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"Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case... Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would...
42) Jayber Crow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the simple setting of his own barber shop, Jayber Crow, orphan, seminarian, and native of Port William, recalls his life and the life of his community as it spends itself in the middle of the twentieth century. Surrounded by his friends and neighbors, he is both participant and witness as the community attempts to transcend its own decline. And meanwhile Jayber learns the art of devotion and that a faithful love is its own reward.
43) Darker
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc
x, 546 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After being rejected by Anastasia Steele, Christian Grey attempts to regain her trust while also dealing with the consequences of his past sexual relationships.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When more than one hundred members of The Ark, a mysterious and sinister apocalypse cult, are found dead by poison at their isolated community in North Wales, those left alive are scattered to the winds with few coping skills and fewer answers. For twenty-one-year-old Romy, who has never known life outside the compound, learning how to live in a world she has been taught to fear is terrifying. Now Romy must start a new life for herself--and the child...
45) Kind of cruel
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Amber Hewerdine suffers from chronic insomnia. As a last resort, she visits a hypnotherapist, doubtful that anything will really change. Under hypnosis, Amber hears herself saying, "Kind, cruel, kind of cruel." The words awaken a vague memory, but she dismisses the whole episode as nonsense. Two hours later, however, Amber is arrested for the brutal murder of a woman she's never heard of, and the only way she can clear her name is by remembering exactly...
46) Between, Georgia
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English
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Nonny Frett understands the meaning of "between a rock and a hard place." She's got two mothers, "one deaf-blind and the other four baby steps from flat crazy." She's got two men: her husband, easing out the back door; and her best friend, laying siege to her heart in her front yard. She has a job that holds her in the city, and she's addicted to a little girl stuck deep in the country. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole her and raised...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Thomas and Viv Adler are the envy of their neighbors: attractive, successful, with well-mannered children and a beautifully restored home. Until one morning, when they wake up to find their porch has been pelted with eggs. It's a prank, Thomas insists; the work of a few out-of-control kids. But when a smoke bomb is tossed on their front lawn, and their car's tires are punctured, the family begins to worry. Surveillance cameras show nothing but grainy...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two children have disappeared from their New York City hotel room. Horrified, he fears they've been kidnapped. Michael's frantic search to find them takes a shocking turn when he discovers that his wife, Natalie, appears to have left quite willingly, taking their children with her. The police want to know why, and so does Michael. But there may be a reason why...
49) Guts
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 480L
Language
English
Description
"Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
Author
Publisher
Freida McFadden
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants....
51) El instinto
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
marzo 2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Blythe ya no sabe qué es verdad y qué es mentira: ¿está viviendo la vida feliz que siempre deseó, con un marido perfecto y una hija angelical? ¿O está repitiendo la sórdida historia de su madre y su abuela, marcada por el desapego y el maltrato? ¿Es Fox, su marido, el compañero y padre ideal, o tiene una vida paralela que cada día lo aleja más de su casa? Su hija Violet ¿es una niña brillante y complicada, que solo quiere que su madre...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A magnetic tale of betrayal, art, and ambition, set in the world of professional ballet, New York City during the AIDS crisis, and present-day Los Angeles. Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer just like her mother, Isabel, a former Balanchine ballerina. Since they live in Ohio, she only gets to see her father Robert for a few precious weeks a year when she visits Greenwich Village, where he lives in an enchanting apartment...