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Author
Series
Madame Karitska volume 1
Publisher
Fawcett
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
When Alison Bartlett is found murdered in her apartment, Lieutenant Pruden seeks the help of pyschic, Madame Karitska.
82) If I lose her
Author
Publisher
Rising Action
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The pregnancy podcasts warned Joanna Baker about the baby blues, but when a near-fatal mistake places the first-time mom under the watchful eye of Child Protective Services, she receives a serious diagnosis. Postpartum depression. Jo hears the words, yet they don't make sense. Nothing does. Her blackouts are increasing, and she can't recall events she's been accused of. As she fights to keep her daughter, she discovers cracks in her neighborhood,...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a daring cat-and-mouse game that is as surprising as it is satisfying. Meet Louise and Henri. Two strangers, traveling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul. Except this isn't the first time they have met. Louise is running-from her past, from the shady people she has stolen money from, and from Henri, the person sent to collect...
Author
Publisher
Atmosphere Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Family. The same people who destroyed Gavin's self-esteem are the ones he must save. When Gavin looks in the mirror he sees his twin Devon - literally. Yet like the mirror, inside they are the reverse of each other. Devon is the chosen one, anointed by their tough Mob-connected father, who demeans Gavin as a nerd but expects him to save his brother from his worst instincts. Gavin struggles to believe in himself and make his own decisions in the face...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Adira Smith-Cortez knows how to turn around a troubled past. Now she's a self-made multi-millionaire who takes exquisite care of herself and her only true love: her husband, Gabriel. Adira has it all - except the answer to one tormenting question: why is attentive, affectionate Gabriel cheating on her - with not just one, but two women. There's sexy Jocelyn, a club owner. And then there's Julianna, a celebrity makeup artist he's even crazier about....
Author
Publisher
Waterbrook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Marielle marries Carson Bishop and moves into Holly Oaks, his dead wife's Virginia family home, she investigates stories that the house is haunted by her ancestress, Susannah Page, who is rumored to have been a Civil War spy.
87) The glass woman
Author
Publisher
Datura
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Iris Henderson wakes up in a hospital bed alone, with no memory of why or how she got there. Moments later, she is introduced to her husband Marcus, a man she does not even recognise. And things only get stranger from there. Iris is told that she volunteered to be the first test-subject for a ground-breaking AI therapy, and that she is the pioneering scientist behind the experimental treatment. Whilst everyone warns her to leave it alone, a confused...
88) Family meal
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Cam is living in Los Angeles and falling apart after the love of his life has died. Kai's ghost won't leave Cam alone; his spectral visits wild, tender, unexpected, and explosive. When Cam returns to his hometown of Houston, he crashes back into the orbit of his former best friend, TJ, and TJ's family bakery. TJ's not sure how to navigate this changed Cam, impenetrably cool and self-destructing, or their charged estrangement. Can they find a way...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world. When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-old girl to make them all find the courage to rebuild their bonds with each other"--
Author
Publisher
Other Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Given a second chance with an old love, a coolly detached archivist questions the life he could have had, and whether it's not too late to live it. A poignant, ingeniously constructed new novel from "one of Europe's most exciting writers" (New York Times Book Review). Forty years ago-almost a lifetime-he confessed his love to a classmate and close friend, Franziska. Now, living in his late mother's house with the obsolete archive of the newspaper...
93) Ready to roll!
Author
Series
Donut dreams volume 6
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Kelsey loves working in her family's restaurant at the Donut Dreams counter, but she feels like she could be doing something more. When her friends tease her about always having strong opinions, she decides to start a blog, Kelsey's Corner. Kelsey is positive her words will be her ticket to popularity. But she soon discovers a handful of good friends is far better than a baker's dozen of insincere ones."--Amazon
94) Easy prey
Author
Publisher
Ryan D. Mims
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Mary Salter is a city councilwoman trying to find solutions to poverty and homelessness in her city. She has built a team of activists to support those in need. John Gordon is an FBI Agent investigating a series of murders across the South Western United States. They must team up because a serial killer is preying on the poorest members of El Cajon. They are not prepared for what they discover. Vampires are real and they like easy prey. Will John...
96) Habitations
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Vega Gopalan is adrift. Still reeling from the death of her sister years earlier, she leaves South India to attend graduate school at Columbia University. In New York, Vega straddles many different worlds, eventually moving in and out of a series of relationships that take her through the striving world of academia, the intellectual isolation of the immigrant suburbs, and, ultimately, the loneliness of single motherhood. But it is the birth of Vega's...
97) Long time gone
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby nearly three decades ago, forensic scientist Dr. Sloan Hastings' increasingly perilous search for answers draws her to an unsettling small Nevada town.
98) Tremor
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A weekend spent antiquing is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speak out from a pulsing metropolis. Tunde, the man at the center of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New...
99) Days of wonder
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love--yearning, breathless love--that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her life was unexpectedly upended when she was accused of trying to murder Jude's father, an imperious superior court judge, and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. When she learns she's pregnant shortly after sentencing, she reluctantly decides to give...
100) A shining
Author
Publisher
Transit Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and ultimately finds himself stuck at the end of a forest road. It soon grows dark and begins to snow. But instead of searching for help, he ventures, foolishly, into the dark forest. Inevitably, the man gets lost, and as he grows cold and tired, he encounters a glowing being amid the obscurity. Strange, haunting and dreamlike, A Shining is the latest...