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The Substitution Order: A novel

Martin Clark · Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From Martin Clark--praised by Entertainment Weekly as "our best legal-thriller writer"--comes a wickedly clever, tenderhearted, and intricately plotted novel about a hard-luck lawyer's refusal to concede defeat, even as fate, the court system, and a gang of untouchable con artists...
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Three Women

Lisa Taddeo · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Book

Desire as you've never seen it before: a riveting account of the sex lives of three ordinary American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting. Lina, a homemaker in suburban Indiana, is a decade into a passionless marriage when she embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming...
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The Need

Helen Phillips · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Beautiful Bureaucrat, comes a subversive genre-busting thriller about a woman who grapples with the complex dualities of motherhood - joy and dread, tenderness and anxiety - after confronting a masked intruder in her home.There were footsteps in the other...
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The Shameless

Ace Atkins · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New revelations on a notorious local cold case raise ghosts of the past in the newest thriller from New York Times-bestselling author Ace Atkins.Twenty years ago, teenager Brandon Taylor walked into the Big Woods north of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, and never returned. For former Army...
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Supper Club

Lara Williams · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A sharply intelligent and intimate debut novel about a secret society of hungry young women who meet after dark and feast to reclaim their appetites--and their physical spaces--that posits the question: If you feed a starving woman, what will she grow into?Roberta spends her life trying...
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

Isha Sesay · Dey Street Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The first definitive account of Boko Haram's abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, their years in captivity, and why this story still matters - by celebrated international journalist Isha Sesay. The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in 2014 made global headlines. From poor Nigerian...
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The Friend Zone

Abby Jimenez · Forever
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Kristen Petersen doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best...
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The Kindness Method: Change Your Habits for Good Using Self-Compassion and Understanding

Shahroo Izadi · St. Martin's Essentials
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

The Kindness Method is the key to breaking unwanted habits -- for good! Combining her own therapeutic style, personal experiences, and techniques learned from working in the field of substance abuse, Shahroo Izadi shares simple steps that strengthen your willpower like a muscle, allowing...
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The Chain

Adrian McKinty · Mulholland Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

You just dropped off your child at the bus stop.A panicked stranger calls your phone.Your child has been kidnapped.The stranger then explains that their child has also been kidnapped, by a completely different stranger.The only way to get your child back is to kidnap another child - within...
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For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball

Bud Selig · William Morrow
Pages: 336
Format: Book

The longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans nationwide.
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