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Smokin' Seventeen Smokin' Seventeen Janet Evanovich Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that … OL15748935W
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 Serpent of Venice The Serpent of Venice Christopher Moore Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy of Britain and France, and widower of the murdered Queen Cordelia: the rascal-… OL17124775W
Killing Monica Killing Monica Candace Bushnell "In KILLING MONICA Bushnell spoofs and skewers her way through pop culture, celebrity worship, fame, and even the meaning of life itself, when a famous writer must resort to faking her own death in o… OL17441858W
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
The unnoticeables The unnoticeables Robert Brockway "From Robert Brockway, Sr. Editor and Columnist of Cracked.com comes The Unnoticeables, a funny and frightening urban fantasy. There are angels, and they are not beneficent or loving. But they do wat… OL17753983W
Lesson plans Lesson plans Suzanne Greenberg "Lesson Plans is a captivating and funny novel centered on the lives of three families, each of which has chosen to homeschool for a different reason. Suzanne Greenberg weaves her tale through the pe… OL17875242W
Thank you, goodnight Thank you, goodnight Andy Abramowitz "Nick Hornby meets Almost Famous in this side-splittingly funny coming-of-middle-age debut novel about the lead singer of a one-hit wonder 90s band who tries for one more swing at the fences"-- OL17883807W
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
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