Thursday, 30 July 2020

THE PULL OF THE STARS by Emma Donoghue

While war and the Great Flu ravages 1918 Dublin, three women help expectant mothers who have been quarantined in a hospital.

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AXIOM'S END by Lindsay Ellis

Cora Sabino finds herself caught between her estranged whistle-blower father and the extraterrestrials who have been living here for decades.

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NEAR DARK by Brad Thor

The 19th book in the Scot Harvath series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative.

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Thursday, 23 July 2020

A WALK ALONG THE BEACH by Debbie Macomber

After dealing with loss and setbacks, two sisters take risks on dreams and love.

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UTOPIA AVENUE by David Mitchell

The glories and misadventures of a 1960s British band told from several perspectives with cameos by real-life musicians.

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PEACE TALKS by Jim Butcher

The 16th book in the Dresden Files series. Chicago's only professional wizard tries to keep the peace during a summit of the Supernatural nations of the world.

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THE ORDER by Daniel Silva

The 20th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.

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Thursday, 16 July 2020

MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon

A character named Jim Carrey navigates stardom and its excesses in a satire that borrows heavily from the life of the celebrity Jim Carrey.

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A BEAUTIFULLY FOOLISH ENDEAVOR by Hank Green

Mysterious books hint at what caused the untimely demise of April May and the sudden disappearance of robots known as the Carls.

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Thursday, 9 July 2020

FRIENDS AND STRANGERS by J Courtney Sullivan

Complications ensue when a New York journalist downshifts to become a mom in a small town and hires a senior at the local women’s college to babysit.

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MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.

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HOME BEFORE DARK by Riley Sager

When Maggie Holt inherits the Vermont estate that was the setting of her father’s horror memoir she is confronted by some of the people and relics he chronicled.

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SEX AND VANITY by Kevin Kwan

A nod to “A Room With a View” in which Lucie Tang Churchill is torn between her WASPy billionaire fiancĂ© and a privileged hunk born in Hong Kong.

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Thursday, 2 July 2020

DEATH IN HER HANDS by Ottessa Moshfegh

A woman determines to solve a mystery involving a handwritten note and a seemingly nonexistent dead body in the woods.

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THE LAST FLIGHT by Julie Clark

Claire Cook escapes from living with her quick-tempered husband and assumes another woman’s identity.

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