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• Robert B. Parker's Hot Property

  Lupica, Mike

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  Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita’s always been a tricky one: flirting with Spenser for years, she’s an ever-present figure that transcends friendship in Spenser’s circle. But at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Christmas in Bethel

  Evans, Richard Paul

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  Leigh Stilton, a woman who believes she has plenty of reasons to not celebrate the holidays, is drawn back from despair's precipice by a special book. A chance meeting with its author at a coffee shop sparks a romance unlike any other she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of Night Birds

  a Novel

  Kim, Juhea

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  A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice: to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever in an incandescent novel of redemption and love.

• Amber Alert

  Swinson, Kiki

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  An explosive portrait of Dirty South revenge, triple-dealing, and crimes of passion as a suburban mom’s high-end criminal past comes back to haunt her, endangering her children—and propelling her into a high-stakes game she remembers all too well .…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freedom

  Memories 1954-2021

  Merkel, Angela, 1954-

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  Former chancellor Angela Merkel recounts daily life as leader of the German federal government, as well as the dramatic days and nights when she made far-reaching decisions in Berlin, Brussels, and beyond. She traces the long lines of change in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Herringbone Harbor Mystery

  Goldenbaum, Sally

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  Just before tourist season starts, Izzy, Birdie, Cass, and Nell must pick apart tangled secrets and wrap up up false accusations before the killer of a fisherman neighbor hooks another victim. Latest in the Seaside Knitters Society series.

• Ice Journey of the Polar Bear

  Jenkins, Martin, 1959-

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  Written by a conservation biologist, this beautifully illustrated and atmospheric story for early elementary students gently explores the life of a polar bear in a time of climate change.

• The Universe

  Beall, Abigail

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  This spectacular reference book for children aged 7-9 explores the vast Universe, beginning with the Big Bang and looking forward to the future of space travel. The Universe covers the planets of the Solar System, comets, nebulae, constellations,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not for the Faint of Heart

  a Novel

  Croucher, Lex

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  When Mariel's ramshackle band of bandits kidnap Clem as retribution for her guardian helping the Sheriff of Nottingham, all seems to be going (sort of) to plan … until Jack Hartley, Mariel’s father and Commander of the Merry Men, is captured in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darkly

  a Novel

  Pessl, Marisha

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  Arcadia “Dia” Gannon has been obsessed with Louisiana Veda, the game designer whose obsessive creations and company, Darkly, have gained a cultlike following. Dia is shocked when she’s chosen for a highly-coveted internship, along with six other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Colony

  Evans, Richard Paul

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  After saving Tara and Jack—and losing a few of their own—in a dramatic battle in the Peruvian jungle against the Elgen offshoot the Chasqui, the Electroclan has returned to the U.S. to regroup. But their downtime is brief, as Abi—who was abducted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death Takes the Lead

  Simpson, Rosemary, 1942-

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  When a series of mysterious deaths plagues a new Scottish play, heiress and lawyer Prudence MacKenzie and her partner, ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter, are called in to perform an investigation at one of Broadway’s most stunning theatres . . . Latest…Read moreRead more of this annotation