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• Desert Star

  Connelly, Michael, 1956-

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  In bestseller Connelly’s thrilling fifth outing for Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch (after 2021’s The Dark Hours), Ballard invites the retired Bosch to volunteer for the LAPD’s newly revived Open-Unsolved Unit, which she’s running, enticing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boys From Biloxi

  Grisham, John,

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  Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends, as well as Little League all-stars. But as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions. Keith’s father became a legendary prosecutor,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Shadows

  Baldacci, David,

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  When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge’s face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lessons in Chemistry

  a Novel

  Garmus, Bonnie,

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  Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Plan B

  a Jack Reacher Novel

  Child, Lee,

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  In Colorado, a woman dies under the wheels of a moving bus. The death is ruled a suicide. But Jack Reacher saw what really happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving stealthily, pushed the victim to her demise—before grabbing the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Simply Lies

  Baldacci, David,

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  Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her remote job for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heart Bones

  Hoover, Colleen,

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  After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she’s finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Verity

  Hoover, Colleen,

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  Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Starts With Us

  a Novel

  Hoover, Colleen,

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  The sequel to It Ends With Us (2016) shows the aftermath of domestic violence through the eyes of a single mother. Lily Bloom is still running a flower shop; her abusive ex-husband, Ryle Kincaid, is still a surgeon. After divorcing,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Will Find You

  Coben, Harlan, 1962-

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  David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life with his wife, Cheryl --until one fateful night when David woke suddenly to discover Matthew had been murdered. Half a decade later, David’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation