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by Elizabeth Noble - Fiction

From catastrophe on a world scale to family tragedy... In Elizabeth Noble’s affecting novel, her seventh, a beloved son is lost to a killer tidal wave. It’s every parent’s deepest fear, yet this story also glows with love, hope, and faith in our ability to survive the worst life can throw at us.

by James Salter - Fiction, Historical Fiction

From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, and finally he meets a woman who enthralls him --- before setting him on a course he never could have imagined for himself.

by Jacqueline Winspear - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

A young Indian woman has been shot, and the redoubtable Maisie Dobbs is on the case. In Jacqueline Winspear’s 10th historical mystery, the victim is an emigrant torn between two worlds, and she echoes the perplexing choice facing Maisie herself: settle down with a good man, or seek her destiny in a quest far from home.

by Susan Hill - Fiction, Mystery

The murder of a very old woman in a housing project rocks the town of Lafferton. A couple of weeks later, a similar murder occurs, and a month or so later, so does another. Initial investigations discover that the mysterious "sign" left on the body was the calling card of a suspect who was charged with several murders in the northwest of the country but was ultimately acquitted. All indications suggest that this person has simply vanished. Or is he right under their noses?

by Francesca Lia Block - Fiction

Ariel Silverman is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend, Jeni, who vanished without a trace a few years before, closing Ariel's heart and changing her forever. Ariel wonders if she will ever be fully alive, until she meets three mysterious, beautiful and seductive young people living in a strange old house in the Berkeley hills. Through them, Ariel will unravel the mystery of her best friend's disappearance and face a chilling choice.

by Lisa Genova - Fiction

The subject of LOVE ANTHONY is autism, but that implacable disorder is only part of the story. Blending neuroscience and emotional insight, Lisa Geonva --- best known for 2008’s STILL ALICE --- delivers a heartfelt tale of two women who emerge from tragedy and betrayal to make a fresh start.

by Joanna Trollope - Fiction

Dan Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, he is coming home to the wife and young daughters he adores. The outside world sees these reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell. But are they? Can a man trained to fight adjust again to family and domestic life? And how will the family cope if he can’t?

by Matt Rees - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

Award-winning author Matt Rees takes readers to 18th-century Austria, where Mozart's estranged sister stumbles into a world of ambition, conspiracy and immortal music while attempting to uncover the truth about her brother's suspicious death.

by Daphne du Maurier - Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories

Weird, romantic, cynical, sinister, even downright kinky, these early efforts by the author of REBECCA give intimations of a haunting voice and dark imagination.