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Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Scout Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she's pretty sure they won't extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren't going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the...
Author
Series
Camino volume 3
Language
English
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"Popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn't know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed...and the past is...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
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""You like it darker? Fine, so do I," writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life--both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King...
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Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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How would you react in a life-or-death situation?
It’s a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard’s school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is...
5) Mind games
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother's. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie's handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they're about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb. Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"You'll be safe here. That's what the greasy tour guide tells the Farmer-Bowens when they visit Plymouth Valley, a walled-off company town with clean air, pantries that never go empty, and blue-ribbon schools. On a very trial basis, the company offers to hire Linda Farmer's husband, a numbers genius, and relocate her whole family to this bucolic paradise for the .0001%. Though Linda will have to sacrifice her medical career back home, the family jumps...
10) The infiltrator
Author
Series
Derek Harrington volume 2
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Working with the FBI to eradicate a domestic terrorist group known as Autumn's Tithe, Derek Harrington is on a collision course with ex-FBI Special Agent Hannah Kittle, aka Sarah, who leads the group, when events set the stage for a confrontation that will bring Autumn's Tithe right to his doorstep.
11) Think twice
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar novel volume 12
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth ... Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on--until now, when two federal agents...
12) One by one
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Language
English
Description
"A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel....
13) Day One: a novel
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marty seems to do no wrong. Trent can't seem to get things right. When they are thrown together by tragedy, they find their futures may be defined by more than just their good intentions. Stonesmere is an English seaside suburb, defined by poignant traditions passed from generation to generation. Marty is a golden girl here, albeit one who quietly chafes against the legacy of her father's accomplishments and the care of her saintly mother - an outsider...
14) Hunted
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A breakout thriller from an "enthralling" (New York Times Book Review) and award-winning author: Can two parents find their lost children before disaster strikes? It's a week until the US presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall. In London, the police storm Heathrow Airport to bring in a father for questioning about his missing daughter. In Florida, a mother makes a connection between her son and the bomber, fearing he has...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The police call him Merkury. He's a killer who chooses his victims seemingly at random. He leaves no evidence behind, and no witnesses. Except for one. When Kate Summerlin was eleven years old, she climbed out her bedroom window on a spring night, looking for a taste of freedom in the small college town where she was living with her parents. But what she found as she wandered in the woods near her house was something else: the body of a beautiful...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Ellie Black, who disappeared two years earlier, is found alive in the woods of Washington State, Detective Chelsey Calhoun, whose own sister went missing when they were teenagers, realizes something is not right with Ellie and it's up to her to find the answers before another girl is taken.
Author
Publisher
[Freida McFadden]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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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 haas an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants....
Author
Publisher
Regalo Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the CIA asks him to use his award-winning food and culture travel show as cover for espionage, celebrity chef Sebastian Pike is teamed up with CIA handler-producer, Cammie Nova, and things soon heat up as they dodge bullets while fighting the attraction (and failing miserably) between them.
20) Direct fire
Author
Series
The Jake Mahegan thrillers volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A powerful banker, gunned down in cold blood. A military family, senselessly slaughtered as they sleep. A four-star general, hacked and framed by virtual assassins. When Jake Mahegan receives a distress call from General Savage in North Carolina, he rushes to the commander's home-- and walks right into an ambush. Joining forces with Savage's combat JAG officer, Alexandra Russell, Mahegan follows the trail to a killer who goes by the name "Jackknife,"...