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Some of the new releases hitting our shelves in December.
Updated November 8, 2024
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Stuart Woods' golden hour
Battles, Brett
Paper Book
Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another heart-pounding Hollywood-fueled adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series. Teddy Fay is ready to embark on the European press tour of Peter Barrington's latest film Storm's Eye,...
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Locked in
Adler-Olsen, Jussi
Paper Book
The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series comes to a thrilling conclusion when the team must turn inward to solve the cold case that has put their own leader behind bars, a place where his enemies are plentiful and time is quickly running out. ...
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I Might Be in Trouble
Aleman, Daniel
Paper Book
AN INDIE NEXT PICK AND A LIBRARYREADS SELECTION A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead--and must then decide how far he's willing to go to spin the misadventure into his next big book.
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Private rites : a novel
Armfield, Julia
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice! From the BELOVED, AWARD-WINNING author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world "One of my...
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Bellevue : a novel
Cook, Robin
Paper Book
From the bestselling author and "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, comes a new tale of suspense-horror about a first-year resident whose life-shattering visions reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine.
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Tom Clancy Defense Protocol
Andrews, Brian/ Wilson, Jeffrey
Paper Book
The stakes are sky-high when a power-mad Chinese president threatens Taiwan in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan series. For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is...
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The Seaside Homecoming
Klassen, Julie
Paper Book
Disgraced eldest sister Claire Summers has been living in exile as companion to a stern great-aunt in Scotland. About to become homeless and longing to be reconciled with her estranged family, Claire answers an advertisement from someone looking for a "respectable female partner" in a Sidmouth...
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Under loch and key
Ferguson, Lana
Paper Book
A woman discovers that not all monsters are her enemy--the opposite, in fact--in this new paranormal romance by Lana Ferguson, author of The Fake Mate. Keyanna "Key" MacKay is used to secrets. Raised by a single father who never divulged his past, it's only after his death...
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Follow Your Heart
Dodd, Emma.
Paper Book
An inspirational book about the importance of letting your heart show you the way. Each day that dawns brings a fresh new start. Adventures await when you follow your heart. This new picture book from best-selling creator...
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Rental House
Wang, Weike
Paper Book
DAKOTA JOHNSON'S TEATIME PICTURES DECEMBER BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" 2024 "One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I've read in years. And it's also frequently hilarious." --Los Angeles Times "A...
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The voyage home : a novel
Barker, Pat
Paper Book
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy comes the powerful third installment to the Women of Troy series. In The Voyage Home, Pat Barker skillfully reimagines Greek mythology, chronicling a perilous journey undertaken by the enslaved healer Ritsa and her cruel...
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Unraveled
Messenger, Shannon
Paper Book
The past and present unravel into staggering truths in this can't-miss installment of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series told entirely from Keefe's point of view. Please be careful. Please be happy. And PLEASE forget all...
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Dog Man 13 : Big Jim Begins
Pilkey, Dav/ Pilkey, Dav (ILT)
Paper Book
In DOG MAN: BIG JIM BEGINS, discover the origin of our beloved characters from the Dog Manseries as they join forces to stop the Space Cuties from destroying the city. Will the past predict the future for Dog Man and his friends? Will goodness and bravery prevail? Can anything...
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Booked for murder
Nelson, P. J.
Paper Book
In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets. Madeline Brimley left small town Georgia many years ago to go to college and pursue her dreams on the stage. Her dramatic...
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The rivals
Pek, Jane
Paper Book
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 10 BEST MYSTERY NOVELS OF 2024 * A witty and thought-provoking mystery that reimagines the spy story to explore the nature of relationships in a digital age: the follow-up to Jane Pek's "thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction," The Verifiers (...
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The perfect storm : a mystery
Shelton, Paige
Paper Book
The next installment in Paige Shelton's Alaska Wild series, a gripping, atmospheric, traditional mystery series with a great wilderness hook. Beth Rivers needs to disappear. Her one-time kidnapper, Travis, is on his way to her town in Alaska, and she's losing time to get out...
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Against the Grain
Lovesey, Peter
Paper Book
Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series. Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague...
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What the Wife Knew
Kane, Darby
Paper Book
Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding... because that was supposed to be her job. Dr. Richmond Dougherty is...
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Wind and Truth
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive--the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. Dalinar Kholin challenged the...
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The wrong Lady meets Lord Right
Allain, Suzanne
Paper Book
When a young woman trades places with her noble cousin, their innocent ruse leads to true love in this sparkling new Regency-era romantic comedy of manners from the author of Mr. Malcolm's List. When Arabella Grant's wicked aunt dies suddenly, both Arabella and her cousin...
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The Rest Is Memory
Tuck, Lily
Paper Book
First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy's motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagines her upbringing in a small Polish village before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest belongings, shorn, and tattooed number 26947...
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Escaping Peril
Sutherland, Tui T.
Paper Book
The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fireseries continue to set the world on fire! Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatalfirescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now, Peril is loyal to...
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Deadbeat
Hamdy, Adam
Paper Book
The author of the "moving head-spinner of a novel" (John Connolly) The Other Side of Night returns with a taut thriller following a desperate single father as he searches for the anonymous employer who hired him as a hitman. Peyton Collard was a good man once, but his life...
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What the woods took : a novel
Gould, Courtney
Paper Book
"A visceral, unflinching, and emotionally powerful horror novel...this is Gould at her most poignant and most electric." -Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning Yellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted when a group of...
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Havoc : a novel
Bollen, Christopher
Paper Book
A New York Times' "Best Thriller of the Year" In the vein of The Bad Seed comes a twisty, atmospheric psychological suspense about a meddlesome elderly guest at a decadent luxury hotel who believes she has left her problematic past behind, until she decides to interfere in the...
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Trouble island : a novel
Short, Sharon Gwyn
Paper Book
A gripping new novel inspired by a real place and events from the author's family, Trouble Island is the standalone suspense debut from historical mystery writer Sharon Short. Many miles from anywhere in the middle of Lake Erie, Trouble Island serves as a stop-off for...
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The Party
Preston, Natasha
Paper Book
#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read! Are you invited? In the heart of the English countryside, Bessie and her closest friends gather at a remote castle for a secret party...
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn : The Complete Guide
Simkin, Penny/ Whalley, Janet/ Keppler, Ann/ Durham, Janelle/ Bolding, April
Paper Book
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Fluent Forever (Revised Edition): How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Wyner, Gabriel
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER .For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. "A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages."-Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of theNew York Times<...
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Cloaked in beauty
Witemeyer, Karen
Paper Book
In the heart of the Piney Woods of Texas, Letty Hood has spent the last fifteen years of her life hidden away with her grandmother to escape the deadly schemes of an uncle who wants her dead. Now, with her twenty-first birthday on the horizon, she is forced to accept the escort of a stranger and...
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Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health
Willis, Kathy
Paper Book
A Next Big Idea Club must-read selection! An Amazon Editor's Pick for Best Nonfiction Book! A ground-breaking investigation into newly discovered evidence showing that remarkable things happen to our bodies and our minds when our senses connect with the...
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Good night, Little Blue Truck
Schertle, Alice
Paper Book
Say good night with Little Blue Truck and friends as they prepare for bed in this #1 New York Times bestseller! Beep! Beep! Beep! It's time for sleep. A storm is brewing, and Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are hurrying home for bed. But who can sleep with all that racket ...
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The Case of the Missing Maid
Osler, Rob
Paper Book
The acclaimed author of the Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and Lefty Award-nominated Devil's Chew Toy delights with the first in a new historical mystery series set in turn-of-the-19th-century Chicago, as America is entering its Progressive Era and Harriet Morrow, a bike-riding, trousers...
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Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Hutchison, Patrick
Paper Book
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece. Wit's End isn't just a state of mind. It's the name of a gravel road, the address...
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