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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the truth doesn't matter? As Lucy Chase's Texas hometown begins to tell versions of what happened and who Lucy is to a nationwide, true crime obsessed audience, at the bequest of her grandmother, she returns to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it." -- Provided by publisher....
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
3) Fly away
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to Firefly Lane returns readers to the world of Tully, Kate, and Tully's mother, who explore their understandings about love, family, loss, and redemption while turning to each other in the hopes of salvaging their lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend that she'd reunite her with the woman she fell in love with nearly eighty years ago, she didn't expect that would mean traveling to Key West with three tablespoons of Mrs. Nash's remains in her backpack. But Millie's determined to give her friend a symbolic happily ever after, before it's (really) too late--and hopefully reassure herself of love's lasting power in the...
5) The dry
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because...
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Language
English
Description
"Even though Torie Bergstrom hasn't been back to Georgia since she was ten, she's happy to arrange a job for her best friend at one of the family properties on Jekyll Island. But when Torie learns that her best friend has drowned, she knows it is more than a tragic accident: Lisbeth was terrified of water and wouldn't have gone swimming by choice. Torie goes to the hotel under an alias, desperate to find answers. When she meets Joe Abbott and his...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"PI Sunny Randall has often relied on the help of her best friend Spike in times of need. When Spike's restaurant is taken over under a predatory loan agreement, Sunny has a chance to return a favor. She begins digging into the life of the hedge fund manager who screwed Spike over--surely a guy that smarmy has a skeleton or tow in his closet--and soon finds this new enemy may have the backing of even badder criminals. At the same time, Sunny's cop...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Description
It's been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, even deadly. The only thing is: they didn't do it. On the anniversary of Summer's death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.
Cora hasnt spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting,...
10) Before I let go
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Corey moves away from Lost Creek, Alaska, she makes her friend Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she's a stranger. With every hour, Corey's suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets--but piecing together the truth about what...
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Series
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English
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"Maya was a high school senior when her best friend Aubrey mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man, Frank, they'd been hanging around with all summer. Seven years later, Maya is just managing to move on; she lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is finally kicking the secret Klonopin habit that's allowed her to cope with what happened all those years ago. But her past comes back to haunt her when she discovers a recent YouTube...
12) Early departures
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
What if you could bring your best friend back to life--but only for a short time? Jamal's best friend, Q, doesn't know that he died, and that he's about to die again. He doesn't know that Jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven't been friends for two years is because Jamal blames Q for the accident that killed his parents. But what if Jamal could have a second chance? A new technology allows Q to be reanimated for a few weeks before...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Emily tries to comfort her best friend, Zack, whose dog Jojo recently died, by telling him about the "Invisible Leash" that connects each owner to his or her deceased pet.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ryn, eighteen, trapped by a massive blizzard in the Denver airport, meets some unique characters who help her cope with survivor's guilt on the first anniversary of her best friend's death.
16) Stay sweet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Amelia has looked forward to her last summer before college working at the Meade Creamery, but when the owner of the local landmark passes away her nephew has big changes in mind.
17) Sweet on you
Author
Series
Bradford Sisters romance volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Britt and Zander have been best friends since they met thirteen years ago, and Zander has been in love with her all those years. When Zander's uncle dies of mysterious causes, he returns to Merryweather, Washington. As they work together to uncover his uncle's tangled past, will the truth of what lies between them come to light?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"They say Delia burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed, but June does not believe it was suicide because she and Delia used to be closer than anything, but one night a year ago, everything changed when they and June's boyfriend, Ryan, let their good time get out of hand, and now, a year later, June owes it to Delia to know if her best friend committed suicide or was murdered." -- Provided by publisher.
19) The swell
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Three years ago, passionate surfer Kenna Ward lost her two great loves--after her boyfriend drowned, she hung up her surfboard and swore off the water for good. But she is drawn back to the beach when her best friend, Mikki, announces her sudden engagement to a man Kenna has never met--a member of a tight-knit group of surfers. Kenna travels to a remote Australian beach, entering a dangerous world far from civilization where the waves, weather, and...
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English
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"Sometimes the best gifts in life are the ones you don't expect. Cassie and Tom lost their parents at a young age and relied on each other--as well as a community of friends--to cope. They were especially close with Tom's best friend, Sam, who always made sure that Tom and Cassie were surrounded with love. But, twenty years later, Cassie has lost Tom as well. And in a way, she's also lost Sam; over the years they'd drifted apart, and now the man she...