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I am an executioner I am an executioner Rajesh Parameswaran "An explosive fiction debut from an astonishing new voice: darkly funny, wildly original stories about the power of love, and the love of power--two urgent human desires that inevitably, and often ca… OL16142317W
A Surrey state of affairs A Surrey state of affairs Ceri Radford "Constance Harding's comfortable corner of Surrey is her own little piece of heaven. She lives in a chocolate box house complete with an Aga and a parrot, her bell-ringing club is set to dominate the… OL16176163W
The big cat nap The big cat nap Rita Mae Brown "To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the beloved Mrs. Murphy mystery series, Rita Mae Brown and her intrepid feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a charming claw-biting tale starring M… OL16176420W
A game of groans A game of groans Washington, George, R. R. "A PARODY OF THE BELOVED FANTASY DOORSTOP... ER, SAGAIn the land of the Eight (or was it Six?) Kingdoms--where the seasons last as long as a series of bestselling Tolkien-esque novels--trouble is bre… OL16547038W
The Heart Goes Last The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood "Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs.… OL17569713W
The forever girl The forever girl Alexander McCall Smith "From the author of the best-selling and universally adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series--a stand-alone, big-hearted, and often heartbreaking novel about unrequited love and the unexpected p… OL17646142W
The all-girl filling station's last reunion The all-girl filling station's last reunion Fannie Flagg "Spanning decades, generations, and America in the 1940s and today, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is a fun-loving mystery about an Alabama woman today, and five women who in 1943 worked… OL17662154W
Bertie's guide to life and mothers Bertie's guide to life and mothers Alexander McCall Smith "Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The lon… OL17712929W
Top Secret Twenty-One Top Secret Twenty-One Janet Evanovich Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he's out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty h… OL17714566W
Plus One Plus One Christopher Noxon "Christopher Noxon's debut novel Plus One is a comedic take on bread-winning women and caretaking men in contemporary Los Angeles. Alex Sherman-Zicklin is a mid-level marketing executive whose wife's… OL17884984W
A Bright Moon For Fools A Bright Moon For Fools Jasper Gibson Harry Christmas is unable to cope with the death of his wife and has been bouncing from one bad decision to the next. After a terrifying assault by the son of a woman he has conned, he makes up his m… OL17885572W
Lurid & cute Lurid & cute Adam Thirlwell "A dreamy and adrenaline-fueled new novel from a two-time Granta Best Young Novelist Lurid & Cute is a kind of machine for the reader's corruption. It opens with all the things we've come to expect o… OL17888449W
Separate lives Separate lives Kathryn Flett "How would you feel if you saw this message on your partner's phone? "Start living a different kind of life... P :-) xxx". You don't know anyone called P, so what's with the smiley face and the kisse… OL17915343W
Act of God Act of God Jill Ciment "It's the summer of 2015, Brooklyn. The city is sweltering from another record-breaking heat wave, this one accompanied by biblical rains. Edith, a recently retired legal librarian, and her identical… OL17926472W
The last original wife The last original wife Dorothea Benton Frank "Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman's quest to find the love she deserves, from New Y… OL19964114W
Sweetness #9 Sweetness #9 Stephan Eirik Clark "It's 1973, and David Leveraux is a young and ambitious flavor chemist working at a world-renowned flavor-production house. While testing a new artificial sweetener--Sweetness #9--he notices some uns… OL19982056W
Tricky twenty-two Tricky twenty-two Janet Evanovich Something big is brewing in Trenton, N.J., and it could blow at any minute. Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Go… OL20020204W
The people we hate at the wedding The people we hate at the wedding Grant Ginder "Relationships are awful. They'll kill you, right up to the point where they start saving your life. Paul and Alice's half-sister Eloise is getting married! In London! There will be fancy hotels, din… OL20056041W
The reason you're alive The reason you're alive Matthew Quick Sixty-eight-year-old David has a brain tumor that he attributes to Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating the name of a Native American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipli… OL20059212W
The detective & the Chinese high-fin The detective & the Chinese high-fin Michael Craven "A BOURBON STREET BOOK. Michael Craven, author of The Detective & The Pipe Girl, delivers another mystery--for fans of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen--featuring private detective John Darvelle, who … OL22321142W
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