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Conviction

Denise Mina · Mulholland Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A breathtaking thriller about a wealthy housewife who successfully conceals her dark past until a true-crime podcast and a photo posted on social media send her running across Europe, with a faded rock star by her side and extremely dangerous enemies on her trail.Anna McLean loves to revel...
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The Body Lies: A novel

Jo Baker · Knopf
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A dark, thrilling new novel from the best-selling author of Longbourn: a work of riveting psychological suspense that grapples with how to live as a woman in the world--or in the pages of a book--when the stakes are dangerously high.When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote...
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The Porpoise: A Novel

Mark Haddon · Doubleday
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the Whitbread and Los Angeles Times Prize-winning author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a stunningly ambitious, fantastical novel about the theft of female agency by rapacious men and the ways in which archetypal stories can warp history and the presentMark Haddon's...
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The Last House Guest

Megan Miranda · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, a suspenseful new novel about an idyllic town in Maine dealing with the suspicious death of one of their own - and her best "summer" friend, who is trying to uncover the truth ... before fingers point...
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Fake Like Me

Barbara Bourland · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

At once a twisted psychological portrait of a woman crumbling under unimaginable pressure and a razor-sharp satire of the contemporary art scene, FAKE LIKE ME is a dark, glamorous, and addictive story of good intentions gone awry, from the critically acclaimed author of I'll Eat When I'm Dead.Cary...
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Empress of Forever

Max Gladstone · Tor Books
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

"A classic space opera...a universe we've never seen before." -- Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling authorFrom Hugo Award finalist Max Gladstone comes a smart, swashbuckling, wildly imaginative adventure; the saga of a rag-tag team of brilliant misfits, dangerous renegades,...
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Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life

Darcey Steinke · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

"Many days I believe menopause is the new (if long overdue) frontier for the most compelling and necessary philosophy; Darcey Steinke is already there, blazing the way. This elegant, wise, fascinating, deeply moving book is an instant classic. I'm about to buy it for everyone I know."...
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The Travelers: A Novel

Regina Porter · Hogarth
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The adventures of two families unfold and intertwine - across continents and generations, spanning the 1950s through Obama's first year as president - in The Travelers, an absorbing tale of family, history, and the persistence of love. Meet James Samuel Vincent, an affluent Manhattan...
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Son of a Southern Chef: Cook with Soul

Lazarus Lynch · Avery
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A wildly inventive soul food bible from a two-time Chopped winner and the host of Snapchat's first-ever cooking show.Thousands of fans know Lazarus Lynch for his bold artistic sensibility, exciting take on soul food, and knockout fashion sense. Laz has always had Southern and Caribbean...
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Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel

Deb Spera · Park Row
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A stunning tour de force following three fierce, unforgettable Southern women in the years leading up to the Great DepressionIt's 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation that devastated the land and the economy. Gertrude, a mother...
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Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All

Arthur Holland Michel · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizensEyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's...
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