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Best Staged Plans
by Claire Cook - Fiction
Sandy Sullivan is a professional home stager in the Boston suburbs, so getting rid of her own house, remaking it for the market, and downsizing should be a breeze. But nothing is ever as easy as it seems.
The Ranger: A Quinn Colson Novel
by Ace Atkins - Fiction, Thriller
Quinn Colson left Mississippi and never looked back. Now he must return as an Army Ranger for his uncle's funeral. An admired sheriff, Uncle Hampton supposedly shot himself, but Quinn is ready to face enemies --- old, new, and very dangerous --- to get to the truth.
A Simple Act of Violence
by R.J. Ellory - Fiction, Thriller
Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, did not want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people who could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case and rapidly uncovers a complication --- the victims do not officially exist. Reviewed by L. Dean Murphy.
The Timeless Swing
Tom Watson with Nick Seitz - Nonfiction, Sports
Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
by Don Van Natta Jr. - Nonfiction, Sports
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett - Fiction

Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on what is destined to be a valuable new drug. She also hopes to find answers to questions about another friend's death, the state of her company's future, and her own past.

Murder One
by Robert Dugoni - Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Thriller

Barclay Reid is struggling to cope with the death of her teenage daughter from a drug overdose. When she’s accused of murdering a drug trafficker she blamed for the overdose, attorney David Sloane is not only her potential romantic interest, but her chosen defender, in his first criminal case.

Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
by Vanessa Woods - Nonfiction

A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes who teach her a new truth about love.

Daughters of the Revolution
by Carolyn Cooke - Fiction

In 1968, a clerical mistake threatens the prestigious but cash-strapped Goode School in the small New England town of Cape Wilde. After a century of all-male, old-boy education, the school accidentally admits its first female student: a brilliant, outspoken, 15-year-old black girl whose arrival will have both an immediate and long-term effect on the prep school and everyone in its orbit.

Something for Nothing
by David Anthony - Fiction

Martin Anderson has a racehorse, a deep-sea fishing boat, a vacation home in Tahoe, and a Caddy in the garage. But his life is in freefall.