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The escape artist
Par Diane Chamberlain. 1997
After Susanna put her husband through law school and became pregnant, he left her to marry another attorney. When the…
court awards custody of their now eleven-month-old son to her ex-husband, Susanna leaves her new love and flees with the child. Some strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.The empty house
Par Rosamunde Pilcher. 1973
Virginia Keile secretly dreams of having a second chance to love the tall, dark Cornish farmer she foolishly lost 27…
years ago. Her life since has taught her harsh lessons about marriage and children, but now she is back in Cornwall with her children, to try and fill an empty house with love. 1973.The dhow house: A Novel
Par Jean McNeil. 2017
When Rebecca Laurelson is forced to leave her post as a trauma surgeon in an east African field hospital, she…
arrives at her aunt's house on the Indian Ocean and is taken into the heart of a family she has never met before. It's a world of all-night beach parties and constant cocktail receptions, and within its languorous embrace her attraction for her much younger cousin grows. But the gilded lives of her aunt Julia's family and their fellow white Africans on the coast are under threat - Islamist terror attacks are on the rise and Rebecca knows more about this violence than she is prepared to reveal. Will she be able to save her newfound family from the violence that encroaches on their seductive lives? Or, amidst growing unrest, will the true reason for her hasty exit from her posting be unmasked? 2017.The Colonial Hotel
Par Jonathan Bennett. 2014
A doctor named Paris follows a nurse to a country on the brink of civil war. When a confrontation does…
break out, they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. The nurse, Helen, is pregnant; she escapes, but Paris is left behind, imprisoned by rebels as war rages. A narrative of brutal power about parental bonds, forgiveness, and identity, "The Colonial Hotel" recasts for the 21st century the ancient Greek story of Paris, Helen, and Oenone. 2014.The Danish girl: a novel
Par David Ebershoff. 2010
The Debba
Par Avner Mandelman. 2010
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.The coroner's lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Colin Cotterill. 2004
Dr. Siri Paiboun, the Laotian chief medical examiner, has his tedious job turned upside down when the wife of a…
party leader turns up dead and the bodies of tortured Vietnamese soldiers are discovered. Faced with dueling cover-ups and an emerging international crisis, the doctor enlists old friends to solve the crimes. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. Descriptions of violence. 2004.The crimes of Hector Tomás
Par Ian Colford, Robyn Read. 2012
Enrique Tomás lives a quiet life with a large, loving family in an unnamed South American country. But Enrique has…
secrets. When his second eldest son, Hector, and Hector’s beloved friend Nadia uncover one of Enrique’s secrets, the course of Hector’s life is irrevocably altered. Exiled by his parents to the isolated countryside, Hector is accused of terrorism—a crime for which he is innocent, yet ruthlessly punished. As he tries desperately to extricate himself from the violence perpetrated by a brutal political regime, he realizes that freedom can only come at a terrible price. 2012.The city still breathing
Par Matthew Heiti. 2013
A body is found on the side of a highway. Naked, throat slashed, no identification. It disappears from the back…
of a police van and begins a strange odyssey, making its way, over the course of one early winter night, all around the northern town of Sudbury and through the lives and dreams of eleven very different people. These eleven people are all damaged in some way, and eventually are brought together in a strange moment of violence. 2013.The city man
Par Howard Akler. 2005
1934. With Toronto stalled in the Great Depression, Mona Kantor makes a living as a pickpocket, while reporter Eli Morenz…
struggles to wring news stories out of the subdued city. When a chance photo drives Eli into the Jewish underworld that Mona inhabits, he finds he's stumbled onto the story of his life. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. 2005.The dying poem
Par Robert Budde. 2002
Jay Post, a hapless filmmaker, is hired to make a documentary about late poet Henry Black. To do so, he…
must unravel the threads of Henry's suicide-obsessed mind. As tools, he has only Black's poems and the addresses of two lovers. 2002.The cottages on silver beach (Haven Point. #8.)
Par RaeAnne Thayne. 2018
The last person innkeeper Megan Hamilton wants to ever see again is Elliott Bailey, who she feels is responsible for…
her brother's current predicament. But the heat between them is undeniable. Sequel to "Sugar Pine Trail", followed by "Season of wonder". 2018.The dark flood rises
Par Margaret Drabble. 2017
Francesca Stubbs holds our hand as we take a walk through old age and death. Fran brings us to drinks…
with her dear friends, dropping off mouth-watering suppers for Claude, her ex-husband, warm and cosy in his infirmity. She visits her daughter, Poppet, holed up as the waters rise in a sodden West Country, and texts her son Christopher in Lanzarote, as he deals with the estate of his shockingly deceased girlfriend. The questions of what constitutes a good death and how we understand it preoccupy this glittering novel. 2017.The days of abandonment
Par Elena Ferrante. 2015
The gripping story of a woman's descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband, with two young children…
to care for. When she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal. 2015. Uniform title: Giorni dell'abbandono.The closer you come (An original heartbreakers novel)
Par Gena Showalter. 2015
Just released from prison, Jase Hollister has one goal: stay out of trouble. Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, sounds like the perfect…
place for him and his two brothers-by-circumstance to settle down and live a nice, simple life. But model citizen isn't exactly this rugged bachelor's default setting - especially when it comes to a certain hot-blooded Southern beauty. Brook Lynn Dillon has always been responsible. Not that it's done her much good. The down-on-her-luck waitress is broke, single and fun-deprived. Until Jase comes along. He is dangerous, sexy and tempting as sin, and the sizzling passion between them is undeniable. But can it melt her resistance? After all, the right kind of trouble might be just what they both need. 2015.The dress shop of dreams: a novel
Par Menna Van Praag. 2014
Since her parents’ mysterious deaths many years ago, scientist Cora Sparks has spent her days in the safety of her…
university lab or at her grandmother Etta’s dress shop. Etta’s dearest wish is to work her magic on her granddaughter. Cora’s studious, unromantic eye has overlooked Walt, the shy bookseller who has been in love with her forever. Determined not to allow Cora to miss her chance at happiness, Etta sews a tiny stitch into Walt’s collar, hoping to give him the courage to confess his feelings to Cora. But magic spells - like true love - can go awry. 2014.The doubter's almanac: a novel
Par Ethan Canin. 2016
Milo Andret, the genius who solved the Malosz Conjecture and won the Fields Medal for mathematics, had an unusual, even…
eerie mind from birth, but not until he moves to Berkeley in the 1970s to pursue a ph. D. does he realize the extent of his singular talents. From the drug-soaked enclaves of beatnik California to the verdant lawns of Princeton University, from turbo-charged Wall Street to the quiet woods of Michigan, his reputation as one of the century's most brilliant thinkers forms the backbone of a sweeping, epic story about family, love, passion, and Milo's fraught relationship with his son. Bestseller. 2016.The Devil and Webster
Par Jean Hanff Korelitz. 2017
The first woman president of an elite progressive college responds to student protests about a popular professor's tenure denial before…
the group's controversial leader emerges and shocking acts of vandalism begin to destabilize the campus. 2017.The crying of lot 49
Par Thomas Pynchon. 2005
Quite unexpectedly, Mrs. Oedipa Maas finds herself the executor of the estate of Pierce Inverarity, a man she used to…
know in a more-or-less intimate fashion. Oedipa leaves her home and her husband and heads to Southern California to sort through Pierce's affairs. Pierce, however, did not intend for the job to be an easy one for Oedipa, and soon she becomes ensnared in a surreal, hilarious, and puzzling world-wide conspiracy centred around Pierce's strange business partners and dealings. 2005.The Elizabeth stories
Par Isabel Huggan. 1984
A series of stories linked by a girl growing up in a small town. In "Jack of hearts", Elizabeth is…
cast in a male role for a ballet recital, and in "Sorrows of the flesh", a crush on the science teacher turns sour when he is exposed as a wife beater. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1984.