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Upon its first appearance in 1895, Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure shocked Victorian critics and readers with a frank depiction of sexuality and an unbridled indictment of the institutions of marriage, education, and religion, reportedly causing one Angli-can bishop to order the book publicly burned. The experience so exhausted Hardy that he never wrote a work of fiction again. Rich in symbolism, Jude the Obscure is the story of Jude Fawley and his...
3. Faithless
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English
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4.5 stars
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“Brilliant plotting, relentless suspense,” raved the Washington Post. “A new synonym for terror,” crowned the Detroit Free Press. The critics agree: no one writes suspense like Karin Slaughter, whose thrillers featuring medical examiner Sara Linton and her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, have propelled her to the top of bestseller lists the world over. Now Slaughter fuses her unmatched grasp of forensic science...
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English
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When a poor cousin, Fannie Price, comes to live at the estate of the sophisticated Bertram family, she suffers from the condescension of her haughty relatives and from the hopeless love she bears for their youngest son. Life becomes even more complicated when she is forced into a rivalry with a charming and vivacious newcomer. Fannie will have to question her most cherished beliefs about herself and her world as she struggles to make a home for herself....
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Clique volume 6
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English
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Just as the Pretty Committee is getting bored with being expelled and Massie begins worrying about losing her spot as the most popular girl, Claire is cast in a Hollywood film, and as Massie and Alicia report live from the set, Kristen and Dylan keep them posted on events in Westchester County.
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Roadtrip Z volume 1
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English
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Cotton Crossing was a dead end, but not for Ginny Mills. She's just marking time, getting experience in the county library system, before moving back to a decent urban environment. Then the phones stop working. Lee Quartine knows there's no way the pretty girl at the library will even look at him. Especially since he can't open his mouth. He knows he's a hick, but when the power starts going out and the woods are full of strange creatures, it's good...
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Pru Marlowe pet noir volume 1
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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"Pru Marlowe isn't your ordinary animal psychic. A tough girl on the run from her own gift, Pru left the big city to return to her picturesque Berkshires hometown looking for a little peace. Too bad that her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, her person. Now Charles is dead, and Lily looks good for it. After all, Lily is a pitbull, a fighting-ring dropout, and way too traumatized to give Pru a...
10. Entangled
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"Entangled," a stand-alone novella, concludes the battle of good vs. evil that permeated the series of "Daddy's Girl," "Pretty Little Girl" and "The Baby Thief." "Entangled" will reveal answers to questions raised in the earlier books (available in e-Book, print or audio book formats, as well as in Portugese and Spanish versions). "Daddy's Girl" tells how and why Armen Bedrosian, a pedophile, originates the story. For 20 years he sexually abused his...
11. Skeleton Canyon
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Joanna Brady Mystery volume 5
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English
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Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings us another mesmerizing thriller featuring Arizona Sheriff Joanna Brady as she searches for the brutal killer of a young girl. Brianna "Bree" O'Brien never returned from Skeleton Canyon. Someone brutally murdered the pretty, popular teenager who had stolen away under cover of darkness to rendezvous with her boyfriend. Perhaps youthful rage, jealousy and savage passion cost young Bree her life....
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Imbrifex Books
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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Playing cops was just a game until the bullets were real. The gravy train hasn't stopped in the hollers of western Virginia for more than thirty years when Stony Shelor starts his junior year at Jubal Early High. Class divides and racism are still the hardened norms as the Eisenhower years draw to a close. Violence lies coiled under the calm surface, ready to strike at any time. On the high school front, the cool boys are taking their wardrobe and...
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Shotgun Johnny volume 2
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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The top dogs of bestselling western action thrillers hit the bullseye once again in the latest in a new series in which a disgraced lawman's quest for vengeance becomes a legendary fight for justice. HE WHO LIVES BY THE GUN . . . Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's...
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Merlin Fanshaw Western volume 1
Publisher:
Books in Motion
Pub. Date:
2003
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English
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It is the end of the year 1882 in Progress County in the Montana Territory, when young Merlin Fanshaw finds himself caught between the competing agendas of a ruthless outlaw, two very different lawmen, and one pretty girl.
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M. Evans & Company
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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There were three things that Steve Greene wanted to do, and they were, in order of importance: 1. Get away from his Great Mistake (her name was Vivian). 2. Write the last movement of his symphony and relieve his mind of an unfinished concerto or two. 3. Whip the waters of some unspoiled mountain lake for record-breaking bass and pike. And so he bought a trailer. When he took to the open road, his house on wheels was replete with gadgets and improvements,...
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Bliss River volume 2
Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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To protect my baby, I'll totally make out with the Yeah, he's that guy-my first love, Nash Geary, the heartbreaker I've spent a decade trying to forget. But now I'm back in Bliss River, facing an ugly custody battle with Mr. Bad Idea #2, and I'll do anything to keep my baby girl safe. Go into debt for a fancy lawyer? Check. Hire a private detective to get dirt on my ex? Check. Marry my nemesis to prove I can provide my baby with a loving, two-parent...
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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"Clinch Mountain Echoes" is a gripping tale of betrayal, prejudice, budding young love, wartime memories, abductions, and murder in a small Appalachian community. From years past, echoes of wrenching losses-lost innocence, loves, and lives-reverberate anew in Southwest Virginia. Residents of Powell County endure ills and heartaches that human flesh and spirit are heir to, but some face daunting circumstances born of trying, troubling repercussions...
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The Local Tourist
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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A new cooking show. A stunning location. And murder is on the menu. Can she find out who did it or will the episode end in death?Travel writer Alex Paige is ready for a drama-free visit to Colorado Springs after her last adventure almost got her killed. Although she hates reality shows with a white-hot passion, she agreed to cover this one because her best friend's competing. The icing on the cake was that it wouldn't be one of those cutthroat drama...