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All the best liars : a novel

All the best liars : a novel

Kahaney, Amelia, author
2022

Told in alternating voices, childhood friends Syd, Rain, and Brie's final weeks of high school ends tragically when one dies in a fire, another goes missing, and the third is left to pick up the pieces.

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Angela's airplane

Angela's airplane

Munsch, Robert N., 1945- author
1988


Autopsy : a Scarpetta novel

Autopsy : a Scarpetta novel

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author.
2021

Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia as the chief medical examiner, the state where she launched her storied career. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she's inherited not only an overbearing secretary, but also a legacy of neglect and potential corruption. She and her husband Benton Wesley, now a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service, have relocated to Old Town Alexandria where she's headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that's been torn by civil and political unrest. Just weeks on the job, she's called to a scene by railroad tracks where a woman's body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the spine, and as Scarpetta begins to follow the trail, it leads unnervingly close to her own historic neighborhood. At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret laboratory in outer space, endangering at least two scientists aboard. Appointed to the highly classified Doomsday Commission that specializes in sensitive national security cases, Scarpetta is summoned to the White House and tasked with finding out exactly what happened. But even as she works the first potential crime scene in space remotely, an apparent serial killer strikes again very close to home.

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Be the change : Rob Greenfield's call to kids : making a difference in a messed-up world

Be the change : Rob Greenfield's call to kids : making a difference in a messed-up world

Greenfield, Rob, 1986- author
2022

"An inspiring guide to sustainable living from... activist and adventurer Rob Greenfield -- Back cover.

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Blaine for the win

Blaine for the win

Couch, Robbie, author
2022

After his boyfriend Joey breaks up with him to pursue more "serious" guys, Blaine decides to run for senior class president as Joey's successor to prove his worth--but is Blaine willing to sacrifice everything about himself to do it?

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The cellist

The cellist

Silva, Daniel, 1960-, author
2022

The fatal poisoning of a Russian billionaire sends Gabriel Allon on a dangerous journey across Europe and into the orbit of a musical virtuoso who may hold the key to the truth about his friend's death. The plot Allon uncovers leads to secret channels of money and influence that go to the very heart of Western democracy and threaten the stability of the global order.

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Complications : a novel

Complications : a novel

Steel, Danielle, author
2022

Known for its luxurious accommodations and bespoke service, the Hotel Louis XVI has been the most lauded boutique hotel in all of Paris for decades. Now, after four years of renovations and the death of its legendary and beloved manager, it is set to reopen its doors at last. Awaiting returning guests is new manager Olivier Bateau. He and his level-headed assistant manager, Yvonne Philippe, both strive to continue the hotel's tradition of excellence. But they quickly realize that anything can happen at any moment, and on one cool September evening, everything does.

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Deadly cross

Deadly cross

Patterson, James, 1947-, author
2022

A scandalous double homicide in the nation's capital opens the psychological case files on Detective Alex Cross. Until Kay Willingham's shocking murder inside a luxury limousine, the Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and ex-wife of the sitting vice-president led a public life. Yet few, including her onetime psychologist, had any inkling of Kay's troubled past in the Deep South. Murdered alongside her is Randall Christopher, a respected educator whose political ambitions may have endangered both their lives. While John Sampson of DC Metro Police tracks Randall's final movements, Alex Cross and FBI Special Agent Ned Mahoney travel to Alabama to investigate Kay's early years. They discover that although Kay had many enemies, all of them needed her alive. Alex is left without a viable suspect, even as he faces a desperate choice between breaking a trust and losing his way, as a detective, and as the protector of his family.

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Does my body offend you?

Does my body offend you?

Cuevas, Mayra, author
2022

When outspoken feminist rebel Ruby McAllister stands up for a girl being humiliated into covering up, they become the leaders of the school's dress code rebellion, which forces them to face their own insecurities, biases, privileges and the ups-and-downs of newfound friendship.

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The edge of in between

The edge of in between

Savaryn, Lorelei, author
2022

After the death of her parents, Lottie loses her colorful magic and is sent to the gray wasteland to live with her uncle, but the discovery of a locked-up garden, a wise cardinal, and a hidden boy gives Lottie a second chance at bringing color back into her life.

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Flirting with fate

Flirting with fate

Cervantes, Jennifer, author
2022

Ava Granados arrives too late to for her grandmother's deathbed blessing, then Nana appears as a ghost asking for help so Ava, with the help of her two older sisters and bumbling spiritual guide, Medardus, must befriend the mysterious boy who received the blessing the night of the storm.

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Gone dark

Gone dark

Panitch, Amanda, author
2022

When a terrorist attack cuts electricity across North America, teenaged Zara and her would-be boyfriend Gabe set out to find Gabe's sister--her best friend Estella--relying on skills Zara learned from her survivalist father.

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The hair book

The hair book

Yvette, LaTonya, 1989- author
2022

"With bold, colorful graphics and poetic rhyme, this is a stunning tribute to every kind of hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love. Author and lifestyle blogger, LaTonya Yvette makes her children’s book debut with a must-have gift purchase for any occasion alongside art from award-winning illustrator Amanda Jane Jones."-- Provided by publisher.

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The heathens

The heathens

Atkins, Ace, author
2022

Sheriff Quinn Colson and his former deputy Lillie Virgil find themselves on opposite sides of a case for the first time after a woman is found dead and three delinquent teens go on the run.

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I really want to be first!

I really want to be first!

Ziefert, Harriet, author
2022

Really Bird, a small bird who lives in a big city park, wants to be first! But on today's adventure, Really Bird discovers that being a leader is about more than being first in line.

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Kingdom of bones : a thriller

Kingdom of bones : a thriller

Rollins, James, 1961- author
2022

When an insidious phenomenon spreads from a cursed site in the African jungle called the Kingdom of Bones, scientific warriors Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force must head off a global catastrophe and uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent.

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The madness of crowds

The madness of crowds

Penny, Louise, author
2022

"You're a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. While the residents of the Quebec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ca va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed, it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds.

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The murder house

The murder house

Patterson, James, 1947- author
2015


One step too far : a novel

One step too far : a novel

Gardner, Lisa, author
2022

Frankie Elkin learns of a young man who has gone missing in a national forest. Law enforcement has abandoned the search, but a crew of people led by the young man's father are still looking. Sensing a father's desperation, Frankie agrees to help - but soon sees that a missing person isn't all that's wrong here. And when more people start to vanish, Frankie realizes she's up against something very dark - and she's running out of time.

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Princess Charming

Princess Charming

Owens, Zibby, author
2022

Princess Charming finds a way to shine when a movie superstar visits the castle for a special event.

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The return

The return

Sparks, Nicholas, author.
2022

"Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any. Tending to his grandfather's beloved bee hives while preparing for a second stint in medical school, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local ... yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can't ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding. Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. Claiming to be 17, she works at the local sundries store and keeps to herself. Discovering that she was once befriended by his grandfather, Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather's death, but she offers few clues - until a crisis triggers a race that will uncover the true nature of Callie's past, one more intertwined with the elderly man's passing than Trevor could have ever anticipated. In his quest to unravel Natalie and Callie's secrets, Trevor will learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness ... and that in life, to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began."--Publisher description

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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne treachery

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne treachery

Freeman, Brian, 1963-, author
2022

Three years ago, Jason Bourne embarked on a mission in Estonia with his partner and lover, a fiery Treadstone agent code-named Nova. Their job was to rescue a Russian double agent who'd been smuggled out of St Petersburg in the midst of an FSB manhunt. They failed. The Russian died at the hands of a shadowy assassin known only by the nickname Lennon. Now everything has changed for Bourne. Nova is gone, killed in a mass shooting in Las Vegas. Bourne is a lone operative, working in the shadows for Treadstone, when he's called in for a new mission in London--to prevent another assassination masterminded by Lennon. But nothing about this mission is what it seems. As Bourne engages in a cat-and-mouse game with Lennon across the British countryside, he discovers that everything he thought he knew about the past was a lie. And with the body count rising, he comes to an inevitable conclusion--some secrets should stay buried.

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Sea of tranquility : a novel

Sea of tranquility : a novel

Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979- author
2022

"The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from an island off Vancouver in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later, unfurlinga story of humanity across centuries and planets"-- Provided by publisher.

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Spy x family. 7

Spy x family. 7

Endō, Tatsuya, 1980-, author, illustrator
2022

Master spy Twilight receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid.

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The stranger inside

The stranger inside

Unger, Lisa, 1970-, author
2022

"Former journalist Rain Winter is enjoying her new life as a stay-at-home mom. But when a man acquitted of murder is killed, her investigative instincts kick in. Soon Rain sees a pattern between a series of cold cases. Meticulous and untraceable, this killer makes sure that the guilty are punished for their crimes. Is a vigilante on the loose? As Rain's investigation deepens, she must face dark secrets in her own past and the realization that the killer may be closer than she thinks." -- Page [4] cover.

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