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The silent house of sleep
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No one who meets Dr. Jack Cuthbert forgets him. Tall, urbane, and brilliant, the Scottish pathologist is the best that Scotland Yard's new detective chief inspector has seen. But Cuthbert is also a damaged man, a man who lives with secrets, and who still battles demons brought back from the trenches even ten years after the end of the Great War. When not one but two corpses are discovered in a London park in the winter of 1929, Cuthbert must use every tool at his disposal, including cutting-edge forensics of the period, to solve the mystery of their deaths. In the end, the horrifying truth is more shocking than even he could have imagined.
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FIC Gaw
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A Harlem wedding : a novel
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A century ago, Harlem’s glittering social scene had a single princess: Yolande Du Bois, the only child of N.A.A.C.P. icon W.E.B. Du Bois. A true daddy’s girl, Yolande followed her father’s advice on everything: from where she went to college to which sorority she joined. But in matters of the heart, Yolande and her father did not agree. Dr. Du Bois himself curated a string of handsome suitors for her, but Yolande’s true love was jazz musician Jimmie Lunceford, son of a working-class family from far-off Denver, Colorado. Their romance was an open secret, and more than a little scandalous. Despite it all, Yolande wound up marrying her father’s choice: famed poet Countee Cullen. Their lavish uptown wedding was the hottest social ticket of 1928. But, immediately after the wedding, Yolande’s carefully constructed fairy tale begins to crumble. Torn between the expectations of her father and society and her heart’s true desire, Yolande is forced to decide whether she must leave Harlem to create a more authentic life on her own terms.
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FIC War
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The tapestry of fate
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Amina al-Sirafi thinks she's struck gold. Tasked with hunting down arcane artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savor the occasional rollicking adventure on the high seas with her cherished criminal companions while still returning home to raise her beloved daughter, Marjana. But when Raksh, the spirit of discord with whom she is reluctantly wed, provokes the council's wrath, Amina is charged with a seemingly impossible quest: steal a spindle capable of rewriting fate from a mysterious sorceress on an island no one can escape. Forced to leave Marjana -- who is increasingly frustrated at being peddled what are clearly lies about her mother's life and her own past -- Amina finds her mission almost immediately thrown into peril. But deadly storms, an erratic poison mistress, and old enemies are the least of her worries. For the peris' story is unraveling, hinting at a far deadlier game whose rules Amina must swiftly puzzle out. A game that sets her against an adversary more cunning and powerful than she has ever faced. A game that not everyone on her crew wants her to win.
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FIC Cha
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Palaces of the crow : a novel
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Neriya, a young Jewish girl who dreams of becoming a biologist, has befriended a local flock of crows in her shtetl. Czeslaw is an underage Polish soldier who deserts the Red Army and runs into the freezing Lithuanian woods. Kezia is a Roma horse trader whose family is on the run from Soviet collectivization. As the German blitzkrieg crashes across the border in June 1941, all three are caught up in the onslaught. Along with Innokentiy, an abandoned boy who cannot speak, they are driven into the primeval forest, where they survive by forming an unbreakable bond with one another, with Neriya's intelligent crows' help. As the war goes on, the crows warn the children of danger and help them hide from the human threats of the forest, not only the Germans but also Russian deserters, Polish partisans, fascist Lithuanian police, and the other bandits and outcasts wandering the benighted landscape.
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FIC Nay
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Soon by you
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Arielle Becker is one hora away from a meltdown. After one too many bridesmaid gigs, complete with Spanx, heels, and hideous dresses, she's officially over love and its overpriced trappings. Especially when they keep coming with the same smug, judgmental wedding singer. Judah Klein is New York's go-to Modern Orthodox wedding singer and most eligible bachelor. Years of failed setups have left him jaded, until repeated clashes with a fiery bridesmaid wake him right up. But when snarks turn to sparks, and fights turn to feelings, things get complicated. Arielle is not a girl who settles down. And Judah is not a guy who hooks up. So why does walking away feel impossible?
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FIC Adl
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It's hard to be an animal : a novel
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Strolling through Central Park on a blind date with the hilarious, irrepressible Molly Bent, Henry Parsons is feeling hopeful for the first time in years. Then a migratory warbler, the sweetest of little birds, tells him to f*** off. A gentle soul, troubled enough by the unkindness of fellow humans, Henry tries to brush the moment aside as a hallucination. But soon he's hearing voices everywhere: dogs mocking their owners, sparrows fat-shaming each other, police horses profiling attendees at a street fair, even a pontificating, misogynistic snake. The man who never speaks up for himself is now besieged by animals who do. When he overhears three rats discussing a corpse in the New York subway, he lets it slip to Molly. She's keen to investigate, and Henry's desperate for a second date, so he follows her nervously into an abandoned tunnel under the West Fourth Street Station. There, sure enough, they find a body, and the murderers find them. Cue the most terrifying week of this cautious man's life.
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FIC Isa
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A kiss of crimson ash
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In the bountiful land of Abhaya, tradition is king, but seduction reigns. On the surface, it is an alluring land with even more alluring people. But look closer and lecherous kings, forbidden magic, and a wicked emperor hide in plain sight. Linked by desire, destiny, and a dangerous foe, four heirs must summon the power of an ancient Goddess and chart a course through the empire's brothels, temples, taverns, and glittering palaces to defend their kingdoms as a wicked power threatens everything and everyone they love.
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FIC Var
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Babylon, South Dakota : a novel
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When Saul Keng Hsiu and his wife, Mei Lee, move from China to the United States to take possession of a 160-acre homestead bequeathed to them by a distant relative, all they have are the possessions on their back, some hidden gold, and a pocketful of chrysanthemum seeds. After a rocky start and a long, harsh winter, the couple find themselves successfully raising chrysanthemums and livestock, and soon after, a daughter, Mara. But when representatives from the US Army Corps of Engineers buy an acre of the Hsiu's farmland and begin building a missile silo, the inexplicable starts to occur: Mara can commune with the animals on the farm. Mei develops a hidden talent for augury. And the chrysanthemums become impervious to everything. When the Hsius learn that the project on their farm is an effort to make America's nuclear deterrent invulnerable, they see firsthand the long arm of power and empire.
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FIC Lin
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The bush tea murder : a novel
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Food journalist Naomi Sinclair doesn't expect a side of murder with her passion fruit juice. But when her return to Saint Thomas heralds a series of troubling cases, ranging from petty theft to cold-blooded murder, that threaten her tight-knit community, that is exactly the kind of unsavory treat she must sink her teeth into. Luckily for her neighbors, Naomi is as adept at solving puzzles as rolling johnnycake dough-- That's a good thing, since her island community, though small, keeps serving up plenty of trouble. With the help of her friends and her crush, Mateo, Naomi must navigate the tumultuous turquoise waters of life in the Caribbean, all as her beloved father battles an illness that keeps tugging her back to her island amid her rising career stateside.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Ber
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Treat them as buffalo : a novel
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"In 1885, Nikosis 'Niko' Eriksen spends his days playing buffalo hunter, even though it's been many years since a member of his tribe has actually seen one of the once-ubiquitous animals. But when beloved Cousin goes missing, things start to fall apart. With law enforcement failing--indeed refusing--to investigate the disappearance, the community members take matters into their own hands, rallying around the leadership of a sawn-off shotgun-slinging rancher named Kate McCannon. The resultant women-led coalition of freedom fighters strikes back against the Mounted Police as they investigate the boys' disappearance and take their futures into their own hands. But violence continues to haunt Niko, and boys continue to disappear. As he leaves his boyhood behind and draws closer to finding Cousin, Niko's investigation points to a harrowing revelation about his own heritage, which heels closer to violence that any boy would wish to know."--Amazon.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Yox
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The roots of my hair : a graphic novel
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"Rose is a mixed-race woman from Réunion Island who struggles to love her konyé ("kinky") hair in a world that tells her to tame it. She moves to mainland France to study and work, experimenting with different hair-straightening techniques, visiting beauty salons, and adopting social camouflage. But Rose also explores her Black identity by questioning the deeper issues behind her hair: race, beauty standards, colonialism, and belonging. A graphic novel blending original research and fiction, to speak to anyone who has ever felt pressure to fit in. It is a powerful reminder that identity starts at the roots.
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FIC Lub
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The hive
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The residents of Mariner's Cove are changing. In the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighborhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost everyone, and each item has a certain hold over the person who finds it, a hold that soon turns into unwavering infatuation. They hide their items from each other, obsess over them, and they will do anything-- anything--to protect them. Among the residents, a young boy finds himself the possessor of a strange and inexplicable power. Has he been granted this power in order to thwart whatever is about to happen in this small, bayside community, or is there a more sinister purpose?
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FIC Mal
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The British are coming : the graphic edition. Volume 1 - VIEW IN CATALOG
The British are coming : the graphic edition. Volume 1
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From the battles at Lexington and Concord in the spring of 1775 through the Siege of Boston in 1776, American militiamen and the newly created Continental Army take on the world's most formidable adversary: the British Empire. The gripping saga is alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; and George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. It also includes stories from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict all the more compelling. The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering.
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Book
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FIC Atk
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The body in the kitchen garden
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Pudding Corner is abuzz: the enigmatic Lord Hugh Darlington has returned to his crumbling ancestral home after years away. With his fiancée, he plans to revive the grand Darlington Hall, and who better to help than antique-hunting Daphne Brewster? Daphne is enchanted by the estate's stained-glass windows, regal turrets, and sprawling kitchen garden. But amidst the overgrown greenery, she stumbles upon something far less picturesque. She finds a body that no one can identify. As the shocking murder rocks the village, Daphne dusts off her sleuthing skills, despite the local PC's warnings to stay out of trouble. When Lord Darlington is attacked and a string of burglaries shakes Pudding Corner, it's clear that no one is safe.
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Book
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FIC Sut
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All them dogs
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Tony Ward has landed back in Lucan with his chest puffed up and a chip on his shoulder. After five years in the UK, staying out of trouble just like he'd been told to do, he's returned home to his west Dublin estate ready to reinstate himself into the gangland scene. But Tony's old mentor is dead and his best pal Kenny Boyle has gone on the straight and narrow. When an opportunity arises to work directly for Darren 'Flute' Walsh, an enforcer of notorious crime boss Aengus Lavelle presents itself, it seems like a no brainer. Working as his left-hand man offers a level of security against repercussions for the crimes he'd gone on the run for as well as giving him a way into the life he wants. None of that stops the big-man Lavelle making it clear that any trouble from his past will be Tony's alone to answer for. With the fragments of his past life still in the rearview and a whole new gang of headbangers to contend with, Lavelle is a pull too hard to resist. As Tony turns his back on the paper-thin structures that support him, he looks for stability in his new, brutal surroundings. But where is there room for love in a world like this, where anything that's buried is always unearthed and retribution is never far away?
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Book
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FIC Whi
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Now then : a novel
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Liliana Soto Walker is an 18-year-old freshman who arrives at Harvard from the humble Appalachian home of her Cuban immigrant mother and Black American father. Lily feels out of place in this new world of privilege, but her roommate Hana and a budding romance with Vikram stirs a new sense of belonging. As Lily navigates the complexities of college life, her mother, Marisol, finally begins to reveal her past through heartfelt letters, sparking Lily's journey to uncover hidden histories and discover what it means to endure--and find happiness again.
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Book
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FIC Rad
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The Dorians : a novel
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On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. It's the chance to put death on pause, perhaps forever. The remarkable secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent, one with no conscience, yet possessed with a single-minded purpose. This purpose has helped it persist for eons, and it is the will to survive.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Cut
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The temptation of Charlotte North
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In 1910, on a small, remote island that boasts more sheep than people, the fates of Charlotte North, Jasper Hill, and Ruth Russel are perched on the edge of a cliff, and a strange wind is blowing. When an ancient tower, rumored to have once imprisoned a witch, crumbles, it releases something powerful. A restless spirit knocks inside the walls and sends household objects flying. A spirit that seems to be drawn to Charlotte, who sees in it a potential for power and change. But first she must overcome Jasper's piety and Ruth's fierce determination to banish the terrifying entity. Only then will she gain the power to claim the life that she desires.
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Book
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FIC Bru
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A perfect hand
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Miss Alice Lockey, daughter of a tenant farmer, has raised herself to the lofty status of lady's maid at Marlecombe Park. Alice has thus far resisted the temptations of matrimony among the neighboring widowers and pig farmers, more content to enjoy the fruits of her labor -- or at least the portion of them her father will share after they are paid to him. She spends her days arranging Lady Jemima Alderwick's blond hair into the latest French styles, her lady's petticoats, and carefully sewing all manner of fripperies to bonnets and gowns. But when a visiting valet named Charlie Wells, catches her eye, Alice begins to understand the constraints of her position. To spend more time with Charlie, she sees to arranging a romance between Lady Jemima and his employer, Nigel Deverell. If they fall in love, then Alice and Charlie might live together as man and wife. Unfortunately, Lady Jemima's loves another, and Lord Wynstowe has a personality that's eccentric at the very least, so Alice must use all of her cunning to bring about this romance.
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Book
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FIC Wal
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The last contract of Isako
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Isako is a legendary swordswoman, but every legend must come to an end. When her long-time client unexpectedly retires, she plans to follow--to walk out into the frozen wasteland of their planet with her family enriched by her death. But when she's offered a final mission, she can't refuse, especially when she realizes who lies at the center of it all: Martim, her last--and worst--apprentice, who's somehow made his way to the top. As she's thrust into a world of corporate espionage and shadowy secrets, what she uncovers could forever change humanity's existence among the stars.
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Book
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FIC Lee
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The fire agent : a novel
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Ernst Baerwald, the scion of an aristocratic German-Jewish family, is a gifted linguist, a talented musician, and a fearless idealist at the dawn of the twentieth century. His work in Milan and then Japan for what will become the German chemical company IG Farben, which is developing a chemical compound that will save humanity from the brink of famine. It also provides pretext to his undercover work as a spy, while his complicated love life fulfills his romantic sensibilities. Yet as one world war breaks out and then another, irrevocably changing all he once believed in, Ernst discovers that his skills in diplomacy and stealth are now useful in ways he never anticipated. As he struggles to stay true to his convictions, he begins to wonder if it is sometimes necessary to destroy what you love most for the greater good.
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Book
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FIC Bae
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The lost book of Lancelot : a novel
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Hidden away on the Isle of Women, a nameless orphan has grown up among the island's sisterhood, but always at a distance. He hears whispers of a prophecy that may shed light on his destiny and his true identity: Lancelot. Determined to master the skills and knowledge worthy of the knight he is meant to be, he begins training alongside the handsome Galehaut. As the two grow closer, they guide one another toward their truest selves. But no matter how tightly they cling to one another, each has a role to play in the wizard Merlin's grand prophecies. As he grows closer to his fellow knights, Lancelot must keep an explosive secret to himself: the truth of what he left behind on the Isle of Women, of the man he truly is beneath the armor. All the while, Roman legionaries, too, scour far and wide for the grail. As an army encroaches on their kingdom, King Arthur and his knights must race to ensure that this powerful object doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
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Book
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FIC Gly
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Mrs. Benedict Arnold : a novel
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Peggy Shippen longs for the war she's living through to end. Though not always appreciated at home, she finds her curiosity is welcomed by a lively and influential circle of friends, including a glamorous rising star in the British army, Captain John Andre. When the war separates them, Peggy is devastated--both by his absence and the horrors of ongoing conflict--before finding consolation in a man whose heroics for the Patriots have captured the world's imagination: General Benedict Arnold. As she trades Loyalist balls for Patriot salons, entertaining the most prominent figures of early America, and navigating the country's lethal political currents, she conceives of an audacious scheme to achieve peace and her family's survival, unleashing what would become the most famous act of treason in history.
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Book
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FIC Par
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Afternoon hours of a hermit : a novel
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Five years after the death of his youngest brother, Dan Moran is now the published trans author of the auto-fictional novel Sorry to Disrupt the Peace. He is teaching fiction in Brooklyn and working on his next book, a psychological thriller, when a mysterious envelope arrives for him in the mail. Addressed to the wrong name, it includes a childhood photo of his deceased brother. But who would send such a thing, and why? Against his better judgment, Dan returns to his childhood home on the eve of his brother's memorial dinner. In a series of unsettling and destabilizing encounters, what he discovers is the irrevocable distance between who we are and how we are perceived.
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Book
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FIC Cot
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The dogwalkers' detective agency
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When Charlie Boardman and his Staffordshire bull terrier, Ruby, stumble across the corpse of the local pub landlord in the woods, the sleepy English coastal town of Framstone is rocked by the discovery. Charlie and his fellow dogwalkers take it upon themselves to try and sniff out any clues that might help the local police with their investigation. But what begins as idle speculation and gossip quickly becomes something more sinister when Charlie starts receiving anonymous threats warning him off the case. Then, a second body washes up on the beach.
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Book
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FIC Hog
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Ignore all previous instructions : a novel
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Kelli Reynolds loves creating stories more than anything in the world. But on Callisto, a generative AI company called Inspiration owns everything, including all the media, and only Inspiration determines which stories can be told. Kelli has a rare and coveted job where her autism is to her advantage: she precisely edits AI output into "appropriate" stories for Inspiration's massive TV audience. Her proudest creation is the pirate Orlando - a dashing do-gooder based on stories she used to tell friends. Then Kelli's ex-boyfriend Rowan, the person Kelli based Orlando on, drifts back on the scene. Back when they were teenagers, their relationship was a secret. Rowan is tangled up in the black market, desperate to find money for gender affirming surgery. He needs Kelli's help with something illegal.
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Book
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FIC Hof
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Inferno : a novel
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AD 60. Rome stands at the height of its power, glittering with wealth and drowning in intrigue. Nero Claudius Caesar rules as Emperor, a young man adored for his beauty and brilliance, feared for his temper, intoxicated by his own power. His empire stretches from the wilds of Britain to the deserts of Parthia, yet his enemies are never far: generals who command legions, senators who whisper in corridors, a people who cheer him in the circus but curse him on the streets. Nero has learned that power is never shared, only seized. Now Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, leads a revolt in the north. Closer to home, Gaius Julius Vindex, Roman by office but Gallic by blood, denounces Nero's corruption and declares open rebellion against the Emperor from Gaul. Rome is a city that devours its rulers. As the first sparks of revolt alight beyond its walls, an empire built on fire begins to burn from within.
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Book
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FIC Igg
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Meeting new people : a novel
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Fiftysomething, twice-divorced Barbara is at a crossroads. In the midst of her emotional uncertainty, she looks back on the dissolution of the nine best friendships of her life, in hopes of figuring out how to optimize finding her tenth, and hopefully last, best friend. She is acerbic, opinionated, and wrong about many things, but she also doesn't shy away when she's at fault. The crux of the issue hinges upon Barbara's choice between (too-young) Caitlyn and the (unsuitable) Other Barbara. Will she repeat the exciting mistakes of the past, or will she try a new kind of mistake for a change? She feels like an out-of-season Scrooge who is unexpectedly, and all at once, surprised and entirely transformed by the possibility of joy.
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Book
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FIC Lav
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The black cat detectives
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Precocious kittens Bippity, Boppity, and Boop are exceedingly loyal to their human, the twenty-eight-year-old up-and-coming magician Mila. She saved them from starving to death in a dingy Corvin's Crossing alleyway and has been nothing but loving ever since, even though her own life is in shambles. So when Mila's sketchy boyfriend and business manager turns up dead at the end of her big magic show, she's the prime suspect. With evidence mounting, there's nothing stopping the sheriff from hauling away Mila to the human pound. Unless the kittens can solve the crime and clear her name.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Gra
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We dance upon demons : a novel
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As a reproductive health care worker in Chicago, Nisha is barely staying afloat in the ocean of abortion bans, screaming protesters, and her own all-consuming depression. When she escapes to the Indian art exhibit at her favorite museum for a brief respite, Nisha suddenly she finds herself bleeding, disoriented, and collapsed on the floor. The last thing she remembers is the statue that beckoned her to touch it. In the days that follow, Nisha feels a strange power coursing within her, one that attracts a host of dangerous and enigmatic characters who covet it for themselves.
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Book
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FIC Pat