Barbara Rosenblat
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Arriving in America alone after her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian Leyb receives word that her daughter Sophie might still be alive and embarks on a risky odyssey that takes her from New York's Lower East Side to Siberia to find the missing girl.
3) Night watch
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Soon after New York City prosecutor Alexandra Cooper arrives in France to visit her boyfriend Luc Rouget, a famed restaurateur, the body of a young woman is found with a matchbox from Luc's restaurant in her pocket, but Alex is summoned back to New York to preside over the high-profile case of Mohammed Gil-Darsin, the wealthy head of the World Economic Bureau who has been accused of rape by a housekeeper, and another body with a matchbox from Luc's...
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A Great War has ended, but evil still casts a long shadow over a violence-scarred land. One woman -- an adventurer and archaeologist with a brilliant mind -- must now confront a dreadful adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. But by doing so, she may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and innocent.
5) Lady killer
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"Mary DiNunzio is strong, smart, and she's got plenty of attitude. In recent years, she's become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates, but the last person she expects to walk into her office is Trish Gambone, her high school rival. Trish's life has taken a horrifying turn. She's terrified of her live-in boyfriend, who's an abusive, gun-toting drug dealer for the South Philly mob. There's only one problem--Mary remembers the guy, too,...
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"A brilliant achievement." -- Boston Herald "Entertaining ... profound ... A novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain." -- Christian Science Monitor Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Land of Oz in his New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, offers a brilliant reinvention of the timeless Snow White fairy tale: Mirror Mirror. Setting...
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Marta Richter, a lawyer with the all-female firm Rosato & Associates, is hours away from winning an acquittal for millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, when she learns he has lied to her and is really guilty of murder, but her efforts to find evidence to convict her own client are thwarted by her boss Benedetta Rosato, who has a better plan for dealing with their crooked client.
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New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels has captivated readers worldwide with her heart-stirring stories of love and family, friendship and renewal. With Listen to Your Heart, she spins the unforgettable tale of a young woman who might be falling for a match made in heaven. . .
Listen To Your Heart.
With her beloved mother gone, her twin sister about to be married, and no hint of Mr. Right on the horizon, Josie Dupré is lonesome. Luckily,...
10) Ill wind
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Anna, a ranger at the Mesa Verde National Park, finds herself in danger when she investigates the death of a fellow ranger.
11) Affair
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Matchmaker Charlotte Arkendale finds herself in need of a new man-of-affairs who can also serve as a bodyguard after one of her clients is murdered, possibly by a man Charlotte recommended. But when she hires Baxter St. Ives to fill the position, she discovers she must also guard her heart.
12) Mystique
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Lady Alice and Sir Hugh strike a bargain--she will help him recover the treasured stone he seeks in return for enough money to allow her to live independently. But Hugh, recognizing in Alice the wife he has longed for, makes her agree to a temporary betrothal, hoping it will turn into the real thing.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
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Amelia Peabody and her family arrive in Egypt in 1911 for their annual excavation and to celebrate the wedding of Amelia's niece Lia to David, an Egyptian artist; but Amelia's attention is diverted from the dig when David is accused of selling ancient artifacts, and she must work fast to clear his name.
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New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan must put her PI skills to the ultimate test when she falls into the crosshairs of a psychopath who knows everything about her. For the past fifty years on the birth date of Edgar Allan Poe, a person wearing a cloak has placed three roses and a half bottle of cognac on the writer's gravesite. PI Tess Monaghan has never witnessed the event. But when John P. Kennedy, an eccentric antiques...
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Miami attorney Gail Conner has her own practice and a wonderful new fiance, Anthony Her happiness is put in jeopardy when she discovers her Cuban-born fiance is tied to her first client through his past involvement in a revolutionary movement, which threatens to destroy his family and Gail's future.
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New York Times Bestseller Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan-first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues- must track down a missing wife and unravel the secrets in her marriage that led her to flee. "A hair raising ride."- Boston Globe Mark Rubin's family is missing-and the police won't get involved because all the evidence indicates that his wife left willingly. So the successful Baltimore furrier...
18) Stitches in time
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When an antique quilt mysteriously appears at the shop where Rachel works, it has an ominous effect on her. The evil that appears to emanate from the quilt threatens to destroy Rachel and the people she cares about.