family secrets

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The book of lies

2011
Former federal agent Cal Harper tries to uncover the ties between the biblical murder of Abel by his brother Cain, Superman creator Mitchell Siegel's father's murder in 1932, and an attack on him and his father by a man who is tattooed with the markings of Cain.

White picket fences

a novel
2009
After her father leaves, sixteen-year-old Tally is taken in by her aunt, and while helping her cousin Chase interview two Holocaust survivors for a sociology project, the pair uncovers hidden secrets within their own family's past.

Family tree

2007
Wealthy Caucasians Dana and Hugh Clarke give birth to a child that has distinctly African-American traits; and while searching their lineage for answers, they uncover secrets about both of their families.

The secret of the ginger mice

2012
Mice Alex and Alice try to find their brother, Alistair, after he is kidnapped and find themselves up against spies and an underground organization called FIG.

Beautiful malice

a novel
2010
To escape the media attention generated by her sister's murder, a grieving seventeen-year-old Australian girl moves away and meets a vibrant new friend who harbors a dangerous secret.

Brava, Valentine

a novel
2010
New York shoemaker Valentine Roncalli is at her grandmother's wedding in Tuscany when she learns that her brother has been made partner with her in the family business. Valentine escapes the drama by re-igniting her relationship with Gianluca. When Valentine takes a business trip to Buenos Aires, she discovers a family secret that threatens to destroy the Roncallis. Valentine struggles to keep the family together while debating her future with Gianluca.

The vanishing act of Esme Lennox

2006
Iris Lockhart is shocked when she receives a phone call informing her that her great-aunt Esme, whom Iris never knew about, is being released from the mental hospital where she has spent the last sixty-one years, and wonders what long-buried family secrets the woman will bring with her when Iris takes her in.

Faith

a novel
2012
When her older brother Art--a Catholic priest and the popular pastor of a large suburban parish--finds himself at the center of a scandal, Sheila McGann, estranged from her family for years, returns to Boston, ready to fight for him and his reputation.

The red pyramid

2011
Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharoahs.

The particular sadness of lemon cake

a novel
2010
Rose Edelstein, on the eve of her ninth birthday, bites into her mother's lemon-chocolate cake and is immediately aware of the hidden secrets the members of her family hold.

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