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Breath Play (A Dan Burnett Mystery Thriller) by Larry Terhaar

Quiet, deliberate, and deeply human… A retired NYPD detective finds himself circling the edges of a chilling murder spree in Terhaar’s measured, character-driven thriller. Dan Burnett’s life on the Long Island Sound has a gentle rhythm with his girlfriend, Mia—until…
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The Cutters by Brad Collis

Spare, unsentimental, and deeply resonant; a layered portrait of resilience. Collis’s latest is a quietly powerful novel of postwar survival set against the harsh beauty of rural Western Australia. Two years after returning from Vietnam, Matthew Walker is still caught…
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A Seal Upon the Heart by Arian Hatefi

Lyrical, emotional, and gripping. In Hatefi’s heartfelt middle-grade adventure, two siblings risk everything to save the person they love most. Eleven-year-old Leonardo and eight-year-old Leili’s lives change forever when they learn their father has a terminal illness. Rumors of a…
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At the Ragtag Hotel: The Elevator Ride by Freya Novak

A cheerful adventure crammed with giggles, greetings, and goofy charm… Novak makes her debut with this lively, laugh-filled ride that celebrates friendship, diversity, and the joy of squeezing in together. Who knew an elevator ride could feel like rush hour…
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Hyperion’s Bier: Scarecrow Trials #4  by Tamara Brigham

Gritty, propulsive, and emotionally unrelenting. A shadowed avenger and a city on the edge of ruin bring Brigham’s dystopian saga to a tense and deeply satisfying close. The city of Hebenon is on the verge of falling. Power grids fail,…
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The UFO Gambit: The Praetorius Agency Files, #4 by T.E. MacArthur

Edgy, suspenseful, and addictive: the kind of book that keeps you up at night. Paranormal intrigue and buried conspiracies drive MacArthur’s outstanding latest in The Praetorius Agency Files series. In the shadow of Northern California’s Mt. Shasta, cowboy-turned-operative Jack de…
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The Cats of Caylor Academy: The Pharaoh’s Catacombs by Karen Bitzer

An immersive tale that’s equal parts clever and pulse-pounding… Bitzer’s latest entry in The Cats of Caylor Academy series delivers a magical mystery steeped in history and heart. Over the Crispmouse holiday, Sheba, Buckley, Tank, and new friend Ruby leave…
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To Save a Life by Larry Zuckerman

Visceral, moving, and unforgettable. Zuckerman’s latest captures the grit and hope of Jewish immigrants fighting to carve out new lives in the cramped tenements and unforgiving streets of New York’s Lower East Side. Malka Kaminsky slips out of Grodno with…
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Willow Rose by M. Kevin Hayden

Eerie, emotional, and impossible to put down. A weary physician is pulled into a storm of cosmic terror and supernatural mystery in Hayden’s deeply unsettling supernatural thriller. Exhausted and hollowed out by the weight of his past, Dr. Alder Peony…
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How to Age Gracefully: Essays About the Art of Living by Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic

A clear-eyed, honest memoir that finds humor, beauty, and meaning in the realities of aging. Scoblic’s book traces her move to an assisted living facility, capturing the experience with both heartfelt candor and the discerning eye of a journalist. Following…
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Where the Mountains Whisper: A Novel by Jenny Cafaro

Atmospheric, evocative, and emotionally charged… Set against the rugged backdrop of Eastern Kentucky, Cafaro’s compelling novel follows a young girl’s fight to claim her voice.  Growing up under the weight of her father’s drinking, childhood in Coon Ridge for Flora…
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Saving Democracy: From the Warnings of 2016 to the Urgency of 2025 by Bob Passi

Bold, provocative, and hopeful… Passi combines historical perspective, vivid allegory, and an urgent tone to chart the nation’s current turmoil and the possibilities for renewal in his compelling work. “The impossible had happened,” opening the book, Passi writes of the…
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Animal Attrition: General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms #7  by David Bush

Bleak, atmospheric, and achingly alive… Bush’s seventh installment in the General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms series plunges readers into the brutal crossroads where Norse paganism meets the rise of Christianity. AD878. Torn apart by Viking raids,…
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Anger Management Solutions for Parents by Agnes Blake

A clear, supportive guide to emotionally charged parenting moments… Blake draws on her work in mindfulness and emotional coaching to deliver a highly accessible, solution-oriented guide for parents navigating the emotional rollercoaster of raising children. The book is organized into…
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Players of the Game Book 4: The Breakers by James McGowan

An electrifying blend of high fantasy and futuristic warfare… A desperate team of rebels fights to free a long-imprisoned goddess in McGowan’s sprawling fourth volume in the Players of the Game series. War has engulfed the supercontinent of Trojis. Ashe…
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Confusion Has Its Cost by Jim Lively

Haunting, cerebral, and unsettling… Lively’s latest is a slow-burn psychological mystery that explores the blurry line between reality and delusion. When Dallas attorney Simon Steed is hired by a mysterious woman, Neva Storm, to probate her father’s will, he’s drawn…
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Lexi the Coonhound Visits Grandpa by Meg Martin

A charming, sound-filled adventure… Martin captures the quiet courage of trying something new in her tender tale of separation, trust, and unexpected joy. When Grandpa arrives for a visit, Lexi can hardly contain her joy. Her paws TAP, TAP, TAP,…
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Lexi the Coonhound Finds a New Home! by Meg Martin

A gentle, heartfelt story of big feelings and new beginnings… Martin’s tender debut in the Lexi the Coonhound series traces the emotional journey of a rescue pup. Shy and soft-eyed, Lexi the coonhound spends her nights curled up on her…
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Attraction and Repulsion by Robert Scott Leyse

Playful, poetic, and unexpectedly intense. Leyse charts the emotional fallout of first love in Paris in his playful novel. Three twenty-somethings, William, Christina, and Pascale, land in Paris for six unfiltered weeks of rooftop parties, cemetery crawls, and wine-soaked debates…
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Memoir of an Innocent Brat by Aaron Wang

Bracing, darkly funny, and deeply felt. In Wang’s blistering debut, a queer millennial’s search for freedom spirals into chaos, fame, and a murder charge. When Pete Chan, a self-aware and pop-savvy Chinese American in his late twenties, impulsively quits his…