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by Laurie R. King - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

Summer, 1929. Global financial ruin may be on the horizon, but in Paris, decadence is synonymous with freedom. The American expat community of artists, musicians and writers is joined by Harris Stuyvesant, private inquiry agent and former officer with the American Bureau of Investigation. Stuyvesant is investigating a missing American girl, whose disappearance may be one of many, and possibly linked to a series of murders.

by Lee Child - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

In his latest novel, Lee Child throws Jack Reacher for a loop that will change the man forever and send him into his most perilous mission yet. Finally arriving in Virginia, hoping to see the woman he spoke to on the phone in 61 HOURS, Reacher finds himself drafted back into the Army and facing a case that digs deep into his past --- and has personal ramifications that could change him for life.

by Whitley Strieber - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

When police detective Flynn Carroll's young wife disappears in the night, his obsessive investigation reveals a string of similar disappearances and draws the attention of secret police Special Agent Diana Glass, whose team invites Flynn into their world of extraordinary challenges and lethal dangers.

by Ivy Pochoda - Fiction, Mystery

It’s summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two 15-year-olds, take a raft out onto the bay at night to see what they can see. And then they disappear. Only Val will survive, washed ashore and semi-conscious in the weeds. This shocking event will echo through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents. Val contends with the shadow of her missing friend and a truth she buries deep inside.

by Herman Wouk - Classics, Fiction, Literary, Romance

A starry-eyed young beauty, Marjorie Morgenstern is 19 years old when she leaves New York to accept the job of her dreams --- working in a summer-stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and intensely charismatic director. Released from the social constraints of her traditional Jewish family, and thrown into the glorious, colorful world of theater, Marjorie finds herself entangled in a powerful affair with the man destined to become the greatest --- and the most destructive --- love of her life.

by Fanny Blake

Lou is married to a man who no longer loves her and finally decides she's had enough. To celebrate her new-found freedom, she travels to India, where, in front of the Taj Mahal, she befriends a "serial mistress" named Ali after taking each other's photographs. As the two of them put their pasts behind, they start to discover new possibilities for life and for love, until the shocking realisation that they have far more in common than they thought.

by Melissa de la Cruz - Fantasy, Fiction

Freya Beauchamp is in trouble. An enemy spell has sent her back in time to 1692, separating her from her mother and sister and dropping her in the middle of the Salem Witch Trials. While her friends and family in the present rush to find a way to bring her back, Freya must survive the scheming of the power-hungry Putnam family and escape the looming threat of the Trials --- all without magic.

by Mike Russell and Patrick Picciarelli - True Crime

Undercover cop Mike Russell had a stroke of good luck when he saved a man from an attack by two street thugs. The man he saved turned out to be Andy Gerardo, one of the ranking captains of the Genovese crime family. Using his cover story --- an ex-cop fired for excessive force --- and street skills, Russell assimilated into the Genovese crime family in New Jersey and ultimately orchestrated one of the biggest Mafia takedowns of all time, leading to more than fifty arrests of mobsters, corrupt prison officials, and even a state senator.

by Jerry Barca - History, Nonfiction, Sports

UNBEATABLE is the first book to tell the complete story of the incredible 1988 season that brought the fledgling Fighting Irish back to the top of college sports in what many consider to be the greatest unbeaten season of college football ever played. With a completely unlikely but forever memorable cast of characters, Notre Dame whipped millions of fans into a frenzy.

by Robert K. Tanenbaum - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

A villainous union leader is willing to go to whatever lengths necessary to protect his corrupt longshoremen’s union. When a whistleblower tries to clean up the system, the leader sees his way of life threatened by this bold newcomer. He orders an open hit contract to kill the man, which is carried out by three of his underlings. Soon the law picks up on the trail, and Marlene Ciampi and Butch Karp team up to expose the man for the fraud and murderer that he is before the body count increases.