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Follow me : a novel
Joanna Scott.
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420 p. ; 24 cm.
In 1946, Sally Werner abandons her home to begin a daring journey of self-creation, the truth of which she entrusts only with her granddaughter, six decades later. But when the younger Sally's father enters her life and offers another story, she must uncover the truth of her grandmother's past.
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Frederica
Georgette Heyer.
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437 p. ; 21 cm.
Bringing her family to London in the hopes of finding her younger sister a suitable husband, Frederica is saddened when her prime prospect, the Marquis of Alverstroke, seems totally uninterested, but when her younger brother ends up in a terrible accident, the dutiful Marquis becomes as chivalrous as ever to the those in his charge.
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Gone tomorrow : a Jack Reacher novel
Lee Child.
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421 p. ; 24 cm.
In this 13th Reacher novel, the former army MP confronts a possible suicide bomber on a nearly deserted Manhattan subway car -- a confrontation that will lead him back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and forward to the war on terrorism. It turns out that Susan Mark's life was critical to dozens of others in Washington, California, and Afghanistan ... from a former Delta Force operator now running for the U.S. Senate to a beautiful young woman with a story to tell, but can Reacher sort through their lies in time to save himself and help a woman police officer.
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The housekeeper and the professor
Yoko Ogawa ; translated by Stephen Snyder.
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180 p. ; 21 cm.
He is a brilliant math professor, with a peculiar problem--since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only 80 minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young housekeeper with a 10-year-old son who is hired to care for the professor. Between them, a strange, beautiful relationship blossoms.
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Heaven, Texas
Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
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357 p. ; 21 cm.
It's Gracie Snow's job as a new motion picture production assistant to get the legendary ex-football player, Bobby Tom Denton, back to his Texas hometown to begin shooting his first movie.Good luck with that."There's been a terrible misunderstanding, Mr. Denton. Can't you see that I don't look like a stripper?" Gracie snatched up her suit jacket. "Please. Could we go somewhere private to talk?"Bobby Tom sighed and uncoiled from his chair. "I s'pose we'd better. But you've got to give me your word you'll keep your clothes on. It wouldn't be fair for me to see you naked when my party guests can't.""I promise, Mr. Denton, that you will never see me naked."He looked doubtful. "I don't mean to question your good intentions, honey, but judging from my past history, it might not be that easy for you to resist."A head-spinning battle of the sexes-with Beauty waging war against Brain-except this male beauty has a fine intelligence, and brainy Gracie isn't nearly as ordinary as she thinks.
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Hello goodbye : a novel
Emily Chenoweth.
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273 p. ; 25 cm.
A heartbreaking, beautifully-crafted debut novel about friendship, loyalty, and growing up--"Hello Goodbye" follows a dying woman's final vacation with her family at a lavish New England resort.
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How to sell
Clancy Martin.
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296 p. ; 22 cm.
Bobby Clark is just sixteen when he drops out of school to follow his big brother, Jim, into the jewelry business. Bobby idolizes Jim and is in awe of Jim’s girlfriend, Lisa, the best saleswoman at the Fort Worth Deluxe Diamond Exchange. nbsp;What follows is the story of a young man’s education in two of the oldest human passions, love and money. Through a dark, sharp lens, Clancy Martin captures the luxury business in all its exquisite vulgarity and outrageous fraud, finding in the diamond-and-watch trade a metaphor for the American soul at work.
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Humpty Dumpty was pushed : a novel
by Marc Blatte.
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285 p. ; 23 cm.
On a manic ride from the mixing boards of hip-hop recording studios to mansions in the Hamptons and the projects of the urban ghetto, Detective Black Sallie Blue Eyes ventures behind-the-scenes of thenbsp;record businessnbsp;in search of a street-side assassin. Casting a widely satirical net on all spectra and species of the Manhattan social scene—from tweaking downtown hipsters, wrestling fetishists, and rapper wannabes to real estate moguls and hip-hop impresarios—this satirical urban noir novel offers intrigue, insight, and an innovative brand of humor.
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A husband's wicked ways
Jane Feather.
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506 p. ; 18 cm.
Aurelia Farnham is happy living in London's stylish Cavendish Square, but with her friends Livia and Cornelia both married, sometimes she longs for more. Then Colonel Sir Greville Falconer storms into her life, delivering a letter from her late husband, revealing he was a spy for the Colonel. The Colonel asks her to partner with him as he exposes a ring of Spanish spies who have infiltrated London society. When the simmering attraction between them ignites into passion and the danger of Aurelia's double life escalates, Aurelia realizes she has more than shadowy antagonists to fear.
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In the shadow of Gotham
Stefanie Pintoff.
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viii, 385 p. ; 22 cm.
An atmospheric, taut, and truly original historical mystery, "In the Shadow of Gotham" features an engaging main character and a gorgeously rendered setting: turn-of-the-century New York.
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The increment : a novel
David Ignatius.
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390 p. ; 25 cm.
From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself âDr. Aliâ sends an encrypted message to the CIA. It falls to Harry Pappas to decide if itâs for real. Dr. Ali sends more secrets of the Iranian bomb program to the agency, then panics. Heâs being followed, but he doesnât know whoâs onto him, and neither does Pappas. The White House is no helpâtheyâre looking for a pretext to attack Tehran. To get his agent out, Pappas turns to a secret British spy team known as âThe Increment,â whose operatives carry the modern version of the double-O âlicense to kill.â But the real story here is infinitely more complicated than he understands, and to get to the bottom of it he must betray his own country. The Increment is The Spy Who Came In from the Cold set in Iran, with a dose of Graham Greeneâs The Human Factor to highlight the subtleties of betrayal.
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Intent to kill
James Grippando.
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356 p. ; 24 cm.
A fallen baseball star must use his new skills as Boston's king of sports radio to outwit a dangerous caller and prove--live and on the air--that the hit-and-run that killed his wife was no accident.
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