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Heart of Barkness

Spencer Quinn · Forge Books
Pages: 304
Format: Book

Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" (Boston Globe) and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and much worse in the world of country music. They're both music lovers, so when Lotty Pilgrim, a country singer from long ago, turns up at a local bar, they...
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The Bookshop on the Shore: A Novel

Jenny Colgan · William Morrow
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan.Desperate to escape from London, single mother Lottie wants to build a new life...
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The Nickel Boys: A Novel

Colson Whitehead · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era...
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The Plus One

Sarah Archer · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

A brilliant but socially inept robotics engineer builds her own wedding date--and learns more about love than she ever expected--in this hilarious and heartwarming debut novel."Prepare to fall in love!" --Aimee Agresti, author of Campaign WidowsWhen she couldn't find Mr. Right,...
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Fatal Inheritance: A Novel

Rachel Rhys · Washington Square Press
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Get swept away to the enchanting South of France with this "exquisite and shimmering" (Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone) suspenseful historical novel, where perilous secrets lurk under the glitz and glam of seaside wealth. She didn't...
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This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar · Gallery / Saga Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters - and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds...
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The Other Mrs. Miller

Allison Dickson · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In this unputdownable domestic suspense debut, a lonely suburban housewife finds her life entangled with the family that moves in across the street at the same time that she becomes convinced someone is watching her--perfect for fans of The Couple Next Door and The Last Mrs. Parrish.Once...
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Rogue Strike

David Ricciardi · Berkley
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Jake Keller finds himself in a familiar position - on the run for his life and desperate to find the shadowy figures behind a global conspiracy.CIA agent Jake Keller and his partner, Curt Roach, are in Yemen on an important mission. They've been tipped off to a secret meeting of top al Qaeda...
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The Me I Used to Be: A Novel

Jennifer Ryan · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

If you like Jill Shalvis and Kristin Hannah, you'll love Jennifer Ryan's exciting new novel, where a young woman has the chance to rebuild her life and become the woman she was always meant to be ... An inheritance she never expected ... After serving time for a crime she didn't commit,...
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The Ugly Truth: A Riley Ellison Mystery

Jill Orr · Prospect Park Books
Format: Hardcover

There's been a shocking double murder in Tuttle Corner, Virginia, involving high-profile players from Washington D.C. This brings national attention -- and big-city competition for the story -- to junior reporter Riley Ellison's little corner of the world. Beloved café owner Rosalee...
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The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel

Craig Davidson · Penguin Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legendsGrowing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted...
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Shamed: A Kate Burkholder Novel

Linda Castillo · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In this riveting new thriller in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling series, Kate Burkholder races against the clock to find a missing Amish girl. An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven year old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder plunges...
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The Second-Worst Restaurant in France: A Paul Stuart Novel

Alexander McCall Smith · Pantheon
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In a delightful sequel to the best-selling comedic novel My Italian Bulldozer, we are in a French village where the local restaurant's haute cuisine leaves a lot to be desired--and two books into an astounding ninth series from one of our most beloved authors.Renowned cookbook writer Paul...
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One Small Sacrifice

Hilary Davidson · Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover

An apparent suicide. A mysterious disappearance. Did one man get away with murder - twice?NYPD detective Sheryn Sterling has had her eye on Alex Traynor ever since his friend Cori fell to her death under suspicious circumstances a year ago. Cori's death was ruled a suicide, but Sheryn thinks...
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Exposed

Jean-Philippe Blondel · New Vessel Press
Pages: 157
Format: Paperback

"Captivating ... The novel flies by with gentle humor, but it also poses complex questions about the meaning of art and sexuality, and offers an elegiac look at late middle age ... Irresistible, and the story's fundamental kindness sets it apart." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred...
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The Wedding Party

Jasmine Guillory · Berkley
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

The new exhilarating romance from The New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal! Maddie and Theo have two things in common: 1. Alexa is their best friend 2. They hate each other After an "oops, we made a mistake" night together, neither one can stop thinking about the other....
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The Last Collection: A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel

Jeanne Mackin · Berkley
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this captivating novel from the acclaimed author of The Beautiful American.Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition as the most...
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The Perfect Date

Evelyn Lozada · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

When a single mom ends up playing an unwilling fake girlfriend to a charming playboy baseball player, love suddenly turns everything upside down in this fun, heartwarming multicultural romance.Angel Gomez has never lived by the book. A Bronx-based unwed mother by the time she was sixteen,...
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Dragonfly

Leila Meacham · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds--a Texan athlete with German roots, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy...
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Whisper Network: A Novel

Chandler Baker · Flatiron Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Exciting and sprinkled with razor-sharp insights about what it is to be a woman today, Whisper Network is a witty and timely story that will make you cheer for sisterhood." -- Liv Constantine, USA Today bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish"If only you'd listened to us, none...
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The Golden Hour: A Novel

Beatriz Williams · William Morrow
Pages: 480
Format: Book

The New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives and A Certain Age creates a dazzling epic of World War II-era Nassau - a hotbed of spies, traitors, and the most infamous couple of the age, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The Bahamas, 1941. Newly-widowed Leonora "Lulu"...
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The Last Tsar's Dragons

Jane Yolen · Tachyon Publications
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

"Vivid, gripping and actually riveting as the Red Danger takes a whole new meaning here. Loved it." -- The Book SmugglersIt is the waning days of the Russian monarchy. A reckless man rules the land and his dragons rule the sky. Though the Tsar aims his dragons at his enemies...
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Wanderers: A Novel

Chuck Wendig · Del Rey
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover

A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes an astonishing tapestry of humanity that Harlan Coben calls "a suspenseful, twisty, satisfying, surprising, thought-provoking...
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Abbi Waxman · Berkley
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

"Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful." - #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily GiffinThe author of Other People's Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best...
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The Last Book Party

Karen Dukess · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

*A July 2019 Indie Next List Great Read* *One of Parade's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2019* *An O Magazine Best Beach Read of 2019**A New York Post Best Beach Read of 2019* "The Last Book Party is a delight. Reading this story of a young woman trying to find herself while surrounded...
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Red Metal

Mark Greaney · Berkley
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series comes a startlingly realistic novel of World War III.A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three Rare Earth...
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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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Clause & Effect

Kaitlyn Dunnett · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

As a professional editor, Mikki Lincoln is used to crimes against the English language. As an amateur sleuth, she's finding catching criminals a lot more dangerous than catching typos . . . Nestled in the picturesque Catskills, the village of Lenape Hollow prepares to celebrate the 225th...
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