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Ape House
by Sara Gruen
After a group of bonobos are freed from a research lab, their caretaker and a journalist work to protect them from harm.
A group of reporters visit the Great Ape Language Lab - a laboratory where bonobos are trained to communicate with humans by using American Sign Language and computer software to communicate with the ... (Wikipedia)
At the Water's Edge
by Sara Gruen
In search of the Loch Ness monster, a wealthy American couple and their friend find themselves in a remote Scottish village during WWII.
After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis’s father, a former army ... (Goodreads)
Such a Rush
by Jennifer Echols
A teenage girl with a passion for flying planes navigates love, loss, and family secrets in a small town in South Carolina.
From acclaimed bestseller Jennifer Echols comes a sizzling tale of a young airplane pilot torn between two brothers When I was fourteen, I made a decision. If I was doomed to live in a trailer park ... (Barnes & Noble)
Death Sentence
by Damien Boyd
A convicted murderer is released on a technicality, and DI Nick Dixon must race against time to find new evidence before the killer strikes again.
The highly anticipated new book in the bestselling DI Nick Dixon Crime Series. The body of an elderly man is found in an abandoned World War Two pillbox beside the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. With ... (Goodreads)
The Bungalow
by Sarah Jio
A young nurse falls in love with a soldier during World War II, but their romance is cut short. Years later, she returns to the island where they met and uncovers secrets from the past.
A sweeping World War II saga of thwarted love, murder, and a long-lost painting. In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on ... (Goodreads)
That Summer
by Sarah Dessen
A girl spends a summer in a beach town, discovering secrets about her family and herself while falling in love.
That Summer tells the story of a 15-year-old girl Haven, as she copes with her sister's engagement, her father's remarriage, and her best friend's personality changes. Nothing seems stable except for ... (Wikipedia)
As The Crow Flies
by Damien Boyd
A body is found in a quarry, and DI Nick Dixon must solve the case while navigating personal and professional challenges.
Rock climbers can’t afford to make careless mistakes. But Detective Inspector Nick Dixon’s former climbing partner, Jake Fayter, died doing just that. Or so it seems. Dixon suspects foul play, but ... (Barnes & Noble)
Gone the Next
by Ben Rehder
A private investigator searches for a missing boy, uncovering dark secrets in a small Texas town.
Meet Roy Ballard, freelance videographer with a knack for catching insurance cheats. He's working a routine case, complete with hours of tedious surveillance, when he sees something that shakes him ... (Barnes & Noble)
Smack
by Melvin Burgess
A group of teenagers in Bristol, England, get caught up in the world of heroin addiction and the devastating consequences that follow.
Junk is told in the first person, with each chapter having a different character narrating. At the beginning of the story, fourteen-year old Gemma Brogan is spending time with David 'Tar' Lawson, a ... (Wikipedia)
The Night Sister
by Jennifer McMahon
A haunting tale of three friends who uncover a dark secret about an abandoned hotel and the mysterious disappearance of two sisters.
Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Piper's kid sister, Margot. The three played there as girls until ... (Goodreads)
Head In The Sand
by Damien Boyd
A body is found on a beach, leading to a complex investigation that uncovers secrets and corruption in a small town.
The discovery of a severed head in a bunker on Burnham and Berrow golf course triggers a frantic race to find a serial killer that brings the seaside town of Burnham-on-Sea to a standstill. When the ... (Goodreads)
Promise Not to Tell
by Jennifer McMahon
A woman returns to her hometown to confront a traumatic past and a present-day murder mystery. Secrets unravel as she digs deeper.
In 2002, Kate Cypher, a 41-year-old school nurse, returns home to her Vermont hippie commune where she grew up to care for her aging mother, who is afflicted with Alzheimer's disease . Her first ... (Wikipedia)
The Truth According to Us
by Annie Barrows
A story of a family in small-town America and the secrets they keep.
In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck’s father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, ... (Goodreads)
Burn for Burn
by Jenny Han
Three girls seek revenge on those who have wronged them, but their plan spirals out of control.
Postcard-perfect Jar Island is home to charming tourist shops, pristine beaches, amazing oceanfront homes—and three girls secretly plotting revenge. KAT is sick and tired of being bullied by her ... (Goodreads)
Red Mist
by Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of a young woman, while dealing with personal and professional challenges.
The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta ... (Goodreads)
Irreparable Harm
by Melissa F. Miller
Lawyer defends a client accused of murder, but soon realizes the case is more complex than she thought.
There's a smartphone app capable of crashing a commercial jet. And it's for sale to the highest bidder. Attorney Sasha McCandless is closing in on the prize: After eight years of long hours, she's ... (Barnes & Noble)
Strip Tease
by Carl Hiaasen
A stripper fights to regain custody of her daughter while navigating corrupt politicians and dangerous men. Darkly humorous and satirical.
During a late-night bachelor party at the Eager Beaver, a striptease club in Fort Lauderdale , Florida, drunken groom-to-be Paul Guber climbs on stage and grabs Erin Grant, one of the dancers. Before ... (Wikipedia)
The Black Stallion Returns
by Walter Farley
Alec Ramsay travels to Arabia to race his beloved Black Stallion against the world's finest horses.
The story begins with several odd occurrences at the farm where the Black, Alec ( Kelly Reno ), and his mother ( Teri Garr ) live. A suspicious barn fire is followed by the theft of the horse. From ... (Wikipedia)
Bad Blood
by John Sandford
A thrilling crime novel, pitting a detective against a deadly mastermind.
Another brilliant Virgil Flowers thriller from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. One late fall Sunday in southern Minnesota, a farmer brings a load of soybeans to a local grain elevator- ... (Goodreads)
The Bone Bed
by Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates a murder case involving a missing paleontologist and a mysterious bone bed.
A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two ... (Goodreads)
Alice in Zombieland
by Gena Showalter
A teenage girl's battle against a zombie apocalypse, with a little help from her friends.
She won't rest until she's sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. If anyone had told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would ... (Goodreads)
The Cater Street Hangman
by Anne Perry
A young woman investigates a series of murders in Victorian London, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
In an upper-class salon on Cater Street, several women discuss, in oblique terms, the death of a local girl. Even though Susannah has recently been out of town and is unaware of the murder, it is bad ... (Wikipedia)
One Good Deed
by David Baldacci
A WWII veteran, Aloysius Archer, is released from prison and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation in a small town.
In this fast-paced historical thriller, the #1, New York Times, bestselling author introduces Archer, a WWII veteran forced to investigate a small-town murder — or risk returning to prison. , It's ... (Barnes & Noble)
Triple
by Ken Follett
A thrilling story of espionage, love, and betrayal set during the Cold War. Three people's lives become intertwined in a dangerous game of secrets and lies.
The book's prologue describes a chance meeting of several people in Oxford in the year 1947. The main character is Nathaniel "Nat" Dickstein, a victim of experimentation in the Nazi concentration ... (Wikipedia)
Sleepers
by Lorenzo Carcaterra
A gripping story about four boys and their horrific experiences in a juvenile detention centre.
Sleeper (colloq.): 1. out-of-town hit man who spends the night after a local contract is completed. 2. A juvenile sentenced to serve any period longer than nine months in a state-managed facility. ... (Goodreads)
Double Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
Dexter Morgan, blood spatter analyst and serial killer, must outsmart a copycat killer while keeping his own dark secret safe.
As he is dismembering a pedophile, Dexter Morgan spots a witness who flees in a battered Honda . He begins to spend his evenings hunting for the car. His wife Rita , suspecting an affair, starts ... (Wikipedia)
The Silent Wife
by A.S.A. Harrison
A tense psychological thriller, exploring the complexities of a marriage on the brink of collapse.
A chilling psychological thriller portraying the disintegration of a relationship down to the deadliest point when murdering your husband suddenly makes perfect sense. Todd Gilbert and Jodie Brett ... (Goodreads)
The Hidden Kingdom
by Tui T. Sutherland
A young dragonet seeks to unite the warring tribes of Pyrrhia and end the war. But dark forces conspire against her.
The WINGS OF FIRE saga continues! Deep in the rain forest, danger awaits... Glory knows the dragon world is wrong about her tribe. After all, she isn't "as lazy as a RainWing" – she isn't lazy at ... (Goodreads)
The Virgin's Lover
by Philippa Gregory
Historical fiction about the turbulent relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley.
The book opens in the autumn of 1558, just after the death of Mary I, and bells are heralding the fact that Mary's half-sister, Elizabeth, is now queen. The book is told from four main perspectives: ... (Wikipedia)
Summer of '69
by Elin Hilderbrand
The story of the Levin family's summer in Nantucket during the tumultuous year of 1969, exploring themes of family, love, and societal change.
Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand's #1, New York Times, bestselling historical novel. Welcome to the most ... (Barnes & Noble)
