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This Bright River by Patrick Somerville

The story line appears straightforward: wayward Ben Hanson returns to his Wisconsin hometown to fix up and sell the house that once belonged to his deceased Uncle Denny. But Ben is a conflicted young...

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Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Reading Atkinson’s Case Histories is like watching a master weaver perform magic, the kind of artistry that creates a stunning piece of work from disparate pieces. Just as the fabric artist pulls...

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Theft by BK Loren

With their mother dying a slow death from Parkinsons’s and their salesman father on the road trying to earn enough money to keep the family solvent, young Willa Robbins and her idolized older brother...

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The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje

An 11-year-old boy boards a ship in Ceylon and sails off to England to re-unite with a mother he barely remembers, setting the stage for an adventure on the high seas which in the hands of a master...

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The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaabebol and Agnete Friis

What better for a summer read than a Nordic noir thriller. Helping out a friend, Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse and compulsive do-gooder, retrieves a battered suitcase from a train station locker and...

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Red Bones by Ann Cleeves

Scotland’s Shetland Islands are home to a hearty, taciturn people generally known for raising horses and catching fish. But in the world as seen by Ann Cleeves, the islanders are also known for envy...

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Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman

The title of this mystery makes you want to curl up in front of a roaring fire but the suspenseful story will as easily keep you rooted to your beach chair under summer’s noon day sun. The premise is...

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Swann’s Lake of Despair by Charles Salzberg

Henry Swann is back. Both smart and smart talking, he embodies the voice and spirit of the classic hardboiled detective, a bit down on his luck but ethical to a fault. In the third book of the Henry...

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Descent by Tim Johnston

Descent captures and builds on the terror of a modern-day kidnapping and the horror every parent fears.  Caitlin, the victim, has just graduated high school. A star athlete, she disappears on an early...

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