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1) Sandy Rose
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The book follows the life of Sandy. It is narrated by her conjoint twin Rose who was sacrificed at birth to save Sandy's life. This was a decision that her mother would never get over. Part of Rose's brain stayed tucked away in the back of Sandy's brain. Rose was always there, seeing every movement and thought, but for the most part, she had very little control. After tragedy tears her family apart, Sandy finds herself abandoned. To keep from being...
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Ever since Brian turned 10 years old, his life has been plagued by the mysterious visitation of the Tree Man.This traumatic event has left him with vivid nightmares and countless unanswered questions. Now, as he prepares to leave the psychiatric facility, his main focus is on unraveling the truth behind that fateful night.Reunited with his estranged sister, Brian delves deeper into the string of murders that have occurred. He can't help but wonder...
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A contract killing on a remote coastal track.
A deadly boat explosion occurs in nearby waters soon afterwards.
Are the two connected?
Meanwhile, Angelina makes an audacious escape with the assistance of her underworld connections and continues her ruthless agenda.
To follow is a chain of events that, when unravelled, shocks Nic Drakos to the core and links him inextricably to Elena Perez, imprisoned by Angelina on the other side of the world....
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"A modern-day Gaslight"
The Blue Prussian is a spellbinding story told by Blake O'Brien, a beautiful, young executive with a globetrotting career. Blake returns to her native Manhattan from San Francisco after escaping-or so she thinks-her marriage to a dashing man who turned out to be a prince of darkness. She had been hoping for a fresh start but learns that she has been poisoned with thallium-a deadly neurotoxin referred to as the poisoner's...
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311 pages ; 25 cm.
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"In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must...
6) Compulsion
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On a rainy October evening, Pastor Vance Howard is hoping for a quiet evening at home. But that all changes with one phone call. Now he finds himself sitting high up on the town's water tower, drawn into a conversation with a suicidal man named Jake. A man who bring to light the horrors of Vance's own past. Horrors that cause Vance to question his faith, his sanity, and everything he thought he was capable of. Compulsion is the story that causes one...
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A woman in her forties is a victim of a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market. Her body lies unidentified in a hospital morgue. She had apparently worked as a cleaning woman at a bakery, but there is no record of her employment. When a Jerusalem daily accuses the bakery of "gross negligence and inhumanity toward an employee," the bakery's owner, overwhelmed by guilt, entrusts the task of figuring out who she was, and burying her, to a human resources...
8) Man and Wife
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Cal Bradleys marriage to Marie is the stuff of romance. Then one night, a 19-year-old boy named Peter Blue goes on a rampage. Friendless and suicidal, Blue is sent to Bradley for treatment. For the patient, it's a last chance at redemption. For the doctor, it's the beginning of a journey into a world of fear, deception, and murder. Because somehow, Blue's extraordinary inner life is linked to Cal's reality. And in the mystery of the teenager's mind...
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It's the perfect place to hide the truth...
Vivacia Williams is strong, independent and lives in a beautiful community. She's trying to make the best of a bad situation since her husband walked out on her.
Then, she finds two lost children. They have no home, no parents, and suddenly Vivacia has the one thing she's been missing.
Vivacia will go to any length to keep the children but there are no secrets in the gated community of Wolf's Pit,...
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In "Wolf World" by Jo Ann Lordahl, the prologue and chapters one and three depict a complex emotional journey experienced by the protagonist, Christine Forrester, as she grapples with the death of her father. The prologue sets the stage for Christine's introspective exploration, expressing her struggle with the past and her determination to understand and reconcile her experiences. Chapter one delves into Christine's emotional turmoil as she prepares...
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Broad, dark, funny, and terrifying, these 13 stories in volume 1 will not disappoint. They'll make you laugh (at another's misfortune), cry as a man gets taken away far too young, and cower in the corner under a blanket as the monster waits for the right time to come take you away. Volume 2 Titles Include:Three Fingers of CheeseTurned Out & ForgottenDeath GateA Clochard Never Asks TwiceStuck On YouStrength In WeaknessThe Thirteenth RoomThe Scourged...
12) Lethal Reunion
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"Lethal Reunion" is a gripping thriller that follows five friends-Ava, Jake, Maya, Ethan, and Ben-as they gather for a weekend getaway at a secluded cabin in the woods. What begins as a nostalgic reunion quickly turns sinister when they find themselves trapped in a deadly game orchestrated by an unseen adversary.As night falls, a mysterious box appears, initiating a series of chilling challenges that force the friends to confront their darkest fears...
13) Above Clouds
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From soil to cloud, from valley to peak,From dark to bright, in this complex and changeable world,What one could take as life,What one could take as an enlightenment.The story revolves around two characters: Guang He and Sheng He: Guang He was abandoned by his mother and abused by his stepmother when he was a child, and after he grew up, he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for injuring a person by mistake, and after his release from prison,...
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"The Surgeon's Blade" is chilling and tense. It has been described in certain reviews as a 'real corker of a read'.Nursing sister, Libby Hunter wakes up in hospital with amnesia after a traumatic sailing accident. The stranger she finds sitting by her bedside claims to be her fiancé. As she cannot remember ever being engaged, she finds excuses to put him off until she is completely sure of her true feelings.Returning home, Libby finds herself in...
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Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry.Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname-which translates as "Sunny"-and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins.In the beginning of this origin story, Soleada is a 19 year old college student.So how did she come to join Blackwell Ops? And what did she have to endure?Assassins are...
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A New York Times Best Thriller of 2020 * Shortlisted for the Strand Magazine Best Mystery Novel Award * Finalist for the Gotham Book Prize
From Edgar Award nominee Debra Jo Immergut, a taut, twisting work of suspense about a woman haunted by her younger self
Abigail Willard first spots her from the back of a New York cab: the spitting image of Abby herself at age twenty-two-right down to the silver platforms and raspberry coat she wore as...
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Eli Gottlieb's previous novel, Now You See Him, was acclaimed by reviewers as "irresistible … moving" (New York Times Book Review), "a triumph…of literary suspense" (Los Angeles Times), and "gorgeous" (USA Today). With The Face Thief, he returns with a driving, compulsively readable novel that probes the wellsprings of human greed and loyalty beset by temptation.
Gottlieb introduces the mystery of the charismatic Margot, a promising journalist...
18) Packaged
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For Tory, working and living in Los Angeles is the okay of times and the not-so-great of times. Manageable. Tolerable. Acceptable. Barely.That is until an unexpected package appears on her doorstep. Its arrival jolts her out of that comfort zone. Strangers, unpleasant and violent, come hunting for the Package. They make clear to Tory that not giving it to them will have consequences. As one of the interested parties remarks, "I would not undervalue...
19) Redemption
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Samuel Elijah Johnson is a man with a Juris doctorate he earned while incarcerated. But as the prison doors swing open, he's faced with a choice he can't refuse – a chance to help an innocent man. Arthur Creed is a church-goer grappling with forbidden desires. The scriptures guide him, yet his heart leads him astray.Randy is an accountant entangled in a dangerous game of altered books and entwined with a crooked boss. When he digs deeper, he and...
20) City of War
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His enemies are the most dangerous people in the world. So are his friends . . .
The sole heir to a media empire, Rail Black is larger than life, richer than almost anyone, and living in opulent seclusion in Beverly Hills. His "curse" is a need for excitement coupled with an oversized sense of justice, which impelled him into Delta Force. Now he helps people without options-and billionaires play by different rules.
Caught in gridlock on the world's...
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