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• The Book of Guilt

  Chidgey, Catherine, 1970-

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  After a very different outcome to WWII than the one history recorded, 1979 England is a country ruled by a government whose aims have sinister underpinnings and alliances. In the Hampshire countryside, 13-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beat the Reaper

  A Novel

  Bazell, Josh

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  The Locanos, a mob family, take in 14-year-old Pietro after a couple of thugs gun down the grandparents who raised him. Bent on revenge, Pietro pursues the killers and executes them a year later. Impressed by Pietro's performance, David Locano…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stillhouse Lake

  Caine, Rachel,

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  Gina Royal is the definition of average--a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband's secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor--the ultimate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something in the Water

  Steadman, Catherine,

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  Documentary filmmaker Erin Locke scores big when three high-profile convicts agree to allow her to document their transitions back into society after serving their time. But, as Erin's career soars, her fiancée, Mark, struggles to replace the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The It Girl

  Ware, Ruth,

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  April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sea of Unspoken Things

  Young, Adrienne, 1985-

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  James and Johnny Golden were once inseparable. For as long as she can remember, James shared an almost supernatural connection with her twin brother, Johnny, that went beyond intuition--she could feel what he was feeling. So, when Johnny is killed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Dark Shore

  McConaghy, Charlotte,

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  Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sometimes I Lie

  Feeney, Alice,

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  Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can't move. She can't speak. She can't open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn't remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's Always the Husband

  Campbell, Michele, 1962-

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  Kate, Aubrey, and Jenny first met as college roommates and became inseparable, despite being as different as three women can be. Kate was beautiful, wild, wealthy, and damaged. Aubrey, on financial aid, came from a broken home, and wanted more than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Happiness Falls

  Kim, Angie, 1969-

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  "We didn't call the police right away," are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing. Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dinner

  Koch, Herman, 1953-

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  In this darkly suspenseful, highly controversial novel, two families struggles to make the hardest decision of their lives-- all over the course of one meal. It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Missing White Woman

  Garrett, Kellye, 1978-

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  It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna's new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything--the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the rented four-story luxury row house in Jersey City with a beautiful view of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shutter Island

  Lehane, Dennis,

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  Summer, 1954. US Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck, he sets out to find an escaped murderess named Rachel Solando as a hurricane bears down upon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Plot

  Korelitz, Jean Hanff, 1961-

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  Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written-let alone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Turn of the Key

  Ware, Ruth,

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  When Rowan Caine stumbles across the ad, it seems like too good an opportunity to miss--a live-in nanny post, with a staggeringly generous salary. When she arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten--by the luxurious home fitted out with all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Thinking of Ending Things

  Reid, Iain, 1981-

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  It's snowing, and the unnamed narrator is traveling with her new boyfriend Jake to visit his parents at the family farm. During the ride, the narrator repeatedly ponders calling off their relationship and while this revelation may not have arrived…Read moreRead more of this annotation