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• The Princess of Las Vegas

  a Novel

  Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-

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  "[The author's] recent thrillers are about glamorous, imperiled women who may not be trustworthy but whose senses of humor makes us like them anyway… [Bohjalian] writes with verve and humour, and his depiction of a seedy, past-its prime casino feels…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Metropolitan Affair

  Green, Jocelyn

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  "Follows a pair of reunited friends as they try to get to the bottom of a spate of artifact forgeries in 1925 Manhattan... with a convincing backdrop of Prohibition-era New York, Green carefully weaves historical detail and complex relationships…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Village

  Sten, Camilla, 1992-

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  "Very hard to put down... delivers maximum dread with remarkable restraint, and as the situation goes from bad to worse to terrifying, readers will revel in the chills." - Booklist

• Lock Every Door

  a Novel

  Sager, Riley

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  “If you like your thrillers with a dash of horror, you’ll love Riley Sager’s latest novel 'Lock Every Door'… suspenseful with twists you won’t see coming.” - BuzzFeed

• If Something Happens to Me

  a Novel

  Finlay, Alex

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  "A tightly coiled spine-tingler about a law student under suspicion for his high school girlfriend’s disappearance. Five years ago, while Ryan Richardson and his girlfriend, Alison Lane... relentless pacing, impressive characterizations, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If We Were Villains

  Rio, M. L.

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  "Pulls the reader in from the first page... a well-written and gripping ode to the stage... a fascinating, unorthodox take on rivalry, friendship, and truth, 'If We Were Villains' will draw readers in and leave them pondering the weight of our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Party

  Day, Elizabeth, 1978-

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  "An enticing mix of social, climbing, barely hidden list and possible crimes... 'The Party' knowingly nods toward 'Brideshead Revisited' and 'The Talented Mr. Ripley...' but Day refreshes their themes for an age in which the upper echelons retain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Atonement

  McEwan, Ian

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  "A deliriously great read, but more than that it is a great book... there are characters you follow with breathless anxiety; a plot worthy of a top-drawer suspense novelist, complete with jolting reversals; language that unspools seemingly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Accidental

  Smith, Ali, 1962-

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  "The story, though familiar, has its appeal: a middle-class family, reasonably well off but held together more by habit and convention than affection, is infiltrated by an enigmatic stranger... the stranger, with eerie cunning, locates the secret…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

  a Novel

  Williams, Tia, 1975-

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  “Tia Williams is a superlative author constantly testing her own boundaries, innovating with each new book... sparkling, heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny… Ezra and Ricki's love story is one for the ages.” – National Public Radio

• The Little Paris Bookshop

  a Novel

  George, Nina, 1973-

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  "Uplifting... an international best seller, this one will make you happy." - The Independent

• Anita De Monte Laughs Last

  Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-

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  "Part campus novel, part ghost story,.. fearlessly takes on racism and misogyny in the rarefied world of fine art and art history... 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last' boldly questions the choices behind what we are taught and demands that the complete…Read moreRead more of this annotation