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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A gangster's girl saga A gangster's girl saga Chunichi. Ceazia Devereaux, obsessed with the finer things in life, starts her own escort service where she meets Virginia druglord Vegas and enters into a dangerous world of fast money, which she finds hard t… OL13749716W
150 pounds 150 pounds Kate Rockland "In the fast paced life of blogging, two women stand out: Alexis Allbright, of Skinny Chick, and Shoshana Weiner, who writes Fat and Fabulous. Both have over five million loyal readers. Both are hung… OL16142329W
Deceit and devotion Deceit and devotion Johnson, R. M. "A page-turning urban drama revolving around a family and the interconnected branches of its extended world"-- OL16471458W
The importance of being seven The importance of being seven Alexander McCall Smith Number 44 Scotland Street is no ordinary address. The elegant tenement, and the surrounding Georgian quarter of Edinburgh, is home to an extraordinary group of people, including Bertie Pollock--six y… OL16557939W
Sweetbitter Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler A lush, raw, thrilling novel of the senses about a year in the life of a uniquely beguiling young woman, set in the wild, alluring world of a famous downtown New York restaurant. OL17356048W
Charcoal Joe Charcoal Joe Walter Mosley "Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new mystery to solve. Charcoal Joe has asked Easy to help clear Joe's son, who was found standing over a white man's dead body in his cabin ho… OL17359866W
The Scatter Here Is Too Great The Scatter Here Is Too Great Bilal Tanweer La jaquette indique : "The Scatter Here Is Too Great heralds a major new voice from Pakistan with a stunning debut - a novel told in a rich variety of distinctives voices that converge at a single ho… OL17573887W
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
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe Alexander McCall Smith Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's … OL17826980W
Hard Candy Hard Candy Amaleka G. McCall Candice Hardaway is the daughter of rising New York drug kingpin Eric "Easy" Hardaway, who has plenty of money and just as many enemies. When Candy arrives home from school and finds that her entire … OL17894521W
The apartment The apartment Greg Baxter "One snowy holiday morning in an old European city, an American man leaves his shabby hotel to meet a local woman who has agreed to help him search for an apartment to rent. Told with an affecting an… OL18150988W
Glow Glow Ned Beauman "From one of England's most accomplished young writers: a taut, riveting, compulsively readable novel in which a young man (with a bizarre sleep disorder) uncovers the connections between foxes behav… OL19991378W
Stone cold liar Stone cold liar Noire As a newly-minted Dominion family heiress, Mink has new golden moves to snag even more of the family fortune. Trouble is, her hidden love games with seductive uncle-by-marriage-only Suge have them at… OL20012019W
Why we came to the city Why we came to the city Kristopher Jansma A "novel about a tight-knit group of twentysomethings in New York whose lives are forever altered by an unexpected tragedy... Five years after their college graduation, the devoted friends once known… OL20019953W