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"Evidence from a mysterious death takes Benjamin to an island on the Thames. There, Isabelle is trapped by fear and a recurring dream about a man's death. Or is it a memory? When a second death brings everyone under suspicion, she realizes her island sanctuary will never be the same"--
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Film's most popular action hero needs a place to heal after his surgery has gone terribly wrong. His fiercely loyal agent finds him just such a place in a luxurious forgotten mansion high in the Hollywood Hills. But the original owner of the mansion was a beautiful woman devoted to pleasure at any cost, and the terrible legacy of her deeds has not yet died. There are ghosts and monsters haunting Coldheart Canyon, where nothing is forbidden . . .Clive...
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The bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander series delivers a "short, beautiful, and ultimately life-affirming novel" about the path to self-acceptance (Booklist). From the prize-winning "master of atmosphere" comes the surprising and affecting story of a man well past middle age who suddenly finds himself on the threshold of renewal (The Boston Globe). Living on a tiny island that is surrounded by ice during the long winter months, Fredrik Welin...
5) Touchstone
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Laurie R. King has amassed a large and devoted following. His existence shattered by the Great War, Bennett Grey is investigated by an American agent who thinks he may be useful for protecting national security.
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Long Earth volume 1
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Finally finding the mecca of isolation in a distant region known as the High Meggas, Larry Lynsey, a recluse who is aggressively protective of his singular solitude, finds his quiet existence shattered by the arrival of two accidental tourists and will do everything in his power to make them leave.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 21
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In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
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House of Winslow volume 34
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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When Phil and Cara Winslow learn that the daughter they thought had died in infancy is still alive, their life of status and ease is turned upside down. With the help of a private detective, they find the girl, now twenty years old, who turns out to be rough and vulgar. When they try to bring Grace into their family, their grown children are horrified, and only Kevin, a terribly scarred recluse, reaches out to her. When Grace bolts, Kevin leaves his...
11) Come and find me
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After her lover and partner, Daniel dies during their climbing vacation in Switzerland, computer security expert and reformed hacker Diana Highsmith became a recluse. She didn't need to leave her home, she could do all her work on the computer. But when her sister goes missing, she's forced to face her demons and the outside world again.
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Love Inspired
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[2022]
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He built himself a whole new life. But she might be the missing piece... Reclusive carpenter Luke McBride knows Sara Holden is trouble. The determined single mom is too curious and asks too many questions. But helping Sara fix up an antique shop makes it almost impossible to keep her at arm's length. Worse, Luke might just be falling for her. Can he leave behind his solitary life...even though loving Sara means exposing his darkest secret?
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Mother of two Liv Green barely scrapes by as a maid to make ends meet, often finding escape in a good book while daydreaming of becoming a writer herself. So she can't believe her luck when she lands a job housekeeping for her personal hero, megabestselling author Essie Starling, a mysterious and intimidating recluse. The last thing Liv expected was to be the only person Essie talks to, which leads to a tenuous friendship. When Essie passes away suddenly,...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
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"A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes" --
""Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 33
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"Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, but he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it. Charlie starts doing...
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"For her five-year-old son Mikey's sake, single mother Joy Duncan has to make her new assistant job work out. She and her reclusive boss, Simon Baker, can't agree on anything--especially his plans for her hometown. But when Mikey bonds instantly with the reclusive widower, Joy is surprised by Simon's gentle caring...and she begins to wonder if there's more to Simon beneath his pain and anger." -- Page [4] cover.
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"When Tartelin answers an ad for a personal assistant, she doesn't know what to expect from her new employer, Marianne, an eccentric elderly woman. Marianne lives on a remote island that her family has owned for generations, and for decades her only companions have been butterflies and tightly held memories of her family. But there are some memories Marianne would rather forget, such as when the island was commandeered by the British government during...
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Seeking escape from her Hollywood life, recently divorced Madison Atwood retreats to a Northern California resort and finds what she needs and also what she wants.
With the paparazzi fresh on her heels and her love life splashed on every tabloid, Madison Atwood runs away to a Avalon Springs, a retreat in Northern California. Luke Dawson prefers solitude to society; when he finds a beautiful woman soaking in the hot springs on his property, she captures...
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"Lisa Power is a tortured ghost of her former self. The author of a bestselling thriller called Thief River Falls, named after her rural Minnesota hometown, Lisa is secluded in her remote house as she struggles with the loss of her entire family: a series of tragedies she calls the "Dark Star." Then a nameless runaway boy shows up at her door with a terrifying story - he's just escaped death after witnessing a brutal murder - a crime the police want...
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