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Finger Lickin’ Fifteen
by Janet Evanovich

When Lula witnesses celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle literally losing his head, she and Stephanie must find the killer before Lula becomes the next victim, while Ranger asks for Stephanie's help to find out who is leaking client information from within his company.

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Knockout
by Catherine Coulter

Traveling with her mother to Georgia in the aftermath of her father's death, seven-year-old telepath Autumn Backman discovers her own family's murderous activities, desperately contacts FBI agent Dillon Savich, and promptly disappears, a situation for which Savich launches a large-scale manhunt.

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The Lieutenant
by Kate Grenville

Set in the late 18th century, at the very moment when the British arrive in Australia, The Lieutenant unveils one man’s struggle to find his place within this brand new world. Based on real events, Kate Grenville's dramatic new novel conveys the poignancy and emotional power of the bond between two people.

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Sworn to Silence
by Linda Castillo

When the killing stopped in Ohio, it left in its aftermath a sense of fragility, and for the young Amish girl, Katie Burkholder, a realization that she didn't belong. Now, 15 years later, Katie has been asked to return as Chief of Police. Katie is certain she has come to terms with the past. Until the first body of a woman is found.

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Below Zero
by C.J. Box

Shocked by a phone message that Sherry's believed-dead foster daughter may have survived the events of Winterkill, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett becomes increasingly suspicious when subsequent calls are placed from locations where serious crimes have occurred.

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The Lovers
by John Connolly

Stripped of his license in the wake of a police investigation into his own past, private investigator Charlie Parker unofficially looks into the suspicious death of his father, who reportedly committed suicide after shooting two teens, a case with ties to a troubled woman on the run, an ambitious would-be writer, and a couple intent on Charlie's death.

A thriller that is “haunting, lyrical, and impossible to put down.”

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Dismantled
by Jennifer McMahon

A decade after covering up a friend's death during a prank in the Vermont woods, Henry and Tess are tormented by the secret, the suicide of another member of their group, and a chain of events that threatens their life with their young daughter.

“A fun, twisty thriller.”

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Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire
by Margot Berwin

When Lila stumbles across a strange laundromat, which houses a fern so valuable that a small piece of it is worth thousands of dollars, the owner offers her a cutting provided that she passes a test of growing a fire fern from a small cutting.

“The great escapist novel of the summer!”

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Border Songs
by Jim Lynch

An extremely tall dyslexic man is pushed away from his family's Washington dairy farm to join the Border Patrol, where he indulges his obsessions with birds and art while occasionally catching smugglers and illegal immigrants on the British Columbian border.

“An extraordinary love story and a celebration of the coincidental and the miraculous.”

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Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Deception
by Eric Van Lustbader

Jason Bourne is badly injured in an ambush possibly orchestrated by the mysterious Arkadin, an event for which Bourne fakes his death and assumes a new identity while endeavoring to assist another team's investigation into a missile attack that resulted in a passenger plane crash.

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Commencement
by J. Courtney Sullivan

A story about four Smith College students and the paths they follow post-graduation.

“An accomplished, compulsively readable novel about the intricate bonds of female friendship. A literary page-turner at once entertaining and moving.”

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Dune Road
by Jane Green

A single mom working for a famously reclusive author in a Connecticut beach town stumbles on a secret that many of the eccentric and moneyed locals would love to get their hands on.

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Reaching the Animal Mind: What the Clicker Training Method Teaches Us About Animals
by Karen Pryor

With compelling stories and accessible science, Reaching the Animal Mind is an inspiration for everyone who loves animals and wants to train them with compassion and respect.

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Trust No One
by Gregg Hurwitz

Decades after a teenage indiscretion ends his stepfather's life and sends him into hiding, Nick Horrigan lives a quiet existence under the radar that is shattered by a terrorist's demand that Nick speak with him under the threat of a nuclear retaliation.

“An electrifying and compelling thriller.”

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