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Autumn Leaves, 1922
"Autumn Leaves, 1922" is a sumptuous spy romp with an irresistible heroine. Glamorous gossip columnist Kiki is bereaved and beauty-starved when she returns to Paris from her mother’s deathbed in Australia. The jazz age is in full...
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The Necklace
When a convicted child murderer is up for lethal injection, the victim’s mother is driven to exonerate the killer in "The Necklace", a punchy thriller about an eleventh-hour discovery in the gruesome murder of a seven-year-old girl....
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Paradise, WV
In the layered thriller "Paradise, WV", a rural town suffers from the “municipal leprosy” of the stigmatized opioid epidemic. A string of grisly murders links the misery of the town’s present to its gory past—and to a convicted...
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Image Control
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s the exchange rate for social media selfies? Patrick Nathan’s provocative, sometimes jarring book "Image Control" explores the destabilization of relationships that results when...
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Trouble Down Mexico Way
The flavors, colors, and history of Mexico are a vibrant backdrop for "Trouble Down Mexico Way", a funny, fish-out-of-water mystery novel. Part-time journalist and amateur sleuth Blanche “Bang” Murninghan is an avid traveler of a...
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The Bucket List
Peter Mohlin and Peter Nyström’s "The Bucket List" is a classic Nordic noir thriller—tight, layered, and so chilly that it shivers. In the picturesque Swedish hills, Emelie, the daughter of a family of billionaires, goes missing....
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Naughty Nonsense, Lascivious Limericks and Much More!
"Naughty Nonsense, Lascivious Limericks and Much More!" is a zingy collection of limericks that are focused on topics ranging from castling to childhood. David Ellis’s whimsical and amusing poetry collection Naughty Nonsense,...
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Just Diagnosed: Breast Cancer
"Just Diagnosed: Breast Cancer" is a useful medical text that addresses common concerns about cancer well. Certified health care professional Arlene M. Karole’s self-help medical guide "Just Diagnosed: Breast Cancer" is for those who...