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• Blood Sisters

  a Novel

  Lillie, Vanessa,

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  There are secrets in the land. As an archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Syd Walker spends her days in Rhode Island trying to protect the land's indigenous past, even as she’s escaping her own. While Syd is dedicated to her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Hours

  Herron, Mick,

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  Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical over-reaching" by the British Secret Service “to investigate historical over-reaching.” Monochrome’s mission was to ferret out any hint of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tell Me What I Am

  Mannion, Una,

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  Nessa Garvey’s sister Deena vanished without a trace in Philadelphia in 2004. In all that time, Nessa has never once doubted what her instincts told her: her sister’s ex-husband has gotten away with an unspeakable crime. Nessa’s niece,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kala

  a Novel

  Walsh, Colin, 1986-

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  In the seaside village of Kinlough, on Ireland’s west coast, three old friends meet for the first time in years. They—Helen, Joe and Mush—were part of an original group of six inseparable teenagers in the summer of 2003, with motherless,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Honest Man

  Koryta, Michael,

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  After discovering seven men murdered aboard their yacht – including two Senate rivals – Israel Pike is regarded as a prime suspect. A troubled man infamous on Salvation Point Island for killing his own father a decade before, Israel has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night Will Find You

  Heaberlin, Julia,

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  A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp's nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans and We Are All the Same in the Dark. When she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drowning

  the Rescue of Flight 1421 : a Novel

  Newman, T. J. (Novelist),

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  Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Without Saying Goodbye

  a Novel

  Jarratt, Laura,

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  Two women will do whatever it takes to protect their own – no matter the cost to anyone else. Cerys leaves her life behind in a fiery wreck. Lily slips away from hers early one morning, silent as a shadow. Both are mothers. And both are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lie Maker

  a Novel

  Barclay, Linwood,

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  Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Symphony of Secrets

  Slocumb, Brendan,

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  A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time—that his music was stolen from a young Black composer named Josephine Reed. Determined to uncover the truth and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Simply Lies

  Baldacci, David,

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  Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Those Empty Eyes

  Donlea, Charlie,

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  Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She’s no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Dangerous Things

  Willingham, Stacy,

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  One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Better the Blood

  a Hana Westerman Thriller

  Bennett, Michael, 1964-

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  A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single motherhood and the pressures of her career in Auckland’s Central Investigation Branch. When she’s led to a crime scene by a mysterious video,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Judas 62

  Cumming, Charles, 1971-

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  Master spy Lachlan Kite discovers that a mission 30 years ago has resulted in his name being put on the "JUDAS" list -- a record of enemies of Russia who have been targeted for assassination -- and must win a deadly game of cat-and-mouse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shadow Sister

  a Novel

  Marcott, Lindsay,

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  Returning to her haunted childhood home to finally find the truth surrounding her mother's death, Ava, while dealing with her vindictive father, her secretive new sister-in-law and romance with her first crush, makes a terrifying discovery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Remember You

  a Thriller

  Freeman, Brian, 1963-

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  After dying at a rooftop party in Las Vegas on the Fourth of July, Hallie Evers wakes up in the hospital, disoriented, but alive, with memories that are not fully her own and embarks on a cross-country search for answers.

• Winter Work

  Fesperman, Dan, 1955-

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  Emil Grimm and his neighbor and fellow Stasi officer Lothar were involved in a final clandestine mission, one that turns deadly when Lothar is murdered. Now Emil must finish the mission alone. Meanwhile CIA agent Claire Saylor is sent to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lioness

  a Novel

  Powell, Mark, 1976-

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  When a bomb goes off at a water-bottling plant in the mountains of southwest Virginia, the FBI declares it an act of ecoterrorism. Arrested at the scene is Chris Bright, a hermit with a long history of activism. Unaccounted for—and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Shift

  Finlay, Alex,

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  When four teenage girls are attacked at an ice cream shop in Linden, New Jersey, and only one makes it out alive, which is similar to a case in 1999, an FBI agent must delve into the secrets of both crimes -- stirring up memories of teen…Read moreRead more of this annotation