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• Heartless Hunter

  Ciccarelli, Kristen

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  "In a world where witches face persecution, Rune leads a double life, masquerading as a socialite during the day and transforming into the vigilante known as the Crimson Moth by night, and forms a complicated alliance with the witch hunter Gideon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Rapture

  Leede, CJ

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  "A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Think I Was Murdered

  a Novel

  Coble, Colleen

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  "A grieving young widow. The AI program that allows her to continue to "talk" to him. And a message she never expected: "I think I was murdered."" -- Publisher

• Fourth Wing

  Yarros, Rebecca

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  In a world where dragons bond with elite riders, Violet Sorrengail faces a formidable challenge when she's thrust into the rigorous training, despite her physical limitations. As she battles ruthless competition and a kingdom on the brink of war,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tress of the Emerald Sea

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  "Engrossing worldbuilding, appealing characters, and a sense of humor make this a winning entry in the Sanderson canon." -- Kirkus

• Wishtress

  Brandes, Nadine, 1986-

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  "Myrthe, a girl who can create wishes, teams up with Bastiaan, a boy who can stop time, to break a curse that will bring on her death with the next tear she sheds." -- Publisher

• The Maid

  a Novel

  Prose, Nita

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  Molly Gray, the 25-year-old neurodivergent narrator of this book, loves her job as a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel. When she finds the body of a hotel guest in his bed, she is implicated in the murder investigation. Did she make a mistake by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Six of Crows

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  "Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction-- if they don't kill each other first." -- Publisher

• The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Or, On the Segregation of the Queen

  King, Laurie R.

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  "In 1914, a young woman named Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes. And although he may have Victorian "flaws" the Great Detective is no fool, and can spot a fellow intellect even in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diviners

  Bray, Libba

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  Evie O’Neill is delighted when she is banished from her hometown in Ohio to her Uncle Will’s care in Manhattan. Edie’s ability to read another person’s past while holding an object that belongs to them triggers her involvement with helping to solve…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of Silk

  a Sherlock Holmes Novel

  Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-

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  It is 1890. A year after Holmes's death, Watson-- now in a retirement home-- narrates a tale of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. The story opens with a train robbery in Boston, and moves to the innocuous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder at the Vicarage

  Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976

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  "When Colonel Protheroe is found dead from a single gun shot wound to the head, none of his neighbors in the village of St. Mary Mead is much surprised. So many people wished this local official would say farewell, if not quite so permanently. With…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blessed Child

  Dekker, Ted, 1962-

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  "A famine relief expert, a Canadian Red Cross nurse, and an Ethiopian orphan experience the power of the Holy Spirit and ignite a spiritual revolution." -- Publisher

• Something Wicked This Way Comes

  a Novel

  Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012

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  A classic! --- "This conjurer [Ray Bradbury] limns a haunted landscape in an allegory of good and evil." --- Kirkus Reviews