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It has been noted many times that artists are usually not the most pleasant human beings to be around; Maughams novel is, among other things, a compelling examination of why this is so. The obsessed artist who dominates this book, Charles Strickland (based on the notorious Paul Gauguin), walks away from his cushy middle-class existence in England to pursue his dream to paint, amid frightful poverty, in France. Strickland is an unforgettable character,...
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Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
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2010
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English
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Alice and Mattia thought they were kindred spirits, soul mates meant only for each other, but when Mattia is offered an opportunity that takes him far away, Alice is left bereft and alone, until a chance encounter years later reunites them and Alice must decide if she is willing to trust Mattia with her heart once more.
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"The wounds you can't see take the longest to heal in this modern gothic thriller from the bestselling author of Girl A and Damaged. In an isolated cottage on the banks of a Scottish loch, a reclusive couple take on a new live-in carer. As Lucy gets to know her employers, she realizes the house and the people in it aren't what they seem. Is the house haunted or is something far more sinister living within the walls? As secrets and lies begin to unravel,...
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Obsession takes over the mind of a physician in this thriller by the #1 international bestselling author of the Roy Grace series.
Marcus Valentine seemingly has it all: He's a smart, charming, and successful doctor with a wife, three kids, and a job he loves. But something, or rather someone, is missing . . .
One morning, driving to work, he almost runs down a female jogger crossing the road. Marcus cannot take his eyes off her. She is identical...
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It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend Reva, an ex-boyfriend, and her drug-pushing psychiatrist are unwholesome. As her pill-popping intensifies, so does her isolation and determination...
47) Ripple Effect
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Bloodhound Books
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[2022]
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English
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"Outstanding... one of the best books I have read." -- Beechclose, five stars A long-ago illicit relationship continues to upend lives in this taut psychological suspense novel... Fifteen years ago, teenage Erin had an affair with her teacher that led to tragedy and changed Erin's life. Today, she's a married woman who keeps to herself and stays close to home, still scarred by the experience. When she's attacked while running in the park, Erin doesn't...
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Open Road Media
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[2017]
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English
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An amnesiac hunts for his lost life in every corner of New York City in this "brilliant" novel from the bestselling author of The Blackboard Jungle (Chicago Tribune). Sunrise in Central Park. A man wakes up on a park bench with no idea who he is or how he got there. The only clues to his identity are the gold ring engraved "From G.V." he wears on his right hand and the black address book with a single phone number he finds in his jacket pocket. Lacking...
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"When young, pretty Catherine Bailey meets Lee Brightman, she can't believe her luck. Gorgeous, charismatic, and a bit mysterious, Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. But what begins as flattering attention and spontaneous, passionate sex transforms into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon discovers that Lee's dazzling blue eyes and blond good looks hide a dark, violent nature. ... Increasingly isolated and driven into the darkest corner of her...
50) Winter solstice
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St. Martin's Press
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 26
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Aging actress Elfrida Phipps agrees to accompany recent widower Oscar Blundell to his estate in rural Scotland, where they, along with an assortment of visitors, including Elfrida's relative Carrie Sutton, Carrie's teenage niece Lucy, and textile executive Sam Howard, help each other heal their broken hearts in the days before Christmas.
51) Think twice
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2010
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Bennie Rosato looks exactly like her identical twin, Alice Connelly, but the darkness in Alice's soul makes them two very different women. Or at least that's what Bennie believes, until she finds herself buried alive at the hands of her twin. Alice underestimates Bennie, though, and the evil she has unleashed in her twin's psyche, as well as Bennie's determination to stay alive long enough to exact revenge.
52) Waterloo
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Reporter Nick Lasseter's pitiful life and career take a turn for the better when he stumbles upon a story that has the potential to make his career and bring him national celebrity.
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A quoi peut bien ressembler un gamin dans le Paris de l'après-guerre? Pas à Antoine Petibonjean, car lui est unique dans son malheur. Gavroche à ses heures, son enfance est loin du vert paradis des joies enfantines comme l'écrivain Proust. Dernier de classe, des mauvais coups plein les poches, Antoine est battu et humilié tous les jours par ses parents, ses professeurs, les grands de la cour de récréation. Par chance, il s'est trouvé une échappatoire:...
54) Minotaur
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"A gripping read, I read it in a day! . . . Brilliant, fast-paced . . . keeps you gripped from the first page." -Amazon reviewer, five stars
After twelve brutal murders, a vicious killer continues to elude the police-but one desperate father may prove to be his downfall . . .
A cunning and sadistic serial killer known as Minotaur has already murdered and mutilated twelve women. When novelist David Knight comes home, he is shattered to find...
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"[A] mordant debut novel....examines what it means to covet the lives of others, no matter the cost." -- The New York Times "Tense, twisty, and packed with shocks." -- Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Survive The Night Six friends. One college reunion. One unsolved murder. Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to her southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure...
56) Losing you
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Nina Landry's life turns into every mother's worst nightmare when her fifteen-year-old daughter Charlie disappears, leaving Nina to try and learn the truth about what happened to her daughter and why no one seems to care.
57) Trauma
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Alfred A. Knopf
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2008
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English
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Growing up in a severely dysfunctional family, Charlie Weir builds a career as a psychiatrist in New York City, but the suicide of a patient, the breakup of his marriage, and a volatile other woman lead Charlie to question everything, even his own sanity.
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"In her enthralling debut, Gilly Macmillan explores a mother's search for her missing son, weaving a taut psychological thriller as gripping and skillful as The Girl on the Train and The Guilty One." --In a heartbeat, everything changes...Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It's an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry--until Ben...
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Ballantine Books
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[2019]
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English
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"A missing woman receives a second chance at life, thanks to her billionaire husband--but the consequences are deadly in this gripping psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before. Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's an icon of the tech world, the founder of a lucrative robotics company. He tells...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
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[2021]
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English
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"Watching the fog rise off the lake simultaneously with steam rising from the coffee was my once beloved morning ritual. I look out onto the lake and ask myself a simple question: What do I do next? It was a gradual transition, from being motivated to remain sociable and pleasant throughout the course of the days and weeks then the once joyous cheers by the nightly fire turned slowly into a new level of solitude and anger." James Marshall rides an...
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