Fiction

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The London author Michael Rosen has been the poet laureate of the UK. He knows poetry. What is Poetry?

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Cecil Younger works as a criminal defense investigator at the Public Defender Agency in Sitka, Alaska.

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There’s something sweet and endearing about Dear Professor Whale, the follow-up to the charming Yours Sincerely, Giraffe.

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“an entertaining and welcome entry in this series”

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“well-conceived, brilliantly constructed, scary as the nightlights, and thoroughly engrossing.” 

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Some titles capture the book’s contents well. This is one of them, as the whole murder mystery revolves around being an English gentleman in 1924.

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Immigrant, Montana is a maze of memory and homeland.

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Victorian London has a new sleuth and his name is Charles Dickens. Yes, that Dickens of The Tale of Two Cities fame.

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In Murder at Ochre Court author Alyssa Maxwell once again reveals her skill at creating a well-planned mystery with all the clues, foreshadowing, and red herrings needed to engage the read

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Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen.

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Why do family members tend to withhold secrets or are hesitant to share their innermost thoughts from each other; the very ones they are supposed to love and trust the most?

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This gripping gut-level revenge-fueled psychological suspense from Victoria Helen Stone introduces a narrator you will love to hate. As Jane herself says:

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“will appeal to anyone who likes the hardboiled Southern private eye novel where evil lurks beneath the surface of a quiet little town.”

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Young professor Jonah Baum teaches transcendental poetry and Gothic literature at a small Vermont college.

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Ah, the mother-teenage daughter relationship: anxiety, pressure, sullen silence, forced cheerfulness, eye-rolling, snippy comments, guilt, fear, and a few precious moments of sweetness.

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Andromeda Romano-Lax surprises and delights readers in her new novel, Plum Rains. The book follows the lives of a trio of unusual characters: Angelica, a Filipina nurse, living in Japan on

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“A Noise Downstairs is a terrific edge-of-your-seat Hitckcockian psychological thriller . . .”

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Ashley, Lauren, and Natalie have been through everything together. From college days to husbands to babies to business, they have been there for each other, navigating the good and the bad.

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This is a graphic novel with a difference.

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“a disgusting, disturbing, magnificent book.”

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“bleak, despairing, and an utterly compelling examination of freewill versus fate.”

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What preschool has not had a Tyrannosaurus Wrecks moment? This delightful board book will immediately be a classroom and family favorite.

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“a terrific addition to your crime fiction library. . . . provides interesting insight into Chandler’s creative processes. . . . you’re going to have fun with this one.”

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“this story is full evidence that ghosties and ghoulies inhabit places other than the United States and Transylvania.”

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“a touching, satisfying story, . . . [a] profound and insightful tale.”

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