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The #1 lawyer : a thriller

The #1 lawyer : a thriller

Patterson, James, 1947-, author
2024

"Move over, John Grisham! Here's the fastest, sharpest legal thriller in years. Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney becomes the nation's prime suspect when his wife is murdered. He's never lost a case, but can he win when he's presumed guilty?"-- Provided by publisher.

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After that night

After that night

Slaughter, Karin, 1971-, author
2023

Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her. Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear that Dani Cooper's assault is uncannily linked to Sara's. And it seems the past isn't going to stay buried forever.

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Anna O : a novel

Anna O : a novel

Blake, Matthew (Author of Anna O), author
2024

Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive - and she hasn't woken up since. Dr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. As Anna shows the first signs of stirring, Benedict knows he must determine what really happened and whether Anna should be held responsible for her crimes. Only Anna knows the truth about that night, but only Benedict knows how to discover it. And they're both in danger from what they will discover.

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Annie Bot : a novel

Annie Bot : a novel

Greer, Sierra, author
2024

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug, designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs. True, she's not the greatest at keeping Doug's place spotless, but she's trying to please him. Doug says he loves that Annie's AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie's relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?

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Becoming a matriarch : a memoir

Becoming a matriarch : a memoir

Knott, Helen, 1987- author
2023

In 'Becoming a Matriarch', Helen Knott provides a chronicle of grief, love, and legacy. Having lost both her mom and grandmother in just over six months, forced to navigate between matriarchy, martyrdom, and codependency, Knott realizes she must let go, not just of them, but of who she thought she was.

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Blood : the science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation

Blood : the science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation

Gunter, Jen, author
2024

Dr. Jen Gunter dispels the shame, mythology, and misinformation around menstruation with scientific facts, medical expertise, and a fierce feminist perspective.

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BRZRKR. Volume one

BRZRKR. Volume one

Reeves, Keanu, author
2021

The man known only as B. is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence...even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the world for centuries, the Berzerker may have finally found a refuge -- working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, B. will be granted the one thing he desires -- the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence...and how to end it.

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A crochet world of creepy creatures and cryptids : 40 amigurumi patterns for adorable monsters, mythical beings and more

A crochet world of creepy creatures and cryptids : 40 amigurumi patterns for adorable monsters, mythical beings and more

Gustafson, Rikki, author
2022

"Who says creepy can't be cute? With this impressive amigurumi collection you can unlock a whole new world of creatures and cryptids in all their scary-adorable glory. From classic cryptids like Cthulhu, Nessie and Mothman to paranormal paragons like Zombies, Werewolves and Nosferatu himself, there's no end to the delightful terrors you can create. These 40 unique patterns capture each creature's quirks like the majesty of dragons' wings, Medusa's snake hair and the horror of Slender Man's tentacles. While you're creating, you can follow helpful tips on making your own colored eyes and pattern customization for color and sizing. Whether you're looking to add some spooky new additions to your own plushie collection or are hoping to surprise the horror fan in your life, there's a lovable monster in here for everyone."--Back cover.

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The Djinn waits a hundred years

The Djinn waits a hundred years

Khan, Shubnum, author.
2024

Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Now, nearly a century since it was built, it stands in ruins. Sana and her father are the latest of Akbar Manzil's long list of tenants. Unlike the others, who choose not to look too closely at the mansion's unsettling qualities, Sana is irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion. As Sana digs into the past, awakening the memories of the house itself - and dredging up old and terrible secrets that will change the lives of everyone living and dead at Akbar Manzil.

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The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir

The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir

Merasty, Joseph Auguste, author
2017

Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of "aggressive assimilation." As Augie Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. But, even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through.

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Expiration dates : a novel

Expiration dates : a novel

Serle, Rebecca, author
2024

Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it - the exact amount of time they will be together. For over twenty years, Daphne always wonders when there might be one without an expiration. Finally, the night of a blind date at her favourite restaurant, there's only a name: Jake. But as Jake and Daphne's story unfolds, Daphne finds herself doubting the paper's prediction, and wrestling with what it means to be both committed and truthful.

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The future

The future

Leroux, Catherine, 1979- author.
2023

Looking for answers, and her missing granddaughters, Gloria moves into the house where her daughter was murdered. A stranger in a Fort-Detroit neighborhood coping with the ongoing effects of racial and economic injustice, she finds herself surrounded by poverty, pollution, violence--as well as the resilience of the residents, in whose stubborn generosity and carefully tended gardens she finds hope. When a strange intuition sends her into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city's orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can't imagine the strength she will find. Set in an alternate history in which the French never surrendered the city of Detroit.

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Good half gone : a novel

Good half gone : a novel

Fisher, Tarryn, author
2024

Iris Walsh decides to intern at a hospital for the criminally insane where she believes the perpetrator who kidnapped her pretty, popular twin sister years ago is being held and uncovers even more sinister happenings.

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How (not) to have an arranged marriage

How (not) to have an arranged marriage

Khan, Amir, author
2023

Yousef is the golden child to his strict, Pakistani parents, overshadowing his younger sister, Rehana. As he finishes his medical degree in London, Yousef's life appears to be mapped out for him. Then Yosef meets Jess. A fellow medical student, Jess presents a complication to the plan. Suddenly, Yousef finds himself torn between two worlds - keeping each a secret from the other. And as graduation day looms, Yousef's mother informs him that she's started looking for his wife.

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The last lie

The last lie

Lake, Alex, author.
2018

Alfie and Claire Daniels have the perfect marriage. The perfect life, even. So when Claire disappears, Alfie is devastated. And when he finds evidence that Claire arranged to meet a man for an illicit affair, he is even more heartbroken. Then Claire returns. Escaped from a caravan in Wales where the man - who the police are now hunting - had kept her. She is traumatized, but ok. Alfie is relieved. But also confused. Because he knows the man never existed. Claire was not having an affair. Alfie set the whole thing up to get at Claire's money. Claire says she still loves him. But he can't even be sure of that. And he shouldn't be, because Claire has plans of her own. Plans which will soon leave Alfie utterly destroyed...

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Memory piece

Memory piece

Ko, Lisa, author
2024

In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for something different. They envision each other as artistic collaborators and embark on a future defined by freedom and creativity. By the time they are adults, their dreams are murkier. Over time their friendship matures and changes, their definitions of success become complicated, and their sense of what matters evolves.

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Shut up you're pretty : stories

Shut up you're pretty : stories

Mutonji, Téa, 1995- author
2019

These punchy, sharply observed stories blur the lines between longing and choosing, exploring the narrator's experience as an involuntary one. Tinged with pathos and humour, they interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed.

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