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Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
A Texas Ranger investigates a double homicide in a town full of secrets and racial tensions.
A powerful thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV show, Empire,. When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays ... (Goodreads)
Waiting for Tom Hanks
by Kerry Winfrey
A romantic comedy fanatic dreams of finding her own Tom Hanks in real life, but unexpected love may be closer than she thinks.
Can a romcom-obsessed romantic finally experience the meet-cute she always dreamed of or will reality never compare to fiction, in this charming debut adult novel from Kerry Winfrey. Annie Cassidy ... (Goodreads)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
An intergalactic adventure filled with unlikely friendships and epic space battles.
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space ... (Goodreads)
Life and Other Inconveniences
by Kristan Higgins
Emma London returns home to reconcile with her grandmother, but secrets and heartbreaks threaten to tear them apart.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck with That comes a new novel about a blue-blood grandmother and her black-sheep granddaughter who discover they are truly two sides of the same ... (Goodreads)
The Birth House
by Ami McKay
A young midwife in a small Nova Scotia village navigates the challenges of childbirth and women's rights in the early 20th century.
Spanning the 20th century Ami McKay takes a primitive and superstitious rural community in Nova Scotia and creates a rich tableau of characters to tell the story of childbirth from its most secretive ... (Goodreads)
Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
A young woman's battle to save her home from a magical force, while uncovering secrets of her past.
“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human ... (Goodreads)
Little Darlings
by Melanie Golding
After giving birth to twins, Lauren becomes convinced that someone is trying to steal them and replace them with changelings.
"Unforgettable."—,The New York Times,"Lyrical and atmospheric." —,Bustle,"A satiating psychological horror tale." —,Cultured Vultures,SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE,An April 2019 Library Reads ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Corset
by Laura Purcell
A dark and haunting tale of two women, one a seamstress and the other a wealthy heiress, whose lives become intertwined through murder and secrets.
The new Victorian chiller from the author of Radio 2 Book Club pick, The Silent Companions . Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visitor and ... (Goodreads)
The Bitterroots
by C.J. Box
Private investigator Cassie Dewell returns to her hometown to help an old friend, but finds herself entangled in a dangerous case involving a family with dark secrets.
A riveting novel from, New York Times, bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box,, The Bitterroots, The ties that bind can burn you. Former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell is trying ... (Barnes & Noble)
Indemnity Only
by Sara Paretsky
Private investigator V.I. Warshawski takes on a case involving a missing person and uncovers a web of corruption and danger.
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski's specialty. Her client says he's the prominent banker, John ... (Goodreads)
All Things Cease to Appear
by Elizabeth Brundage
A family moves into a haunted farmhouse, and the husband is accused of murder. The past and present collide in this chilling mystery.
A dark, riveting, beautifully written book—by “a brilliant novelist” according to Richard Bausch—that combines noir and the gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, ... (Goodreads)
The Hamilton Affair
by Elizabeth Cobbs
A historical fiction novel that explores the love story of Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Eliza Schuyler.
For fans of, Hamilton, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, here is the, New York Times, bestselling novel that, Cosmopolitan, called, “ A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's, Alexander Hamilton., ” Set against the ... (Barnes & Noble)
A Share in Death
by Deborah Crombie
A murder mystery set in a remote English countryside hotel, where everyone has a motive and secrets to hide.
A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's ... (Goodreads)
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas
Four women invent time travel in the 1960s and their actions have unforeseen consequences. A murder mystery that spans decades and timelines.
In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world’s first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole ... (Goodreads)
Fellside
by M.R. Carey
After a tragic fire, Jess Moulson is sent to Fellside prison where she discovers a dangerous supernatural presence.
Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It's not the kind of place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life. It's a ... (Goodreads)
Last Night in Montreal
by Emily St. John Mandel
A young woman with a mysterious past disappears, leaving behind a lover who sets out to find her.
Lilia Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adolescence traveling constantly and changing identities. In adulthood, she finds it impossible to stop. ... (Goodreads)
Mischling
by Affinity Konar
Twin sisters endure the horrors of Josef Mengele's experiments in Auschwitz during WWII. A haunting tale of survival and sisterhood.
Pearl is in charge of: the sad, the good, the past. Stasha must care for: the funny, the future, the bad. It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In ... (Barnes & Noble)
Himself
by Jess Kidd
Mahony returns to his Irish hometown to uncover the truth about his mother's disappearance. A darkly humorous and magical tale of family secrets and ghosts.
Blending strange kindnesses, casual violence and buried secrets: an unforgettable debut from a dark new voice in Irish fiction When Mahony returns to Mulderrig, a speck of a place on Ireland’s west ... (Goodreads)
The Stillwater Girls
by Minka Kent
Sisters are raised in isolation by their mother, until one day they escape and must confront the truth about their past.
Two sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense from the author of, The Thinnest Air,., Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Wakenhyrst
by Michelle Paver
A gothic tale of a young girl's descent into madness and murder in a remote English village in the early 20th century.
1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wakenhyrst. It is the home of Edmund Stearn and his family – a historian, scholar and land-owner, he's ... (Goodreads)
The Hollow of Fear
by Sherry Thomas
Lady Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder case involving her estranged friend and uncovers a web of secrets and lies.
Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, returns in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of A Conspiracy in Belgravia and A Study in Scarlet Women, an NPR Best Book of 2016. ... (Goodreads)
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
by Imogen Hermes Gowar
A merchant acquires a mermaid and exhibits her to high society, leading to an unexpected relationship with a courtesan.
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads ... (Goodreads)
The Golden Tresses of the Dead
by Alan Bradley
Flavia de Luce solves a murder mystery involving a severed finger and a wedding cake.
Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop’s Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce’s sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. ... (Goodreads)
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
A post-apocalyptic story of survival, hope, and the power of community.
This highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from award-winning author Octavia E. Butler "pairs well with, 1984, or, The Handmaid's Tale," (John Green,, New York Times,)–now with a ... (Barnes & Noble)
Payment in Blood
by Elizabeth George
A wealthy playwright is murdered during a dress rehearsal, and Inspector Lynley must navigate the secrets and lies of the theater world to find the killer.
The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the ... (Goodreads)
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
by Nancy Springer
Enola Holmes investigates the disappearance of a young noblewoman, Lady Cecily, and uncovers a sinister plot.
Enola's name backwards spells "alone," and alone she is, in the world's biggest, darkest, dirtiest city. She is being hunted down by the world's most famous detective - her own brother, Sherlock ... (Goodreads)
Parker Pyne Investigates
by Agatha Christie
Parker Pyne, a detective who specializes in solving problems of the heart, takes on a series of cases that lead him to uncovering dark secrets and hidden motives.
Agatha Christie's name is synonymous with brilliant deception, ingenious puzzles, and surprise denouements. The Queen of Crime. Curious? Then you're invited to read ... 'Parker Pyne Investigates'. In ... (Goodreads)
What She Left Behind
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Abandoned by her mother in a mental institution, Clara uncovers the truth about her family's past.
In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of THE PLUM TREE merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty—and the lengths we will go to protect those ... (Goodreads)
Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan
A Palestinian family is uprooted by war and scattered across the world, struggling to maintain their identity and relationships.
The story begins with Salma in Nablus , 1963. As her daughter Alia prepares for her wedding to Atef, Salma reads her future in a cup of coffee dregs. Though Salma reads a life full of uncertainty, ... (Wikipedia)
Mr. Dickens and His Carol
by Samantha Silva
Charles Dickens, struggling with writer's block and financial troubles, finds inspiration for "A Christmas Carol" through a series of encounters with mysterious strangers.
“,A charming, comic, and ultimately poignant story about the creation of the most famous Christmas tale ever written. It’s as foggy and haunted and redemptive as the original; it’s all heart, and I ... (Barnes & Noble)
