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• Who Is Maud Dixon?

  Andrews, Alexandra,

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  Florence Darrow believes that she's destined to become a famous writer. When she becomes the assistant to "Maud Dixon," a bestselling novelist, she believes that it's her big chance. Helen ("Maud") invites Florence along on a research trip to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Thing He Told Me

  Dave, Laura,

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  After her husband disappears, Hannah Hall quickly realizes he isn't who he said he was and that his 16-year-old daughter, who wants nothing to do with her, may hold the key to figuring out his true identity.

• A Slow Fire Burning

  Hawkins, Paula,

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  Three women unknown to each other are each questioned in connection with the gruesome murder of a young man found on a London houseboat in the new novel by the New York Times best-selling author of "The Girl on the Train."

• The Wife Upstairs

  Hawkins, Rachel, 1979-

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  Supplementing her modest income by stealing small valuables from her gated-community clients, a broke dog-walker endeavors to win the heart of a wealthy bachelor before learning his late wife's own rags-to-riches story.

• The Good Sister

  Hepworth, Sally,

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  Twin sisters who are polar opposites but who are harboring a deep, dark secret about their sociopathic mother must face the consequences of both her actions and their own when one tries to start a family.

• The Night She Disappeared

  Jewell, Lisa,

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  One year after a young woman and her boyfriend disappear on a massive country estate, a writer stumbles upon a mysterious note that could be the key to finding out what happened to the missing young couple.

• Local Woman Missing

  Kubica, Mary,

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  When Delilah, who disappeared 11 years earlier when she was only 6 years old, shockingly returns, the residents of a quiet suburban neighborhood want to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find.

• Dream Girl

  Lippman, Laura, 1959-

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  Injured in a freak fall, novelist Gerry Andersen is confined to a hospital bed in his glamorous high-rise apartment, dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse. Then late one night, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Stars Go Dark

  McLain, Paula,

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  Retreating to her childhood foster home in the wake of a tragedy, a veteran missing-persons detective becomes entwined in the search for a local teen whose disappearance eerily resembles an unsolved case from the detective's past.

• The House on Vesper Sands

  An Inspector Cutter Novel

  O'Donnell, Paraic,

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  A Victorian-inspired supernatural mystery follows the experiences of a Cambridge dropout and his savvy detective partner, who connect a paramour's disappearance to a bizarre suicide.

• The Man Who Died Twice

  a Thursday Murder Club Mystery

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  When an old friend, who has been accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of diamonds, desperately needs her help leaving a dead body in his wake, Elizabeth and her friends go up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn't bat an eyelid at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Apothecary

  Penner, Sarah,

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  Hidden in the depths of 18th-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Family Law

  Phillips, Gin,

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  When an ambitious female lawyer becomes the victim of harassment, she must decide what’s more important: her family’s safety or the rights she’s fighting for?

• The Burning Girls

  Tudor, C. J.,

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  Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a 14-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Impostor Syndrome

  a Novel

  Wang, Kathy,

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  This Silicon Valley satire follows Alice, a first generation Chinese American who discovers suspicious activity in her company's servers that violate their privacy policies and may lead back to the chief operating officer.