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DEAR WIFE

By: BELLE, KIMBERLY

Price: $8.99

Publisher: Park Row Books: 2020

Seller ID: 9780778305088N

ISBN: 0778305082

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Park Row Books 4/28/2020. New paperback. Store pick: A very suspenseful look at what can go undetected in a marriage. We like to rely on our family to have all our best interests at heart, but what if they don't. This book will take you down the path of family issues, trust in authority issues and a glimpse at how much of a digital footprint we really have. A great look behind the curtain at many current realities and issues with a stunning plot twist. -Jackie, store volunteer
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FLIGHT ATTENDANT

By: BOHJALIAN, CHRIS

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Vintage Books: 2020

Seller ID: 9780593314005N

ISBN: 059331400X

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Vintage Books 12/8/2020. New paperback. Store pick: This is an excellent novel filled with suspense and gritty portrayal of the dark side of life. Callie is an alcoholic, a high functioning alcoholic but one who drinks to the point of blacking out. Her inhibitions and judgement vanish when she drinks and as a flight attendant she can be anonymous on international trips. The plot brings to light Soviet & American relations and how they are perhaps more tense than we would like to believe. The character development is very deep with flashes that help you understand why certain behaviors prevail...
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THIRD TO DIE (QUINN AND COSTA, NO 1)

By: BRENNAN, ALLISON

Price: $9.99

Publisher: MIRA: 2020

Seller ID: 9780778388357N

ISBN: 0778388352

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

MIRA 12/29/2020. New paperback. Store pick: Kara Quinn is a maverick, a great quality for an undercover cop, maybe not as great in daily life. On 'vacation' after a long undercover operation she never expects to become embroiled in a murder investigation. Mathias Costa is trying to get a new FBI division established. The goal is to help in areas that are underserved by local law enforcement. The personalities of Kara and Mathias collide and boundaries between the two are continually tested. Breenan's character development is superb, minor characters are well developed and the plot is fast pac...
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WHAT YOU WISH FOR

By: CENTER, KATHERINE

Price: $27.99

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: 2020

Seller ID: 9781250219367N

ISBN: 1250219361

Binding: HARDCOVER

St. Martin's Press 7/14/2020. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Sometimes your life can change in an instant, that happened to Duncan. Fortunately he has been able to tuck that event away and move forward making sure nothing like this ever happens again. Samantha knew Duncan, well, she taught in the same school and adored him from afar. When she realizes she is never going to have a future with him she does what she considers the wise option and moves away. Imagine her surprise when the new principal of her current school is introduced, and he has definitely not changed for the ...
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NO BAD DEED: A NOVEL

By: CHAVEZ, HEATHER

Price: $16.99

Publisher: William Morrow: 2021

Seller ID: 9780062936189N

ISBN: 0062936182

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

William Morrow 2/16/2021. New paperback. On sale 2/16/21. Pre-order today! Store pick: A chilling book about a Cassie, a veterinarian who is too absent from her family, and her reliable husband Sam, a high school teacher. One good deed should not change her life irrevocably, but it does. One day she is a harried wife and Mother, and the next she has two traumatized children, a stalker and a missing husband. You will keep reading one more page in this book to see what happens next. Good deeds are not always unpunished... -Jackie W., store volunteer
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HOUSE GIRL

By: CONKLIN, TARA

Price: $14.99

Publisher: William Morrow: 2013

Seller ID: 9780062207517N

ISBN: 0062207512

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

William Morrow 11/5/2013. New paperback. Store pick: Carolina Sparrow is a driven NYC lawyer who is determinedly focused on her career. Josephine Bell, a house slave in the 1850s, was similarly focused on her quest for freedom. Conklin does a masterful job comparing the lives of these two amazingly strong women who are both raised in the absence of the traditional family unit. The incorporation of archived letters telling of events at the time are fascinating to read. While a happy ending to a story involving slavery is not possible, the characters and their journey make this book a compellin...
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WRONG ALIBI

By: DODD, CHRISTINA

Price: $17.99

Publisher: HQN Books: 2020

Seller ID: 9781335080820N

ISBN: 1335080821

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

HQN Books 12/29/2020. New paperback. Store pick: Dodd writes complex plots with characters who are complicated and pushed to limits that are hard to endure. Evelyn is no different, a job that should keep her going as a young teen on her own turns out to be the worst mistake of her life. In prison for a murder she did not commit and on her own she has no hope for the future. An escape leaves her living under an alias at a remote camp in Alaska. During the winter she has nothing but time, and she uses it to plot her vengeance and look into other crimes that involve people she meets. The complex...
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HER DARK LIES: A NOVEL

By: ELLISON, J.T.

Price: $17.99

Publisher: MIRA: 2021

Seller ID: 9780778388302N

ISBN: 0778388301

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

MIRA 3/9/2021. New paperback. On sale 3/9/21. Pre-order today! Store pick: I am a longstanding JT Ellison fan, and I think this may be one of her best books. By turns you will wonder if Claire is naive or hiding behind a facade. Jack seems too good to be true, and maybe that is the case, but love surely conquers all. Most girls could not imagine marrying the man of their dreams at his families private Italian island, and Claire is no different to a point. However, things are off even before arriving in Italy, and they get odder by the day. I won't say more because the number of twists and rev...
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NO HOLDING BACK

By: FOSTER, LORI

Price: $9.99

Publisher: HQN Books: 2021

Seller ID: 9781335668509N

ISBN: 1335668500

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

HQN Books 1/26/2021. New paperback. On sale 1/26/21. Pre-order today! Store pick: I really like the plot of this book. Justice is not always possible with mainstream options, but is still needed. Lori has crafted a good plot with engaging characters who did not end up exactly where they planned. This installment focused on two very strong characters and introduced several others I am looking forward to meeting in the next book. -Jackie W., store volunteer
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SHED NO TEARS

By: FREAR, CAZ

Price: $26.99

Publisher: Harper: 2020

Seller ID: 9780062979858N

ISBN: 006297985X

Binding: HARDCOVER

Harper 12/1/2020. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: I have spent time with DI Cat Kinsella in her previous adventures with the Metropolitan Police. She is flawed, dedicated, honest, deceptive all at the same time, essentially human. With a deep belief in justice and punishment for those who are criminals she is avid and completely engaged in her investigations. Even the man she loves frequently takes a back seat to her work. In this installment the twists in the plot are almost endless and completely believable. Some of Caz Frear's descriptions are so vivid I feel like I am look...
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DARK CORNERS OF THE NIGHT

By: GARDINER, MEG

Price: $20.24

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 9781982627515N

ISBN: 1982627514

Binding: HARDCOVER

Blackstone Publishing 2/18/2020. New hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Caitlin Hendrix is now working full-time in the Behavioral Analysis Unit at the FBI. Part of a close knit team she is dispatched to Los Angeles to help with the hunt for the Midnight Man. A brutal serial killer who seems to strike at random and leaves no clues behind. The team begins to decode the patterns the killer does not even know he leaves. His tracks are faint and it rattles Caitlyn as she is still haunted by The Ghost, a serial killer who has eluded capture. As the profile c...
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BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED

By: GARDNER, LISA

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Dutton: 2021

Seller ID: 9781524745042N

ISBN: 1524745049

Binding: HARDCOVER

Dutton 1/19/2021. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. On sale 1/19/21. Pre-order today! Store pick: When I want a good book, but don't want to do a search for a book I might like, I grab the latest Lisa Gardner book and know I will find a great plot, characters and superb writing. This book just confirms my premise. With an all new cast of characters led by Frankie the book has a fast pace and looks at a darker side of life. Many of us are fortunate to never be the victim of a brutal crime, and your loved one disappearing is a particularly brutal example. When the police have been unsuccessfu...
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LOST MAN

By: HARPER, JANE

Price: $27.99

Publisher: Flatiron: 2019

Seller ID: 9781250105684N

ISBN: 1250105684

Binding: HARDCOVER

Flatiron 2/5/2019. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Jane Harper has again created characters who are rife with flaws. Some unforgivable, but all very real and pervasive in the world. The characters are so engaging you will find yourself hoping for a certain outcome in the plot. Don't kid yourself, you will never guess where this plot is headed. The pictures painted of the remote cattle ranches in Australia gave me chills. The isolation between the brothers is so extreme, you can fool yourself into thinking it is all geographic. The legacy of abuse in families is addressed baldl...
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LOST MAN

By: HARPER, JANE

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Flatiron: 2020

Seller ID: 9781250755872N

ISBN: 1250755875

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Flatiron 9/29/2020. New paperback. Store pick: Jane Harper has created yet another masterpiece, this one a standalone set in the outback region of Queensland Australia. It is a beautifully written character driven novel where the extreme hardship of living and surviving in the outback is one of the major characters. It is the story of the Bright brothers told from the perspective of Nathan the oldest of the three as he tries to make sense of how his middle brother, Cameron, ended up alone in the middle of the desert dead of dehydration when he had a well-stocked and working car not far away...
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BOOK CHARMER

By: HAWKINS, KAREN

Price: $8.99

Publisher: Pocket: 2020

Seller ID: 9781982143534N

ISBN: 1982143533

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Pocket 12/1/2020. New paperback. Store pick: I adored this book. It is so charming and the characters are people you wish you met. From the magical Dove family to still recovering foster children the aspects of the story are so vivid you feel you are watching events unfold. Sarah Dove is trying to save her town, she believes that is her destiny. So what if she is a little quirky, who is not? Grace has more sudden responsibility than a driven and controlling loner could imagine. Only adding to the challenge is that the responsibility is for a parentless eight year old and her aging foster Moth...
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ALL THE COLORS OF NIGHT (FOGG LAKE, NO 2)

By: KRENTZ, JAYNE ANN

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Berkley: 2021

Seller ID: 9781984806819N

ISBN: 1984806815

Binding: HARDCOVER

Berkley 1/5/2021. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: I enjoy the series with the Paranormal content. It is very interesting and does not engulf the characters or the plot, so if it is not your thing you will still have a great plot and suspense. North has some issues with questions that remain about his Grand Fathers loyalty, a strange and sudden onset health issue, but in every other aspect has his life well ordered. He excels at his job, lives in a home he enjoys and is challenged intellectually. Sierra is his opposite in so many ways, raised in a free spirited fashion by non-c...
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OTHER MRS.

By: KUBICA, MARY

Price: $17.99

Publisher: Park Row Books: 2020

Seller ID: 9780778389354N

ISBN: 0778389359

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Park Row Books 8/11/2020. New paperback. Store pick: An engaging book that delves into the very dark side of mental illness. Sadie and Will are starting over in Maine with their two sons and guardianship of Will's niece, a virtual stranger. Being accepted in a small town is hard anytime, but with a fragile relationship and a secluded island population it is almost impossible. Sadie has been through some tough times and is not prepared for all the challenges she faces. You must decide if her issues are real, of her own doing, or imagined. A look behind the scenes at a marriage during trials ex...
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ARCANA (SYLVANI, NO 1)

By: LEAKE, JESSICA

Price: $8.99

Publisher: Talos: 2017

Seller ID: 9781945863189N

ISBN: 1945863188

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Talos 8/1/2017. New paperback. The author is local and can personalize books. Store pick: Arcana is a delightful romantic fantasy set in in Edwardian England. Katherine Sinclair is being pressured by her family to find a husband, even though telling the wrong person about her otherworldly ability to perform magic inherited from her Sylvan mother could have disastrous consequences. When Katherine finds herself wooed by two very different men, will her dead mothers magical journal help her decide which one she should trust? Recommended by Jill Hendrix, store owner (seconded by Jackie W., stor...
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STOP AT NOTHING (MICHAEL GANNON, NO 1)

By: LEDWIDGE, MICHAEL

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Hanover Square: 2020

Seller ID: 9781335239914N

ISBN: 133523991X

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Hanover Square 12/29/2020. New paperback. Store pick: Michael Gannon is definitely a guy you want on your side, widowed with a son he does not get to see enough, he ekes out a living as a dive instructor in the Bahamas. Out one night on a solo fishing trip he witnesses the crash of a small jet. A good samaritan attempt at rescue and a questionable decision net him enemies too powerful to imagine. They will stop at nothing, literally nothing, to stop him. Unfortunately for then Gannon was not always a beach bum moonlighting as a dive instructor. Ancillary characters are so well developed I hop...
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SUMMER GIRLS (LOWCOUNTRY SUMMER, NO 1)

By: MONROE, MARY ALICE

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Gallery Books: 2013

Seller ID: 9781476709000N

ISBN: 1476709009

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: .

Gallery Books 6/25/2013. New paperback. Store pick, recommended by Jackie: Wonderful story of family dynamics where three half sisters are reunited for the summer by their aging Grandmother. The incorporation of the lowcountry of South Carolina and the dolphins are great backdrops for the family interactions. I am looking forward to the next installment in the series. -Jackie Willey, volunteer
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