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Philippa Gregory · Atria Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "one of the great storytellers of our time" (San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, who cannot bear to conform to the life that lies before her.Midsummer's...
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Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession

Rachel Monroe · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A provocative and original investigation of our cultural fascination with crime, linking four archetypes - Detective, Victim, Defender, Killer - to four true stories about women driven by obsession.In this illuminating exploration of women, violence, and obsession, Rachel Monroe interrogates...
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The Warehouse

Rob Hart · Crown
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Cloud isn't just a place to work. It's a place to live. And when you're here, you'll never want to leave."On the surface, The Warehouse is a thrilling story of corporate espionage at the highest level, but dig a little deeper and you'll find a terrifying cautionary tale of the nightmare...
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Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege

Mike Thomson · PublicAffairs
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The remarkable, improbable story of a small, makeshift library in the Syrian town of Darayya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during the four-year siege they endured.At the height of the Syrian Civil War, deep beneath the shattered streets of rebel-held Darayya was a secret...
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The Last Widow: A Novel

Karin Slaughter · William Morrow
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you won't see comingA mysterious kidnappingOn a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease...
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Going Dutch: A Novel

James Gregor · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"In this intelligent, entertaining and elegantly written novel, James Gregor pulls off something many psychological novelists aspire to and few achieve: he convincingly captures the thinking of a character who earnestly sees himself as sympathetic, even as he behaves terribly...Never...
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This Poison Will Remain

Fred Vargas · Penguin Books
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer"Spry, ironic, yet fully engaged with the horror of contemporary reality."...
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The Whisper Man

Alex North · Celadon Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In this psychological thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of suspense, as a father and son are caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town.After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help...
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I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays

Bassey Ikpi · Harper Perennial
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

A Publishers Weekly Spring Preview SelectionA deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi's experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life.Bassey Ikpi was born in Nigeria in 1976. Four years later, she and her mother...
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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

Ian Urbina · Knopf
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international...
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