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  • Ways to Disappear

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    For fans of Robin Sloan’s Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette, an inventive, brilliant debut novel about the disappearance of a famous Brazilian novelist and… [more below]

    • Author: Novey, Idra
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: January 17 2017
    • ISBN10: 0316298476
    • Language: English
  • The Keys of the Kingdom

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    A Scottish priest on a mission in China, is torn between practical values and doctrines of the Catholic Church.

    • Author: Cronin, A. J.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 344
    • Publish Date: April 30 1984
    • ISBN10: 0316161845
    • Language: English
  • A Question of Blood

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    When a former soldier and recluse murders two 17-year-old students at a posh Edinburgh boarding school, Inspector John Rebus immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye.

    • Series: Inspector Rebus Mysteries #14
    • Author: Rankin, Ian
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: October 13 2010
    • ISBN10: 0316099244
    • Language: English
  • The Thin Place

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    The prize-winning author of Versailles tells the story of a small New England village unsettled by a young girl’s unearthly gift.

    • Author: Davis, Kathryn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: July 15 2016
    • ISBN10: 0316014249
    • Language: English
  • Youngblood Hawke

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    Hailed as “a tremendous novel, full of wisdom and pain” by the Los Angeles Times, Youngblood Hawke is Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk’s classic portrait of a rising literary star in New York and Hol[more below]

    • Author: Wouk, Herman
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 800
    • Publish Date: May 15 1992
    • ISBN10: 316955175
    • Language: English
  • The Ice Queen

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    From the bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning.

    Be careful what you wish for.

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    • Author: Hoffman, Alice
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: January 03 2006
    • ISBN10: 0316154385
    • Language: English
  • The Naming of the Dead

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    The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty…except one. John Rebus’s reputation precedes him, and hi… [more below]

    • Series: Rebus Novel #16
    • Author: Rankin, Ian
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: November 15 2010
    • ISBN10: 0316099260
    • Language: English
  • The Traitor’s Wife

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    In the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts, Martha Allen works as a servant in her cousin’s household, taking charge and locking wills with everyone. Thomas Carrier labors for the family and is… [more below]

    • Author: Kent, Kathleen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: September 26 2011
    • ISBN10: 0316068640
    • Language: English
  • Spoiled Brats (Including the Story That Inspired the Major Motion Picture an American Pickle Starring Seth Rogen): Stories

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    The “hilarious” (New York Times Book Review) collection of short stories from the award-winning humorist Simon Rich includes the story that inspired the Seth Rogen comedy An American Pickle.

    Twenty

    • Author: Rich, Simon
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: May 26, 2015
    • ISBN10: 0316368652
    • Language: English
  • The Man in My Basement

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    This masterpiece by celebrated New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley is the mysterious story of a young Black man who agrees to an unusual bargain to save the home that has belonged to his f[more below]

    • Author: Mosley, Walter
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: February 02 2005
    • ISBN10: 031615931X
    • Language: English
  • The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight

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    It was a big bestseller when it was originally published in 1969. It became a major motion picture that provided Robert DeNiro with his first film role. Its title has entered into the language as a ca… [more below]

    • Author: Breslin, Jimmy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: May 13 2005
    • ISBN10: 0316111740
    • Language: English
  • The Age of Light

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    One of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle

    Journey back to 1930’s Paris with this startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a wom

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    • Author: Scharer, Whitney
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: October 22 2019
    • ISBN10: 031652414X
    • Language: English
  • This Bird Has Flown

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    This delightfully funny and steamy novel about music, fate, and love from beloved songwriter and Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs is “a total knockout” and “the smart, ferocious rock-star redemption r

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    • Author: Hoffs, Susanna
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: March 05 2024
    • ISBN10: 0316409413
    • Language: English
  • For a Little While

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    Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have t… [more below]

    • Author: Bass, Rick
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: March 21 2017
    • ISBN10: 0316381144
    • Language: English
  • Even Dogs in the Wild

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    Rebus comes out of retirement…to save his nemesis.

    Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She’s investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has fri

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    • Series: Rebus Novel #20
    • Author: Rankin, Ian
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: December 13 2016
    • ISBN10: 0316342548
    • Language: English
  • The Visionist

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    An enthralling first novel about a teenage girl who finds refuge — but perhaps not — in an 1840s Shaker community.

    After 15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive

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    • Author: Urquhart, Rachel
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: March 17 2015
    • ISBN10: 0316228109
    • Language: English
  • Officers and Gentlemen

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    The “wise, amusing, and beautifully written” (Commonweal) second installment in Evelyn Waugh’s masterful trilogy of World War Two novels.
    Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effo… [more below]

    • Author: Waugh, Evelyn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: December 11 2012
    • ISBN10: 0316216623
    • Language: English
  • Give Us a Kiss

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    “My imagination is always skulking about in a wrong place.” And now Doyle Redmond, thirty-five-year-old nowhere writer, has crossed the line between imagination and real live trouble. On the lam in hi… [more below]

    • Author: Woodrell, Daniel
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: April 15 2016
    • ISBN10: 0316206202
    • Language: English
  • Fleshmarket Alley

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    An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme. Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rathe… [more below]

    • Series: Inspector Rebus Mysteries #15
    • Author: Rankin, Ian
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: November 15 2010
    • ISBN10: 0316099252
    • Language: English
  • City of Veils

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    Finding Nouf’s Katya Hijazi and Nayir Sharqi return for another thrilling, fast-paced mystery that provides a rare and intimate look into women’s lives in the Middle East.

    Women in Saudi Arabia are e

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