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2023. Minotaur Books
First edition.
297 pages ; 25 cm
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From the author of The Favor, The New Mother is a tense suspense novel that builds to a gripping game of cat-and-mouse, as well as a searing exploration of what it means to be a "good" mother. It wasnt the sort of neighborhood for murder. Natalie Fanning already loves her newborn son, Oliver, with everything she has. From the moment he was born she knew that she was meant to be his mother, even though she didnt want that to be all she was. When Oliver...
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Quirke mysteries volume 9
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[2023] Hanover Square Press
315 pages ; 24 cm.
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In 1950s Dublin, renowned pathologist Dr. Quirke and DI John Strafford investigate the murder of a young history scholar with the help of her journalist sister, and as they close in on the killer, their personal lives put the case, and the lives of everyone involved, in danger.
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Ashe Cayne novels volume 3
[2023] Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
First edition.
354 pages ; 24 cm.
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Someone wants Morgan Shaw dead, or so the beautiful, brilliant, and hugely popular evening news anchor of top-rated Chicago TV station WLTV believes. Fearing for her safety, she turns to P. I. Ashe Cayne for protection. Though he sympathizes, Ashe turns her down, he's not a bodyguard. But when Morgan's car tires are slashed and she's threatened again, Ashe agrees to help her. Her mysterious assailant isn't the only threat worrying Morgan. She's nervous...
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2023. Emily Bestler Books/Atria
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
325 pages ; 24 cm
[2023] Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
11 audio discs (13 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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A girls trip to a luxurious French chateau turns from dream vacation to nightmare. Welcome to picturesque Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, Séraphine Demargelasse, has opened its elegant doors to her granddaughter Darcy and three friends. Twenty years earlier, the four girlfriends studied abroad together in France and visited the old woman on the weekends, creating the group's deep bond. But why this sudden invitation? Amid winery tours, market...
5) Second shot
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2023. Kensington Publishing Corp
First Kensington hardcover edition.
314 pages ; 24 cm
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"Retirement isn't easy for a former CIA assassin. For fifty-five-year-old Helen Warwick, it may be impossible. Even Helen's family doesn't know the true nature of the work she's done for decades--the secret black ops, the sanctioned executions. But her plan to spend time reconnecting with her grown children has just been blown up--along with her son's house--by hired killers. Why is she being targeted now--and by whom? Years of eliminating the nation's...
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[2023] The Mysterious Press
First Mysterious Press edition.
329 pages ; 24 cm
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When a years-long case against a powerful mobster finally cracks and an unimpeachable witness takes the stand, federal prosecutor Nora Carleton is looking forward to putting the defendant away for good. The mobster, though, has other plans. As the witness's testimony concludes, a note is passed to the prosecution offering up information into the assassination of a disgraced former New York governor, murdered in his penthouse apartment just days before....
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2023. Kensington Publishing Corp
First Kensington hardcover edition.
362 pages ; 24 cm
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"Erin McCabe's years as a criminal defense attorney have prepared her for almost anything, except being on the opposite side of the interrogation table. A new client--a successful financial adviser--was found stabbed to death on the beach near his palatial Jersey Shore home. The time of death is estimated to be during Erin's one and only consultation with him, during which he revealed that he was secretly transgender. As the last person to see him...
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Ill-mannered ladies volume 1
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2023. Berkley Prime Crime
First edition.
452 pages ; 21 cm.
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"A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman. Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gus," is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age of forty-two. She and her twin sister, Julia, who is grieving her dead betrothed,...
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2023. Kensington Publishing Corp
281 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Poppy never planned on speaking to her old acting rival Serena Saunders again, let alone accepting her as a client. But familiar drama barges back into her life when Serena requests an urgent background check on Ned Boyce, her fiancé, before tying the knot. And the flighty film star is behaving out of character by wishing to start over with Poppy--this time as friends ... Wealthy, connected, and the owner of a breathtaking mountaintop home, Ned...
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Faith Fairchild mysteries volume 26
[2023]. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
First edition.
257 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Faith Fairchild joins the rest of the world in lockdown mode when reality flips in March 2020. As the pandemic spreads, Faith and her family readjust to life together in Aleford, Massachusetts. Her husband, Tom, continues his sermons from Zoom; their children, Ben, who's in college, and Amy, a high school senior, are doing remote learning at home. Faith is happy to have her family under the same roof and grateful for her resilient community, friends,...
11) Killing moon
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Detective Harry Hole volume 13
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2023. Alfred A. Knopf
First United States edition.
489 pages ; 25 cm.
2023. Random House Large Print
First large print edition.
675 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Description
"Two young women are missing, their only connection a party they both attended, hosted by a notorious real-estate magnate. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to suspect he will strike again. And exposing him calls for a detective like no other. But the legendary Harry Hole is gone--fired from the force, drinking himself to oblivion in Los Angeles. It seems that nothing...
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2023. Blackstone Publishing
First edition.
292 pages ; 24 cm
[2023] Blackstone Publishing
Unabridged.
7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
eAudiobook
2023 Blackstone Publishing
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
3 copies, 38 people are on the wait list.
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Overworked city gal Grace Evans is ready for a relaxing getaway on a Wyoming ranch, where the owner is handsome Calvin Wells. But when she hears of a missing woman, things soon change for the worse.
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[2023] G.P. Putnam's Sons
291 pages ; 24 cm
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'Honey, I just want you to have everything you ever wanted.' That's what Jacy's mum always told her. And Jacy felt like she finally did. Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband, Jed, embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Dr. Ash, in Michigan's far-flung Upper Peninsula. The moment they arrive in the cosy cottage in the lush woods, Jacy feels bathed in love by the warm and hospitable Dr. Ash, if less...
14) Obelists at sea
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[2023] Penzler Publishers
viii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
[2023] Penzler Publishers
viii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"The smoking room on a transatlantic cruise ship is bound to be a hotbed of activity -- but it's less common for it to be the site of a murder. Yet, when the lights flicker aboard the luxury Meganaut, making its way from New York to Paris, this is precisely what happens; in the darkness, a gunshot rings out, and when the light is restored, a man is found dead. The situation becomes all the more curious when it's discovered that the deceased had apparently...
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Detective Konrad novels volume 2
2023. Minotaur Books
First U.S. edition.
341 pages ; 25 cm.
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"An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent-minded, he constantly ruminates on the fate of his father, who was stabbed to death decades ago. But digging into the past reveals much more than anyone set out to discover, and a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavik city...
16) Paper cuts
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Secret, book & scone society volume 6
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2023. Kensington Publishing Corp
First Kensington hardcover edition.
293 pages ; 21 cm.
eAudiobook
2023 Tantor Media, Inc
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
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Miracle Springs, North Carolina. Bookstore owner Nora Pennington loves to practice bibliotherapy by finding the perfect books for her customers while listening to their secrets. When Kelly Walsh-- the woman her ex-husband left her for-- walks into the bookstore with her son, Nora finds out Kelly has been dumped too. All she wants from Nora is forgiveness. When Kelly is murdered, Nora is the focus of gossip and suspicion--- especially after Kelly's...
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2023. Flatiron Books
First edition.
261 pages ; 24 cm
2023 Macmillan Audio
Unabridged.
8 sound discs (600 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
eBook
2023 Flatiron Books
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
1 copy, 14 people are on the wait list.
2023 Flatiron Books
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
1 copy, 14 people are on the wait list.
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"Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating...
18) Dead drop
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Handler novels volume 2
[2023] Berkley
viii, 450 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"International nuclear negotiations turns allies into enemies in this electrifying thriller from the author of The Handler. Nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran have reached a crisis point. The new American administration is determined to move ahead, but there are several stumbling blocks, not the least of which is Lieutenant Colonel Kasem Khalidi, the Iranian intelligence officer the CIA has hidden away in one of its safe houses....
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Hayley Chill novels volume 4
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2023. Emily Bestler Books/Atria
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
324 pages ; 24 cm.
2023 Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
8 audio discs (600 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"When a justice of the Supreme Court is killed by the police officer assigned to protect him, the country is shocked. Hayley Chill's superiors suspect the assassination is part of a major conspiracy. In Maui, where one member of the Supreme Court owns a vacation home, a busload of children is taken hostage with the justice's death as ransom. Together with a deputy US marshal, Hayley embarks on the monumental task of rescuing the children while also...
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2023. Simon & Schuster
291 pages ; 23 cm
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"Nadine Walsh's summer garden party is in full swing. The neighbors all have cocktails, the catered food is exquisite--everything's going according to plan. But Nadine--devoted wife, loving mother, and doting daughter--finds herself standing over a dead body in her basement while her guests clink glasses upstairs. What happened? How did it come to this?"--