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A December 2022 Once Upon a Book Club Pick
"You'll get nothing done until you've reached the end of this excellent book." -Lisa Regan, USA Today and WSJ bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series
"[A] riveting tale . . ." -Library Journal
She wanted the truth. She should have known better.
When her sister is found dead in a Baltimore hotel room, reporter Val Ritter's world is turned upside down. An empty pill bottle at the scene leads...
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He knows all about women, or so he thought... Dexter Yates leads a charmed existence in London, with money, looks, and girlfriends galore. Life's fantastic until Dex's sister dies and his world changes overnight. Astonishing everyone, including himself, Dex leaves the city behind, takes charge of his eight-month-old niece Delphi, moves to a beautiful Cotswolds village, and sets about working on his parenting skills. His neighbors, including cartoonist...
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Pelican Book Group
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[2015]
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English
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Lauren Werthman struggles with guilt and depression. Even moving to another state and into a new home doesn't help her overcome the life-altering aftermath of losing her sister. Memories of the tragic accident reverberate through her life as her family tries to cope, but Lauren's life spirals out of control. Her mother criticizes her choices every day, her father continues to work later and later, and people at her new school seem to know the family...
4) Black Amber
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Open Road Media Romance
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[2017]
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English
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A Manhattan editor investigates her sister's suspicious death in Istanbul in this novel by the New York Times --bestselling "queen of the American gothics" (The New York Times). Tracy Hubbard, an up-and-comer at a prestigious New York City publisher, has arrived at a sprawling villa on the Bosporus strait in Istanbul for an enviable arrangement. She's come to assist celebrated artist Miles Radburn with his new book on the history of Turkish art. Everything...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead.
1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D'Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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Nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike looks back on the ten years since the murder of his younger sister Bliss, a rising figure skater whose unsolved death created a media circus that destroyed his parents' marriage and cast suspicion on him, keeping him from finding any sense of normalcy in his life.
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HQN Books
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[2019]
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English
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""Fans of romantic suspense won't be able to put this book down until the final page is turned."- Publishers Weekly on The Deception 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 long 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. Guilt and grief...
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Whitaker Island volume 2
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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No matter where you run to ... Connor Rye seeks solace on remote Whitaker Island. When his first quiet evening ends with a blow to the head, it's clear that nothing-and no one-is as it seems. Still haunted by his sister's murder, he's buried himself in work while trying to hold his family together. Now, when he has a minute to breathe, he knows better than to get involved with a stranger, but it might be too late to keep his distance. Desire will...
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MIRA
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[2014]
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English
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Twelfth-century Normandy-;as a fierce battle for the crown erupts, a powerful knight and his innocent bride will discover their destinies are passionately entwined...;.
Just weeks away from taking her holy vows, Nell de Bonvile learns of her elder sister's tragic death. Swept from the convent, she is ordered to take Sybilla's place as bride to Roger de Roche, heir to Britain's most powerful earldom. Lovely, naive and totally unprepared for life outside...
11) The Memory Trees
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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A darkly magical novel about a mysterious family legacy, the bonds of sisterhood, and the strange and powerful ways we are shaped by the places we call home, from the critically acclaimed author of Shallow Graves. For the first eight years of her life, an unusual apple orchard in Vermont is Sorrow Lovegood's whole world. The land has been passed down through generations of brave, resilient women, and while their offbeat habits may be ridiculed by...
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Lords of the Armory volume 1
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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Enchanting ... Harrington combines suspenseful mystery and charming romance in this compulsively readable treat. -- Publishers Weekly Starred Review All's fair in war ... and in love ... Marcus Braddock, former general and newly appointed Duke of Hampton, is back from war. Now, not only is he surrounded by the utterly unbearable ton, he's mourning the death of his beloved sister, Elise. Marcus believes his sister's death wasn't an accident, and he's...
13) Angel Song
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Angels eagerly watch over Ann Fletcher's every move. She just doesn't know it yet.
Ann Fletcher has returned to Charleston to see her younger sister Sarah receive her master's degree. But she soon finds herself riding in the back of an ambulance, watching helplessly as Sarah fights for her life. As they race to the hospital, Sarah talks to someone who is not there...and hums a melody Ann has never heard before.
That unfamiliar, unearthly beautiful...
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Graydon House Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Set in high-society Georgetown, an irresistible family drama about two sisters and the public scandal that just may lead them to rewrite the rules...Named a Best Book of the Month by Good Morning America, Bustle, Popsugar, BookBub, and Frolic "A stellar novel that celebrates sisterhood and the way women can step out of flawed men's shadows. I delighted in every page." -- Amy Meyerson, bestselling author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays and The Imperfects....
15) Her Perfect Life
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English
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Do we ever really know the ones we love? Reclusive Clare Collins crafts her novels like she crafts her life: perfectly. So the world is stunned when the famous author is found dead on a beach from a self-inflicted gunshot -- the morning after her latest book hits the shelves. Her sister, Eileen, is at a loss. Clare led a charmed life: success, mansions, money ... Why would she throw it all away? But while reading through her sister's latest -- and...
16) The Sister Pact
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Sourcebooks
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2015.
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English
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Who holds your secrets? Allie is devastated when her sister commits suicide-and it's not just because she misses her. Allie feels betrayed. The two made a pact that they'd always be together, in life and in death, but Leah broke her promise and Allie needs to know why. Her parents hover. Her friends try to support her. And Nick, sweet Nick, keeps calling and flirting. Their sympathy only intensifies her grief. But the more she clings to Leah, the...
17) Dive: A Novel
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Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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When V's life crumbles around her, she has two options: let it take her down with it or dive straight in Virginia "V" Dunn is alone when her dog is hit by a car. Lucky's back leg is shattered, and when she comforts him, his blood is wet on her hands. Suddenly, the monotony of V's suburban life dissolves: Lucky is in a cast; her best friend, Eileen, is avoiding her; her mother's drinking is getting worse; and her father is sick with a mysterious illness....
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Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"A 2021 Alex Award Winner! "A sparkling tale about fame and family... Fans of Elizabeth Berg and J. Ryan Stradal will relish the novel's humor, spark, and verve." -- Booklist "Smart yet surprisingly sweet, this meditation on family and media is as captivating as a favorite podcast." -- Shelf Awareness "Moving, humorous, and briskly-paced." -- J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest and The Lager Queen of...
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The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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On the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1964, a murderer stalked Bernice Starling, a local blues singer, and killed her by driving a knife into her chest. After the murder, her two teenaged daughters, Jubilee and Charlene, search for the killer, driving their mother's antique red pick-up truck down sandy back roads, bayous, and to the smoky juke joints where their mother once sang. The strange characters who populate the Gulf Coast give them a host of suspects....
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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From the author of A Dangerous Duet comes the next book in her Victorian mystery series, this time following a daring female painter and the Scotland Yard detective who is investigating her brother's suspicious death. A young painter digs beneath the veneer of Victorian London's art world to learn the truth behind her brother's murder ... Edwin is dead. That's what Inspector Matthew Hallam of Scotland Yard tells Annabel Rowe when she discovers him...
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