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The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison
A young woman's struggle to escape captivity after being imprisoned in a garden of butterflies.
An Amazon Charts bestseller., Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Secret Wife
by Gill Paul
A courageous woman struggles to reunite with her forbidden love in the backdrop of World War 1.
The USA Today bestseller ‘A cleverly crafted novel and an enthralling story… A triumph.’ DINAH JEFFERIES A Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest ... (Barnes & Noble)
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
A hard-boiled detective's adventures as he investigates a complex case of murder and corruption.
Private detective Philip Marlowe is investigating a dead-end missing person case when he sees a felon, Moose Malloy, barging into a nightclub called Florian's, looking for his ex-girlfriend Velma ... (Wikipedia)
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson
A collection of short stories exploring the dark side of human nature and society's norms.
The Lottery , one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker . "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical ... (Goodreads)
4th of July
by James Patterson
An ex-FBI agent takes on a case of a missing girl, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.
When Lindsay Boxer gets a lead on a recent murder of two teenagers, she responds to the call and joins Warren Jacobi on a stakeout of a Mercedes. When the car takes off, a high speed chase ends in a ... (Wikipedia)
Girls of Glass
by Brianna Labuskes
A psychological thriller about a woman who discovers the dark secrets of her family's past.
An Amazon Charts bestseller.,, It takes more than a lie to hide the dark secrets of this picture-perfect family., When the granddaughter of one of Florida’s most powerful judges disappears, it ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox
A young boy is kidnapped and forced to work on a slave ship, where he witnesses the horrors of the slave trade.
It is the beginning of 1840 in New Orleans. In the rain, drunken riverboat workers and slaves alike are celebrating. Jessie Bollier lives in the area with his mother and sister. One evening while he ... (Wikipedia)
Spy School
by Stuart Gibbs
Ben Ripley is recruited to attend a secret spy school, where he must use his wits to solve a dangerous mystery.
Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so—and his life may depend on it! Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Switch
by Sandra Brown
A woman's life is turned upside down when she discovers her husband's dark secrets. She must decide whether to stay or leave.
After her twin sister's brutal murder, a young woman teams up with a NASA astronaut who is working to clear his name, and together they must track down a killer whose lethal plans are far from over. ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Unremembered Girl
by Eliza Maxwell
A young girl is found on a farm with no memory of her past. As she tries to uncover her identity, dark secrets are revealed.
An Amazon Charts bestseller., In the deep woods of East Texas, Henry supports his family by selling bootleg liquor. It’s all he can do to keep his compassionate but ailing mother and his stepfather—a ... (Barnes & Noble)
Tough Customer
by Sandra Brown
A private investigator is hired to protect a woman and her son from a stalker, but the case becomes more complicated than expected.
Hard-living detective-turned-P.I., Dodge Hanley tries not to dwell on the past. But when he gets a call from Caroline King, “the one” who got away, there’s no time for looking back; their daughter is ... (Goodreads)
River, Cross My Heart
by Breena Clarke
A young girl drowns in a river, and her family struggles to cope with the aftermath in 1920s Georgetown, Washington D.C.
The acclaimed bestseller – a selection of Oprah's Book Club -- that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's ... (Goodreads)
Abducted
by T.R. Ragan
A woman is abducted and held captive by a serial killer, but she fights back to survive and bring him to justice.
Lizzy Gardner is a one-million copy bestselling series. When Lizzy Gardner was only seventeen, what should have been the perfect night became the perfect nightmare. Kidnapped just blocks from home ... (Goodreads)
Chill Factor
by Sandra Brown
A small town sheriff and a woman on the run from her past are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse during a snowstorm.
Librarian’s note: This is a previously-published edition of,paperback, ISBN: 9780743466776,., Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town—the kind of place where criminal activity is usually ... (Goodreads)
With Malice
by Eileen Cook
A teenage girl wakes up in a hospital with amnesia after a car accident in Italy that killed her best friend. Did she do it?
It was the perfect trip…until it wasn’t. Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a hospital room, leg in a cast, stitches in her face and a big blank canvas where the last six weeks should be. She ... (Goodreads)
Body Surfing
by Anita Shreve
A woman's life is changed when she becomes involved with a family during their summer vacation. Love, loss, and self-discovery ensue.
At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing once again, she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they ... (Barnes & Noble)
Atlantia
by Ally Condie
In a world where people live either above or below the sea, two sisters must choose between family and freedom.
The story begins when Rio attends the ceremony of the Divide. Rio wants to go aboveground, or where there are sun and air, initially, but she has promised her Below-loving twin sister, Bay, to remain ... (Wikipedia)
The Good Daughters
by Joyce Maynard
Two girls born on the same day, but from different worlds, grow up together and discover secrets that will change their lives forever.
The bestselling author of Labor Day returns with a spellbinding novel about friendship, family secrets, and the strange twists of fate that shape our lives. They were born on the same day, in the ... (Goodreads)
A Crime of Passion
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
A beautiful, young, rising star in the country music world is found dead in a Nashville hotel room. The owner of her record company is charged with murder. In the seventh installment of Scott Pratt's ... (Goodreads)
The Secrets of Lost Stones
by Melissa Payne
A woman moves to a small town and discovers a mysterious connection to the land and its secrets.
A soul-stirring novel about the bonds between mother and child and the redemption that comes with facing the past and letting it go., Thirty-two-year-old Jess Abbot has lost everything: her job, her ... (Barnes & Noble)
If She Only Knew
by Lisa Jackson
A woman with amnesia tries to uncover her past and discovers dark secrets that threaten her life.
She can't remember anything... but she knows that she's in danger. A thrilling story of deadly secrets and missing memories, Lisa Jackson's first New York Times bestseller is now beautifully ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Poet
by Michael Connelly
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's descent into darkness, as he unravels a web of deceit and murder.
Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how–he decides to write the story. But ... (Goodreads)
Sweetheart
by Chelsea Cain
A serial killer is on the loose, and detective Archie Sheridan must work with his captor, the beautiful and twisted Gretchen Lowell, to catch him.
, Portland detective Archie Sheridan, the former head of the Beauty Killer Task Force, hunted Gretchen Lowell for years before she kidnapped him, tortured him, and then let him go. Now that she is ... (Goodreads)
Panic
by Lauren Oliver
In a small town, a game of Panic is played every summer, where the stakes are high and the risks are deadly.
From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a captivating, thrilling novel of fear, friendship, courage, and hope that will leave readers gasping for air. Panic began as so many things ... (Barnes & Noble)
Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary
by Kenneth Branagh
A reimagined version of Shakespeare's classic play, told through film.
Often credited with creating a popular movie audience for Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh has wanted for many years to bring to the screen the complete, full-length version of Hamlet , Shakespeare's ... (Goodreads)
Blood Money
by Scott Pratt
A lawyer takes on a case defending a man accused of murder, but soon realizes the case is more complicated than it seems.
In the sixth volume of the bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard does something he has never done before – he hires a young associate. Her name is Charleston Story, she is bright and beautiful, and ... (Goodreads)
Judgment Cometh: And That Right Soon
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer defends a man accused of murder, uncovering corruption and danger in the process.
A Supreme Court Justice is found cut into pieces in the back of a pick-up truck. Three other judges have already gone missing. In the eighth installment of Scott Pratt’s bestselling Joe Dillard ... (Goodreads)
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
by Rebecca Wells
A young woman navigates life in a small Louisiana town, facing love, loss, and self-discovery along the way.
In the small river town of La Luna, Louisiana, Calla Lily Ponder bursts into being, a force of nature as luminous as the flower she is named for. Under the loving light of the Moon Lady, the feminine ... (Barnes & Noble)
Roses of May
by Dot Hutchison
A serial killer is on the loose, and FBI agent Victor Hanoverian must race against time to catch him before he strikes again.
Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still ... (Goodreads)
Silent Victim
by Caroline Mitchell
Emma is trapped in an abusive marriage, but when her husband is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect. Can she clear her name and find the real killer?
Emma’s darkest secrets are buried in the past. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long. Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother…and an involuntary killer. For years she’s been hiding the dead body ... (Goodreads)
