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"Khamilla Zahr-zad's life has been built on a foundation of violence and vengeance. Every home she's known has been destroyed by war. As the daughter of an emperor's clan, she spent her childhood training to maintain his throne. But when her clansmen are assassinated by a rival empire, plans change. With her heavenly magic of nur, Khamilla is a weapon even enemies would wield--especially those in the magical, scholarly city of Za'skar. Hiding her...
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"Award-winning crime novelist Abir Mukherjee returns to his brilliant mystery series set in late-1920s Calcutta, as Sam Wyndham and Surendranath Banerjee must reunite to solve a high profile murder and disappearance. In The Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. The body is that of a popular philanthropist and patron of the arts. A man, who was, by all accounts, beloved...
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"When a celebrity bridesmaid is murdered weeks before an exclusive society wedding, forensic attorney Holly Stone is drafted as an unlikely undercover replacement. As she works to unpick the lives of the notoriously private Kensington family, glamour-averse Holly discovers a new worst enemy in bridezilla Adrianna. Heir to a multimillion dollar fortune, Adrianna is set on throwing the event of the decade, and she won't let anything get in her way....
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"In this gripping new work of historical fiction from the award-winning author of Code Name Edelweiss, three sisters fight to save themselves and each other amid the danger of a cataclysmic earthquake that rips Yellowstone Park asunder. 1959. Claire, Bridget, and Frannie Reilly are as close as sisters can be. Though their mother left when they were young, their loving father raised them with everything they could want. But when Claire marries a handsome...
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"1912: Harry Widener, a promising and passionate book collector, boards the Titanic holding tight to a priceless volume he's just purchased in London. After catastrophe strikes the ship, Harry's last known words are that he must return to his cabin to retrieve his latest treasure. Neither the young man nor the book are ever seen again. Honoring her son's memory, Harry's mother builds the Harry Widener Memorial Library at Harvard to house his extensive...
7) Deadly trade
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F.B.I. K-9 volume 10
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"FBI K-9 handler Meg Jennings can never walk away from her job, even amid her Hawaiian Islands honeymoon, where she and her search-and-rescue black Lab encounter a double threat from wildlife poachers and Mother Nature." -- Goodreads,
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Blood trilogy volume 2
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"In this chilling follow-up to Blood Like Mine by "Stephen King's true heir" (Will Dean), one mother faces the ultimate supernatural horror: the monster she must become to protect her child. El Paso, Texas: There have been strange sightings in the foothills of the Franklin Mountains. Hunters and hikers alike have reported seeing a young girl wandering the scrub, accompanied by a pack of coyotes and stray dogs. Rabbits and mule deer have been found...
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"From the celebrated author of Ghost Music and Braised Pork, a bewitching and atmospheric novel following two sisters in an isolated village as the sun begins to diminish above them. In Five Poems Lake, a small village surrounded by impenetrable deserts, the sun is slowly disappearing overhead. A young woman keeps one apprehensive eye on the sky above as she tends the pharmacy of traditional medicine that belonged to her great grandfather. She has...
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"For fans of Midnight Mass comes a haunting new horromance. Something dreadful is festering in the old Thomas Bog. For years, it's done what it has been taught to do-it swallows. But it's done following orders. It's been three years since Mila Thomas' brother Jed went missing and his case went cold. Since then, Mila has fled town, running from the voices of the dead that reach her from the depths of the old family bog, afraid she would hear her brother's...
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"Following the unexpected death of her beloved husband, art gallery owner Samantha Thompson finds herself adrift in their Malibu beach house. Her three adult children--scattered from New York to London to Milan--are concerned for her well-being and encourage her to take a trip to Paris. An impulsive day trip from Paris to Biarritz leads Samantha to discover the charming medieval village of Arcangues in the Basque countryside, with its unique and...
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Cats and crimes volume 4
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Septuagenarian Sleuth Lorilee Riley becomes involved in two investigations: a cold-case murder, which later turns out to be two murders, and toxic dumping in a Florida sinkhole. Of course a cat plays a role by catching Lorilee's interest, and of course her ward Jess and his girlfriend Wendy help out. Familiar characters contribute to the humor and the mystery: Ditzy Mitzi Talbot, her son Nasty Greg, soft-spoken veterinarian Doctor Ahuja, Detective...
13) The mad wife
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"In the 1950s, nothing is valued more than conformity, and Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the ideal housewife. But after the birth of her daughter, Lulu's carefully constructed life begins to teeter. Exhausted by expectations and haunted by tragic memories, Lulu looks to her new neighbor, Bitsy. Bitsy, always the model of a perfect housewife, is not quite what she seems and Lulu knows something dark lurks beneath...
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Infatuated fae volume 3
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"Trapped in the In-Between, Caly, Mendax, and Aurelius are fighting for their lives—they just don't know whose. Caly's bond to Mendax from their bonding ceremony and her mortality being tied to Aurelius's from when he saved her life mean the three of them have tangled their life forces together. And now that they know maintaining both connections is against the natural order of things, one of them must be sacrificed for the other two. Caly can't...
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Wrexford and Sloane volume 9
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"A welcome interlude of calm has descended on Wrexford and Charlotte, though with three lively young boys in their care and an unconventional circle of friends and allies, quiet rarely lasts long. And sure enough, in the dead of night, an old acquaintance appears and asks for help. His brother-in-law has been accused of murdering a fellow member of the prestigious Royal Society at their London headquarters in Somerset House. Wrexford agrees to investigate,...
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Miss Morton mysteries volume 4
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Distraught over her younger sister Susan's decision to leave for America and weary of shepherding her employer Mrs. Frogerton's daughter in her relentless pursuit of marrying a peer, Caroline is dealt another blow when her family solicitors indicate they may have found the lost heir to the Morton earldom. Possible heir Thomas, his mother Mrs. Scutton, and her widowed daughter Mary all descend on Mrs. Frogerton's home on Half Moon Street. The air inside...
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The king's men volume 3
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"Led into a troubled lifestyle by the past that haunts him, Gavriel, a soldier in King Saul's army, is sent on a mission to persuade a distant tribe to sever their ties with the Amalekites. Zahana is hidden behind her father's goldsmith legacy, but an encounter with Gavriel tangles her fate with his and throws them both into an unforeseen battle"-- Provided by publisher.
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Suitcase sisters volume 2
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"A girls' getaway to Northern Italy is just what friends Grace and Claire need. As they immerse themselves in the culture and laid back way of life, both women see how God is revealing his purpose in the lives they left at home . . . lives in desperate need of focus and peace"-- Provided by publisher.
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Marlow Murder Club mystery volume 4
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"Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn't come home last night, so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow's resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had rented The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, to host an exclusive party for the society, but no one remembers seeing him disembark. And when Oliver's body washes up on the Thames with two bullet holes in...
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She's a little edgy. He's a lot of sunshine. Love's about to catch them completely off gourd... Textile artist Sadie Fox did not sign up for this. When she agreed to come home to Pea Blossom, Indiana, it was to care for her father's beloved pumpkin patch. The deal was that--just for the summer--she would grow a ginormous pumpkin, win the Indiana State Fair's pumpkin contest and finally win back her father's (grudging) respect. Instead, a horde of...


