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Nazi Gold, Latitude 55

by Karen Rigby

In this adventure novel with a thrilling premise, risk-taking renegades work to right historical wrongs. Inspired by conspiracy theories and stories surrounding eighty-four million ounces of gold stolen from victims of the Holocaust, A.... Read More

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Caroline

by Karen Rigby

"Caroline" is a subtle and poignant novel in which an impressionable lawyer falls in love. In Adrian Spratt’s elegiac romance novel "Caroline", a lawyer forms a relationship with an adrift woman and reckons with his disability. Nick, a... Read More

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Floridian Nights

by Karen Rigby

A gay widower contends with bereavement and new love in "Floridian Nights", Lance Ringel’s plaintive romance novel set during the late 1980s AIDS epidemic. At thirty-five, prickly, brooding Gary meets Rick, a twenty-two-year-old waiter... Read More

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Thunder Peak

by Karen Rigby

Injecting fantasy elements into an Old West setting, the young adult novel "Thunder Peak" follows a strong young woman as she meets her destiny. In Trae Stratton’s young adult novel "Thunder Peak", a girl comes into her own as she... Read More

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Nova

by Karen Rigby

"Nova" is an introspective novel about teenagers in search of self-confidence, who find meaningful connections when they embrace others. In Tricia Jacobson’s brisk, hopeful young adult novel "Nova", troubled teenagers use a... Read More

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Love and Other Sins

by Karen Rigby

Troubled Los Angeles high schoolers unite in Emilia Ares’s romance novel "Love and Other Sins". The daughter of Russian immigrants, Mina isolates herself, assuming a capable demeanor. Her father is absent, and her mother, despite... Read More

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Twentymile

by Karen Rigby

In C. Matthew Smith’s engrossing novel "Twentymile", a park service biologist turns up dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and discord regarding annexed land fuels a treacherous chase. Tsula, a special agent with the... Read More

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