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Terrible Beauty, A: A Lady Emily Mystery

Tasha Alexander · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

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Otherworld Chills

Kelley Armstrong · Plume Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

These stories will cover a whole range of characters from the Women of the Otherworld, and answer many mysteries and questions from the series. A vital and fantastic collection of stories, many of which will be brand-new, while others will have only appeared on the author's website.
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Hag-Seed

Margaret Atwood · Hogarth Pr
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Bestselling and multiple award-winning author Margaret Atwood retells The Tempest, one of Shakespeare's most stirring and unforgettable plays.
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Without Mercy: A Body Farm Novel

Jefferson Bass · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

In the most suspenseful installment of the New York Times nestselling Body Farm series to date, forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton investigates a bizarre murder - and confronts a deadly enemy he thought he'd put behind bars for good.Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton has spent...
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The Terranauts: A Novel

T C Boyle · Ecco
Pages: 528

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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

H W Brands · Doubleday
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War,...
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Cakewalk: A Novel

Rita Mae Brown · Bantam Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"Set against the backdrop of America emerging from World War I, Cakewalk provides an entertaining look at a small town straddling the Mason Dixon line, where the townsfolk remain split between good and bad, or love and sex, or male and female, or politics and sobriety, and the inimitable,...
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The Wangs vs. the World

Jade Chang · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368

A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent - and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built...
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The Moth Catcher, The: A Vera Stanhope Mystery

Ann Cleeves · Minotaur Books
Pages: 400
Format: Book

Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter to look after the place while they're away. But he is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley....

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The Guineveres

Sarah Domet · Flatiron Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book


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The Motion of Puppets: A Novel

Keith Donohue · Picador Usa
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From the author of The Boy Who Drew Monsters and The Stolen Child comes a modern take on the Orpheus and Eurydice Myth -- A Suspenseful tale of romance and enchantmentIn the Old City of Québec, Kay Harper falls in love with a puppet in the window of the Quatre Mains, a toy shop that is never...
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Triple Crown

Felix Francis · Putnam
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country.

Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the British Horseracing Authority,...
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The Whole Town's Talking: A Novel

Fannie Flagg · Random House
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

From the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe comes another unforgettable, laugh-out-loud, and moving novel about what it means to be truly alive.

Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening...
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Order to Kill

Vince Flynn · Atria Books
Pages: 400
Format: Book

In the next thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, the anti-terrorism operative heads to Pakistan to confront a mortal threat he may not be prepared for. In fact, this time he might have met his match.Mitch Rapp is used to winning. But in this follow-up...

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Friday on My Mind: A Frieda Klein Mystery

Nicci French · Penguin Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

In Nicci's French's thrilling fifth book, London psychotherapist Frieda Klein herself becomes the prime suspect in a murder A bloated corpse turns up in the Thames, throat slashed, and the only clue is a hospital wristband reading Dr. F. Klein. Frieda is taken to see the body...
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The Trespasser: A Novel

Tana French · Viking
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

A brilliant new novel from the New York Times bestselling author, whom Gillian Flynn calls "mesmerizing" and Stephen King calls "incandescent." Being on the Murder squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only...
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The Next

Stephanie Gangi · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Is there a right way to die? If so, Joanna DeAngelis has it all wrong. She's consumed by betrayal, spending her numbered days cyberstalking Ned McGowan, much younger ex, and watching him thrive in the spotlight with someone new, while she wastes away. She's every woman scorned,...
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An Amish Family Christmas: A Charmed Amish Life Christmas Novel

Shelley Shepard Gray · Avon Inspire
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In Shelley Shepard Gray's fourth book in her Charmed Amish Life series, an unlikely Amish romance reveals that Christmas is a time for family, miracles - and love. Ever since his father died in a tragic fire, Levi Kinsinger has felt adrift. Newly returned to Charm, Ohio, Levi is trying...
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Smoke and Mirrors

Elly Griffiths · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

In the sequel to the "captivating"* Zig Zag Girl, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer after two children are murdered in a tragic tableau of a very grim fairy tale. *Wall Street Journal It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about...
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The Whistler

John Grisham · Doubleday
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

On the heels of the runaway success of Rogue Lawyer, John Grisham delivers the high-octane suspense that readers have come to expect from the master of the legal thriller. With his latest novel, John Grisham takes his irresistible blend of legal savvy and page-turning storytelling to a whole...
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El Paso: A Novel

Winston Groom · Liveright Publishing Corp
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

Three decades after the first publication of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom returns to fiction with this sweeping American epic. Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten period of history...
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The Boat Rocker: A Novel

Ha Jin · Pantheon Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

From the universally admired, award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: an urgent, timely novel that follows an aspiring author, an outrageous book idea, and a lone journalist's dogged quest for truth in the Internet age. New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely...
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All the Little Liars

Charlaine Harris · Minotaur Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Aurora Teagarden is basking in the news of her pregnancy when disaster strikes her small Georgia town: four kids vanish from the school soccer field in an afternoon. Aurora's 15-year-old brother Phillip is one of them. Also gone are two of his friends, and an 11-year-old girl who was just...

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Winter Storms

Elin Hilderbrand · Little
Pages: 256
Format: Print book


The Quinn family gathers for one last holiday at the Winter Street Inn in the heartwarming conclusion to Elin Hilderbrand's bestselling trilogy.

Preparing for another holiday season in Nantucket, the Quinns are optimistic that despite a health scare for Kelley, this...
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IQ

Joe Ide · Mulholland Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods uses his blistering intellect to solve the crimes the LAPD ignores. East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, lost children unrecovered. But someone from the neighborhood...
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Night Watch

Iris Johansen · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

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Napoleon's Last Island: A Novel

Thomas Keneally · Atria Books
Pages: 384

From the bestselling author of Schindler's List and The Daughters of Mars, a new historical novel set on the remote island of Saint Helena about the remarkable friendship between a young woman and one of history's most intriguing figures, Napoleon Bonaparte, during the final...
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

Jean Kennedy Smith · Harpercollins
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.Prompted...
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Cruel Beautiful World: A Novel

Caroline Leavitt · Algonquin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Caroline Leavitt is at her mesmerizing best in this haunting, nuanced portrait of love, sisters, and the impossible legacy of family. It s 1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away to live off the grid in rural Pennsylvania, a rash act that will have vicious repercussions for both...
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A Gambler's Anatomy: A Novel

Jonathan Lethem · Doubleday
Pages: 304

The author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a devilishly entertaining novel about an international backgammon hustler who thinks he's psychic. Too bad about the tumor in his face. Handsome, impeccably tuxedoed Bruno Alexander travels the world winning...
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Twelve Days of Christmas: A Christmas Novel

Debbie Macomber · Ballantine
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Continuing in a festive annual tradition, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber returns with a new original holiday novel full of romance and cheer - and the magical prospect of finding love in even the most guarded hearts. Friendly and bubbly, Julia Padden likes nearly...
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Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil

Melina Marchetta · Little
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In the wake of a devastating bombing, a father risks everything to find out who was responsible.When Bish Ortley, a suspended cop, receives word that a bus carrying his daughter has been bombed, he rushes to be by her side. A suspect has already been singled out: a 17-year-old girl who has since...
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Precious and Grace: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander Mccall Smith · Pantheon
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

The delightful seventeenth installment of the ever-popular, perennially best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesPrecious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client...
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Paris for One and Other Stories

Jojo Moyes · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From the sensational #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, the perfect gift hardcover, timed for Christmas--a novella and short story collection never published before in the United States.Nell is twenty-six and has never been to Paris. She's never even been on a romantic...
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$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal

James Patterson · Bookshots
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Will you marry me for $10,000,000?I am a creative, open-minded businessman with limited time and desire to play the field. This is a serious proposal.A mysterious billboard intrigues three single women in LA. But who is this Mr. Right?...And is he the perfect match for the lucky winner?BookShotsLIGHTNING-FAST...
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Small Great Things: A Novel

Jodi Picoult · Ballantine
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

The highly anticipated new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, who "writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships" (The Boston Globe)
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Mister Monkey: A Novel

Francine Prose · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brilliantly observant story that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children's musical.Mister Monkey - a screwball children's...
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The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act

Alex Prud'homme · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The enchanting story of Julia Child's years as TV personality and beloved cookbook author--a sequel in spirit to My Life in France--by her great-nephew Julia Child is synonymous with French cooking, but her legacy runs much deeper. Now, her great-nephew and My Life in France coauthor...
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Apprentice in Death

J D Robb · Berkley Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Lieutenant Eve Dallas returns in a fast-paced new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.

Nature versus nurture...

The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were...
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The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

David Rosenfelt · Minotaur Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

This Christmas novel featuring reluctant criminal defense lawyer Andy Carpenter and his faithful golden retriever, Tara, delivers Rosenfelt's trademark humor, larger-than-life characters, and twisting plotlines.
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Escape Clause

John Sandford · Putnam
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The thrilling new Virgil Flowers novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers's case, make that two. The first comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large Siberian tigers...
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The Comet Seekers: A Novel

Helen Sedgwick · Harper
Pages: 304

A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors.Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote...
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Today Will Be Different

Maria Semple · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future.Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed....
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Public Library and Other Stories

Ali Smith · Anchor Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

A book of stories all about why books mean the world to usWhy are books, in all their forms, so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives--our own personal libraries--make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy,...
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Pharaoh: A Novel of Ancient Egypt

Wilbur Smith · William Morrow
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

An epic historical adventure set in Ancient Egypt from the New York Times bestselling legend Stephen King has called the "best historical novelist."One of the world's bestselling authors, Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt in a breathtaking epic that conjures the magic,...
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Two by Two

Nicholas Sparks · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with an emotionally powerful story of unconditional love, its challenges, its risks and most of all, its rewards. At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising...
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Seduced

Randy Wayne White · Putnam
Pages: 352

Hannah Smith returns in the stunning new adventure in the New York Times-bestselling series by the author of the Doc Ford novels.

A fishing guide and part-time investigator, Hannah Smith is a tall, strong Florida woman descended from many generations of the same....
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Sex, Lies, and Serious Money

Stuart Woods · Putnam
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Stone Barrington returns in the unputdownable new thriller by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Trouble always seems to find Stone Barrington, but it's never more than he can handle.
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