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• Tell Tale

  Stories

  Archer, Jeffrey, 1940-

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  Sidney Sheldon fans will find this collection of Archer's stories irresistible!

• Baba Dunja's Last Love

  Bronsky, Alina, 1978-

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  Funny, moving and inspirational! This wonderful novel is about a community of seniors who chose to return to their village even though it has been contaminated as a result of a nuclear accident.

• Elizabeth Is Missing

  Healey, Emma, 1985-

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  If you enjoyed the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, you will find much to enjoy in Healey's account of an elderly woman with short-term memory issues as she tries to unscramble the mystery of her friend's disappearance.

• The Mare

  Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-

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  This intriguing coming-of-age story is about an abused 11-year-old girl, Velvet, who is being adopted (perhaps) by a middle-aged woman in upstate New York. The real focus of the story is the relationship between Velvet and a mistrusting and unbroken…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

  Honeyman, Gail

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  The product of a cruel childhood, Eleanor Oliphant grows into an adult almost completely lacking in social skills. But like the novel, Eleanor grows on the reader. At first we're amused by Eleanor's attempts to navigate popular culture, but we…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Close to Home

  Hunter, Cara

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  When Detective Inspector Adam Fawley begins his investigation into the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl, the girl's family falls under a cloud of suspicion.

• Brave

  Cult Member, Runaway, Captive, Starlet, Victim, Sex Symbol, Justice Seeker

  McGowan, Rose, 1973-

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  The life of a former cult member, actress, and social justice warrior is sure to inspire readers interested in the current cultural movements.

• The Bomb Maker

  Perry, Thomas, 1947-

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  If you enjoyed Robert Crais' wonderful Demolition Angel, you might also enjoy Perry's account of a bomber locked in a deadly battle of wits with the LAPD Bomb Squad.

• Dangerous Crossing

  a Novel

  Rhys, Rachel, 1963-

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  A trans-oceanic cruise, class disparity, an ill-suited romance, and a double murder are the attraction in this novel set just before the outbreak of WW II.

• Dead Calm

  Ryan, Annelise

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  Ryan's ninth Mattie Winston mystery takes Sorenson, Wisconsin's investigator for the medical examiner to the shady Grizzly Motel where an apparent murder-suicide is more than what it seems.

• The Art of Vanishing

  a Memoir of Wanderlust

  Smith, Laura, 1986-

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  Here's an intriguing memoir of a young woman just before her marriage who is trying to hold on to her personal dreams and ambitions. Laura also takes inspiration from the story of a young woman who walked out of her marriage and vanished in 1939.

• The Art of Racing in the Rain

  a Novel

  Stein, Garth

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  On the eve of his death, an elderly Lab-Cross named Enzo, reflects on his life. Compassionate and funny, Stein presents Enzo as a New Age philosopher obsessed with opposable thumbs and television documentaries. One documentary, about Mongolia,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lean on Pete

  a Novel

  Vlautin, Willy

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  Vlautin has created a lovely coming-of-age story about an orphaned fifteen-year-old boy named Charlie Thompson who is left at the mercy of mean spirited Del Montgomery. Del races a string of run-down racehorses at an equally run-down racetrack in…Read moreRead more of this annotation