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"Five years ago, Cass barely survived a brutal attack that left her family dead. Now a scuba diving instructor in Thailand, she has spent years trying to build a new, anonymous life for herself as one of the Permanents, a group of expats who have claimed the beautiful Thailand destination as their own. The permanents are charming, they're close-knit, and they don't linger on who they were before the island--they're the perfect group for Cass to finally...
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Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
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Saint of Steel volume 1
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English
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"Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year ... Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a fugitive named Grace in an alley and witnesses an assassination attempt gone wrong. Now the pair must navigate a web of treachery, beset on all sides by spies and poisoners while a cryptic killer stalks one step behind"--Page 4 of cover
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Last bloodcarver duology volume 1
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Nhika, a young woman hiding in the fringes of society, must use her forbidden healing ability to cure the only witness to a murder.
6) Projections
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Tor Publishing Group
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2024.
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English
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After murdering the young woman he couldn't have, a sorcerer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied -- or suffer a fate worse than death.
8) Bad like us
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Inkyard Press
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[2024]
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English
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"While at a private beach lodge with her popular classmates when an anonymous letter leads to murder, Eva places her trust in Colton and together they uncover secrets that upend everything they thought they knew about their fellow spring breakers"--
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Jack Taylor series volume 17
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The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Irish detective Jack Taylor awakens from a coma to discover that his sleuthing services are needed after two local nuns are found bludgeoned by a hammer.
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Kensington Publishing Corp
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[2024]
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English
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When a fatal turn of events plagues the town, librarian witch Josie Way asks the spellbound books for help, seeking the aid of Sherlock Holmes, but when strange things continue to happen, she wonders if she is dealing with her own Moriarty as she tries to solve this mystery.
13) Final appeal
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Crooked Lane
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2024.
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English
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A criminal defense lawyer and her firm's newest trainee untangle a maze of evidence when their client is charged with murder, having spent ten days in his apartment with two corpses and acting like nothing happened when the police arrive.
14) One last breath
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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[2024]
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English
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Haunted by the death of her sister and the decades-old cold case of best friends Bailey and Celeste, eighteen-year-old Tru becomes entangled with a mysterious girl named Rio, as their pursuit of the truth unveils an otherworldly connection to the victims and puts them in the crosshairs of a potentially resurfaced killer.
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Melville House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets...When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after these senseless deaths. Instead, he leads 3 grief-stricken friends on a mission of retribution, kidnapping the descendants of long-ago perpetrators of hate crimes, confronting the targets with their...
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Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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In 1968 Dublin, Nicoletta Sarto, an ambitious junior reporter for the Irish Sentinel, investigates the 25-year-old mystery of actress Julia Bridge's disappearance and her link to a woman who facilitated abortions, and becomes immersed in the illegal abortion industry, stirring up long-buried secrets from her own past.
17) The rules
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Delacorte Press
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[2015]
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English
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High school junior Robin Brissett accompanies her best friend, Beth, to the hottest party of the year knowing there will be alcohol, drugs, sex, and a scavenger hunt designed to scare and thrill, but this year the school's elite are not the hunters but the hunted.
18) Dear killer
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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Kit, a seventeen-year-old moral nihilist serial killer, chooses who to kill based on anonymous letters left in a secret mailbox, while simultaneously maintaining a close relationship with the young detective in charge of the murder cases"--
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"There's something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it's not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldn't be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local megachurch. Kelly, the bookworm next door. James, a cynical burnout. Casey,...
20) One by one
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel....
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