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Why is this a pick?: The first in a trilogy of fantastic historical fiction written in journal style. The life and times of Josephine Bonaparte is fascinating…I couldn’t put the book down. |
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Why is this a pick?: Emily Graham is looking for roots. After a messy divorce and problems associated with an obsessive stalker, she gets a new job at a law firm in Manhattan and buys her family’s ancestral home in a New Jersey seaside town. In digging for a new pool, she finds the unexpected: two long dead bodies – one of them her distant relative Madeline Shapley, who went missing from this very house 110 years ago. What follows is the hunt of a serial killer. One intent on recreating the murders of a century ago. This fantastic mystery leaves no doubt that Mary Higgins Clark really is the Queen of Suspense. |
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Why is this a pick?: Meghan Collins is a television news reporter. She lives alone in an empty apartment, and spends her weekends with her mother in the suburbs. Her life is simple and her work satisfying. Until the night she sees a dead woman in the emergency ward. A dead woman with her face. Suddenly, secrets surrounding the disappearance of her father 10 months earlier are starting to surface. Meghan isn’t sure exactly what to think, but is determined to find out all she can. Unfortunately, there are people watching her moves and they aren’t exactly happy about how close she’s getting to the truth. |
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Why is this a pick?: It started with 10 strangers, each lured to a remote island by a friend of a friend. Upon their arrival, they find that their host – a man nobody has met – is nowhere to be found. One by one they begin disappearing, apparent retribution for their ‘crimes’. As their numbers dwindle, they turn on each other, suspicious and terrified. Who is behind this mysterious situation? And will anyone survive? |
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Why is this a pick?: Fantastically written book about a young woman finding her way in life. Kelsey Byden’s mother owns a horseracing farm in Virginia. In getting to know the mother she hasn’t seen since she was four, Kelsey learns things she never knew about herself and her family. |
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Why is this a pick?: Fiona Bristow loves her life. She makes her living as a dog trainer on Orcas Island. She is even a member of Canine Search and Rescue. And she has the distinction of being the only survivor of a serial killer. She thought it was over when he was put in prison after killing her fiance and his K9 partner, but lately things have begun to happen that will take her down a deadly familiar path. |
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Why is this a pick?: This adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel will have you laughing and cringing at turns. Lovers of the original will rejoice in the same conversations and social interactions. At the same time, new readers will delight in the gritty addition of zombie mayhem. |
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Why is this a pick?: If you're a fan of the show Castle, than you'll love the first in the Nikki Heat novels by Nathan Fillion's character, Richard Castle. |
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Why is this a pick?: In the village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse's word is law. George Knightley, however, has known Emma her whole life and is quick to point out her bad decisions. So when Emma decides to dedicate herself to matchmaking, Mr. Knightley has his own opinions. However, neither is prepared for what happens when Emma herself is courted. |
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Why is this a pick?: Meet the pretentious Professor Dr. von Igelfeld and his equally ridiculous colleagues in academia. And don’t miss the sequel, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs. |
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Why is this a pick?: From the author of the beloved Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series comes this final laugh-out-loud collection. These essays, interviews, articles, letters, and short stories were gathered from the hard drives of Douglas Adams following his unexpected death at the age of forty-nine. |
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Why is this a pick?: A beautiful love story of how we may sometimes see others as different from our norm, and with the fate chance to get to know them, learn they are wonderful people. |
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Why is this a pick?: Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart -- and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. |
