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French roast
Balzo, Sandra
Paper Book
Things go from bad to worse for Wisconsin coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen when her cousin Jacque Oui finds himself in hot water.Coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen's cousin, Jacque Oui, is in trouble. Big trouble! Not only is his cash-strapped Schultz's Market facing competition from a big bucks grocery...
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We were never here : a novel
Bartz, Andrea
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "This book is every suspense lover's dream and it kept me up way too late turning pages. . . . A novel with crazy twists and turns that will have you ditching your Friday night plans for more chapters."--Reese Witherspoon
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Boston scream murder
Bolton, Ginger
Paper Book
Halloween in the small town of Fallingbrook, Wisconsin, is the perfect season for Deputy Donut owner Emily Westhill to unmask a killer. October 31 is just around the corner and Emily Westhill's Boston cream donuts, carved with a scream, have made an indelible impression on...
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Little faith : a novel
Butler, Nickolas
Paper Book
In this moving new novel from celebrated author Nickolas Butler, a Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church Lyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years, living a mostly...
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The family Chao : a novel
Chang, Lan Samantha
Paper Book
The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. Whether or not Big Leo Chao is honest, or his wife, Winnie, is happy, their food tastes good and...
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Shoulder season
Clancy, Christina
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of Summer by Good Morning America * CNN * Parade * EW * Travel & Leisure * PopSugar * New York Post * BuzzFeed * Brit & Co * SheReads * Women.com ...
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The doctor's secret
Cullinan, Heidi
Paper Book
Cullinan weaves themes of racism and Asian culture, family pressures, and the value of friends, home, and love into a deeply satisfying romance. -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Copper Point Medical: Book One The brilliant but...
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The net beneath us
Dunbar, Carol
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE WISCONSIN WRITERS: EDNA FERBER FICTION BOOK AWARD! In her debut novel, Carol Dunbar draws from her own lived experiences, vividly describing the wonder and harshness of life off the grid. Told over the course of a year, The Net Beneath Us is a lyrical...
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Send for me
Fox, Lauren
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present-day Wisconsin, unspooling a thread of love, longing, and the powerful bonds of family. * A...
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American gods : a novel
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
Since it was first published, American Gods became an instant classic. Now discover the mystery and majesty of American Gods in this beautiful reissue of the Author's Preferred Text edition. Featuring a new preface by Neil Gaiman in honor of the novel's 20th anniversary,...
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Bad day breaking
Galligan, John
Paper Book
Wild Wild Country and Longmire meet in the latest in the "gritty, brash, and totally gripping" (The Real Book Spy) Bad Axe County series, as Sheriff Heidi Kick struggles to prevent a radical religious sect from turning her county into the next Jonestown, all while a dark...
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Raft of stars : a novel
Graff, Andrew J.
Paper Book
"A rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor." --Richard Russo An instant classic for fans of Jane Smiley and Kitchens of the Great Midwest: when two hardscrabble young boys think they've committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Will the...
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Wolf Hollow
Houston, Victoria
Paper Book
There are rumours that a precious vein of nickel and copper is buried on the property of wealthy Grace McDonough, and the drilling is about to begin. But not if environmentalist Pete Ferris can help it. When Grace's 24-year-old son Noah is caught in a sordid sex crime, police chief Lew Ferris makes...
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The ingenue : a novel
Kapelke-Dale, Rachel
Paper Book
Named a Best New Book of December 2022 by Buzzfeed · New York Post · PopSugar · PureWow · E! Online · Amazon A People Best New Book: "A dark tale of revenge." "Exceptional. This...
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Stella Maris
McCarthy, Cormac
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * The second volume of The Passenger series, from The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road * An intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. "The...
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The Kindred Spirits Supper Club
Reichert, Amy E.
Paper Book
For Sabrina Monroe, moving back home to the Wisconsin Dells means returning to the family curse: spirits who come to them for help with unfinished business. But Sabrina's always redirected the needy spirits to her mum, who's much better suited for the job. The one exception has always been Molly, a...
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Painting beyond walls : a novel
Rhodes, David
Paper Book
It is 2027. August Helm is thirty years old. A biochemist working in a lab at the University of Chicago, he is swept off his feet by the beautiful and entirely self-assured Amanda Clark. Animated by August's consuming desire, their relationship quickly becomes intimate. But...
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A death in Door County
Ryan, Annelise
Paper Book
Morgan Carter, owner of the Odds and Ends bookstore in Door County, Wisconsin, has a hobby. When she's not tending the store, she's hunting cryptids - creatures whose existence is rumoured, but never proven to be real. It's a hobby that cost her parents their lives, but one she'll never give up on....
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Dogged by death
Scott, Laura
Paper Book
Ally Winter lost her fiance, her clinic, and her savings in rapid succession. So when her grandfather undergoes hip replacement surgery, she moves back to Willow Bluff, Wisconsin, to care for him. She arrives home, tail between her legs, only to find sleazy lawyer Marty Shawlin murdered in his home...
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