extraordinaire of the Darkwar saga, returns in the first book of a new series to fight demons.
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Freeman, Brian - In the Dark: a Jonathan Stride novel. The unsolved murder of his wife’s young sister has haunted Jonathan Stride for thirty years. Now an old friend has returned to town to write a book about the murder, and the violence of the past begins to be felt in the present.
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Hamilton, Jane - Laura Rider's Masterpiece. Laura and Charlie Rider have a unique marriage that seems to make them both happy. When Charlie begins an email correspondence with a radio talk show host, Laura joins in and everything begins to change.
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Hart, Carolyn - Dare to Die: a Death on Demand Mystery. The arrival of a beautiful mysterious young woman causes unexpected events and the spread of gossip in Broward’s Rock, dividing the peaceful town into two hostile camps.
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Henry, Sue - The End of the Road. Upon their return to their quiet Alaska home, Maxie McNabb and her dachshund Stretch find the peace shattered by murder. Maxie’s investigation could lead to danger at the end of the road.
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Horn, Dara - All Other Nights. A Jewish union soldier is ordered to complete two missions; first to kill his uncle, who is plotting to assassinate President Lincoln and then to pursue an enemy agent and marry her.
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James, Tania - Atlas of Unknowns. (debut) Anju finds herself ensnared in her own lies, when the son of her host family makes a documentary about her life.
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Jiles, Paulette - The Color of Lightning. Britt Johnson, a freed slave, moves his family to Texas to start a new life. His wife and children are captured during an Indian raid. Britt now must do anything he can to get his family back.
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Johansen, Iris - Deadlock. Archaeologist Emily Hudson spends her life traveling through the world’s most dangerous places in search of priceless artifacts. When she is captured by a ruthless terrorist, the CIA sends in an operative in a desperate attempt to save her.
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Leon, Donna - About Face: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery. When Brunetti helps an investigator look into an illegal garbage scheme, he finds himself in the middle of a murder and corruption case more dangerous than he’s ever seen.
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Leveritt, Thomas - The Exchange Rate Between Love and Money. (debut) The Exchange Rate between Love and Money – The adventures of two friends who set out to make a fortune in postwar Sarajevo and end up as struggling bounty hunters competing for the affections of a lovely woman.
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McCall Smith, Alexander - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No. Ladies Detective Agency). Precious Ramotswe returns to solve several vexing mysteries including the whereabouts of her beloved white van in the tenth installment of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
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McInerney, Jay - How It Ended: New and Collected Stories. Short stories that capture different stages of adulthood.
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Michaels, Ann - The Winter Vault. A young Canadian engineer and his wife move to 1960’s Egypt so that he can take part in the demolition and restoration of a historic site. When a tragic event occurs, each is troubled by the other’s reaction, and they return to Canada to lead separate lives.
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Michaels, Fern - Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous. As poor college students Lily and Sam earned money by donating eggs and sperm to a fertility clinic. Years later, they meet again and are drawn into shocking revelations about what really happened at that clinic so long ago.
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Morgan, C.E. - All the Living. (debut) A young woman travels with her lover to the Kansas farm that he has inherited. The stresses of the isolated rural life strain their relationship, and the woman finds that she is attracted to another man.
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Morris, Mary McGarry - The Last Secret. Nora’s husband is having an affair, but it’s the secrets from her past that causes her life to collapse.
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Morton, Kate - The Forgotten Garden. The forgotten garden. As a child, Nell was left on a dock with a suitcase and book of fairy tales. Now she tries to find the woman who abandoned her.
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Oates, Joyce Carol - Dear Husband. Oates’s latest story collection offers insight into the meaning of marriage and family.
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Oz, Amos - Rhyming Life and Death. A novelist starts to imagine the life of his readers at a book reading.
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Patterson, James and Maxine Paetro - 8th Confession. The Women’s Murder Club returns to investigate the deaths of a glittering society couple and a preacher who ministered to the homeless. The Murder Club is challenged to its limits as twists abound and secrets are revealed.
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Perry, Anne - Execution Dock: Monk No. 16. After years of hard work, Inspector William Monk finally captures his old foe, Jericho Phillips. As Phillips goes to trial, some unexpected occurrences keep the proceedings from going as Monk had hoped.
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Phillips, Arthur - The Song Is You. Julian’s life is falling apart after his son dies and his wife has an affair. When he becomes obsessed with an Irish singer starlet, everyone’s lives changes.
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Quick, Amanda - The Perfect Poison. When consulting for a murder case, botanist Lucinda Bromley discovers that the rare fern used to poison someone came from her rare plant lab.
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Rabb, Jonathan - Shadow and Light. The murder of an executive of a renowned film studio in the 1920’s takes chief inspector Hoffner into Berlin’s sex and drug trade.
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Robbins, Tom - B is for Beer. Robbins offers a unique take on beer and the mysteries of life.
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Roche, Charlotte - Wetlands. To distract herself while recovering from an operation, 18-year-old Helen recounts her sexual past.
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Ross, Ann B. - Miss Julia Delivers the Goods. Miss Julia tries to help her friend Hazel Marie who is all alone and pregnant with twins by persuading the father to come back to town.
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Shaw, Deirdre - Love or Something Like It. (debut) Lacey Brennan finally meets the man she wants to marry. After marrying him and moving to California, she realizes something is wrong.
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Waters, Sarah - The Little Stranger. A doctor is summoned to a crumbling rural manor house in 1940’s England. Upon his arrival, the doctor realizes that the family living in the once grand house is also in decline, and he begins to wonder if they are haunted by something powerful and sinister.
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Woods, Stuart - Loitering with Intent. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Stone Barrington is happy when he’s hired to find the son of a wealthy man. He’s puzzled when he figures out the son doesn’t want to be found.
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May 2009
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Allen, Sarah Addison - The Girl Who Chased the Moon. Emily Benedict returns to her mother's hometown to find out about her mother's life, but instead finds more mysteries and romance in this odd town.
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Berg, Elizabeth - Homesafe. Recently widowed, Helen discovers that her dearly departed husband had been leading a double life and has spent their life savings.
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Bogosian, Eric - Perforated Heart. A middle aged writer, cranky because he has not achieved greater success, is recuperating from minor heart surgery. While he is homebound, he comes upon boxes of old notes and journals that open a window into his past.
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Child, Lee - Gone Tomorrow. Jack Reacher witnesses a murder on the subway and discovers something the Feds and Al-Qaeda want to keep hidden.
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Connelly, Michael - The Scarecrow. Jack McEvoy focuses his final story on a 16-year-old who is in prison for confessing to murder. Jack discovers his confession might be bogus.
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Drake, John - Flint & Silver: Treasure Island: The Prequel. Meet Captain Flint and Long John Silver before he lost his leg.
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Freveletti, Jamie - Running from the Devil. A scientist with secrets in her past survives the horrors of a plane hijacking and sets out to find the terrorists who have captured the other passengers.
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Gibson, Tanya Egan - How to Buy a Love of Reading. In an attempt to get their unmotivated daughter to read anything, Carly’s wealthy parents hire a writer to live in their house and create a book that she will enjoy. Carly’s more interested in her hard-drinking boyfriend, who turns out to be quite a reader himself.
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Gruen, Sara - Ape House. A family of bonobo apes are kidnapped from a language laboratory and end up on a reality TV show.
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Johnson, Denis - Nobody Move. Johnson’s latest, which previously appeared in installments in Playboy, tells the story of a group of California lowlifes fighting over a fortune.
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Keane, Mary Beth - The Walking People. Greta Cahill kept her past in Ireland hidden from her new life in America, but her family decides to surprise her with a reunion.
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Khoury, Raymond - The Sign. Why is a man watching TV in an Egyptian bar so shocked by the glowing white light that suddenly appears during a major CNN broadcast?
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King, Laurie R. - The Language of Bees: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes’s son suddenly appears at the cottage Holmes shares with Mary Russell and then vanishes just as suddenly. As Holmes and Russell race to find him, they are plunged into life-threatening danger.
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Koontz, Dean - The Other Side of the Woods.
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Koslow, Sally - The Late, Lamented Molly Marx. Molly Marx lived an enviable life until she was found dead. Now she gets to watch her family and friends try to figure out the events that led to her death.
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Leonard, Elmore - Road Dogs.
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Lipman, Elinor - The Family Man. A phone call brings Henry Archer's short-term stepdaughter back into his life and home. His organized life is now chaotic.
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Littell, Robert - The Stalin Epigram. Littell’s latest novel is an account of the life and work of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, narrated by his wife and some of his literary friends.
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Mandanipour, Shahriar - Censoring an Iranian Love Story. A story within a story, telling of the forbidden love of two young Iranian students and of the travails of the middle-aged writer who imagined them.
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Palahniuk, Chuck - Pygmy. A young man from a totalitarian country arrives in America to live with a typical Midwestern family. In Palahniuk’s dark satire, the young man’s real mission is to activate all the other agents already in place and to bring the United States to its knees.
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Pears, Iain - Stone's Fall. In the years before World War I, financier John Stone was so powerful that he could manipulate the economies of entire countries. When Stone dies in a mysterious fall, investigators search through his past to try to understand who he really was.
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Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child - Cemetery Dance. A couple is savagely attacked in their New York apartment, and the suspect caught on the building’s security camera is a mysterious neighbor who supposedly died weeks before. As an official investigation begins, Special Agent Pendergast conducts a private search – one that leads him to a secret cult of Zombiis right in the middle of Manhattan.
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Sandford, John - Wicked Prey. While the Republicans celebrate their convention in Minneapolis, some unwanted visitors plan to rob a vulnerable Brinks warehouse and exact revenge on agent Lucas Davenport.
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Sellers, Susan - Vanessa and Virginia. Writer Virginia Woolf and artist Vanessa Bell were the closest of sisters and the fiercest of rivals. This new novel tells the story of their lives and their complex relationship from Vanessa’s point of view.
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Smith, Tom Rob - The Secret Speech. Moscow Homicide Officer Leo Demidov attempts to balance the pressures of work and family life. When his family is threatened, Leo begins to uncover the secrets of his past, a journey which takes him from the criminal underworld to Siberia and a Hungarian uprising.
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Tólbin, Colm - Brooklyn. Ellis Lacey begins a new life when she moves to Brooklyn from post-World War II Ireland. Just when she believes that all of her personal and professional dreams may be coming true, Ellis receives news from Ireland that could threaten everything that she has achieved.
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June 2009
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Ali, Monica - In the Kitchen.
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Baden, Michael, M.D. & Linda Kenney Baden - Skeleton Justice.
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Balogh, Mary - Seducing an Angel.
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Box, C.J. - Below Zero: A Joe Pickett Novel.
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Brookner, Anita - Strangers.
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Christensen, Kate - Trouble.
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Coulter, Catherine - Knockout: An FBI Thriller.
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Cussler, Clive with Paul Kemprecos - Medusa: A Novel from the NUMA Files.
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Gardiner, Meg - The Memory Collector.
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Gardner, Lisa - The Neighbor.
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Griffin, W.E.B. & William E. Butterworth IV - The Traffickers: A Badge of Honor Novel.
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See, Lisa - Shanghai Girls.
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Steel, Danielle - Matters of the Heart.
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Updike, John - My Father's Tears and Other Stories.
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Zafón, Carlos Ruiz - The Angel's Game. |
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