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Charlatans

2017
Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fall-outs from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as hybrid operating rooms of the future, an improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results in the death of an otherwise healthy man. Noah suspects Dr. William Mason, an egotistical, world-class surgeon, of an error during the operation and of tampering with the patient's record afterward. But Mason is quick to blame anesthesiologist, Dr. Ava London. When more anesthesia-related deaths start to occur, Noah is forced to question all of the residents on his staff, including Ava, and he quickly realizes there's more to her than what he sees. A social-media junkie, Ava has created multiple alternate personas for herself on the Internet. With his own job and credibility now in jeopardy, Noah must decide which doctor is at fault and who he can believe, before any more lives are lost.
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Rizzoli & Isles: I know a secret

a novel
2017
Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles pool their resources to find the killer of a young woman found with no signs of trauma or a struggle but holding her eyes in one hand. The woman belongs to a group of horror-movie filmmakers (passionate wannabes, funded by the victim?s indulgent father). The grotesque death scene echoes one in their films. A second mutilation murder follows, also ghastly, this time with religious iconography. While Rizzoli and Isles try to decipher the motive behind these murders, another narrative voice emerges, that of a woman with a deep secret in her past. Figuring out whether this woman is predator or prey proves fascinating, more so, in fact, than following Rizzoli and Isles? investigation.
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Tangled planet

2018
"It's taken four hundred years of travel, but the starship Venture has finally arrived at its destination, Beta Earth, an uninhabited, untouched planet. The first night seventeen-year-old engineer Ursa is on Beta Earth, she encounters a dead body. She's positive she saw a large creature with sharp teeth, something that shouldn't even be on the planet, but nobody believes her. As injuries and bodies start piling up, Ursa must figure out who to trust when her fellow crewmates start taking sides between maintaining Venture's safety and the hope of creating a home on Beta Earth"--Amazon.com.
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The extra girl

2017
"Mona McKee is a frustrated bit-player in 1940s Hollywood. Currently a former child actress struggling to find success, now it seems that Mona has fallen pregnant--despite being a virgin. When a collection of her personal effects falls into blogger Bryce Polk's hand, he finds himself an unlikely investigator, putting together the pieces of a deadly mystery from the past."--Provided by publisher.
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#freenattypage

2017
"Coree and Olivia are seemingly normal fifteen-year-old girls, concerned with getting their learner's permits, chatting with friends online, and boys. One boy, in particular--the enigmatic 'Teen Hammer Killer' Nathaniel Page. Together, the two girls develop 'fandom' around Natty that eventually grows into something much deeper and strange. Convinced that Natty is wounded and misunderstood, a victim of his parents and, now, of the justice system, the girls decide to take matters into their own hands. Their actions will leave a community stunned--and more than one family irrevocably shattered"--Back cover.
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The hunting party

2017
"In the 1870s, some find a new life in the West, while some just find the Drakes--A family of criminals, who lure travelers into their home, rob and then murder them. When their crimes come to light, the people of the nearest settlement form up a posse. The Drakes flee, but the hunting party is hot on their heels, and nothing but blood will satisfy the mob"--Provided by publisher.
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No faith in cats

2017
"Julien Fraye is a simple creature with simple desires: all she wants is everything. She's poised to get it, too--once she finishes poisoning her wealthy older husband. However, she wasn't expecting Everett Priest--who sees Julien for what she is, and he is determined that she faces punishment for her crimes. But Julien isn't about to make it easy for Everett, leading him on a merry chase across the country--and through her own tortured past"--Provided by publisher.
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Our lady of the river's mouth

2017
"A truck-stop waitress partners with a psychic, a ghost, and her old high-school-flame-turned-sheriff's deputy to find out who has been murdering women and dumping them in the woods around her small town"--Publisher.
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A treasury of XXth century murder

2017
"[In graphic novel format looks at] the love affair that ended the life of prominent architect Stanford White, the New Orleans' Axe-Man and his gruesome killing spree, and the abduction (and resulting media circus) of aviator Charles Lindbergh's son"--Amazon.
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Devil's advocate

2017
"In the spring of 1979, fifteen-year-old Dana Scully is the new girl at school in Craiger, Maryland. But worse than that, her dreams--some of which, in the past, came true--have become more vivid and disturbing, and are haunted by a shadowy figure which could be an angel--or the devil. When a classmate who recently died in a car accident appears in Dana's dreams, she begins to investigate, uncovering more suspicious deaths. With the evidence mounting, she must face the dangerous knowledge that evil is real"--OCLC.
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