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The Dark Corners of the Night

Meg Gardiner · Blackstone Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Book

He appears in the darkness like a ghost, made of shadows and fear--the Midnight Man. He comes for the parents but leaves the children alive, tiny witnesses to unspeakable horror. The bedroom communities of Los Angeles are gripped with dread, and the attacks are escalating.Still reeling...

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The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World

Janice Kaplan · Dutton
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

We tell girls that they can be anything, so why do 90 percent of Americans believe that geniuses are almost always men? New York Times bestselling journalist Janice Kaplan explores the powerful forces that have rigged the system - and celebrates the women geniuses past and present who have...
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The Lucky One: A Novel

Lori Rader-Day
Format: Book

Kidnapped as a child from her backyard in Indiana but quickly rescued by her policeman father, Alice now volunteers for The Doe Pages, scrolling through image after image of unidentified individuals in an effort to reunite loved ones. There she spots her long-ago abductor, which sends...

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Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber

Susan Fowler · Viking
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The unbelievable true story of the young woman who faced down one of the most valuable startups in Silicon Valley history--and what came afterIn 2017, twenty-five-year-old Susan Fowler published a blog post detailing the sexual harassment and retaliation she'd experienced as an entry-level...
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The Last Passenger: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series

Charles Finch · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

London, 1855. A young and eager Charles Lenox faces his toughest case yet: a murder without a single clue. Slumped in a third-class car at Paddington Station is the body of a handsome young gentleman. He has no luggage, empty pockets, and no sign of identification on his person. And putting...
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The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America

Charlotte Alter · Viking
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

An optimistic look at the future of American leadership by a brilliant young reporterA new generation is stepping up. There are now twenty-six millennials in Congress--a fivefold increase gained in the 2018 midterms alone. They are governing Midwestern cities and college towns, running...
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Saint X

Alexis Schaitkin · Celadon Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Hailed as a "marvel of a book" and "brilliant and unflinching," Alexis Schaitkin's stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another.Claire is only seven years old when...
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The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison

Jason Hardy · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague...
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The Holdout: A Novel

Graham Moore · Random House
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and bestselling author of The Last Days of Night: a jury on a murder trial is deadlocked when a young woman manages to turn the tide to acquit; now, a decade later, she must face the consequences when a fellow juror is killed...
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Amnesty: A Novel

Aravind Adiga · Scribner
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A riveting, suspenseful and exuberant novel from the bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day about a young illegal immigrant who must decide whether to report crucial information about a murder - and thereby risk deportation.Danny - formerly Dhananjaya...
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One Minute Out

Mark Greaney
Format: Book

This high-stakes thriller features the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man.

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