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1873. At an abandoned cháteau on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D'Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister's death, but to do so, she must embrace the...
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English
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"2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century. 1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"When a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him -- in this spectacularly devious new novel by Peter Swanson featuring characters from his acclaimed novel The Kind Worth Killing"--
"There was always something slightly dangerous about Joan. So, when she turns up at private investigator Henry Kimball's office asking him to investigate her husband,...
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Berkley
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn. Veronica's natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"An immigrant family gets caught in the middle of a criminal investigation in this pulsating debut, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You and Ask Again, Yes"--
Babur "Bobby" Singh, single parent and owner of fledging Uber business "Move with Bobby," remains ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of New York with his daughter Angie, an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her...
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English
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"Reminiscent of Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt, Leah Franqui brings us an engrossing, deeply personal novel with a mystery at its heart as a daughter returns to Puerto Rico to search for her troubled father, who has gone missing after Hurricane Maria"--
From the outside, Elena Vega's life appears to be an easy one: the only child of two professional parents, private school, NYU. But her twenties are aimless and lacking in connection. Something...
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English
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"In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other western lands to logging, mining, and private industry, the DeVotos entered...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"Crazy Rich Asians meets The Help! From Reese's Book Club veteran Balli Kaur Jaswal comes an absolute tour de force--the wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore's elite, and band together to solve a murder mystery involving one of their own"--
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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The ten Booms, who had recently celebrated the one-hundred-year anniversary of their Haarlem watch shop, lived a quiet life. That change in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands and Jewish citizens began to disappear. Corrie and her family, devout Christians, joined the Dutch Resistance and built a secret room in their house to hide Jews and refugees. The Gestapo applied unrelenting pressure on Haarlem, continually raiding homes to snatch Jews...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
434 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig comes a dramatic coming of age story with a dual timeline and a single heroine--a bold and adventuring young woman who finds herself caught up in two very different wars on both sides of the Atlantic"--
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"A haunting, remarkable debut about secrets, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, from the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Union, and the enduring love story at the center. In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land... ...Rosie lived peacefully in Moscow and her mother told her fairy tales. Magical stories that could have been the folklore of their people, or her mother's own imaginings-Rosie was never...
14) The aftermath :New York: the last days of the baby boom and the future of power in America /Viking
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Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
xiv, 401 pages : illustrations, map, charts ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"A widely-read Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means for American politics and economics. Philip Bump, a reporter as adept with a graph as with a paragraph, is popular for his ability to distill vast amounts of data into accessible stories. THE AFTERMATH is a sweeping assessment of how the baby boom created modern America, and where power, wealth, and politics will shift as the boom ends. How much longer...
15) Piñata
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Publisher
Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A Head Full of Ghosts meets Mexican Gothic in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist Leopoldo Gout. They were worshiped by our ancestors. Now they are forgotten. Soon, they will make us remember. It was supposed to be the perfect summer. Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the renovation of an ancient abbey. Her daughters Izel and Luna, too young to be left alone in New York, join her in what Carmen hopes is a chance...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year old Leah Nevins is NOT a fan of change. So when her parents start whispering about sending her beloved great-grandpa Zaide to an assisted living facility (hospital jail!), she is very resistant. Zaide's house, where her family gathers on Saturday afternoons, is the only place where Leah feels like she truly belongs. Sending Zaide away would change everything. Luckily Leah remembers a story Zaide once told her. To protect their family...
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Tennessee Lancaster, burdened by her ability to pry into folks' memories by touching their belongings and by her prideful family's secrets, finds solace in ghost hunting with her nonbinary crush inside a nearby forest in Howler's Hollow, but when the ghosts reveal that the forest's existence is threatened, Tennie must find the link between how they died and her own family's secrets.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A laugh-out-loud story about a group of truly "amazing" and strongminded kids who are serious about pranks but also about doing whatever it takes to help the people and places they care about"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Abby Beckett comes from a long line of elite Viking warriors known as the Aesir, being trained her whole life to hunt the creatures known as Grendels. The problem is there hasn't been a sighting of a Grendel in centuries and the Viking Council wants to disband the Aesir. But when her father is attacked by one and no one believes her, Abby embarks on a journey to protect her family's name and stop the plot to destroy the Aesir.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Greg King and Penny Wilson turn the original crime of the century on its head in this riveting exploration of the murder trial of Leopold & Loeb"--
In 1924 two wealthy and privileged teenagers-- Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb-- were charged and convicted for killing fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks for the thrill of it. The trial was made even more sensational by the revelation of a love affair between the defendants. Loeb has been portrayed as the...
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