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The house of fortune : a novel / by Burton, Jessie,1982-author.;
Amsterdam in the year 1705. It is Thea Brandt's eighteenth birthday. She is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms, but life at home is increasingly difficult. Her father Otto and her Aunt Nella argue endlessly over their financial fate, selling off furniture in a desperate attempt to hold on to the family home. As catastrophe threatens to engulf the household, Thea seeks refuge in Amsterdam's playhouses. She loves the performances, and the stolen moments afterwards are even better. In the backrooms of her favorite theater, Thea can spend a few precious minutes with her secret lover, Walter, the chief set-painter, a man adept at creating the perfect environments for comedies and tragedies to flourish. The thrill of their hidden romance offers Thea an exciting distraction from home. But it also puts her in mind of another secret that threatens to overwhelm the present: Thea knows her birthday marks the day her mother, Marin, died in labor. Thea's family refuses to share the details of this story, just as they seem terrified to speak of "the miniaturist" - a shadowy figure from their past who is possessed of uncanny abilities to capture that which is hidden. Aunt Nella believes the solution to all Thea's problems is to find her a husband who will guarantee her future. An unexpected invitation to Amsterdam's most exclusive ball seems like a golden opportunity. But when Thea finds, on her doorstep, a parcel containing a miniature figure of Walter, it becomes clear that someone out there has another fate in mind for the family ...
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The shadow year / by Richell, Hannah.;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Cottages; Country life; Loss (Psychology); Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When we fell apart : a novel / by Wiley, Soon,author.;
In Seoul, South Korea, Min, devastated by the suicide of his girlfriend, throws himself into finding out why she wanted to die, and the more he learns about her, the more he realizes he never really knew her at all.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Group identity; Identity (Psychology); Secrecy; Suicide;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One last secret / by Parks, Adele,author.;
Hired to be Daniel's girlfriend during a long weekend of celebrating at a beautiful chateau in the South of France, Dora finds herself face-to-face with a man from her past she has been unable to forget, for all the wrong reasons, placing her life in danger.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; British; Escort services; Revenge; Secrecy;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Nightbloom / by Medie, Peace A.,author.;
"When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable confidantes. Then Selasi begins to change, becoming hostile and quiet and losing interest in everything. The two become estranged, and it will be years before Akorfa learns what has happened. Only a crisis can ultimately bring them back together"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Cousins; Families; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All the way gone / by Schaffhausen, Joanna,author.;
In this fourth 'Detective Annalisa Vega' novel, Annalisa investigates the case of a woman who mysteriously plunged to her death from a balcony. The cops think it was an accident, but the more Annalisa probes, the more she is convinced it's a fiendishly clever murder, one only a brilliant psychopath could pull off. When Annalisa finally peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the truth of the girl's death, she may be too late to save herself.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Policewomen; Secrecy; Women detectives;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What if I never get over you / by Toon, Paige,1975-author.;
"Three days to fall in love. Six years to try to forget. Ellie didn't expect to fall in love while interrailing through Europe. But she also didn't expect to meet a man like Ash. Three blistering days in Lisbon is all it takes to form an unforgettable connection-a bond deep enough for them to scrap their itineraries and plan to meet again in Spain. But Ellie arrives late, and Ash is nowhere to be found. Six years later, Ellie's heart is still mending. Her life was changed by those three days, Ash inspiring her to follow her dreams. His words led her here: to a grand estate in Wales, where she begins work as a horticulturalist. She loves the gorgeous hall and losing herself in the work of the gardens. But her happiness is fleeting, because she's about to cross paths with Ash again. Sparks have always flown between them, but what will the flames catch this time?"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Gardeners; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy; Women gardeners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Anna O : a novel / by Blake, Matthew(Author of Anna O),author.;
"The world will know her name. The average person spends 33 years of their life asleep. But, in this mysterious shadow world, how can we ever know who we really become? In 2019, Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future ahead of her. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive and hasn't woken up since. Her deep sleep is known by neurologists as 'resignation syndrome', a rare functional psychosomatic disorder. The tabloid press dubs her 'Sleeping Beauty'. Fast forward to the present day. Dr Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. As a consultant at The Abbey, a sleep clinic based in London's infamous Harley Street, he has studied patients who are held on murder charges; but they have no memory of their crimes. As Anna shows the first signs of stirring, Benedict must determine what really happened that night and whether or not she should be held criminally responsible for her actions when she finally wakes up. Only she knows the truth about that night, but only he knows how to discover it."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Coma; Murder; Secrecy; Truth; Women murderers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Love marriage : a novel / by Ali, Monica,1967-author.;
"Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father) and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose domineering mother, Helen, is a famous feminist. Though both Yasmin's parents and Joe's mother approve of the marriage, the cultural gulf between them is vast as, it turns out, is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe. The novel opens as Yasmin, her parents and her brother pile into their car, packed with Indian food prepared by Yasmin's mother, to go to dinner to meet Joe's mother in her elegant townhouse in one of London's poshest neighborhoods. Contrary to all of Yasmin's fears, her unsophisticated and somewhat flamboyant mother is embraced and celebrated by Helen and her friends. Many complications ensue when Yasmin discovers that Joe has had an affair with a co-worker, and Yasmin's ne'er do well brother is banished from the house by her father, and Yasmin's mother moves to Helen's house in protest. Love Marriage is a story of emotionally fraught self-discovery and how the secrets people keep hidden affect their most intimate relationships. Joe hides the exact nature of his promiscuous past; Yasmin's brother and mother keep a monumental secret from their father; Yasmin has a wildly erotic affair of her own; and the story of her parents' love marriage proves to be a cover-up for a dark, tragic history. In the wake of extreme upheaval, Yasmin finds herself, and her life, transformed"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; East Indians; Interracial couples; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jar of hearts / by Hillier, Jennifer,author.;
"This is story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years. When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong -- one of the most popular girls in school -- disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school. But fourteen years later, Angela Wong's remains are discovered in the woods near Geo's childhood home. And Kaiser -- now a detective with Seattle PD -- finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women. To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he's something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo's first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed. For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela's death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison. While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows. Now the obsessive past catches up with the deadly present when new bodies begin to turn up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong. How far will someone go to bury her secrets and hide her grief? How long can you get away with a lie? How long can you live with it?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Best friends; Murder; Serial murderers; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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