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"Years of long workdays...as a political campaigner are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey's boss is entering the White House. But when her estranged older sister, Alice, unexpectedly dies, Lucy is drawn back to Nilson's Bay, her small, close knit Wisconsin hometown. An accident in her teens left Alice mentally impaired, and she was content to stay in Nilson's Bay. Lucy...got out and never looked back. Now,...Lucy has taken up temporary residence...
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Take a trip to Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, where you'll meet the women of the Kauffman Amish Bakery in Lancaster County. As each woman's story unfolds, you will share in her heartaches, trials, joys, dreams ... and secrets. You'll discover how the simplicity of the Amish lifestyle can clash with the "English" way of life—and the decisions and consequences that follow. Most importantly, you will be encouraged by the hope and faith of these
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"Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in...
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"The summer before Sally Holt starts the eighth grade begins as a gloriously uneventful one, full of family trips to the beach and long afternoons at the local pool with her older sister Kathy, which they mostly use as an excuse to ogle Billy Barnes, who works the concession stand there. Their fascination with him is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. By summer's end Billy and Kathy are an item-an unthinkable...
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"Three months ago, Lena Nguyen's estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version. But Lena isn't buying it. Now she's come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin's car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered...
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Twenty years ago Ellie Cavanaugh, a reporter, helped convict her neighbor of murder. Was he really guilty or had a terrible mistake been made? Determined to find the answers, Ellie returns to the scene of the crime: her hometown. But learning the truth may prove to be fatal.
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Twenty years ago, Ellie Enderlin's sister, Lila, a brilliant mathematician, was murdered in a crime that was never solved. In the aftermath of her sister's death, Ellie entrusted her most intimate feelings to a man who turned the story into a bestselling true crime book—a book that both devastated her family and identified one of Lila's professors as the killer. Decades later, Ellie receives a piece of evidence never found with her sister's body:...
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Amy came to Rosemary Cottage to grieve, to heal, maybe even find love. But theres a deadly undertow of secrets around Hope Island....The charming Rosemary Cottage on the beach offers Amy Lange respite she needs to mourn her brother, Ben. Shes even thinking of moving her midwife practice to the Outer Banks community. Its always been a refuge for her and her family.She also wants to investigate Bens disappearance at sea. Everyone blames a surfing accident,...
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"Beth's life hasn't been the same since her sister died. Her parents try to lock her down, believing they can keep her safe by monitoring her every move. When Beth sneaks out to a party one night and meets the new guy in town, Chase, she's thrilled to make a secret friend. It seems like a small thing, just for her. Only Beth doesn't know how big her secret really is... Fresh out of juvie and determined to start his life over, Chase has demons to face...
10) Willing to die
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The crime scene is as puzzling as it is brutal. Doctor Paul Latham and his wife, Brindel, are found dead in separate beds in their beautiful San Francisco home, each the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. There are no signs of forced entry, and despite the emptied safe it's clear this murder isn't random. For Detective Regan Pescoli, news of her sister's death brings grief mixed with guilt. She and Brindel weren't close, and Pescoli barely knows...
11) Brazen virtue
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Bantam
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2001, c1988
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel that explores the dangerous side of desire, when a mystery writer in search of a little peace and quiet instead finds herself ensnared in the world of a real-life serial killer whose craving for murder stops at nothing . . . and no one.
NOW THE NETFLIX FILM BRAZEN, STARRING ALYSSA MILANO
After a demanding book tour, superstar mystery novelist...
NOW THE NETFLIX FILM BRAZEN, STARRING ALYSSA MILANO
After a demanding book tour, superstar mystery novelist...
12) Lethal lies
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Blood brothers volume 2
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With the serial killer that murdered her sister on the loose, Anya enlists the help of private investigator Heath, but Anya's media taunts put them both in the killer's crosshairs just as secrets from the past place a target on Heath's back.
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"1873. At an abandoned ch�ateau on the outskirts of Paris, a dark s�eance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D'Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister's death, but to do so, she must embrace...
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Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
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[2017]
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed.
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"A mystery begins when Aggie Dunkirk exhumes secrets and uncovers a crime her eccentric grandmother has been obsessing over. Decades earlier, after discovering her sister's body in the attic, Imogene Grayson longs for justice. Two women, separated by time, vow to find answers . . . no matter the cost"-- Provided by publisher.
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A cold case leads to present danger
Charlie Farmington has been blaming herself for her stepsister Lindy's unsolved murder for fifteen years. Then, through the twinkling lights and pine-scented air of a Montana Christmas, she glimpses Lindy—alive—standing on the street. Shocked and afraid, Charlie turns to the only person she can trust to help her: Westly "Shep" Shepherd, her first love, who knows all of Charlie's secrets...except...
Charlie Farmington has been blaming herself for her stepsister Lindy's unsolved murder for fifteen years. Then, through the twinkling lights and pine-scented air of a Montana Christmas, she glimpses Lindy—alive—standing on the street. Shocked and afraid, Charlie turns to the only person she can trust to help her: Westly "Shep" Shepherd, her first love, who knows all of Charlie's secrets...except...
17) The deception
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"When missing turns to murdered, one woman's search for answers will take her to a place she never wanted to go. After searching for her sister for two years, Kate Gallagher is devastated when she's called to the morgue to identify Chrissy's body, the runaway teen the victim of a brutal attack. Kate failed Chrissy once, and she won't do it again--even if finding her sister's killer means following a lethal bounty hunter into the heart of darkness....
18) The song weaver
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Maggie and Jonathan must cut their honeymoon short and return home when they learn that Maggie's sister has died during childbirth, leaving Maggie's hated brother-in-law caring for her new niece, and as the couple struggle to save the little girl from her abusive father, they find their faith in God and one another tested.
19) Don't let go
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Dutton
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[2017]
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"With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Cob enexplores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller. Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo's girlfriend Diana were found dead on the railroad tracks -- and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke...
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"As the older sibling to identical twins Violet and Lily, Cami Porter was always the odd sister out. The divide grew even wider when their parents split up--while the twins stayed in Cape Sanctuary with their free-spirited mother, Rosemary, fourteen-year-old Cami moved to LA with her attorney father. Nearly twenty years later, when Cami gets the terrible news that Lily has drowned saving a child's life, her mother begs her to return home to help untangle...
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