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New Fiction May 2023

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Fantasy & Science Fiction

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

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Princess Atlanta, left to die by her parents who wanted a son, is raised by a mother bear under the protection of the goddess Artemis in the new novel by the best-selling author of Elektra.

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Blue Skies by T. C. Boyle

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When a social media influencer buys a Burmese python from her local pet shop, she sets in motion a series of increasingly dire events that ensnares her entire family in the new novel by the author of World's End.

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Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale

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After an extraordinarily bad day during which Cassandra Dankworth's boyfriend breaks up with her and she is fired from her job, she wakes up the next day and has the chance to do it all again, differently.

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A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand

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Gemma, the only Ashbourne to possess magic meets the extremely handsome Talan d'Astier, the only survivor of a family who dabbled in forbidden magic in the first novel of a new trilogy from the author of the Empirium Trilogy. Middlemist No. 1

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Damsel by Evelyn Skye

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A damsel in distress takes on the dragon herself in a twist on classic fantasy—a collaboration between a New York Times best-selling author and the team behind the upcoming Netflix film Damsel, starring Millie Bobby Brown.

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Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

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After a silver screen icon dies and leaves her huge estate to three sisters, one of them discovers that the actress was really their grandmother, a black woman who had "passed" for white for over sixty years.

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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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Despite hoping to enter the Scribe Quadrant, the bookish Violet Sorrengail is forced to become one of the hundreds of candidates risking their lives to be a dragon rider in the first novel of a new series. The Empyrean No. 1

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Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini

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On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII, there is a circular pit not of nature but design, and a small team must journey across the surface to learn who built it and why, followed by the ghosts of their past each step they take toward the mysterious abyss. Fractalverse

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Halcyon by Elliot Ackerman

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During President Gore's second term, a group of scientists funded by his administration find a cure for death in the new alternate history novel from the author of the National Book Award finalist Dark at the Crossing.

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In an Orchard Grown from Ash by Rory Power

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With their father dead and their family home seized, the Argyros siblings struggle to find their place in an increasingly distrustful group of rebels in the second novel of the duology following In a Garden Burning God. The Wind-Up Garden No. 2

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Not Alone by Sarah K. Jackson

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When she discovers there’s life beyond their familiar flat, Katie and her young son, in a world ravaged by an environmental disaster, encounter an altered world, full of new dangers, other survivors and many surprises that push her to the brink and put her son in danger.

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Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee

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Awakening in a strange new world where oceans have risen, armies have been privatized and half of Britain’s been sold, Sir Kay, an immortal Knight of the Round Table, joins Mariam on a quest to save the planet, facing insurmountable odds when ancient evils reveal their own sinister agenda.

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The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

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From a USA Today best-selling author comes a fairytale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.

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Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

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Investigating the unimaginable murder of a Titan, one of society’s genetically altered elites, Cal Sounder, a detective working for the police on certain sensitive cases, finds his investigation intensifying as it becomes clear he’s on the trail of a crime whose roots run deep into the dark heart of the world.

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The Will of the Many by James Islington

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At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world- changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally best- selling author of The Licanius Trilogy. Hierarchy No. 1

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Witch King by Martha Wells

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From the author of Murderbot comes a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal and of the families we choose.

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General Fiction

The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer

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A queer coming-of-age story examines an all- consuming, insidious love affair between a college freshman and a mysterious older woman.

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Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane

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Barnette is getting married at his mother's farm in Louisiana with two-hundred fabulous guests from the "heathen coasts" despite the fact that she doesn't know it yet in the new novel by the author of A Star is Bored.

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The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard

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American village, Irene, a troubled yet talented artist, meets a colorful cast of characters who change her life, in this magical story with mystery at its center and filled with warmth, drama, romance and humor.

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The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

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Nearly 30 years after graduation, and five years since last seeing each other, a group of college friends get together and find themselves at the brink of a new decade, with all the responsibilities of adulthood, yet no closer to having their lives figured out.

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The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

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A death doula, in caring for others at the end of their life, has forgotten how to live her own.

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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, and set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, this breathtaking epic of love, faith and medicine follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning.

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Dances by Nicole Cuffy

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Promoted to the principal at the New York City Ballet, Cece Cordell, a young, black woman, still feels like she doesn't belong, and despite her dream achievement and is faced with a choice that may derail her career.

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The Daydreams by Laura Hankin

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The stars of a popular teen show from the early 2000s attend a reunion special, 13 years after their scandalous flameout, which will either be their last chance at redemption or destroy them all for good.

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Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

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When a professionally creative, erotically adventurous and very dysfunctional twenty- something lesbian couple is invited to the country home of older, richer and more prominent lesbians for the holidays, a complex web of infatuation and jealousy emerges.

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The Enchanted Hacienda by J. C. Cervantes

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A young woman from the magical Estrada family learns how to harness her untapped magic when she opens her heart to love and creativity.

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The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore

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Three very different sisters—and their free- spirited mother—must grapple with life, responsibilities and family secrets. A first novel.

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The God of Good Looks by Breanne McIvor

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Follows a young Trinidadian woman finding her voice and reclaiming her name. A first novel.

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Gone to the Wolves by John Wray

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A trio of friends, outlier metal heads in a super- conservative Florida 1980s backwoods make a pilgrimage to L.A.'s Sunset Strip in search of a better life, and face a shocking truth after one of them disappears.

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The Guest by Emma Cline

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A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in a novel by the New York Times best- selling author of The Girls.

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The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane

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Longtime bartender Malcolm Gephardt realizes his dream of owning a bar, while his wife Jess, a lawyer struggling with fertility issues, wonders how to reshape her life, in this brilliant novel told over the course of one tumultuous week, laying bare the complexities of marriage, family, longing and desire.

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A History of Burning by Janika Oza

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Taken from his village in India to work on the East African Railway for the British, Pirbhai spends his life reconciling an act he committed to survive that will haunt his family's future for years to come.

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Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes

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A young daughter of the legendary Hawaiian Naupaka dynasty dreams of healing the rift in her family by competing in and winning the next Miss Aloha Hula contest and prove herself worthy of carrying on her family's name.

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The Humble Lover by Edmund White

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From a National Book Award-honored author comes a humorous and irreverent novel about a rich older man who falls in love with a young ballerino.

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I Am Ayah: The Way Home by Donna Hill

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The Amistad counted 53 captives on the ship en route to Cuba, but there were actually 54; now, more than a century later, the descendant of the one escapee from that fateful ship must return to the home she fled if she ever hopes to reconcile the events of the past in order to claim a present that eludes her.

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Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

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Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family’s library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection. A first novel.

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The Island Villa by Saran Morgan

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Exasperated half-sisters reunite in Corfu for their mother's fourth wedding, this time to a mystery groom who will throw their already fragile relationships into a tailspin.

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The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

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The author of the Booker Prize finalist Real Life and the best- selling Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads.

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The Marriage Act by John Marrs

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The best-selling author of The One delivers a new thriller that examines a world where the law dictates that everyone must get married.

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No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

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When a devastating event breaks her heart open, aspiring writer Alice creates a stunning debut novel in which her words find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness to a widower rent by grief, who, due to her book, find new paths forward.

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Notes on Her Color by Jennifer Neal

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Florida kitsch swirls together with magical realism in a debut novel about a young black and indigenous woman who learns to change the color of her skin.

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Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill

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Determined to follow in the scientific footsteps of her great uncle Victor Frankenstein, Mary Saville and her husband, desperate to be accepted into the scientific community, construct their Creature and Mary finds herself contemplating disturbing questions and unexpected feelings for the hideous progeny she’s grown to love.

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Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor

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Two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkansas town.

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Paper Names by Susie Luo

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An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer.

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Pieces of Blue by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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A family tries to restore a ramshackle beachside motel—and their own lives.

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Retrospective by Juan Gabriel Vasquez. Trans by Anne McLean

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A Colombian man is swept up in global historical and ideological revolutions.

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Shy by Max Porter

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A novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’re not alone.

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Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey

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A debut novel explores millennial wedding culture, class and relationships, all filtered through the ever-present lens of social media. A first novel.

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Summer on Sag Harbor by Sunny Hostin

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When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS—Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh, the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family. Summer Beach series

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Summer Stage by Meg Mitchell Moore

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A family of actors grapple with fame, scandal and ambition.

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The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams

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Long-standing tensions between a husband, his wife and her best friend finally come to a breaking point.

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The Time Has Come by Will Leitch

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The author of the Edgar-nominated and ALEX Award-winning How Lucky offers a novel about seven strangers and one very intense evening at a small-town Georgia pharmacy.

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The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro by Viola Ardone. Trans by Clarissa Botsford

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From the internationally best-selling author of The Children’s Train comes a coming-of-age novel, set in 1960s Sicily and based on a true story, of how a young Sicilian girl defied centuries old tradition to win the right to control her own life.

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The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

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Years ago, a reclusive mega-best-selling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances; but he suddenly resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life.

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The Wrong Good Deed by Caroline B. Cooney

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In 1964, Christaphine is 20 years old, newly married and determined to make a home and a life for her and her husband, Tommy; but then Christaphine discovers Tommy and his friends on the verge of committing a horrible crime.

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Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

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After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as emerging evidence threatens her success, she discovers just how far she’ll go to keep what she thinks she deserves.

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You Are Here by Karin Lin-Greenberg

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As a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are and what they want.

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Historical Fiction

The Affairs of Ashmore Castle by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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In 1903 England, Kitty, the young pregnant wife of the new Earl of Stainton, lives in fear of her formidable mother-in-law, while the Earl’s younger sisters get their first taste of romance with the wrong suitors, and below stairs, ambition, jealousy and revenge stalk the castle’s corridors. Ashmore Castle No. 2

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Can't I Go Instead by Geum-yi Lee. Trans by Seonjae An

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When the daughter of a Korean nobleman is implicated in a plot by her Korean Independence- activist suitor, she is quickly married to a Japanese employee and shipped off to America where she attempts to find her place.

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The East Indian by Brinda Charry

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A debut novel inspired by an actual historical figure is about the first native of the Indian subcontinent to arrive in Colonial America.

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Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

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Follows several generations of a family between 1910 and 2015, from Agnes who leaves her spendthrift husband for a Bohemian naturalist glassblower to her great- granddaughter who is a burned-out stoner making cremains into glass keepsakes.

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Good Night, Irene by Luis Albert Urrea

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After D-Day, two heroic Red Cross women, Irene Woodward and Dorothy Dunford join the Allied soldiers streaming into France where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, and where Irene learns to trust again through their friendship.

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The King's Pleasure: A Novel of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

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Painting a stunning portrait of the idealistic monarch who expanded Parliament, founded the Royal Navy, modernized medical training and patronized the arts, this remarkable historical novel explores the private side of King Henry VIII, a passionate man in search of true love who was a legend in his own lifetime.

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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks. Illus by R. Sikoryak

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The Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author presents this entertaining, enlightening and delightful thought-provoking novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film based on a series of comic books that depict the changes in America and American culture since WWII.

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The Midnight News by Jo Baker

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Holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information during WWII, 20-year-old Charlotte Richmond, as each day brings new scenes of devastation, is consumed by suspicion and fear when she believes she’s being followed, and no longer knows whom to trust, not even herself.

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The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt by Jeff Shaara

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The New York Times best-selling author traces the remarkable life of one of the most consequential figures in the U.S. and the world at large, from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, revealing a man who shaped the foundations of the modern country and world.

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The Postcard by Anne Berest

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Fifteen years after the arrival of an anonymous postcard with the names of her maternal great- grandparents and their children—all killed at Auschwitz, Anne Berest is moved to discover who sent it and why and embarks on a journey to learn the fate of the Rabinovitch family.

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The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

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When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed.

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To Die Beautiful by Buzzy Jackson

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A historical novel based a true story follows a teen as she becomes an armed member of the Dutch Resistance movement during World War II.

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Mystery & Detective

The Body in the Web by Katherine Hall Page

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Adjusting to life in quarantine as the pandemic spreads in 2020, amateur detective Faith Fairchild, when scandal breaks out during a town hall Zoom meeting as damaging images are displayed on everyone’s screens, which results in murder, journeys deep into the dark web to find the truth. Faith Fairchild Mysteries No. 26

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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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The star of a popular, but controversial for-profit program in the private prison industry that basically turns prisoners into gladiators contemplates freedom in the new novel from the <I>New York Times</I> best-selling author of Friday Black.

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The Girl by the Bridge: A Detective Konrad Novel by Arnaldur Indridason

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While still looking for his father’s killer, retired Detective Konrád, a retired policeman whose reputation precedes him, agrees to investigate the disappearance of a young woman known for drug smuggling and faces his biggest and darkest challenge yet.

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The House on Prytania by Karen White

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When Beau Ryan asks her for a favor that threatens to stall her hard-won recovery and send her hurtling backwards, Nola Trenholm, torn between helping him and protecting herself, realizes until it’s almost too late why ghosts are haunting her house, throwing her and Beau together to fight a common enemy. A Royal Street Novel No. 2

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Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø

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Fired from the force and drinking heavily, Harry Hole agrees to assist the police in an investigation about two missing women who were only connected by attending the same party in the latest novel of the series following Knife. Harry Hole No. 13

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Murder on Mustang Beach by Alicia Bessette

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When the murder of a newlywed is linked to her soon-to-be-boyfriend Toby Dodge, amateur sleuth and bookseller Callie Padget decides to investigate, uncovering startling secrets surrounding both the crime and a pregnant mare in dire circumstances whose anticipated foal is a symbol of summery hope for locals and visitors alike. Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery No. 2

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The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason

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Inspector Charles Field hunts a ruthless serial killer who is terrorizing Florence Nightingale and her nurses in 1855 Crimea.

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Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace by Lorenzo Carcaterra

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When her goddaughter is accused of stealing a valuable necklace from a wealthy woman, Nonna Maria sets out to clear her name, which draws her into the murder of a mysterious woman, forcing her to string together the clues before death comes for Ischia again.

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Playing It Safe by Ashley Weaver

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As the Blitz continues to ravage World War II London, Ellie McDonnell is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. Electra McDonnell No. 3

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The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong

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In 1869 Edinburgh, modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson, adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland as an undertaker’s assistant to Dr. Duncan Gray, investigates the case of a serial poisoner targeting men, and all signs point to the grieving widows, the latest of which is Gray’s older sister. A Rip Through Time Novel No. 2

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Tell-Tale Bones by Carolyn Haines

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Looking into the disappearance of Lydia, the heiress to a large fortune who went missing seven years ago, to stop Lydia’s husband from inheriting her money, PIs Sarah Booth Delaney and Tinkie discover a link to mysterious disappearances over the years, leading them to a supposedly haunted empty grave. A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery No. 26

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Romance

All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer

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A divorced empty-nester moves into a cottage on Nantucket and is irritated when her adult son arrives with his serious girlfriend and the two women must learn to overcome their differences to achieve the future they want.

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The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick

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When she is kidnapped, drugged and wakes up in a bloodstained wedding dress next to a dead man, psychic Prudence Ryland, framed for murder, knows who the real killer is and finds an unexpected ally in Jack Wingate, a crime boss’s associate, who is the only one who believes her.

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Ghostly Game by Christine Feehan

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Ghostwalker Gideon "Eagle" Carpenter discovers a woman with the ability to erase the darkness of his past and pursues her despite the forces that conspire against them in the latest addition to the series following Phantom Game. Ghostwalker No. 19

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Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst

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A young black woman who discovers she is being replaced at her flashy media job writes a detailed letter outlining the racism and sexism she's endured which goes viral and launches her into the public zeitgeist.

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Identity by Nora Roberts

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A woman discovers her apartment broken into and her roommate dead after meeting a cold- hearted con artist at the bar where she works in the new novel from the number-one best-selling author of more than 230 novels.

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The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster

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A New York Times best-selling author offers a novel about a 40-something florist who, with the help of her meddling small town, gets a second chance at life and love.

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Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

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In desperate need of a lifeline, 32-year-old Fern Brookbanks finds it in the form of Will Baxter, who rescued her nine years ago, and, believing he is hiding something, but knowing he’s the only one who understands what she’s going through, wonders if she can do the same for him.

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The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

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A best-selling romance novelist who doesn’t practice what she preaches, Felicity “Fizzy” Chen agrees to star in a reality TV show to find her perfect match if documentary filmmaker and single father Connor Prince meets her list of demands, and soon realizes her finds happily-ever-after may be behind the camera.

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The Wedding Planner by Danielle Steel

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Signing up for several lavish affairs, in addition to her mother’s next marriage and her twin sister’s modest ceremony, wildly successful wedding planner Faith Ferguson grapples with private quarrels, unplanned pregnancies, family scandals, dark secrets and almost cancelled ceremonies, proving that there is more than one path to happily ever after.

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Story Collections

Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories by Ana Castillo

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A celebrated poet, novelist, essayist and playwright presents a collection of short stories that explore the secrets that are kept within households and the women they impact including a student who joins Cesar Chavez's La Causa.

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The Private Life of Spies and the Exquisite Art of Getting Even by Alexander McCall Smith

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From the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a new short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge and all highlighting the kinder, funnier and gentler side of espionage and retribution.

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Suspense

The 23rd Midnight: The Most Gripping Women’s Murder Club Novel of Them All by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

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When an obsessed maniac turns serial killer Evan Burke’s true-crime story into a playbook, adding some of his own gruesome touches, Detective Lindsay Boxer, who put Burke in jail, tracks this elusive suspect, who is determined to put an end to the Murder Club—permanently.

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Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

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Two Fire Island queen bees and their single friend who meant to spend summertime relaxing and gossiping discover a body face down off the side of the boardwalk and in addition to uncovering the murderer also reveal infidelity and backstabbing.

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Bad, Bad Seymour Brown by Susan Isaacs

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Corie Geller and her retired NYPD detective father investigate after the only surviving victim of a cold-case arson experiences another attempt on her life in the new novel by the author of Takes One to Know One.

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Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

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A pregnant woman undergoes a health scare that brings up whispered conversations about her husband's complicated family history and long dead mother in the new novel from the award- winning author of Give Me Your Hand.

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Broken Light by Joanne Harris

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Bernie Moon, tired, menopausal and feeling invisible is shocked when a murder in a local park unlocks childhood memories that reveal a talent that she has hidden all her adult life in the new novel by the author of Chocolat.

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Central Park West: A Crime Novel by James Comey

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A federal prosecutor, Nora Carleton, enters into a high-stakes investigation involving conspiracy, corruption and danger when a mobster she is trying to convict offers information about an assassination in the first crime novel from the former director of the FBI.

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The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis

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A dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and murder.

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Drowning by T. J. Newman

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When Flight 1421 crashes into the ocean six minutes after take-off, the surviving passengers believe they are the lucky ones until the plane starts to sink to the ocean floor, trapping them inside, and they must wait to be rescued as both air and time runs out.

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Even If Everything Ends by Jens Liljestrand

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Follows a middle aged media consultant, a 20- something influencer and regretful climate change denier and a teenager with a personal vendetta struggle to survive in a world lit on fire and full of refugees due to escalating climate crises.

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Fallout by Jeff Rovin

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The Black Wasp commandos are targeted by Chinese assassins after successfully extricating a top Beijing scientist from captivity and escorting him the United States in the latest addition to the long running series following Call of Duty. Tom Clancy's Op-Center No. 22

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The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

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A ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process—and, when necessary, enforcing it, Proctor Bennet, of the Department of Social Contracts, receives a disturbing and cryptic message from his father, while The Support Staff, who keep Prospera running, organize a revolution that causes Proctor to question everything he once believed.

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Fire With Fire by Candice Fox

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After the investigation into their daughter's disappearance yields no results, two desperate parents take the LAPD forensic lab hostage while an undercover cop and a fired police officer race against time to find the missing girl.

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Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine by Martin Cruz Smith

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Arkady Renko agrees to search for an acquaintance's missing daughter whom he discovers was an anti- Putin activist, as the country's leaders begin to plot an invasion of Ukraine.

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Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon

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When she gets kidnapped by a serial killer, then rescued by a mysterious woman, Amber Jamison wonders who her rescuer is.

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Liar! by Fern Michaels

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Even though Luna and her brother, Cullen, seem like complete opposites, they’re identical in two ways: they’ll never let injustice stand and they always have each other’s back. Lost & Found No. 3

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The Libyan Diversion by Joel C. Rosenberg

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Seeking to clear his name in a bombing gone wrong, CIA operative Marcus Ryker, with his closest ally inside the White House no longer able to help him, races against time to stop a Libyan terrorist group in from launching a retaliatory strike against the U.S.

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The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay

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Recruited by the U.S. Marshals to create false histories for people in witness protection, like his father, writer Jack Givins uses this opportunity to find his dad—a man who has done terrible things and made deadly enemies who wouldn’t think twice about using his own son against him.

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The Lock-Up by John Banville

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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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The New Mother by Nora Murphy

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A tense suspense novel builds to a gripping game of cat-and-mouse, as well as an exploration of what it means to be a “good” mother.

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The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters

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A young woman goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie will stop at nothing to find the truth.

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The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether

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In 1983, deep in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, the bodies of a young woman and two children are found, but who were they, and how did they get there?

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Only the Dead by Jack Carr

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On a mission generations in the making, former Navy SEAL James Reece, as a secret cabal of global elites prepare to assume control of the U.S., picks up his tomahawk and sniper rifle, showing his enemies that no one is out of range as he blows a global conspiracy wide open. Terminal List series

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The Peacock and the Sparrow by I. S. Berry

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During the Arab Spring, an American spy’s final mission goes dangerously awry in a debut novel from a former CIA officer. A first novel.

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The Quantum Solution by Eric Lustbader

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Extraordinary intelligence field agent Evan Ryder, when an elite Russian scientist and the American Secretary of Defense die, at the same time half a world apart, of inexplicable sudden catastrophic brain damage, she risks her life to stop a quantum war—and whom she can trust. Evan Ryder No. 4

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Rogue Justice by Stacey Abrams

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Asked by a fellow law clerk to look into his boss’s death, Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene, after another shocking murder, is led to a list of names—all judges on the FISA Court, also known as America’s “secret court”—and must race the clock to stop an unprecedented national crisis. Avery Keene No. 2

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The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine

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Hiring a health aide to give her the support and independence she needs after hip replacement surgery, DC philanthropist and Senator’s wife Sloane Chase, as weeks go by and she becomes sicker, suspects her seemingly perfect employee is plotting to steal her husband, her reputation and even her life.

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Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda

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The award-winning author of These Women offers a gritty, feminist take on the Western thriller.

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Swamp Story by Dave Barry

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Stumbling across a long- lost treasure, single mother Jesse Braddock must figure out how to keep it out of the hands of villains, while Ken Bortle, to lure tourists to his failing store, invents the “Everglades Melon Monster,” inspiring a horde of TikTokers to swarm the swamp, inciting mayhem and hilarity.

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Tom Clancy Flash Point by Don Bentley

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To stop an unseen enemy from destroying the Campus, Jack Ryan Jr. is led to the South China Sea where he, after a midair collision serves as a flash point, must put the pieces of a conspiracy together to stop the world’s two remaining super powers from going to war. A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel No .10

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The Twenty by Sam Holland

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When DCI Adam Bishop arrives at the crime scene in the dead of night, the sight of the body is bad enough—but what Adam notices next chills him to his core. Major Crimes No. 2

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Weapons of Opportunity by Dale Brown

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Nick Flynn finds himself once again facing a vicious enemy—one determined to destroy the United States. Nick Flynn series

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