Bekka's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:16:18 -0700 60 Bekka's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[In This Bright Future (D.C. Smith #5)]]> 28869565 360 Peter Grainger Bekka 0 currently-reading 4.42 2016 In This Bright Future (D.C. Smith #5)
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average rating: 4.42
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The Wrong Daughter 199551453
“Do you have a sister, Ms. Fairview?” The little girl’s question, in all its buttery innocence, slices through me, and the answer catches in my throat. It isn’t as simple as yes or no. It hasn’t been, in nearly sixteen years.

The evening Caitlin and Olivia's parents leave them to go to a dinner party, both girls are bubbling with excitement. At ages 10 and 13, they are at last old enough to stay home alone. After all, in their idyllic town no one even bothers to lock their doors.

As the summer light fades, after TV and popcorn, the sisters finally put themselves to bed. They’re unaware of the figure watching them through an open window. Or of the back door opening once they’ve fallen asleep.

When their parents return, they will find Olivia's bed empty. Their golden-haired, long-limbed, eldest daughter gone. Never to return. Until now.

But is the woman who claims to be Olivia all she seems? Is everything Caitlin said she saw that night the whole truth? Their family have dreamed of this moment, but both sisters are keeping more than one secret. What price will they all pay if they end up believing the wrong daughter?]]>
353 Dandy Smith 1471414639 Bekka 2 4.03 2024 The Wrong Daughter
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average rating: 4.03
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<![CDATA[Persons of Interest (D.C. Smith #4)]]> 26012175 408 Peter Grainger Bekka 5 4.28 2015 Persons of Interest  (D.C. Smith #4)
author: Peter Grainger
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average rating: 4.28
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)]]> 57771768 Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ASIN can be found here.

The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.

What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?

The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries—including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo’s dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?

Welcome to Weep.]]>
545 Laini Taylor Bekka 0 currently-reading 4.32 2017 Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)]]> 65605
Narnia... a land where the woods are thick and cold, where Talking Beasts come to life—an entirely new world where adventure begins.

One cold, wet summer in London, Digory and Polly meet and become fast friends. Their lives take a sudden turn when Digory’s Uncle Andrew, who fancies himself a magician, sends them hurtling to... somewhere else. They arrive in Narnia, just as it is born from the song of the great Lion, Aslan. Along the way, they encounter the evil sorceress Jadis, whose dark magic threatens everything. After a whirlwind adventure, they finally find their way back home.]]>
221 C.S. Lewis 0060764902 Bekka 4 4.06 1955 The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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average rating: 4.06
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Book Lovers 58690308 One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....

Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.]]>
377 Emily Henry 0593334833 Bekka 5 4.09 2022 Book Lovers
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average rating: 4.09
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<![CDATA[A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage]]> 211399774 Two former serial killers trying to keep their past buried realize that old habits die hard in this “wildly original, razor-sharp thriller” (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestsellingauthor of All the Colors of the Dark).

I wasn't smashing the patriarchy; I was killing it. Literally.

Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're murderers. Well, they used to be. They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to rid from the world. Then Hazel got pregnant.

Now, they’re just another mom-and-dad-and-baby. They gave up vigilante justice for life in the suburbs: arranged play dates instead of body disposals, diapers over daggers, mommy conversations instead of the sweet seduction right before a kill. Hazel finds her new life terribly dull. And the more she forces herself to play her monotonous, predictable role, the more she begins to feel that murderous itch again.

Meanwhile, Fox has really taken to being a father. Always the planner, he loves being five steps ahead of everyone and knowing exactly what’s coming around the bend. Plus, if anyone can understand Hazel needing one more kill, it’s Fox. But then Hazel kills someone without telling Fox. And when police show up at their door, Hazel realizes it will take everything she has to keep her family together.]]>
352 Asia Mackay 0593875583 Bekka 0 to-read 3.60 2025 A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage
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<![CDATA[Another Girl (Kings Lake Investigation #5)]]> 199246482 268 Peter Grainger Bekka 5 4.54 2023 Another Girl (Kings Lake Investigation #5)
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average rating: 4.54
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<![CDATA[Luck and Judgement (D.C. Smith #3)]]> 24512386 292 Peter Grainger Bekka 5 4.18 2015 Luck and Judgement  (D.C. Smith #3)
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average rating: 4.18
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The Book Eaters 58724745
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories.

But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.]]>
298 Sunyi Dean 1250810183 Bekka 0 currently-reading 3.60 2022 The Book Eaters
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<![CDATA[What Comes After Rock Bottom?: A Story of Surviving, Healing, and Embracing a New Beginning]]> 222666657
Life has a way of knocking you down, and for me, it hit harder than I ever thought possible. At my lowest point, I didn’t think there was a way out—I was overwhelmed by trauma, depression, and the weight of feeling like I couldn’t go on. But I found a way to keep going, and this book is my story of how I did it.

What Comes After Rock Bottom isn’t a guidebook or a set of instructions. It’s an honest account of my struggles, my mistakes, and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I share what it was like to grow up carrying trauma I didn’t even understand, to hit breaking point, and to start rebuilding a life I could actually be proud of.

This book is for anyone who’s ever felt like giving up. It’s for the parents trying to do better for their kids, the people weighed down by shame, and those who feel like no one else could possibly understand what they’re going through. I get it. I’ve been there. And I’m here to tell you that there’s hope—even when it feels impossible to find.

Through my story, I show what it’s like to claw your way back to the surface. I talk about the things we’re often too scared to say out shame, grief, self-doubt, and the small, quiet steps it takes to begin healing. This isn’t a perfect story with a happy ending—it’s a reminder that rock bottom doesn’t have to be the end.

If you’re reading this, I want you to know you’re not alone. There’s a way forward, even if you can’t see it yet. And I hope my story helps you find it.
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87 Tyrone Reid Bekka 5 4.70 What Comes After Rock Bottom?: A Story of Surviving, Healing, and Embracing a New Beginning
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Under the Surface 201102406 An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost.

Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart.

Sean is pumped to spend a week with Ruby in Paris on their senior class trip, and he’ll wait however long until she’s ready to take things further.

But when Ruby’s best friend sneaks out the first night to meet a mysterious French boy, Ruby goes after her with two classmates, but caves to another temptation: attending mystery boy’s exclusive party in the Paris catacombs, the intricate web of tunnels beneath the city, home to six million long-dead Parisians. Only they never reach the party.

Underground, as something sinister chases them, they get lost in the endless maze of bones, uncovering dark secrets about the catacombs… and each other. And if they can’t find a way out, they’ll die in the dark beneath the City of Light.

Aboveground, Sean races to find the girl he loves as a media frenzy over the four missing teens begins.

From award-winning author and rising YA star Diana Urban comes a twisty tale of four teens lost in the dark beneath the City of Light and the race to find them.
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354 Diana Urban 0593625080 Bekka 0 to-read 3.85 2024 Under the Surface
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<![CDATA[Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures #1)]]> 205977739
Mal and Christopher embark on a wild adventure, racing from island to island, searching for someone who can explain why the magic is fading and why magical creatures are suddenly dying. They consult sphinxes, battle kraken, and negotiate with dragons. But the closer they get to the dark truth of what's happening, the clearer it becomes: no one else can fix this. If the Archipelago is to be saved, Mal and Christopher will have to do it themselves.]]>
368 Katherine Rundell 0593809866 Bekka 0 series-for-bella 4.13 2023 Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures #1)
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Missing White Woman 195820717 The truth is never skin deep.
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It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything—the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the rented four-story luxury rowhouse in Jersey City with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline.
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But when Bree comes downstairs their final morning, Ty is nowhere to be found and there’s a stranger dead in the foyer—the missing woman the entire Internet has become obsessed Janelle Beckett. Soon, both the police and an army of Internet sleuths are asking questions Bree doesn't know how to answer. Desperate to find Ty and to keep her own secrets buried, Bree realizes there’s only one person she can turn her ex-best friend, a lawyer with whom she shares a very complicated past.?

Fierce, smart, and thrilling to the end, Missing White Woman not only explores “Missing White Woman” syndrome and traveling while Black, but deftly inverts the hallmarks of the domestic suspense genre to How well can we truly know the people we love? And what happens to these stories when seen through the eyes of a Black woman?]]>
336 Kellye Garrett 0316256978 Bekka 5 3.48 2024 Missing White Woman
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average rating: 3.48
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The Unquiet Bones 151984427 A shocking discovery of human bones reopens an almost fifty-year-old cold case—and rips apart the lives of a group of friends—in a riveting novel by Loreth Anne White, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Maid’s Diary.

When human bones are found beneath an old chapel in the woods, evidence suggests the remains could be linked to the decades-old case of missing teen Annalise Jansen.

Homicide detective Jane Munro—pregnant and acutely attuned to the preciousness of life—hopes the grim discovery will finally bring closure to the girl’s family. But for a group of Annalise’s old friends, once dubbed the Shoreview Six by the media, it threatens to expose a terrible pledge made on an autumn night forty-seven years ago.

The friends are now highly respected, affluent members of their communities, and none of them ever expected the dark chapter in their past to resurface. But as Jane and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Quinn peel back the layers of secrets, the group begins to fracture. Will one cave? Will they turn on each other?

The investigation takes a sharp turn when Jane discovers a second body—that of the boy long blamed for Annalise’s disappearance. As the bones tell their story, the group learns just how far each will go to guard their own truth.]]>
351 Loreth Anne White 1662518005 Bekka 0 to-read 3.96 2024 The Unquiet Bones
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The Cartographers 55004093 What is the purpose of a map?

Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field and Nell’s personal hero. But she hasn’t seen or spoken to him ever since he cruelly fired her and destroyed her reputation after an argument over an old, cheap gas station highway map.

But when Dr. Young is found dead in his office at the New York Public Library, with the very same seemingly worthless map hidden in his desk, Nell can’t resist investigating. To her surprise, she soon discovers that the map is incredibly valuable and exceedingly rare. In fact, she may now have the only copy left in existence... because a mysterious collector has been hunting down and destroying every last one—along with anyone who gets in the way.

But why?

To answer that question, Nell embarks on a dangerous journey to reveal a dark family secret and discovers the true power that lies in maps...

From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father’s belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret—one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her family’s dark history.]]>
392 Peng Shepherd 0062910698 Bekka 0 to-read 3.62 2022 The Cartographers
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<![CDATA[Night Passage (Jesse Stone, #1)]]> 12353257
After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, thirty-five-year-old Jesse Stone’s future looks bleak. So he’s shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. He can’t help wondering if this job is a genuine chance to start over, the kind of offer he can’t refuse.

Once on board, Jesse doesn’t have to look for trouble in Paradise: it comes to him. For what is on the surface a quiet New England community quickly proves to be a crucible of political and moral corruption—replete with triple homicide, tight Boston mob ties, flamboyantly errant spouses, maddened militiamen and a psychopath-about-town who has fixed his violent sights on the new lawman. Against all this, Jesse stands utterly alone, with no one to trust—even he and the woman he’s seeing are like ships passing in the night. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local hero—or the deadest of dupes.]]>
434 Robert B. Parker 1101546352 Bekka 2 4.36 1997 Night Passage (Jesse Stone, #1)
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average rating: 4.36
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The Haunting of Hill House 89717 182 Shirley Jackson 0143039989 Bekka 0 to-read 3.85 1959 The Haunting of Hill House
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Chapter One 182161278
A copycat killer is on the loose but who really has blood on their hands?

For years, Aidan Cullen has dreamed of becoming a successful crime writer. When his hard work finally pays off and his first book is published, what should have been a night of celebration unravels into an evening of horror. Left for dead after a brutal attack, trauma leaves him paranoid and reclusive, and he retreats to the remote countryside with only his dog Nanook for company. With the world kept at arm’s length, he begins to feel safe. That is, until a woman is murdered at the end of his road.

With the police asking questions and a stalker knocking on his door, Aidan’s peace is completely shattered. And when the murderer strikes again, he starts to see a pattern in the killings; a pattern only he can recognise. Is the killer sending him a message or is his mind playing tricks on him? When you can’t trust yourself, nobody is safe.]]>
10 Michael Wood Bekka 2 3.83 2023 Chapter One
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<![CDATA[Missing Pieces (Kings Lake Investigation #4)]]> 59735235 282 Peter Grainger Bekka 5 4.44 2021 Missing Pieces (Kings Lake Investigation #4)
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average rating: 4.44
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The Roanoke Girls 30689335 Listening time 10 hours 41 minutes

Vowing to discover the fate of her missing cousin, a woman returns to her family’s Kansas estate where she spent one haunting summer as a teen, and where she discovered the dark heart of the Roanoke clan that left her no choice but to run.

Lane Roanoke is fifteen when she comes to live with her maternal grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, at the Roanoke family estate in rural Osage Flats, Kansas, following the suicide of her mother. Lane knows little of her mother’s family, other than the fact that her mother ran away years before and cut off all contact with her parents. Allegra, abandoned by her own mother at birth and raised by her grandparents, introduces Lane to small-town life and the benefits of being one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But there is darkness at the heart of the Roanoke family, and when Lane discovers its insidious pull she has no choice but to run, as far and as fast as she can.

Eleven years later, Lane is scraping by in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls with the news that Allegra has gone missing. “Come home,” he beckons. Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to Osage Flats, determined to find her cousin and assuage her own guilt at having left Allegra behind all those years ago. Her return might mean a second chance with Cooper, the boyfriend whom she loved and destroyed that fateful summer. But it also means facing the terrible secret that made her flee, one she may not be strong enough to run from again.

As it weaves between the summer of Lane’s first arrival and the summer of her return, The Roanoke Girls shocks and tantalizes, twisting its way through revelation after mesmerizing revelation, exploring the secrets families keep and the fierce and terrible love that both binds them together and rips them apart.]]>
279 Amy Engel 1101906669 Bekka 0 to-read 3.68 2017 The Roanoke Girls
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West With Giraffes 56449476 An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.

“Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…”

Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave.

It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes.

Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.]]>
346 Lynda Rutledge 1542023351 Bekka 5 4.35 2021 West With Giraffes
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average rating: 4.35
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The First Family (First, #2) 35987843 The President’s teenaged son is threatened by a potentially fatal illness that is rooted in dark secrets from a long-buried past.

President Geoffrey Hilliard and his family live in the ever-present glare of the political limelight, with relentless scrutiny of their daily lives. The White House is not an easy place to grow up, so when the President’s son Cam, a sixteen-year-old chess champion, experiences extreme fatigue, moodiness, and an uncharacteristic violent outburst, doctors are quick to dismiss his troubles as teen angst. But Secret Service agent Karen Ray, whose job is to guard the president's family with her life, is convinced Cam’s issues are serious – serious enough to summon her physician ex-husband for a second opinion.

Dr. Lee Blackwood’s concerns are dismissed by the president's team – until Cam gets sicker. Lee must make a diagnosis from a puzzling array of symptoms he's never seen before. His only clue is a patient named Susie Banks, a young musical prodigy who seems to be suffering from the same baffling condition as Cam. Hospitalized after an attempt on her life by a determined killer, Susie’s jeopardy escalates as Cam’s condition takes on a terrifying new dimension.

Is someone trying to murder the President’s son?

As Lee and Karen race for a cure to Cam’s mysterious and deadly disease, they begin to uncover betrayals that breach the highest levels of national security.

Returning to the same Washington, DC setting of The First Patient, which former President Bill Clinton said “captured the intense atmosphere of the White House,” The First Family is a riveting new medical drama from acclaimed novelist Daniel Palmer, in the tradition of his late father, New York Times bestselling novelist Michael Palmer.]]>
12 Michael Palmer 1427293155 Bekka 5 3.98 2018 The First Family (First, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)]]> 16054217 The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present—facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.]]>
561 Deborah Harkness 0670025593 Bekka 5 4.15 2014 The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
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average rating: 4.15
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<![CDATA[But For The Grace (D.C. Smith #2)]]> 22291463 225 Peter Grainger Bekka 5 4.13 2014 But For The Grace (D.C. Smith #2)
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average rating: 4.13
book published: 2014
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<![CDATA[Roxanne (Kings Lake Investigation #3)]]> 55923850 233 Peter Grainger Bekka 5 4.45 2020 Roxanne (Kings Lake Investigation #3)
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average rating: 4.45
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<![CDATA[The Body in the Bookstore (A Secret Bookcase Mystery #1)]]> 213731253 Behind the shelves of The Secret Bookcase, where the sun slants through the windows onto rows of classic crime novels, a body lies...

Bookseller Annie Murray is thrilled when the mystery-themed book festival she sets up to revive the dwindling fortunes of her workplace and sanctuary seems poised for success. But events take a shocking turn when a body is discovered hidden behind the shelves, and it’s revealed that the victim is Annie's old college acquaintance.

Determined to ensure the festival’s success and save the small town of Redwood Grove from a killer, Annie begins piecing together clues with the help of her friends. But as the list of suspects grows longer – a local boutique-owner, an envious old classmate, a bitter ex-boyfriend – Annie is drawn deeper into the case.

With the aid of her old criminology professor-turned-detective, can Annie unmask the murderer before they turn her festival into a real-life whodunit?

Full of lovable, quirky characters and small-town charm, The Body in the Bookstore serves up an irresistible blend of intrigue for fans of cozy crime including Lauren Elliott, Merryn Allingham and M.C. Beaton.]]>
274 Ellie Alexander 1805084070 Bekka 0 to-read 3.94 2024 The Body in the Bookstore (A Secret Bookcase Mystery #1)
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<![CDATA[Zero In (Nameless: Season Two #6)]]> 57996588
The target: a fortified redoubt in the golden hills of California, the hub of a new world order that’s unthinkably close at hand. The time has come for Nameless to face its designer: the nihilist mastermind behind the One Solution. It’s also time for Nameless to discover who he is and was, and what brought him to this fateful endgame. But will the truth be a breaking point? Or a turning point?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Zero In, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]>
66 Dean Koontz 1542028191 Bekka 5 4.47 2021 Zero In (Nameless: Season Two #6)
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<![CDATA[Corkscrew (Nameless: Season Two #5)]]> 57996589
Uncharacteristically forthcoming—and unexpectedly personal—Nameless’s handlers have no choice but to emerge from the shadows. The indoctrinating factions of his visions are growing in number. What’s more, their chilling symbol of totalitarian control is now linked to the highest powers in the country. As his memories begin to break through, is Nameless prepared to face who he really is and defeat the encroaching madness of the future?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Corkscrew, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]>
54 Dean Koontz 1542028183 Bekka 5 4.28 2021 Corkscrew (Nameless: Season Two #5)
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average rating: 4.28
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<![CDATA[Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not (Nameless: Season Two #4)]]> 57996587
Evie and her daughter, Asteria, are fleeing an abusive cult when they meet a stranger in an abandoned Arizona shopping mall. Fate hasn’t set Nameless on their trail. It’s a premonition, and a chance to make reparations for a failure from his past he can’t even remember. This time, Nameless must do everything in his power not to fail those who trust him with their lives.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]>
66 Dean Koontz 1542028175 Bekka 5 4.34 2021 Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not (Nameless: Season Two #4)
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average rating: 4.34
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<![CDATA[Kaleidoscope (Nameless: Season Two #3)]]> 57996591
It seems straightforward enough: Get a foot in the door by posing as a potential investor in a lucrative underground business—then bring the place down from the inside. There’s more here than meets the eye. What it triggers in Nameless is uncontrollable rage and brutal retribution. What it reveals is a clue to his forgotten past. Is it a breach on his handler’s part? Or a test? Either way, something’s not right.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Kaleidoscope, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]>
71 Dean Koontz 1542028167 Bekka 5 4.33 2021 Kaleidoscope (Nameless: Season Two #3)
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average rating: 4.33
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Gentle Is the Angel of Death (Nameless: Season Two #2)]]> 57907191
Henry Siphuncle has a selfless mission: releasing his patients forever from their distasteful imperfections. It’s for their own good. And the world’s. Even Henry’s own wife didn’t survive his disgust. Nameless has tracked him across the country to an isolated rural community, where the residents are grateful for their new free clinic. For Henry, it might just be the end of the road.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Gentle Is the Angel of Death, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]>
66 Dean Koontz 1542028159 Bekka 5 4.22 2021 Gentle Is the Angel of Death (Nameless: Season Two #2)
author: Dean Koontz
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average rating: 4.22
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<![CDATA[The Lost Soul of the City (Nameless: Season Two, #1)]]> 57968813
In a forgotten Cold War bunker, a cold-blooded arms dealer counts his cash and watches from a distance as cities collapse into violence. Pledged to stop him is a man without a past, guided by a teenage boy through the tunnels under the corrupted port city. With each stealthy move toward their target, the path ahead grows ever darker.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes The Lost Soul of the City, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]>
109 Dean Koontz 1542027802 Bekka 5 4.21 2021 The Lost Soul of the City (Nameless: Season Two, #1)
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呪術廻戦 20 [Jujutsu Kaisen 20] 59988310 192 Gege Akutami 4088832019 Bekka 5 4.34 2022 呪術廻戦 20 [Jujutsu Kaisen 20]
author: Gege Akutami
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average rating: 4.34
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<![CDATA[An Accidental Death (D.C. Smith #1)]]> 19074261
The latest trainee detective to work with him is the son of a member of his former team, and together they begin to unravel the truth about what happened to Wayne Fletcher. As the investigation proceeds, it becomes clear that others are involved - some seem determined to prevent it, some seem to be taking too much interest. In the end Smith operates alone, having stepped too far outside standard procedures to ask for support. He knows that his own life might be at risk but he has not calculated on the life of his young assistant also being put in danger. He might still get his man but at what cost?]]>
251 Peter Grainger Bekka 4 3.99 2013 An Accidental Death (D.C. Smith #1)
author: Peter Grainger
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average rating: 3.99
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Memories of Tomorrow (Nameless: Season One, #6)]]> 52222570 What strange science made Nameless who he is? What catastrophes have been erased from his memories? In the stunning conclusion of this series, the dark past comes flooding back, and Nameless must decide how much he really wants to know.

In Indiana, a murderous psycho has kidnapped his own six-year-old stepson, Jamie, and secreted him away in a subterranean cave. It’s become their bunker. For Nameless, the case is breaking down his defenses, and it may force him to face his memories.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Memories of Tomorrow, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

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55 Dean Koontz 1542016266 Bekka 5 4.38 2019 Memories of Tomorrow (Nameless: Season One, #6)
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average rating: 4.38
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Mercy of Snakes (Nameless: Season One, #5)]]> 52219355 A series of suspicious deaths in a retirement home draws Nameless into the confidence of a terrified former resident—and into the dark heart of a shocking conspiracy. In part five of the Nameless series, it’s time to hunt.

Oakshore Park is Michigan’s most exclusive assisted-living community. Presided over by two killer angels of mercy, it’s also the go-to facility in assisted dying. For a cut, they make impatient heirs happy. Nameless must concoct a scheme just as cunning. But righteous retribution stirs disquiet in the avenger as light starts to shine on the black hole of his past. Should he welcome it or keep running?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes The Mercy of Snakes, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

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61 Dean Koontz 1542016258 Bekka 5 4.18 2019 The Mercy of Snakes (Nameless: Season One, #5)
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<![CDATA[Red Rain (Nameless: Season One, #4)]]> 52220812 In a town where the corrupt are protected, a bereaved mother seeks retribution for an arsonist’s deadly crimes. Only Nameless can help ease the burden of her grief—and satisfy her rage—in part four of this thrilling series.

After a suspicious house fire, Regina Belmont lost her two children, was left disfigured, and was abandoned by her gutless husband. Brokenhearted and bullied into silence by corrupt officials, Regina’s only recourse for truth and justice is Nameless. There’s something about this case that’s breaking Nameless’s heart as well. But can he bear to remember why?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Red Rain, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

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50 Dean Koontz 154201624X Bekka 5 4.10 2019 Red Rain (Nameless: Season One, #4)
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<![CDATA[The Praying Mantis Bride (Nameless: Season One, #3)]]> 52224267 A deadly black widow has eliminated three husbands and counting. But Nameless knows her one weakness. To bring truth and its consequences to her crimes, the vigilante must spin a web of his own in part three of the Nameless series.

Lucia—current last name, Rickenbah—has made a fortune by marrying rich men who tend to drop dead. But the superstitious blonde believes in more than money and murder. Nameless’s job is to scare a confession out of Lucia, and as the psychological warfare escalates, even he may be in for a shock.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes The Praying Mantis Bride, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

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61 Dean Koontz 1542016231 Bekka 5 4.10 2019 The Praying Mantis Bride (Nameless: Season One, #3)
author: Dean Koontz
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average rating: 4.10
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<![CDATA[Photographing the Dead (Nameless: Season One, #2)]]> 49884639 A self-styled artist is getting away with murder in Death Valley. If all goes well, so will Nameless. In part two of the Nameless series, the relentless avenger is haunted by nightmares of the past and visions of what’s to come.

Palmer Oxenwald’s hunting ground is the Mojave wasteland. His victims are random tourists and hikers. His trophies are cherished photographs of the damage he’s done. His greatest threat is Nameless. Two men with one thing in common: memories of the dead. For a psychopath like Palmer, they’re a clear rush in black and white. For Nameless, they’re visions of violence buried and erased. But for how long?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Photographing the Dead, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

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58 Dean Koontz 1542016223 Bekka 5 4.19 2019 Photographing the Dead (Nameless: Season One, #2)
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average rating: 4.19
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<![CDATA[Christmas in Camelot (Merlin Missions, #1)]]> 262436
Book Hardcover Publication 10/23/2001 116 Reading Age 6 and Up ]]>
116 Mary Pope Osborne 037581373X Bekka 0 series-for-bella 4.05 2001 Christmas in Camelot (Merlin Missions, #1)
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average rating: 4.05
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<![CDATA[Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)]]> 824734
Where did the tree house come from?

Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?]]>
68 Mary Pope Osborne 0679824111 Bekka 0 series-for-bella 3.97 1992 Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)
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average rating: 3.97
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<![CDATA[Rise of the Earth Dragon (Dragon Masters, #1)]]> 20578964 96 Tracey West 0545646235 Bekka 0 series-for-bella 4.24 2014 Rise of the Earth Dragon (Dragon Masters, #1)
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 2014
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]>
912 J.K. Rowling Bekka 5 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.50
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呪術廻戦 19 [Jujutsu Kaisen 19] 58219312 208 Gege Akutami 4088830687 Bekka 5 4.45 2022 呪術廻戦 19 [Jujutsu Kaisen 19]
author: Gege Akutami
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average rating: 4.45
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<![CDATA[In the Heart of the Fire (Nameless: Season One, #1)]]> 49694471 A bloodthirsty sheriff is terrorizing a small Texas town where justice has been buried with his victims. Until Nameless arrives—a vigilante whose past is a mystery and whose future is written in blood.

Anyone who crosses Sheriff Russell Soakes is dead, missing, or warned. One of them is a single mother trying to protect her children but bracing herself for the worst. Nameless fears the outcome. He’s seen it in his visions. Now it’s time to teach the depraved Soakes a lesson in fear. But in turning predators into prey, will Nameless unearth a few secrets of his own?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes In the Heart of the Fire, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

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62 Dean Koontz 1542016215 Bekka 5 4.19 2019 In the Heart of the Fire (Nameless: Season One, #1)
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average rating: 4.19
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<![CDATA[The Bald Bandit (A to Z Mysteries, #2)]]> 357648 ?
Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries? have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look!
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B is for Bandit . . . There’s a bank robber in Green Lawn! A red-haired kid took a video of the crime, but nobody can find him. Without the video, will the robber go free? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must track down that kid—before the bandit does!]]>
71 Ron Roy 0679884491 Bekka 3 4.07 1997 The Bald Bandit (A to Z Mysteries, #2)
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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呪術廻戦 18 [Jujutsu Kaisen 18] 58219311 192 Gege Akutami 4088828488 Bekka 5 4.37 2021 呪術廻戦 18 [Jujutsu Kaisen 18]
author: Gege Akutami
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<![CDATA[The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries, #1)]]> 2216751
Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play.

It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer--before it's too late!]]>
86 Ron Roy 0590819186 Bekka 3 4.00 1997 The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries, #1)
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呪術廻戦 17 [Jujutsu Kaisen 17] 58036555 200 Gege Akutami 4088827368 Bekka 5 4.60 2021 呪術廻戦 17 [Jujutsu Kaisen 17]
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The God of the Woods 199700434 When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide.

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances.

Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet, The God of the Woods is a story of inheritance and second chances, the tensions between a family and a community, and a history that will not let any of them go.]]>
478 Liz Moore 0593418913 Bekka 0 to-read 4.10 2024 The God of the Woods
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Dear Fatty 4391492
She first appeared on the British entertainment scene as part of the groundbreaking alternative comedy group, the Comic Strip, which marked a radical departure from the more traditional comedy acts of the time. Later came the all-female Girls on Top with Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracy Ullman. Then, as part of the wildly successful duo, French and Saunders, Dawn helped create a repertoire of brilliantly observed recurring characters parodying popular culture and impersonating everything from Madonna and Harry Potter to The Exorcist. Dawn's more recent role in The Vicar of Dibley again has showcased not only her talent but also her ability to take a controversial issue and make it mainstream and funny. From her early years as an RAF child to her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, from her outspoken views on sizeism to her marriage to Lenny Henry, Dear Fatty will chronicle the fascinating and hilarious rise of a complex, dynamic and unstoppable woman.]]>
368 Dawn French 1846053447 Bekka 5 3.80 2008 Dear Fatty
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2am thoughts 36893848 150 Makenzie Campbell 1537186752 Bekka 4 3.76 2am thoughts
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<![CDATA[The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore]]> 201751300 An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations

Bookstores have always been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts, and politics. They nurture local communities while creating new ones of their own. Bookshops are powerful spaces, but they are also endangered ones. In The Bookshop, we see those stakes: what has been, and what might be lost.

Evan Friss’s history of the bookshop draws on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters, and interviews with leading booksellers to offer a fascinating look at this institution beloved by so many. The story begins with Benjamin Franklin’s first bookstore in Philadelphia and takes us to a range of booksellers including The Strand, Chicago’s Marshall Field & Company, Gotham Book Mart, specialty stores like Oscar Wilde and Drum and Spear, sidewalk sellers of used books, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Books, and Parnassus. The Bookshop is also a history of the leading figures in American bookselling, often impassioned eccentrics, and a history of how books have been marketed and sold over more than two centuries—including, for example, a 3,000-pound elephant who appeared to sign books at Marshall Field’s in 1944.

The Bookshop is a love letter to bookstores, a charming chronicle for anyone who cherishes these sanctuaries of literature, and essential reading to understand how these vital institutions have shaped American life—and why we still need them.]]>
416 Evan Friss 0593299922 Bekka 0 to-read 3.93 2024 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
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<![CDATA[Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space]]> 199798785
On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of a crew including New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like 9/11 or JFK’s assassination, the Challenger disaster is a defining moment in 20th-century history—yet the details of what took place that day, and why, have largely been forgotten. Until now.

Based on extensive archival records and meticulous, original reporting, Challenger follows a handful of central protagonists—including each of the seven members of the doomed crew—through the years leading up to the accident, a detailed account of the tragedy itself, and into the investigation that followed. It’s a tale of optimism and promise undermined by political cynicism and cost-cutting in the interests of burnishing national prestige; of hubris and heroism; and of an investigation driven by leakers and whistleblowers determined to bring the truth to light. Throughout, there are the ominous warning signs of a tragedy to come, recognized but then ignored, and ultimately kept from the public.

Higginbotham reveals the history of the shuttle program, the lives of men and women whose stories have been overshadowed by the disaster as well as the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled against the odds to get the first shuttle into space.]]>
576 Adam Higginbotham 198217661X Bekka 0 to-read 4.52 2024 Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
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<![CDATA[The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder]]> 62315849
What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence?

Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, broke the story of an extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, and explored what lay hidden in the booby-trapped Money Pit on Oak Island. When he hasn't been co-authoring bestselling thrillers featuring FBI Agent Pendergast, Preston has been writing about some of the world’s strangest and most dramatic mysteries.

The Lost Tomb brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present.
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300 Douglas Preston 1538741229 Bekka 0 to-read 3.69 2023 The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
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<![CDATA[The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook]]> 191746386
On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution . Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment?

Hampton Sides’ bravura account of Cook’s last journey both wrestles with Cook’s legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science-–the famed naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied him on his first voyage, and Cook has been called one of the most important figures of the Age of Enlightenment. He was also deeply interested in the native people he encountered. In fact, his stated mission was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London, to his home islands. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well, and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment.

Yet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain’s imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook’s intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook’s overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter.

At once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers.]]>
408 Hampton Sides 0385544766 Bekka 0 to-read 4.47 2024 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
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<![CDATA[The Scholar (Cormac Reilly, #2)]]> 39122892
As Cormac investigates, evidence mounts that the death is linked to a Darcy laboratory and, increasingly, to Emma herself. Cormac is sure she couldn’t be involved, but how well does he really know her? After all, this isn’t the first time Emma’s been accused of murder...]]>
377 Dervla McTiernan 0751569348 Bekka 3 3.99 2019 The Scholar (Cormac Reilly, #2)
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average rating: 3.99
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rating: 3
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The Orphan of Ellis Island 99732 181 Elvira Woodruff 0590482467 Bekka 3 3.84 1997 The Orphan of Ellis Island
author: Elvira Woodruff
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average rating: 3.84
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rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Triple Witch (Home Repair is Homicide, #2)]]> 241105
Hometown bad boy Kenny Mumford—old flame of Jake's best friend and fellow sleuth, Ellie White—is the first victim. When his corpse washes up on the beach at Prince's Cove, all evidence points to a drowning...except the bullet hole in his forehead.

When bodies begin littering the Maine scenery, Jake and Ellie learn that the ante on Kenny's small-town antics has been upped. Add a pair of unwelcome arrivlas—Jake's ex-husband, and an unscrupulous New York ex-money mogul—and you've got a blueprint for more deadly danger than one house can hold.]]>
291 Sarah Graves 0553578588 Bekka 4 3.72 1999 Triple Witch (Home Repair is Homicide, #2)
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Don't Let Go 34001659 With?unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Coben?explores?the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful?new?thriller.

Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon “Nap” Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo’s girlfriend Diana were found dead on the railroad tracks—and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke up with him and disappeared without explanation. For fifteen years, Nap has been searching, both for Maura and for the real reason behind his brother's death. And now, it looks as though he may finally find what he's been looking for.?

When Maura's fingerprints turn up in the rental car of a suspected murderer, Nap embarks on a quest for answers that only leads to more questions—about the woman he loved, about the childhood friends he thought he knew, about the abandoned military base near where he grew up, and mostly about Leo and Diana—whose deaths are darker and far more sinister than Nap ever dared imagine.]]>
351 Harlan Coben 0525955119 Bekka 5 3.95 2017 Don't Let Go
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<![CDATA[Frozen Lives (The Coroner's Daughter Mysteries, #4)]]> 209528321
Chicago surgeon Emily Hartford has never quite shaken off the dust of her hometown in Michigan. She may be a professional success and have a princely boyfriend in the Windy City, but she can't seem to let go of being "the coroner's daughter" from Freeport.

Once again, she finds herself pulled back upstate during a wintery late March when Jeremiah--the eleven year-old son of her best friend, Jo--goes missing on the frigid shores of Lake Michigan.

To everyone's relief, Jeremiah turns up days later, alive and unharmed. But tensions remain high, and suspicions of every sort continue to grow. Jeremiah's account of his abduction doesn't add up and Emily worries about Jo's unraveling marriage. Jeremiah's recovery, it turns out, is not the end of their terrifying tale. It's just the beginning ...

For moving among them is a devious, malevolent force. Sowing panic while seeking to fulfill his own twisted needs, this wolf in sheep's clothing leaves a trail of rack and ruin, heedless of the damages in his wake ... and the bodies he leaves behind.

Emily solidifies her role as the coroner's daughter when she puzzles out this madman's chilling machinations. Risking everything dear to her, Emily is determined to go the icy distance and end his killing spree.]]>
358 Jennifer Graeser Dornbush Bekka 5 4.20 2024 Frozen Lives (The Coroner's Daughter Mysteries, #4)
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<![CDATA[New Tricks (Andy Carpenter, #7)]]> 5833819 309 David Rosenfelt 0446505870 Bekka 4 4.11 2009 New Tricks (Andy Carpenter, #7)
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average rating: 4.11
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rating: 4
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呪術廻戦 16 [Jujutsu Kaisen 16] 56894055 192 Gege Akutami 4088826884 Bekka 5 4.61 2021 呪術廻戦 16 [Jujutsu Kaisen 16]
author: Gege Akutami
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average rating: 4.61
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[On Eden Street (Kings Lake Investigation #2)]]> 50983289 238 Peter Grainger Bekka 4 4.41 2020 On Eden Street (Kings Lake Investigation #2)
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average rating: 4.41
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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呪術廻戦 15 [Jujutsu Kaisen 15] 56448885 192 Gege Akutami 4088825810 Bekka 5 4.61 2021 呪術廻戦 15 [Jujutsu Kaisen 15]
author: Gege Akutami
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average rating: 4.61
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 42844155 An alternative cover for this ASIN can be found here

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!]]>
333 J.K. Rowling Bekka 5 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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呪術廻戦 12 [Jujutsu Kaisen 12] 53676898 192 Gege Akutami 4088823818 Bekka 5 4.54 2020 呪術廻戦 12 [Jujutsu Kaisen 12]
author: Gege Akutami
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average rating: 4.54
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呪術廻戦 14 [Jujutsu Kaisen 14] 55437091 192 Gege Akutami 4088825349 Bekka 5 4.67 2021 呪術廻戦 14 [Jujutsu Kaisen 14]
author: Gege Akutami
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Bekka 5 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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呪術廻戦 13 [Jujutsu Kaisen 13] 54702017 192 Gege Akutami 4088824296 Bekka 5 4.60 2020 呪術廻戦 13 [Jujutsu Kaisen 13]
author: Gege Akutami
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average rating: 4.60
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Bring Me Back 36448554
Twelve years later, Finn has built a new life with Ellen, Layla’s sister, when he receives a phone call. Someone has seen Layla. But is it her – or someone pretending to be her? If it is her, what does she want? And what does she know about the night she disappeared?]]>
291 B.A. Paris 1250151333 Bekka 4 3.45 2018 Bring Me Back
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<![CDATA[Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #2)]]> 33439
Between perfecting her Cheddar Cheese Apple Pie and Chocolate Crunchies, Hannah’s snooping into the coach’s private life and not coming up short on suspects. And could Watson’s harsh criticism during the judging have given one of the contestants a license to kill? The stakes are rising faster than dough, and Hannah will have to be very careful, because somebody is cooking up a recipe for murder…with Hannah landing on the “necessary ingredients” list.]]>
310 Joanne Fluke 1575667215 Bekka 5 3.82 2001 Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #2)
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<![CDATA[Play Dead (Andy Carpenter, #6)]]> 575211 308 David Rosenfelt 0446582417 Bekka 4 4.14 2007 Play Dead (Andy Carpenter, #6)
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Dead Center (Andy Carpenter, #5)]]> 556083


DEAD CENTER finds Andy Carpenter reentering the dating scene with comic results. He is surprised at what a hot ticket he seems to be, and this proves to be a mixed blessing at best. His friends are all too eager to provide advice and guidance, but of course they know just as little about the dating world as Andy. Whether the woman he is dating at the moment is terrific or far from it, the spectra of Laurie always hangs over his head. He has strong feelings of bitterness towards her for leaving, but she is, after all, the love of his life. He has had no contact with her at all, and can only assume she is back in Findlay, serving in the number two job on the local police force. Then one day he returns to the office to find Laurie waiting for him. Laurie has arrested a young man for murder and, though the evidence clearly called for his arrest, she believes he is innocent. The accused is the son of Laurie's oldest friend and she believes Andy is the best person to represent him. Andy follows Laurie back to Wisconsin where he must explore a secretive religious community that seems to hold the truth about what really happened to the deceased.]]>
352 David Rosenfelt 0446614513 Bekka 4 4.05 2006 Dead Center (Andy Carpenter, #5)
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Bekka 5 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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average rating: 4.57
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then the real trouble begins – someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects… Harry Potter himself!]]>
352 J.K. Rowling Bekka 5 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #30)]]> 34091380 405 Michael Connelly 0316225983 Bekka 5 3.95 2017 The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #30)
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average rating: 3.95
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<![CDATA[Submerged: How a Cold Case Condemned an Innocent Man to Hide a Family's Darkest Secret]]> 209364636
For most families that have suffered the unsolved murder of a loved one, a successful cold case investigation can finally bring closure to their tragedy and, ideally, bring the perpetrator to justice. But in 2013, when LaPorte, Indiana, police detectives arrested Jason Tibbs for the murder of sixteen-year-old Rayna Rison twenty years before, they sent an innocent man to prison and they also removed a cloud over the victim’s brother-in-law, Ray McCarty. McCarty had previously been indicted for killing her and, three years before that, impregnating her at the age of twelve. Today, Tibbs sits in an Indiana prison serving a forty-year sentence for killing Rayna Rison. His conviction in 2014 was partly due to failures in his defense and evidence that the judge would not permit in the trial. But the fact that charges were dropped against McCarty and then filed against Tibbs speaks to the remarkable influence of politics on the criminal justice system in northwestern Indiana. It also shows how easy it can be to concoct a capital case against an innocent man and how the touted triumphs of the justice system can sometimes go horribly wrong. Submerged tells the full story of the Rayna Rison case for the first time in meticulous detail. Drawing on countless interviews and a deep examination of the legal record, Hillel Levin tells the tragic story of a girl tortured by her family and failed by the justice system and proves Tibbs’s innocence so that some justice in this story might still emerge.]]>
502 Hillel Levin 1613165749 Bekka 0 to-read 4.10 2024 Submerged: How a Cold Case Condemned an Innocent Man to Hide a Family's Darkest Secret
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<![CDATA[After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story]]> 15803014
A stirring portrait of a family and its legacy of secrets, After Visiting Friends is the story of a son who goes in search of the truth and finds not only his father, but a rare window into a world of men and newspapers and fierce loyalties that no longer exists.]]>
307 Michael Hainey 1451676565 Bekka 0 to-read 3.67 2013 After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
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呪術廻戦 11 [Jujutsu Kaisen 11] 53387133 192 Gege Akutami 408882296X Bekka 5 4.65 2020 呪術廻戦 11 [Jujutsu Kaisen 11]
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呪術廻戦 10 [Jujutsu Kaisen 10] 51904734 192 Gege Akutami 4088822749 Bekka 5 4.56 2020 呪術廻戦 10 [Jujutsu Kaisen 10]
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呪術廻戦 9 [Jujutsu Kaisen 9] 50527779 192 Gege Akutami 4088822188 Bekka 5 4.65 2020 呪術廻戦 9 [Jujutsu Kaisen 9]
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For Your Own Good 52379865
He says his wife couldn't be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while.

Teddy really can’t be bothered with the death of a school parent that’s looking more and more like murder or the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is on pushing these kids to their full academic potential.

All he wants is for his colleagues—and the endlessly meddlesome parents—to stay out of his way.

It's really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost.

USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school—complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson…]]>
373 Samantha Downing 0593100972 Bekka 4 3.77 2021 For Your Own Good
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Tales of the Writer 51539083 0 Dumebi O'Williams Bekka 4 4.00 Tales of the Writer
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呪術廻戦 8 [Jujutsu Kaisen 8] 50527772 192 Gege Akutami 4088821688 Bekka 5 4.62 2020 呪術廻戦 8 [Jujutsu Kaisen 8]
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Blood Sugar 58517116 “I could just kill you right now!” It’s something we’ve all thought at one time or another. But Ruby has actually acted on it. Three times, to be exact.

Though she may be a murderer, Ruby is not a sociopath. She is an animal-loving therapist with a thriving practice. She’s felt empathy and sympathy. She’s had long-lasting friendships and relationships, and has a husband, Jason, whom she adores. But the homicide detectives at Miami Beach PD are not convinced of her happy marriage. When we meet Ruby, she is in a police interrogation room, being accused of Jason’s murder. Which, ironically, is one murder that she did not commit, though her vicious mother-in-law and a scandal-obsessed public believe differently. As she undergoes questioning, Ruby’s mind races back to all the details of her life that led her to this exact moment, and to the three dead bodies in her wake. Because though she may not have killed her husband, Ruby certainly isn’t innocent.

Alternating between Ruby’s memories of her past crimes and her present-day fight to clear her name, Blood Sugar is a twisty, clever debut with an unforgettable protagonist who you can’t help but root for—an addicting mixture of sour and sweet.]]>
336 Sascha Rothchild 0593331540 Bekka 4 3.83 2022 Blood Sugar
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<![CDATA[呪術廻戦 0 東京都立呪術高等専門学校 [Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō]]]> 44165000 200 Gege Akutami 4088816722 Bekka 5 4.52 2018 呪術廻戦 0 東京都立呪術高等専門学校 [Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō]
author: Gege Akutami
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average rating: 4.52
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)]]> 36347162
No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke's dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimes one delicious clue at a time has made her a bestselling favorite. And it all began on these pages, with a bakery, a murder, and some suddenly scandalous chocolate-chip crunchies. Featuring a bonus short story and brand new, mouthwatering recipes, this limited edition of the very first Hannah Swensen mystery is sure to have readers coming back for seconds.

Hannah Swenson already has her hands full trying to dodge her mother's attempts to marry her off while running The Cookie Jar, Lake Eden, Minnesota's most popular bakery. But once Ron LaSalle, the beloved delivery man from the Cozy Cow Dairy, is found murdered behind her bakery with Hannah's famous Chocolate Chip Crunchies scattered around him, her life just can't get any worse. Determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, she sets out to track down a killer.

Who would have the sheer audacity and the motive to kill the most punctual delivery man Hannah ever had? Topping the list is the high school football coach. What exactly was his wife doing, making the rounds with the milkman? Could Max Turner, owner of Cozy Cow Dairy, have had a secret he didn't want to share with his top employee? The more Hannah snoops, the more suspects turn up. Why has Lake Eden's most prominent prodigal son, Benton Woodley, just resurfaced? And what about the mysterious Mr. Harris who seemed interested in buying the property next to the dairy, but then disappeared? This is one murder that's starting to leave a very bad taste in Hannah's mouth. And if she doesn't watch her back, Hannah's sweet life may get burned to a crisp.

Filled with a healthy sprinkling of humor and a delightful assortment of nuts, CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE MURDER serves up a great new mystery series and introduces a delicious, down-home sleuth that mystery readers will surely savor for years to come.]]>
436 Joanne Fluke Bekka 5 3.63 2000 Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
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average rating: 3.63
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<![CDATA[Sudden Death (Andy Carpenter, #4)]]> 497006
Digging into the case, Andy stumbles onto some of the seamier undercurrents rushing beneath the large-guy camaraderie, big-buck cushiness, and bone-mashing fun that is pro football. And he discovers that Preston's death is similar to a series of other mysterious murders - all seemingly unrelated yet connected by a horrible secret from many years ago. Despite the crushing evidence, Andy begins to believe in his client's innocence. But when danger finds someone close to him, the unperturbed defender knows he's attracted the attention of a powerful enemy - one who will do anything to take Andy permanently off the field.]]>
336 David Rosenfelt 0446612871 Bekka 4 4.06 2005 Sudden Death (Andy Carpenter, #4)
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 2005
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The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1) 36588482
When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib, the police tell her it was suicide. A surgical resident, she throws herself into study and work, trying to forget - until Jack's sister Maude shows up. Maude suspects foul play, and she is determined to prove it.

DI Cormac Reilly is the detective assigned with the re-investigation of an 'accidental' overdose twenty years ago - of Jack and Maude's drug- and alcohol-addled mother. Cormac is under increasing pressure to charge Maude for murder when his colleague Danny uncovers a piece of evidence that will change everything...

This unsettling crime debut draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland and asks who will protect you when the authorities can't - or won't. Perfect for fans of Tana French and Jane Casey.]]>
380 Dervla McTiernan 0143133128 Bekka 2 3.90 2018 The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1)
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average rating: 3.90
book published: 2018
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Songbird (Kings Lake Investigation #1)]]> 45878932
Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 05.29 that July morning. This is it, said DCI Reeve, you’ll be first there, it’s all yours, you’re the crime scene manager. Suddenly, after months of waiting and wondering, Waters finds himself in at the deep end, and alone at the scene of a puzzling murder.

As the investigation proceeds, the detectives at Kings Lake Central find themselves visiting familiar places and talking to some familiar faces, while old enmities reappear in the incident room. Before this is over, Chris Waters will need to make a career-changing decision, and another member of the CID team will find herself facing an unexpected challenge. And Smith? Gone but not forgotten? Surely, he would say, you cannot write me off with a worn out cliché like that…]]>
370 Peter Grainger Bekka 4 4.26 2019 Songbird (Kings Lake Investigation #1)
author: Peter Grainger
name: Bekka
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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A Simple Lie 48988679 "more twists and turns than a high-speed roller coaster."

What harm can one small lie do?

Forced to give up her career as a dentist, and still unemployed a year later, Valentina Knight has finally run out of options. With foreclosure looming she acts in desperation, lying to get a position as an assistant to the county medical examiner. Val’s relieved. She won’t be homeless. But Val didn’t count on the lie trapping her in a dangerous game with a killer.

Val quickly becomes involved in the case of Francine Donohue, who disappeared from her neighbourhood and is discovered dead six months later. The bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder are not the first of their kind. With the evidence pointing to a serial killer, and a calling card Val understands, she quickly gets sucked into the case. ?

As Val is pulled in further, the situation takes a darker turn. Someone is aware of the lie she told. Someone who is prepared to kill…

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311 Mary Bush Bekka 3 3.78 2019 A Simple Lie
author: Mary Bush
name: Bekka
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/26
date added: 2024/08/03
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Terrified 12999093
Megan Keeler died years ago—or so everyone believes. In fact, she disappeared to escape from her sadistic husband, Glenn. When dismembered body parts were found near their home, Glenn was convicted of his wife’s murder. And Megan, terrified for her unborn child’s safety, never came forward with the truth…

Is More Terrifying

Since then, Megan has built a new life in Seattle for herself and her son, Josh. She’s never forgotten that she’s a fugitive, and Josh knows nothing about her past. But someone does. First, there are anonymous emails and threats, just as she learns that Glenn has been released from prison. Then the unthinkable happens: a masked man breaks into their home and abducts Josh…

Than Fiction

To save her son, Megan must put herself at the mercy of a maniac. Is Glenn a cold-blooded killer determined to destroy her world piece by piece, or is the truth even more twisted? Megan thought she knew fear, but her nightmare is only beginning…]]>
550 Kevin O'Brien 0786021381 Bekka 2 3.96 2012 Terrified
author: Kevin O'Brien
name: Bekka
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2012
rating: 2
read at: 2024/08/02
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<![CDATA[The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)]]> 13597723
What Cassie doesn’t realize is that there’s more at risk than a few unsolved homicides—especially when she’s sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Sarcastic, privileged Michael has a knack for reading emotions, which he uses to get inside Cassie’s head—and under her skin. Brooding Dean shares Cassie’s gift for profiling, but keeps her at arm’s length.

Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms closer than Cassie could ever have imagined. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.]]>
308 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1423168232 Bekka 0 to-read 4.22 2013 The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)
author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
name: Bekka
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down]]> 442239 383 Colin Woodard 0151013020 Bekka 4 3.85 2007 The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
author: Colin Woodard
name: Bekka
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/22
date added: 2024/07/29
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My Perfect Daughter 58730081
Zoe didn't meet her daughter the way most mothers do. She finds five-year-old Maddie alone and dirty on a countryside road. Frightened for Maddie's safety, she picks her up and takes her back to her father, not knowing what she's about to step into. Because Maddie wasn't just lost, she was there to lure her serial killer dad's new victim.

After escaping from the clutches of Maddie's dangerous father, she bonds with the little girl. Only Maddie knows what it was like to be at that house. And when no family members come forward to claim Maddie, Zoe decides to adopt her. They move away to a safe house on the Cornish coast and become a family of their own. Zoe gets married and has another child, a baby brother for Maddie.

But Maddie is still traumatised by what she experienced. Diagnosed with callous and unemotional traits, Zoe has a tough job to ensure Maddie has the love and support she needs. Zoe truly loves her daughter—she wouldn't change a thing about her. But there is a part of her that always stays alert. A part of her is afraid of Maddie.

And now, eleven years later, Maddie's school bully is found dead, and another girl is missing.

Zoe can't help but wonder... like father, like daughter?

The next gripping, emotional thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of SILENT CHILD.]]>
353 Sarah A. Denzil Bekka 2 4.09 2022 My Perfect Daughter
author: Sarah A. Denzil
name: Bekka
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2024/05/28
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It Was Always You 50006653 Love hurts but the truth can kill.

Morgan isn’t sure about her new boyfriend, Justin. Considering the childhood trauma she encountered, Morgan wants to be grateful for the relationship. But a fight with Justin leaves her feeling shaken.

Before the couple go on a romantic weekend trip, Morgan attends an appointment with her neurologist, Dr. Koftura, who has monitored her since an accident she had when she was seven years old. Morgan has a history of sabotaging her romantic relationships and the Doctor is concerned that she is following the same patterns with Justin.

On the day of their trip Justin’s behavior becomes erratic and he runs the car off the road into a tree, killing himself and hurting Morgan.

When she awakens in the hospital to find that Justin is dead, Morgan has little time to grapple with this loss before detectives arrive to question her about the crash.

As it becomes clear that the detectives believe Morgan is responsible for Justin’s death, Morgan must unlock the secrets of her past in order to prove her innocence.

But can she really trust her own mind?

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276 Sarah K. Stephens 1912986728 Bekka 2 3.43 2019 It Was Always You
author: Sarah K. Stephens
name: Bekka
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2019
rating: 2
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A Murder to Remember 209349295
Jane Austen fan Amelia Bennett sneaks away from a dull tour of an English country manor, only to run into a man more dashing than Mr. Darcy himself. About to lose his ancestral home to family debts, charming aristocrat Tom Calder invites his American guest to join him in drinking his way through the estate’s priceless wine collection. But when they wake in his bed the next morning, they’re convinced that in their drunken haze they witnessed a murder.

Problem is, the body has vanished and no one believes them—except the shadowy figures stalking them through the estate's empty halls and lonely woodlands. On the run for their lives, Amelia and Tom must piece together their shifting memories and a string of baffling clues to expose the crime—while navigating their morning-after awkwardness and the undeniable sparks between them. As their unexpected bond deepens, they begin to wonder if their own love story could be one for the ages—if they manage to survive at all.]]>
Brynn Kelly Bekka 5 3.38 A Murder to Remember
author: Brynn Kelly
name: Bekka
average rating: 3.38
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Star Child (Places of Power, #1)]]> 36466303
The punishment for unauthorized births is death. Out of fear, SC keeps his strange abilities as his darkest secret. He pretends to be nothing more than a mere Regular while his peers develop unique powers, varying from controlling lightning to producing diamond-hard skin. But when his mother is kidnapped by an unknown organization, SC has no choice but to act.SC ventures into a school of talented students to learn to fight, where he must learn to master his powers without revealing their true nature. But soon he realizes that the school is more than it appears and that it may hold the secret to his missing mother. To rescue her, he will have to reveal powers never before seen in all of history.

By award-winning author Leonard Petracci, a master of tension and suspense.]]>
253 Leo Petracci Bekka 0 to-read 3.79 2017 Star Child (Places of Power, #1)
author: Leo Petracci
name: Bekka
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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