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Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
The story of two 19th century women who make a groundbreaking discovery in the fossil-rich cliffs of Lyme Regis.
In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except ... (Goodreads)
The Secret Messenger
by Mandy Robotham
In Nazi-occupied Italy, a young woman becomes a messenger for the resistance, risking everything to deliver messages of hope and love.
The German Midwife (also published as A Woman of War ). “Rich and captivating…a vivid story of love, sacrifice and betrayal.” –,Woman’s World, Venice, 1943,The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Silver Music Box
by Mina Baites
A family heirloom, a silver music box, connects generations of a family through love, loss, and the power of music.
A captivating cross-generational novel from German author Mina Baites about a Jewish family divided by World War II and an inheritance with the power to bring them back together.,, 1914. For Paul, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Paperboy
by Vince Vawter
A young boy with a stutter takes over his friend's paper route for a month, facing racial tensions and personal challenges along the way.
The story takes place in 1959 in Memphis. "Little Man" Victor, an eleven-year-old boy who stutters, takes over his best friend Rat's paper route while Rat is visiting his grandparents. Little Man has ... (Wikipedia)
I Funny: A Middle School Story
by James Patterson
A hilarious and heartwarming story of a middle schooler with dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian despite his disability.
Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world's greatest standup comedian–even if he doesn't have a lot to laugh about these days. He's new in town and stuck living with ... (Goodreads)
The Last Train to London
by Meg Waite Clayton
A novel based on the true story of a woman who saved Jewish children from the Nazis by organizing their transport to England.
The, New York Times, bestselling author of, Beautiful Exiles, conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of, Orphan Train, and, All the Light We Cannot ... (Goodreads)
The Making of Us
by Lisa Jewell
Three strangers discover they share the same biological father and embark on a journey to uncover their past and find their true identities.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes a “compelling and heartbreaking” (Jojo Moyes) novel about three strangers who are brought together by the father they never knew. ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
by Emily Croy Barker
A disillusioned grad student finds herself transported to a magical world, but soon realizes it's not all she imagined.
Nora Fisher is an English teacher trying to earn her PhD in Literature when her boyfriend, Adam, breaks up with her. Nora must attend a wedding that weekend, but while she and her friends stay at a ... (Wikipedia)
Cross Her Heart
by Sarah Pinborough
A woman with a dark past tries to keep her secrets hidden, but her past catches up with her. Twists and turns abound in this psychological thriller.
Lisa lives for her daughter Ava, her job, and her best friend Marilyn, but when a handsome client shows an interest in her, Lisa starts daydreaming about sharing her life with him too. Maybe she’s ... (Goodreads)
Silver Bay
by Jojo Moyes
A seaside town's tranquility is disrupted by a marine biologist's arrival, uncovering secrets and changing lives forever.
From the, New York Times, bestselling author of, The Giver of Stars, in an earlier work available in the U.S. for the first time, a surprising and moving romance set in an old-fashioned seaside town ... (Goodreads)
In the Blood
by Steve Robinson
Genealogist Jefferson Tayte uncovers a dark family secret that leads him on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth.
Two hundred years ago a loyalist family fled to England to escape the American War of Independence and seemingly vanished into thin air. American genealogist Jefferson Tayte is hired to find out what ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Wife and the Widow
by Christian White
Two women, one husband, and a dark secret. A gripping thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.
The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of THE NOWHERE CHILD Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling ... (Goodreads)
Falling Angels
by Tracy Chevalier
Family drama spanning three generations of two Victorian families in London.
In her New York Times bestselling follow-up, Tracy Chevalier once again paints a distant age with a rich and provocative palette of characters. Told through a variety of shifting perspectives- wives ... (Goodreads)
The Crown Conspiracy
by Michael J. Sullivan
Two thieves are framed for the murder of a king and must clear their names while uncovering a conspiracy. A thrilling fantasy adventure.
After a successful raid, Royce and Hadrian (together known as Riyria) are approached by a man offering much gold to steal a sword owned by Count Pickering, from the royal palace in Medford, the ... (Wikipedia)
Don't Go
by Lisa Scottoline
A doctor's life is turned upside down when his wife dies in a car accident. He discovers secrets that threaten to destroy everything he knows.
When Dr. Mike Scanlon is called to serve as an army doctor in Afghanistan, he's acutely aware of the dangers he'll face and the hardships it will cause his wife Chloe and newborn baby. And deep ... (Goodreads)
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
by Neil Gaiman
The Marquis de Carabas searches for his stolen coat in the magical underworld of London.
Paterson Joseph stars as the Marquis de Carabas in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's spin-off short story, set in the magical world of Neverwhere . Returning us to ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
by Philip Pullman
Classic tales of magical heroes and heroines, reimagined in a modern setting.
Two hundred years ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children’s and Household Tales. Now, at a veritable fairy-tale moment—witness the popular television shows Grimm and Once ... (Goodreads)
Burning Bright
by Tracy Chevalier
A young woman in 18th century London struggles to find her place in society while caring for her mentally ill mother and working as a printmaker.
Burning Bright follows the Kellaway family as they leave behind tragedy in rural Dorset and come to late 18th-century London. As they move in next door to the radical painter/poet William Blake, and ... (Goodreads)
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)
Varina
by Charles Frazier
A fictionalized account of the life of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and her struggles during and after the Civil War.
Sooner or later, history asks, which side were you on? In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of, Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Library of Lost and Found
by Phaedra Patrick
A librarian discovers a mysterious book that leads her on a journey to uncover family secrets and find her true self.
A librarian’s discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime…,Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people—though not for lack of trying. She ... (Barnes & Noble)
Let It Bleed
by Ian Rankin
Detective John Rebus investigates a murder case that leads him to the seedy underbelly of Edinburgh's music scene.
Detective Inspector John Rebus and Frank Lauderdale start the book with a car chase across Edinburgh to apprehend kidnappers, culminating with the two youths they are chasing throwing themselves off ... (Wikipedia)
Nightwoods
by Charles Frazier
A woman is tasked with raising her deceased sister's twins in a secluded mountain cabin, where she confronts her own troubled past and dangerous present.
The extraordinary author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moons returns with a dazzling new novel of suspense and love set in small-town North Carolina in the early 1960s. Charles Frazier puts his ... (Goodreads)
The Rosie Result
by Graeme Simsion
Don Tillman navigates fatherhood and career changes while facing new challenges and unexpected events.
I was standing on one leg shucking oysters when the problems began… Don and Rosie are back in Melbourne after a decade in New York, and they’re about to face their most important project. Their son, ... (Goodreads)
Semiosis
by Sue Burke
A group of colonists on a new planet must learn to communicate and coexist with the sentient plant life.
In this character driven novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke, human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance. Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet's sentient ... (Goodreads)
Blue Lightning
by Ann Cleeves
A detective unravels a web of secrets in a small town, seeking justice for a murdered girl.
Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair Isles to introduce his fiancee, Fran, to his parents. When a woman's body is discovered at the ... (Goodreads)
Lie With Me
by Philippe Besson
A poignant tale of a secret love affair between two teenage boys in rural France, and the impact it has on their lives.
“I remember the movement of his hips pressing against the pinball machine. This one sentence had me in its grip until the end. Two young men find each other, always fearing that life itself might be ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Dinner
by Herman Koch
A tense family dinner that unravels a series of secrets and lies.
The story is narrated by Paul Lohman, a former history teacher. He and his wife Claire meet at a fancy restaurant in Amsterdam with his elder brother Serge, a prominent politician and contender for ... (Wikipedia)
The Princesse de Clèves
by Madame de La Fayette
A young noblewoman navigates the complexities of love, duty, and societal expectations in 17th century France.
Mademoiselle de Chartres is a sheltered heiress, sixteen years old, whose mother has brought her to the court of Henri II to seek a husband with good financial and social prospects. When old ... (Wikipedia)
White Rose, Black Forest
by Eoin Dempsey
In the midst of WWII, a German dissident and an American GI meet in the Black Forest to carry out a daring plan to end the war.
In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers. December 1943. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family’s summer cottage was filled with ... (Goodreads)
