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Far From True: A Promise Falls Novel

Linwood Barclay · New American Library
Pages: 480

New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay delivers the second spine-chilling thriller set in the troubled town of Promise Falls, following the electrifying cliffhanger ending of Broken Promise... After the screen of a run-down drive-in movie theater collapses...
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A Blessing & a Curse

ReShonda Tate Billingsley · Gallery Books, 2016.
Pages: 304

First ladies of the Baptist church and sworn frenemies Rachel Jackson Adams and Jasmine Cox Larson Bush are stunned to learn they may have more in common than they thought - like who's their daddy - in the scandalous new collaboration between national bestselling and award-winning authors...
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A Few of the Girls: Stories

Maeve Binchy · Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Pages: 336

A new collection of stories previously unpublished in the United States by beloved and best-selling author Maeve BinchyMaeve Binchy's best-selling novels not only tell wonderful stories, they also show that while times change, people often remain the same: they fall in love, sometimes...
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Off the Grid

C. J. Box · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 384

New York Times-bestselling author C. J. Box returns with a suspenseful new Joe Pickett novel. Nate Romanowski is off the grid, recuperating from wounds and trying to deal with past crimes, when he is suddenly surrounded by a small team of elite professional special operators. They're...
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The Return of the Witch

Paula Brackston · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 352

Paula Brackston's debut novel, The Witch's Daughter, was the little book that could--with a captivating story, remarkable heroine, and eye-catching package, it has now netted over 200,000 copies in all formats. Now Paula returns with its sequel The Return of the Witch, another...

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Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America

Douglas Brinkley · Harper
Pages: 768

The acclaimed, award-winning historian - "America's new past master" (Chicago Tribune) - examines the environmental legacy of FDR and the New Deal.Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision...
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The Restoration

Wanda E. Brunstetter · Shiloh Run Press
Pages: 320

Dive into an Amish country love triangle in this third book of the Prairie State Friends series. Priscilla Herschberger finds herself pursued by Elam, a childhood friend from her community, and David, an outsider raised in the modern world. Elam would do almost anything to convince Priscilla...

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Lust & Wonder

Augusten Burroughs · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304

In chronicling the development and demise of the different relationships he's had while living in New York, Augusten Burroughs examines what it means to be in love, what it means to be in lust, and what it means to be figuring it all out. With Augusten's unique and singular observations...
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The Infidel Stain

M.J. Carter · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 432

Blake and Avery return in the stunning sequel to M. J. Carter's lauded fiction debut, The Strangler Vine. London, 1841. Returned from their adventures in India, Jeremiah Blake and William Avery have both had their difficulties adapting to life in Victorian England. Moreover, time and distance...
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At the Edge of the Orchard

Tracy Chevalier · Viking
Pages: 304

From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier

1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck - in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children...
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Fool Me Once

Harlan Coben · Dutton Books
Pages: 400

#1 New York Times bestseller Harlan Coben delivers his next impossible-to-put-down thriller. In the course of eight consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, millions of readers have discovered Harlan Coben's page-turning thrillers, filled with his trademark edge-of-your-seat suspense...
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The Gangster

Clive Cussler · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 416

Isaac Bell is back in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure Clive Cussler. It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn...
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The Steel Kiss

Jeffery Deaver · Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
Pages: 448

New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with his next blockbuster thriller featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme.Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when an escalator malfunctions. The stairs...
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The Total Package: A Novel

Stephanie Evanovich · William Morrow & Co
Pages: 256

The New York Times bestselling author of Big Girl Panties is back with a funny, sweet, and sizzling novel about love, redemption, and second chances.Heartthrob star quarterback Tyson Palmer has it all: a million-dollar arm, a winning season and the promise of a Superbowl ring. But more...
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Jane Steele

Lyndsay Faye · Putnam, 2016.
Pages: 432

A reimagining of Jane Eyre as a gutsy, heroic serial killer, from the author whose work The New York Times described as "riveting" and The Wall Street Journal called "thrilling." "Reader, I murdered him." A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first...
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A Bed of Scorpions

Judith Flanders · St Martin'S Press, 2016.
Pages: 320

Summer in London-the sun is finally shining, the flowers are in bloom, and life is humming merrily along for book editor Samantha Clair, off to lunch with her old friend, art-dealer Aidan Merriam. Humming merrily until she learns that his partner has just been found dead in their gallery,...
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Up in Flames: A Rosemary Beach Novel

Abbi Glines · Atria Books
Pages: 256

The villain of Rosemary Beach finally gets her own happy ending in the long-awaited final novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling new adult romance series by Abbi Glines.The blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling Rosemary Beach series ends with a bang when the troubled character readers...
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Gone again : a Jack Swyteck novel

James Grippando · Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 400


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Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart

Claire Harman · Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Â2015
Pages: 480

A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre.Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Brontë has been known as well for her insular,...
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Clawback: An Ali Reynolds Novel

J A Jance · Touchstone Books
Pages: 352

In New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance's latest thriller, Ali Reynolds faces her most controversial mystery yet, solving the murder of a man whose Ponzi scheme bankrupted hundreds of people, and left them seeking justice ... or revenge.When Ali's parents lose their life...
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News of the World: A Novel

Paulette Jiles · William Morrow,
Pages: 224

In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family,...
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The Other Side of Silence

Philip Kerr · Marian Wood Books/Putnam
Pages: 448

From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr, the much anticipated return of Bernie Gunther in a series hailed by The Daily Beast as "the best crime novels around today." Once I'd been a good detective in Kripo, but that was a while ago, before the criminals wore smart...
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The Watcher in the Wall

Owen Laukkanen · G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 368

A heart-pounding new Stevens and Windermere thriller from the award-winning author of The Stolen Ones and The Professionals. Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere of the joint BCA-FBI violent crime task force have handled shocking cases before, but this one is different. Stevens's daughter,...
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The Unfortunate Englishman: A Joe Wilderness Novel

John Lawton · Atlantic Monthly, 2016.
Pages: 400

Having shot someone in what he believed was self-defense in the chaotic streets of postwar Berlin, East End Londoner turned spy Joe Wilderness finds himself locked up with little chance to escape. But an official pardon from Burne-Jones, a senior agent at MI6, means he is free to go. His return...
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The Passenger

Lisa Lutz · Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Pages: 320

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Spellman Files series, Lisa Lutz's latest blistering thriller is about a woman who creates and sheds new identities as she crisscrosses the country to escape her past: you'll want to buckle up for the ride!In case you were wondering,...
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A Girl's Guide to Moving On: A Novel

Debbie Macomber · Ballantine, 2016.
Pages: 352

In this powerful and uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. Leaning on each other, Nichole and Leanne discover that their inner strength and capacity...
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Multiple Listings

Tracy McMillan · Gallery Books
Pages: 336

What would you do if your ex-con father suddenly came to visit ... indefinitely? Family drama ensues when Nicki's dad unexpectedly wants to move in with her, her son, and her boyfriend in this comedic novel from successful TV writer Tracy McMillan.Nicki Daniels owns a home appraisal...
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Burning Down the House: A novel

Jane Mendelsohn · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 304

A bold, deeply engrossing novel about the fall of a wealthy New York family whose struggles to face the challenges of familial rivalry, an explosively revealing love affair, and involvement, however unwitting, in a world of international crime unfold with the inexorability of Greek tragedy."It...
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Two If by Sea

Jacquelyn Mitchard · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, an epic story of courage and devotion that spans three continents and the entire map of the human heart.Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat...
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The Taxidermist's Daughter: A Novel

Kate Mosse · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 400

A chilling and spooky Gothic historical thriller reminiscent of Rebecca and The Turn of the Screw, dripping with the dark twists and eerie surprises that are the hallmarks of Edgar Allan Poe, from the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Citadel.In a remote village near...
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The Little Red Chairs

Edna O'Brien · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 304


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Crazy Blood: A Novel

T. Jefferson Parker · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304

The Carson dynasty rules the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Founded by patriarch Adam, the town is the site of the Mammoth Cup ski race-a qualifier for the Olympics. But when Wylie Welborn, Adam's illegitimate grandson, returns after...
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Sisi: Empress on Her Own: A Novel

Allison Pataki · Dial Press
Pages: 464

For readers of Philippa Gregory, Paula McLain, and Daisy Goodwin comes a sweeping and powerful novel by New York Times bestselling author Allison Pataki. Sisi tells the little-known story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, the Princess Diana of her time, in an enthralling work of historical...
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NYPD Red 4

James Patterson · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 368

An audacious jewel heist. A murdered actress. A killer case for NYPD Red. In a city where crime never sleeps, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only when a case involves the rich, famous, and connected. Detective Zach Jordan and his partner, Kylie MacDonald--the woman who broke...
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Stork Mountain: A Novel

Miroslav Penkov · Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Pages: 448

Stork Mountain tells the story of a young Bulgarian immigrant who, in an attempt to escape his mediocre life in America, returns to the country of his birth. Retracing the steps of his estranged grandfather, a man who suddenly and inexplicably cut all contact with the family three years...
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Treachery at Lancaster Gate: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel

Anne Perry · Ballantine, 2016.
Pages: 304

Gripping and provocative, the latest Thomas and Charlotte Pitt mystery by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry peers unflinchingly into the corrupt affairs of Victorian society on the brink of the century's turn. The world is poised for social and political change, but England...
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As close to us as breathing

Elizabeth Poliner · Lee Boudreaux Books, 2016.
Pages: 368

A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely" (Edward P. Jones) .In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long...
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Cold Barrel Zero

Matthew Quirk · Mulholland Books
Pages: 384

Clancy meets LeCarré in Matthew Quirk's action-packed new thriller.Former combat medic John Byrne's vacation in southern California is interrupted when FBI agents bring him in for questioning and charge him with burglary, grand larceny, the use of weapons of mass destruction, and a litany...
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Work Like Any Other: A Novel

Virginia Reeves · Scribner Book Company
Pages: 272

In this astonishingly accomplished, morally complicated, "exceptional and starkly beautiful debut" (Kevin Powers, National Book Award-nominated author of The Yellow Birds) , a prideful electrician in 1920s rural Alabama struggles to overcome past sins and find peace after being...
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The Storm Sister: A Novel

Lucinda Riley · Atria Books
Pages: 336

Gathered at their childhood home to mourn their father's death, Ally D'Aplièse and her five adoptive sisters receive tantalizing clues to their distinct heritages. Ally soon finds herself in Norway where she begins to make sense of her elusive past in the second part of an epic...
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Just Fall: A Novel

Nina Sadowsky · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304


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The Charm Bracelet: A Novel

Viola Shipman · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 304

Through an heirloom charm bracelet three women will rediscover the importance of family, love, faith, friends, fun and a passion for living as the magic of each charm changes their lives.Lolly, still lives in the family cabin on Lost Land Lake where her mother gave her the charm bracelet...
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The Summer Before the War: A Novel

Helen Simonson · Random House
Pages: 496

Helen Simonson's beloved, New York Times bestselling debut, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, instantly established her reputation as an uncommonly gifted storyteller, with humor, wit, and a sharp eye for character. Now she returns with an equally compelling work of fiction, one that...
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Dimestore: A Writer's Life

Lee Smith · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 224

In her first work of nonfiction, Lee Smith deploys the wit, wisdom, and graceful prose for which she is beloved to conjure her early days in the small coal town of Grundy, Virginia - and beyond. For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For forty-five years, her fiction has lived...
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Predator: A Crossbow Novel

Wilbur Smith

Former operative Major Hector Cross must face off against a pair of lethal enemies and prevent an international catastrophe in this gripping contemporary adventure-thriller—perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Ted Bell, and Vince Flynn—from the legendary worldwide bestselling author of Desert...
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Innocents and Others: A Novel

Dana Spiotta · Scribner Book Company
Pages: 288

From "a major, unnervingly intelligent writer" (Joy Williams) ... "rich, funny, learned, and tonally fresh" (Jeffrey Eugenides) , comes a novel about aspiration, film, work, and love.Dana Spiotta's new novel is about two women, best friends, who grow up in LA in the 80s and become...
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The Nest

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney · Ecco, 2016.

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The Last Days of Magic: A Novel

Mark Tompkins · Viking
Pages: 400

An epic novel of magic and mysticism, Celts and faeries, mad kings and Druids, stalwart warriors and the goddess struggling to reign over magic's last outpost on the Earth Aisling is a goddess in a human form, born to rule medieval Ireland and reunite the earthly realm with the Middle...
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Deep Blue

Randy Wayne White · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336

The remarkable, stellar new entry in the Doc Ford series from New York Times-bestselling author Randy Wayne White. Half-eaten dolphins are washing ashore on Sanibel Island, and it's a nightmare. There's a predator out there, and whatever it is, tourists are staying away and businesses...
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Shelter: A Novel

Jung Yun · Picador USA
Pages: 336

Why should a man care for his parents when they failed to take care of him as a child?Kyung Cho owns a house that he can't afford. His credit cards and student loan debts are spiraling out of control. A tenure-track professor, he and his wife, Gillian, have always lived beyond their...
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