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Darling girls
Hepworth, Sally, author
2024
From the outside, Alicia, Jessica, and Norah might seem like ordinary women. But these three have a bond that takes them back decades, to when they were girls, and they lived on a farm with a foster mother named Miss Fairchild. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild, and they thought they were free. But the reach of someone with such power is long. When bones are discovered buried under the farmhouse of their childhood, they are called in by the police to tell what they know. Against their will, they are brought back to the past, and to Miss Fairchild herself.
Extinction : a novel
Preston, Douglas J., author
2024
Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash investigates after a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by a gang of eco-terrorists at a park where extinct animals are brought back through genetic manipulation.
Funny story
Henry, Emily, author
2024
Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. Too bad it turned out to be more of a prequel, a complication to Peter's actual love story, the one that ends with him dumping Daphne before their wedding to begin a relationship with his lifelong best friend, Petra. Scruffy and chaotic, Miles is entirely the opposite of buttoned-up Daphne, and they mainly avoid one another until one night, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship. Miles decides he will convince Daphne to give Waning Bay a real shot. Miles believes Daphne deserves the chance to build a life here, her own life. As she begins to fall for the town, Daphne wonders what this summer is supposed to mean.
The gathering
Tudor, C. J., author
2024
"In a small Alaska town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and the blood drained from his body. The brutality of the murder chillingly echoes a killing from twenty-five years ago. Out-of-state detective Barbara Atkins is brought in to assist the sheriff, Jensen Tucker, who investigated the original case. However, the inhabitants of Deadhart believe they know who is responsible: one of the nearby vampyr colony who live in an old mining settlement deep in the mountains. Barbara is under pressure to authorize a cull of the entire colony. But the evidence doesn't stack up, people are lying, and the deeper Barbara and Tucker delve into Deadhart's history, the darker the secrets they uncover. As the snow thickens and the nights grow longer, another teenager goes missing and body parts are found. Time is running out for Barbara and Tucker to find the truth. Are they hunting a cold-blooded murderer, or a bloodthirsty monster? And which is more dangerous?" -- Back cover.
Innocent. Omnibus 1
Sakamoto, Shin'ichi, 1972- author, artist.
2023
"A fictionalized story of the real life of the Royal Executioner of Paris, Charles-Henri Sanson, who performed over 3000 executions"-- Provided by publisher.
Just for the summer
Jimenez, Abby, author
2024
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: they'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other's out, and they'll both go on to find the love of their lives. It's a bonkers idea - and it just might work. But what if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?
One by one
McFadden, Freida, author
2024
"A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren't as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them? But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: only one of them will return home alive"-- Provided by publisher.
The Rachel incident : a novel
O'Donoghue, Caroline, author.
2023
Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it's love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon invites Rachel to be his roommate and the two begin a friendship that changes the course of both their lives forever. When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr. Fred Byrne, James helps her devise a reading at their local bookstore, with the goal that she might seduce him afterwards. But Fred has other desires. So begins a series of secrets and compromises that intertwine the fates of James, Rachel, and Fred.
Set in stone
Woodhouse, Kimberley, 1973- author
2024
When paleontologist Martha Jankowski discovers an intact dinosaur skeleton, she has the opportunity to make a name for herself, but only if she can uncover the full skeleton before another competing dig. As she races against the clock, she meets a man who shares her passion for science and faith--but is he friend or foe?-- Publisher.
Spirituality is for every body : 8 accessible, inclusive ways to connect with the divine when living with disability
Thompkins, Allison V., author.
2024
"Allison Thompkins was born with cerebral palsy and a mission to improve the world for people with disabilities. In this book written with one finger and eye movements, Allison shares eight essential spiritual practices to help people with disabilities connect with the Divine and live joyful, meaning-filled lives: surrender, prayer, grace, synchronicity, meditation, gratitude, service, and connection. Filled with personal stories, mindset advice, and accessible exercises with step-by-step modifications for those with visible disabilities, non-apparent disabilities, or both, this book will strengthen your connection to God, the Universe, and your innermost wisdom as you travel your own path of your most miraculous, aw-inspiring, and sometimes absolutely hilarious spiritual life."-- Back cover.
Toxic prey
Sandford, John, 1944 February 23-, author
2024
Gaia is dying. That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes. When Scott then disappears without a trace, Letty Davenport is tasked with tracking down any and all leads. Scott's connections to sensitive research into virus and pathogen spread has multiple national and international organizations on high alert, and his shockingly high clearance levels at various institutions, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, make him the last person they'd like to go missing. As the web around Scott becomes more tangled, Letty calls in her father, Lucas, to help her lead a group of specialists to find Scott as soon as possible. But as Letty and Lucas begin to uncover startling and disturbing connections between Scott and Gaia conspiracists, their worst fears are confirmed, and it quickly becomes a race to find him before the virus he created becomes the perfect weapon.
Tripped : Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the dawn of the psychedelic age
Ohler, Norman, author.
2024
Berlin 1945. Following the fall of the Third Reich, drug use is rampant throughout the city. Arthur J. Giuliani of the nascent Federal Bureau of Narcotics is tasked with learning about the Nazis' anti-drug laws. Harvard professor Dr. Henry Beecher began work with the US government to uncover the research behind the Nazis psychedelics program. Revealing the close relationship and hidden connections between the Nazis and the early days of drugs in America, Ohler shares how this secret history held back therapeutic research of psychedelic drugs for decades and eventually became part of the foundation of America's War on Drugs.
You've been cancelled
Pires, Curt, author.
2023
Cancelled is a live-streamed program where elite bounty hunters called "Cancellers" kill individuals who society has voted to "cancel" following heinous actions or offenses. But Cancelled is also one of the last forms of upward mobility for an increasingly oppressed lower/middle class. Want to escape the gig economy? Pay off your student debt? Cover medical bills? Cancelled just might be your way out. But you're going to have to get your hands dirty.