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The 24th hour

The 24th hour

Patterson, James, 1947-, author
2024

Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical Examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime writer Cindy Thomas are gathered at one of San Francisco's finest restaurants. Before they can raise their glasses, a violent assault breaks out. The legal strategy is complicated by gaps in the plaintiff's memory - and the shocking reason behind her ever-changing testimony. As Yuki leads the prosecution, Lindsay chases down a high-society killer whose target practice may leave the Women's Murder Club short a bridesmaid - or two.

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The cliffs

The cliffs

Sullivan, J. Courtney, author.
2024

On a secluded bluff overlooking the ocean sits a Victorian house, a home that contains a century's worth of secrets. It is a place Jane Flanagan can escape to. Twenty years later, Genevieve has transformed the house into a glossy white monstrosity. Strangely, Genevieve is convinced that the house is haunted. She hires Jane to research the history of the place. The story Jane uncovers - of lovers lost at sea, romantic longing, shattering loss, artistic awakening, historical artifacts stolen and sold, and the long shadow of colonialism - is even older than Maine itself.

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Darling girls

Darling girls

Hepworth, Sally, author
2024

From the outside, Alicia, Jessica, and Norah might seem like ordinary women. But these three have a bond that takes them back decades, to when they were girls, and they lived on a farm with a foster mother named Miss Fairchild. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild, and they thought they were free. But the reach of someone with such power is long. When bones are discovered buried under the farmhouse of their childhood, they are called in by the police to tell what they know. Against their will, they are brought back to the past, and to Miss Fairchild herself.

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Disturbing the dead

Disturbing the dead

Armstrong, Kelley, author
2024

Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson likes her job as assistant to undertaker/medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray, and is developing true friends - and feelings - in this Victorian century. So, understanding the Victorian fascination with death, Mallory isn't that surprised when she and her friends are invited to a mummy unwrapping at the home of Sir Alastair Christie. When their host is missing when it comes time to unwrap the mummy, Gray and Mallory are asked to step in. And upon closer inspection, it's not a mummy they've unwrapped, but a much more modern body.

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Has anyone seen Charlotte Salter? : a novel

Has anyone seen Charlotte Salter? : a novel

French, Nicci, author
2024

Just before Christmas 1990, Charlotte Salter vanishes. Then the body of the Salters' neighbour, Duncan Ackerley, is found. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide. Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley and his older brother Greg decide to make a podcast about the case. Allegations are made, secrets are revealed, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. Detective Inspector Maud O'Connor will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte and Duncan emerges.

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The heist

The heist

Du Brul, Jack B., author
2024

In the summer of 1914, Isaac Bell attends a private meeting on Woodrow Wilson's presidential yacht, as Wilson addresses the newly launched regional Federal Reserve banks. While responding to a curious murder scene in Rhode Island, Bell learns of a heist planned for the new federal currency printing and engraving building in D.C.. Bell must track down the thieves and the counterfeit currency before the new Federal Reserve system - and America's economy - is destroyed.

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The hidden storyteller

The hidden storyteller

Robotham, Mandy, author
2024

"Hamburg, 1946. The war is over, and Germany in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young returns to the country she fled seven years prior - at the onset of the conflict - to find it unrecognisable. Amidst the stark horrors of a bombed-out city crumbling under the weight of millions of displaced souls, she discovers pockets of warmth: a violinist playing amidst the wreckage, couples dancing in the streets, and a nation trying to make amends. Joining forces with local detective Harri Schroder to catch a killer targeting women on the city's streets, curiosity draws Georgie deep into the dark underbelly, and she soon discovers that darkest secrets of war did not die with Hitler..."--Publisher.

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I will ruin you : a novel

I will ruin you : a novel

Barclay, Linwood, author
2024

English teacher Richard Boyle never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard's school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is hailed as a hero. Richard's brief moment in the spotlight puts him in the sights of a deranged blackmailer with a score to settle. The situation rapidly spirals out of control, drawing Richard into a fraught web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets.

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The murder inn

The murder inn

Patterson, James, 1947-, author
2024

The Inn at Gloucester is the lone structure on a rocky Massachusetts shoreline. Former Boston police detective Bill Robinson runs the place as a refuge from life's cruel disappointments. When two strangers arrive for a temporary stay among the permanent residents, they're welcomed with no questions asked. There's another new resident in town. A crime boss. And he doesn't like the close watch Robinson and Spears keep over Gloucester. Local criminals are turning up dead. Teaming up with Sheriff Spears and three fearless residents, Robinson begins a risky defense of his town, his chosen family, and his home.

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The museum of lost quilts

The museum of lost quilts

Chiaverini, Jennifer, author.
2024

Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master's degree in history. Stymied by writer's block, Summer hasn't finished her thesis, and she can't graduate until she does. But Summer's research uncovers startling facts about Waterford Historical Society's past, prompting unsettling questions about racism, economic injustice, and political corruption within their community, past and present. As controversy threatens the quilt exhibit's success, Summer fears that her pursuit of the truth might cost the Society their last chance to save Union Hall.

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Only the brave : a novel

Only the brave : a novel

Steel, Danielle, author
2024

As Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia Alexander concerned, Sophia becomes increasingly involved in the resistance. Circumstances become increasingly dangerous and personal when Sophia assists her sister's daring escape from Germany. As the political tensions rise and the brutal oppression continues, Sophia is undeterred, risking it all, even her own freedom, as she rises to the challenge of helping those in need - no matter the cost.

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Out for blood

Out for blood

Steck, Ryan, author
2024

A captured phone from a dead assassin reveals that Matthew Redd is the group's next target. When he learns of this, Redd sends his family into hiding and goes to the mountains to wait for the killers to come to him. With a snowstorm moving in, he will fight alone to survive in harsh conditions. But when the group takes their attack to his hometown, Redd will need all the help he can get.

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Summers at the Saint

Summers at the Saint

Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954- author
2024

Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as "the Saint." Traci Eddings is the widowed owner of the hotel, determined to see it return to its glory days. Enlisting a motley crew of recently hired summer help, Traci has one summer season to turn it around. But new information about a long-ago drowning at the hotel threatens to come to light, and the tragic death of one of their own brings Traci to the brink of despair. It will take all the wits and guts Traci has to see wrongs put to right, to see guilty parties put in their place, and maybe even to find a new romance along the way.

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Think twice : a thriller

Think twice : a thriller

Coben, Harlan, 1962- author
2024

Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron made peace and moved on - until now, when two federal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is. According to the agents, Greg is still alive - and has been placed at the scene of a double homicide, making him their main suspect. Myron and Win, longtime friends and colleagues, set out to find the truth, but the more they discover about Greg, the more dangerous their world becomes.

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This summer will be different

This summer will be different

Fortune, Carley, author
2024

Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn't know he's, her best friend, Bridget's younger brother. Lucy and Felix's chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they need to stay away from each other is long, and they vow to never repeat that electric night again. It's easier said than done. When Bridget suddenly flees Toronto a week before her wedding, Lucy drops everything to follow her to the island. Her mission is to help Bridget through her crisis and resist the one man she's never been able to. But Felix's sparkling eyes and flirty quips have been replaced with something new, and Lucy's beginning to wonder just how safe her heart truly is.

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An unfinished murder

An unfinished murder

Deveraux, Jude, author
2024

When real estate agent Kate announces she's been given the listing for the town's storied Lachlan House, it sets off alarm bells for retired romance novelist Sara Medlar. The infamous house has a dark history, but Kate doesn't understand what the fuss is about. After stumbling upon a skeleton - a murder victim with connections to her father - Kate wonders if the childhood she can't remember might be one she'd rather forget. With more than one motive in play, every partygoer is a suspect, and Sara is determined to find the culprit, even if it means digging up past secrets she's worked hard to keep buried.

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What have you done?

What have you done?

Lapena, Shari, 1960-, author
2024

Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill, Vermont. The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. But this morning all of that will change. Because Diana Brewer isn't lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer. Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers. And one innocent question could be deadly.

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Worst case scenario

Worst case scenario

Newman, T. J. (Novelist), author.
2024

When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications. Ordinary people--power plant employees, firefighters, teachers, families, neighbors, and friends--are thrust into an extraordinary situation as they face the ultimate test of their lives. It will take the combined courage, ingenuity, and determination of a brave few to save not only their community and loved ones, but the fate of humanity at large.

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