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The Steep Approach to Garbadale The Steep Approach to Garbadale Iain M. Banks Dark family secrets and a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of Iain Banks's fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! - now a hugely successful comp… OL100782W
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s… OL1095427W
The cradle The cradle Patrick Somerville Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases his truck through Milwaukee, bound for the highway. His wife, pregnant with their first child,… OL11967479W
Chaleur du sang Chaleur du sang Irène Némirovsky At the center of the tale is Silvio, who in his younger years fled the boredom of the village for of travel and adventure, returns to live in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Much to his… OL1308094W
The walking people The walking people Mary Beth Keane Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York. Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that i… OL13691676W
True murder True murder Yaba Badoe Entrancing debut by an accomplished film-maker.Eleven year old Ajuba has been abandoned at a Devon boarding school by her Ghanaian father. Haunted by the circumstances of her mother's breakdown and t… OL13853390W
The year that follows The year that follows Scott Lasser The story of a woman's search for her brother's lost son, orphaned in the wake of his sudden death, drives Scott Lasser's riveting new novel--a work of stunning economy and momentum about a woman's q… OL14912443W
Crossers Crossers Philip Caputo From the acclaimed author of Acts of Faith ("A miracle . . . You can hardly conceive of a more affecting reading experience"--Houston Chronicle), a blistering new novel about the brutality and beauty… OL14924859W
Heartless Heartless Sara Shepard Four gorgeous girls are telling very ugly stories. First Emily, Aria, Hanna, and Spencer claimed they found a dead body in the woods behind Spencer's house, only to have it vanish without a trace.… OL14973685W
The scent of rain and lightning The scent of rain and lightning Nancy Pickard One beautiful summer afternoon, from her bedroom window on the second floor, Jody Linder is unnerved to see her three uncles parking their pickups in front of her parents' house--or what she calls he… OL15092950W
Hell's Bay Hell's Bay James W. Hall Descended from pioneer stock, the Bateses are an aristocratic Floridian family with vast holdings in real estate and mining. When matriarch Abigail Bates is discovered drowned in the Peace River, a c… OL15103684W
While You Were Dreaming While You Were Dreaming Unknown,Lola Jaye A warm and uplifting tale, perfect for fans of Dorothy Koomson.Lena has always kept her two sisters Millie and Cara in check.Beautiful but lazy Millie relies on her sister for everything. She needs t… OL15170427W
Conspiracy 365. Book One. January Conspiracy 365. Book One. January Gabrielle Lord This series based on the books written by Gabrielle Lord. It follows the adventures of Callum Ormond, a 15-year-old who is forced to become a fugitive as he searches for the truth behind the death of… OL15402546W
The hand that first held mine The hand that first held mine Maggie O'Farrell A spell-binding novel of two women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals, secrets, and motherhood. OL15409098W
A mother's secret A mother's secret Janice Kay Johnson *emphasized text* OL15436472W
Close your eyes Close your eyes Amanda Eyre Ward What would you risk to bring the truth to light? On the night their mother was killed, Alex and Lauren were asleep in their backyard tree house. Her beloved father was sentenced to life imprisonment … OL15602679W
Legacy of secrets Legacy of secrets Sara Mitchell Amid the splendors and miseries of the Gilded Age Neala Shaw suddenly found herself entirely alone. The innocent young heiress?penniless now?had no choice but to face her family's fatal legacy of sec… OL16059665W
Mothers and daughters Mothers and daughters Rae Meadows When a box of her dead mother's belongings arrive on her doorstep, Samantha discovers a mystery surrounding her grandmother, and, in investigating it, comes to terms with balancing her own role as a … OL16113410W
Money never sleeps Money never sleeps Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker "The bling is brighter, the drama is amped up, and the delicious beauties from Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker's Millionaire Wives Club are back for a second season of backstabbing, divorce parties, and family… OL16152244W
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
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