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Margaret Maron is The New York Times best-selling author of the acclaimed Deborah Knott series of southern mysteries, including the novels Uncommon Clay and Slow Dollar. She has won the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and American Mystery Awards. In a rare departure from the Knott series, Maron ratchets up the suspense in the dark and captivating stand-alone mystery, Last Lessons of Summer. Amy Stedman is the young heiress of a prosperous children's...
2) Home fires
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Anne Davis has returned to the house where she grew up, trading her glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for a harsh winter on a wind-whipped New England island. Her marriage has crumbled in the wake of a tragic accident. Now she has returned to the home on Salt Whistle Raod that has always meant shelter, security, family, and love. When she awakens one snowy night to a fire that roars through the old house, Anne escapes-but runs back into the blaze to save...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
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Philip Chase moves back home with his mother who is still grieving over the death of Ronnie, her younger son five years previous, but life makes an unusual turn when Ronnie's high school girlfriend shows up nine months pregnant with Ronnie's child.
4) Everyman
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An unnamed man recounts his own life, from a sickly boy concerned with his own health, to becoming a father, an advertising man, a philanderer, and a deteriorating old man.
5) Panic
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Documentary filmmaker Evan Casher's life comes crashing down when his mother is brutally murdered and he narrowly escapes an attempt on his own life, only to learn from the enigmatic mercenary who saved him that Evan's entire life has been little more than a carefully constructed lie.
6) Say her name
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In a novel based on the author's real-life tragedy, Goldman, consumed with grief and guilt over the accidental death of his wife just before their second anniversary, obsessively collects every memory of her, especially her writings, with the hope of keeping her alive in his mind.
8) Missing May
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
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Twenty years after her sister, Lila, is murdered, Ellie Enderlin has a chance encounter with the man accused of the crime, who gives Ellie her sister's notebook, filled with mathematical equations and clues that will lead Ellie on a journey into the past that offers startling revelations about her sister's life.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
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Julie Harmon, having taken over the work of a man after her father gets ill and dies, imagines that marriage will be different, but she and her young husband Hank discover their life together is also full of struggles.
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Shortly after Judd's wife leaves him for his boss, Judd's father Mort passes away, bringing the entire family together in mourning. During this week of “sitting shiva,” Judd realizes his siblings are even more dysfunctional than he is, and the confrontations that ensue are full of raw emotion and humorous consequences.
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A woman is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally charged thriller by the blockbuster bestselling author of The Good Girl, Mary Kubica
Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes...
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Emily is devastated when her husband, Sandy, dies in a tragic accident, and as her life crumbles around her, she finds solace in the company of Einstein, an intuitive white dog, unaware that Sandy's soul has taken up residence in Einstein and that Sandy is trying to help Emily build a new future for herself.
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New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell creates another masterpiece of excitement and chills, passion and surprise. Die in Plain Sight. When Lacey Quinn inherits the striking landscapes done by her late, much-loved grandfather, she believes they are as good as anything hanging in museums. But the paintings now in her possession are more than the works of a talented master. They are anguished voices from the grave . . . crying murder! Lacey...
19) Sister: a novel
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Bee is the only one unconvinced by the police report that declared her sister's death a suicide and moves into her apartment with the hope of piecing together the clues that will reveal the killer only to discover her sister had a stalker and was having an affair with a married man who got her pregnant.
20) Sons of Texas
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In 1816, Mordecai Lewis, a veteran of Andrew Jackson's Indian campaigns and battles against the British, moves his family into the western Tennessee canebrakes. But Mordecai, a born wanderer, is not satisfied with farming, and with his sons Michael and Andrew and some other backwoodsmen, he leads a foray into Spanish-held Texas to hunt wild horses and return the mustang herd to sell in Tennessee.
Crossing the Sabine River, Mordecai's party encounters...
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