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    Pretty Things

    by Janelle Brown

    Nina survives by stealing from rich kids in LA. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help. Vanessa is a privileged heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. But her life is life marked by tragedy. Vanessa retreats to her family’s mansion, one of secrets not just from Vanessa’s past, but from Nina’s as well. Their paths collide here, where their intertwined lives give way to aspiration and desire, duplicity and revenge.
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    Darling Rose Gold

    by Stephanie Wrobel

    For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar. After serving five years in prison, Patty gets out and begs her daughter to take her in. Patty insists all she wants is to reconcile their differences. But Rose Gold knows her mother. Patty Watts always settles a score. Unfortunately for Patty, Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling… And she’s waited such a long time for her mother to come home.
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    Lock Every Door

    by Riley Sager

    Jules Larsen has a new job at the Bartholomew. As she gets to know the building, Jules finds herself drawn to Ingrid. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems, Jules brushes it off…until Ingrid disappears. Searching for the truth, Jules digs into the Bartholomew’s past and the secrets kept within its walls. What she discovers pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent.
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    Mr. Nobody

    by Catherine Steadman

    When a man is found with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. The national press call him Mr. Nobody. Dr. Emma Lewis is asked to assess the patient in a small town. But Emma left this same town years ago and has covered all traces of her past since then. But now something is calling her back. And the more time she spends with her patient, the more alarmed she becomes that he knows the one thing about her that nobody is supposed to know.
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    Where the Crawdads Sing

    by Delia Owens

    When Chase Andrews is found dead, locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. But Kya is not what they say. She has survived for years alone in the marsh. When two young men become intrigued by her, Kya opens herself to a new life–until the unthinkable happens. Through Kya, Owens reminds us that we are shaped by the children we once were, and we are all subject to the secrets that nature keeps.
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    Recursion

    by Blake Crouch

    At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that  drives its victims mad. But the force that’s sweeping the world is no pathogen—and what’s in jeopardy is not our minds but the very fabric of time itself. Detective Barry Sutton is closing in on the truth—and Helena Smith is unaware that she alone holds the key to this mystery. Together, Barry and Helena will have to confront their enemy—before they, and the world, are trapped in a loop of ever-growing chaos.
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