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Crook manifesto [sound recording] : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.; Graham, Dion,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Dion Graham.CROOK MANIFESTO is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family. Colson Whitehead's kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem is sure to stand as one of the all-time great evocations of a place and a time.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American families; American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976; Arson; Blaxploitation films; Corruption; Organized crime; Receiving stolen goods; Sales personnel; Theft;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Catch me [sound recording] : a novel / by Gardner, Lisa.; Potter, Kirsten.;
Read by Kirsten Potter.Detective D.D. Warren is hard to surprise. But a lone woman outside D.D.'s latest crime scene shocks her with a remarkable proposition. Twenty-seven-year-old Charlene Rosalind Carter Grant believes she will be murdered in four days. And she wants Boston's top detective to handle the death investigation. But is Charlie truly in danger, or is she hiding a truth deep within her that may turn out to be D.D.'s biggest surprise of all?
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Murder; Warren, D. D. (Fictitious character);
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Final cut : a novel / by Watson, S. J.(Steven J.),author.;
"Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people. It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it's a ghost town--and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new documentary. But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay ... or does it?"--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Women motion picture producers and directors; Documentary films; Missing children; Fishing villages; Small cities; Secrecy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ashley Bell : a novel / by Koontz, Dean R.(Dean Ray),1945-;
"At twenty-two, Bibi Blair's doctors tell her that she's dying. Two days later, she's impossibly cured. Fierce, funny, dauntless, she becomes obsessed with the idea that she was spared because she is meant to save someone else. Someone named Ashley Bell. This proves to be a dangerous idea. Searching for Ashley Bell, ricocheting through a Southern California landscape that proves strange and malevolent in the extreme, Bibi is plunged into a world of crime and conspiracy, following a trail of mysteries that become more sinister and tangled with every twisting turn"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Young women;
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Past perfect : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
What's so perfect about the past for Sybil and Blake Gregory, a successful Manhattan couple with three children who land in San Francisco when Blake impulsively accepts the job of a lifetime as CEO of a start-up? The family moves into a grand, surprisingly affordable Pacific Heights mansion and soon meets the affable Butterfield family, who lived there a century ago. Of course the Butterfields are ghosts, and only the Gregorys can see them, but that doesn't keep the two families from leading a charmed life together.
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Paranormal fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Moving, Household; Mansions; Apparitions;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The tearsmith : a novel / by Doom, Erin,author.; translation of:Doom, Erin.Fabbricante di lacrime.English.;
Growing up in an orphanage, Nica's imagination burned with fantastical stories. When she's adopted, Nica thinks she's leaving the orphanage, and her world of otherworldly tales, behind her. That is, until Rigel-as mesmerising and handsome as he is troubled-joins the family. It isn't long before their shared hardships spark something magical between them. But before their fantasies for a brighter future can become reality, they'll have to face the darkness of their past.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Abused children; Adoption; Man-woman relationships; Orphans; Teenage girls;
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First born : a novel / by Dean, Will(Novelist),author.;
"Sisters. Soulmates. Strangers. Molly Raven lives a quiet, structured life in London, finding comfort in security and routine. Her identical twin Katie, living in New York, is the exact opposite: outgoing, spontaneous, and adventurous. But when Molly hears that Katie has died, possibly murdered, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory. As terrifying as it is, she knows she must travel across the ocean and find out what happened. But as she tracks her twin's final movements, cracks begin to emerge, and she slowly realizes her sister was not who she thought she was and there's a dangerous web of deceit surrounding the two of them."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Identity (Psychology); Murder; Secrecy; Sisters; Twin sisters;
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Southern man : a novel / by Iles, Greg,author.;
"Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville music festival triggers a shooting -- one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie. Before the stunned populace can process the tragedy, an arsonist begins torching antebellum plantation homes in Bienville. When an unknown Black group claims the fires as acts of justice, panic ensues, driving the Mississippi River town to the brink of war"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Novels.; Cage, Penn (Fictitious character); Anarchism; Arson; Mass shootings; Murder; Political activists; Presidential candidates;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Reef Road : a novel / by Royce, Deborah Goodrich,author.;
When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two women--a lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her mother's best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their children--collide as the world shutters in the pandemic lockdown of 2020. A young woman's life seems perfect until her family goes missing. A writer lives alone with her dog and collects arcane murder statistics. What each of them stands to lose as they sneak around the do-not-enter tape blocking Reef Road beach is exposed by the steady tightening of the cincture encircling them.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Authors; COVID-19 (Disease); Missing persons; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This day : a novel / by Lipińska, Blanka,author.; Sporczyk, Filip,translator.; translation of:Lipińska, Blanka.Ten dzień.English.;
Laura Biel's new life in Sicily looks like the perfect fairy tale: a grand wedding, a wealthy and devoted husband, a baby on the way, and lavish luxury complete with servants, extravagant cars, and seaside palazzos. Yes, all of this would be perfect, except for the fact that Laura is constantly surrounded by gangsters as the threat of her kidnapping looms large. Laura is about finally discover what it means to be married to the most dangerous man in Italy.
Subjects: Erotic fiction.; Gangsters; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships; Rich people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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