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Family Jewels

Stuart Woods · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the newest thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Stone Barrington's newest client seems to be a magnet for trouble. A poised lady of considerable wealth, she's looking for help discouraging the attentions of a tenacious...
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Maestra

L S Hilton · Putnam, 2016.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

With the cunning of Gone Girl's Amy Dunne, and as dangerous as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander, the femme fatale of this Talented Mr. Ripley-esque psychological thriller is sexy, smart, and very, very bad in all the best ways. Judith Rashleigh spends her days as a put-upon...
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The One-in-a-Million Boy

Monica Wood · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The incandescent story of a 104-year-old woman and the sweet, strange young boy assigned to help her around the house - a friendship that touches each member of the boy's unmoored family For years, guitarist Quinn Porter has been on the road, chasing gig after gig, largely absent to his twice-ex-wife...
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The Story of Kullervo

J R R Tolkien · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

The first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien Kullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien's characters. "Hapless Kullervo," as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic...
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Drawing Dead: A Cross Novel

Andrew H Vachss · Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series and two collections of short stories, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. A native New Yorker,...
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Eligible : a novel

Curtis Sittenfeld · Random House
Pages: 492
Format: Print book

From the "wickedly entertaining" (USA Today) Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Prep and American Wife, comes a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. A bold literary experiment, Eligible is a brilliant, playful, and delicious saga for the twenty-first...
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The Last Mile

David Baldacci · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILEConvicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for...
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True Reagan: What Made Ronald Reagan Great and Why It Matters

James S Rosebush · Center Street
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Senior Advisor to Ronald Reagan and Chief of Staff to Nancy Reagan, James Rosebush had unique access to the 40th President. Now he shares his observations to reveal the heart of the man--the thinking, beliefs, and character many have declared "mysterious and unknowable."Peeling...
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Sunday's on the Phone to Monday: A Novel

Christine Reilly · Touchstone
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The Middlesteins meets The Virgin Suicides in this arresting family love story about the eccentric yet tightknit Simone family, coping with tragedy during 90s New York, struggling to reconnect with each other and heal.Claudio and Mathilde Simone, once romantic bohemians hopelessly enamored...
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The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism

Mark Zwonitzer · Algonquin Of Chapel Hill
Pages: 704
Format: Print book

In the tradition of the bestselling historical works of David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose, and Walter Isaacson, award-winning documentarian Mark Zwonitzer brings two extraordinary American figures--and friends--into the spotlight at a time when their country was taking...
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