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Sneak Peek Adult Fiction
COCKEY, TIM,
He's suave, he's sexy, he's cool...and he's an undertaker. Hitchcock Sewell is back in one of the funniest and most fast-paced novels yet in Tim Cockey's celebrated award-winning series. A man has been murdered in his kitchen. And the apparent killer wants Hitch to scoop up the body and take it away...before the police have arrived. Meanwhile, across town, Hitch smells a rat -- maybe two -- in the nursing home where an old friend of his has taken up residence. With his matchless wit and uncommon ability to dig out the truth, Hitch is once again up to his old tricks...and mystery readers couldn't be happier.
FLYNN, VINCE
When intelligence suggests a major terrorist attack is planned for Memorial Day, the president orders Mitch Rapp to Afghanistan where he leads the ultra secret counter-terrorism unit, Task Force 11, on a raid across the border into Northern Pakistan. Rapp and his team discover plans for a nuclear attack on New York City. A nuclear emergency team races to the scene. In a few hours, danger is averted. Or is it? Mitch can't help feeling it's all been a bit too easy. He follows his instinct on a quest to unearth the truth. What he finds is terrifying, and with Memorial Day closing fast, Rapp must find a way to prevent a disaster of unimaginable proportions.
Joe, Yolanda
A twist on 'My Fair Lady', 'My Fine Lady' is about love, family, and dreams as one young African-American woman searches for her voice when a music professor seeks to transform her from a rapper to a jazz vocalist.
Lott, Bret
When Naomi's son Mahlon dies in an auto accident eight years after the death of her husband Eli, she turns to her daughter-in- law, Ruth. Both are widowed and Naomi's loss is double Ruth's. Naomi decides she must leave the Massachusetts town she came to 50 years ago as a teenage bride, and return to South Carolina where she grew up and where some semblance of family must remain. Ruth's response is immediate: Where you go, I will go. (Based on the Book of Ruth from the Bible.)
Baldacci, Sharon
'A Sundog Moment' is a moving novel in which a woman diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis now faces a new journey--one fraught with wrenching pain, heartache, enduring wisdom, and authentic joy. Since the diagnosis, Elizabeth has separated herself from her overprotective husband and zealous mother and must now make sense of her reality alone--who she is and what her life is truly about. When she is convinced to take a narcotic for pain, Elizabeth is arrested and charged with illegal possession. Living day by day, confronting her own fears and overcoming physical challenges, Elizabeth discovers for herself that God never fails.
HENRY, SUE,
At 63, Maxie is cruising down the Alaska Highway in her Winnebago. She's always been a gypsy at heart--and with her mini- dachshund at her side, and the open road ahead, she's never been happier. But before her exploration of the Lower Forty-eight gets underway, Maxie needs to figure out who burglarized her friend's Colorado home--and why. But the closer Maxie gets to solving the puzzle, the more it becomes clear that her friend's life isn't the only one on the line. New series by the author of mysteries set in Alaska.
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