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61) The dinner guest
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Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave. Matthew: the perfect husband. Titus: the perfect son. Charlie: the perfect illusion. Rachel: the perfect stranger. Charlie didn't want her at the book club. Matthew wouldn't listen. And that's how Charlie finds himself slumped beside his husband's body, their son sitting silently at the dinner table, while Rachel calls 999, the bloody knife still gripped in her hand.
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"Three years after Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lucy Harrington were married, the small-village peace is disrupted when an anonymous letter arrives accusing Lucy of witchcraft. Her desire to be a mother becomes the least of her worries, especially after she learns she is not the only one to have received such a malicious letter"--
63) The stranger
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
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"#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Harlan Coben delivers his most shocking thriller yet, proving that a well-placed lie can help build a wonderful life-- and a secret has the same explosive power to destroy it. The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears,...
64) The German wife
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"Berlin, Germany, 1930--When the Nazis rise to power, Jurgen Rhodes is offered a high-level position in their burgeoning rocket program. J�rgen and his wife Sofie fiercely oppose Hitler's radical views, and joining his ranks is unthinkable. Yet it soon becomes clear that if Jurgen does not accept the job, their income would be put on the line, and so would their lives. Huntsville, Alabama, 1950--J�rgen is one of many German scientists pardoned...
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What could be more restful, more restorative, than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, complete with spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah's loving and generous tech-mogul brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It's his birthday gift to Hannah and includes their spouses and another couple. The six friends need this trip with good food, good company and lots of R &...
66) On Chesil Beach
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On their wedding day, a young couple--Florence, daughter of an Oxford academic and a successful businessman, and Edward, an earnest history student with little experience of women--looks forward to the future while worrying about their upcoming wedding night.
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Serial killer novels volume 2
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Is murder in the blood? In a sleepy Devon village, a woman is taken from the streets. Local vet Jenny is horrified. This kind of thing doesn't happen here. But it's not the first time she's been so close to a crime scene. The daughter of a prolific serial killer, she's spent her whole life running from who she really is. And the crime is harrowingly similar to those her father committed all those years ago... But she's not her father's daughter. Is...
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For ten years, Kay watched helplessly as Alzheimer's ravaged her father. Her husband of twenty-eight years, Cyril, found his brief exposure to her father's decline intolerable. Healthy and full of vitality, both Kay and Cyril, now in their early 50s make a pact: on Kay's 80th birthday they will commit suicide together. Their deal is made in 1991. They will have thirty more years together. But as time passes and their "final" day approaches, doubts...
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In 1978, Lizzie Morgan and Ritchie Schneider's relationship included a nine-month hiatus that ends with a stunning eleven-carat ring - one that looks just like the diamond Richard Burton gifted Liz Taylor. Decades later, the Schneiders' three children are eager to get their hands on this beloved, expensive reminder of their departed parents. When the ring reveals a secret that challenges everything they thought they knew about their parents' epic...
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To her adoring fans, Emmy Jackson, aka @the_mamabare, is the honest "Instamum" who always tells it like it is. To her skeptical husband, a washed-up novelist, she is a breadwinning powerhouse. To one of Emmy's dangerously obsessive followers, she's the woman that has everything - but deserves none of it. As Emmy's marriage begins to crack under the strain of her growing success and her moral compass veers wildly off course, the more vulnerable she...
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"Isla, a chef and co-owner of a farm-to-table restaurant on the brink of closing, and Jake, a visual artist tormented by the oil-and-gas legacy of his late father, are a couple drifting apart. A looming figure in both their lives is Reg Bevaqua, Jake's childhood friend turned enemy turned bottled water baron. Reg is a demanding regular at Isla's restaurant and a man with a seething resentment toward Jake. With good reason the feeling is mutual, but...
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"Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn't what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila's husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it's discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know...
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Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she's always in trouble at work. Dr. Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. There's only one problem: his brilliant young lab assistant Pyotr is about to be deported. When Dr. Battista cooks...
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Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As the pressure mounts, the eight strangers begin slowly opening up to one another and reveal long-hidden truths. As police surround the premises, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police or staying...
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One chilly spring morning, Joe Beaudry and his wife Laurie; wake up in circumstances that would challenge a saint. They are on the lam in a stolen motor home on the edge of a Wal-mart parking lot in Regina, Saskatchewan. Joe is trying to raise enough cash to get them both to Fort McMurray where he hopes he can find work. But Laurie somehow thinks their situation is only temporary, and maxes out their last credit card on clothes and hair dye. For Joe,...
76) I am a truck
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Invisible Publishing
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Agathe and Réjean Lapointe are about to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary when Réjean's beloved Chevy Silverado is found abandoned at the side of the road--with no trace of Réjean. As her hope dwindles, Agathe falls in with her spirited coworker, Debbie, who teaches Agathe about rock and roll, and with Martin Bureau, the one man who might know the truth about Réjean's fate. Set against the landscape of rural Acadia, I Am a Truck is...
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Little child shall lead them novels volume 3
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"Between raising three grieving children and running a booming business, recent widower Aaron Bontrager desperately needs help--even if it means a marriage of convenience only. He couldn't be more surprised by his new wife, ebullient Bethel Mast. With anunconventional, joyful sense of purpose, she's starting to turn his house back into a home and bring stability and peace to his children's lives...Bethel never had a fair chance for a home and family...
78) Sandrine's case
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Sharing a seemingly tranquil relationship with his brilliant bohemian wife only to find himself on trial for her murder, liberal arts college professor Samuel Madison struggles with a hostile town while reevaluating his marriage.
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"Paula worries that her marriage to Tommy is barely hanging on, so when he suggests a getaway for the two of them, she's thrilled. He's fighting for this marriage, and he's even promised that they will talk about starting a family. It's Paula's dream come true. Until the couple meets beautiful Anna. From the moment Anna appears in their lives, things start to go wrong for Paula. At first, Paula thinks she's paranoid in suspecting Anna is turning her...
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"It's a perfect evening on the night that throws a wrecking ball into Abby's life. Bored of her daily routine and loosened up by wine at a dinner party, Abby finds herself going along with best friend Sienna's plan for their husbands to swap homes for the night. "How funny would it be--just for fun. Just to live a different life for a few hours. That's all!" But when something happens that night with Sienna's husband, Greg--something that neither...
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