For Your Consideration: August 2018 LibraryReads Titles

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FEARED by Lisa Scottoline
Also available in audio
In the next book in the mega-best-selling Rosato & DiNunzio thriller series, the all-female law firm is hit with a sex discrimination suit. “Colorful characters, breezy writing, and a sharp wit keep the tone light, while the ever-increasing stakes propel the story toward a convenient but otherwise gratifying denouement.”   Publishers Weekly

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TOUCANTOUCAN KEEP A SECRET by Donna Andrews
In the 23rd entry in the award-winning Meg Langslow series, she goes to check on a toucan the reverend is fostering, but finds the bird missing and an elderly parishioner murdered in a columbarium among the ashes of overturned urns. “This long-running cozy series shows no signs of losing its freshness.” – Publishers Weekly

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MIDDLEMANTHE MIDDLEMAN by Olen Steinhauer
Also available in audio
Two starred reviews! “Steinhauer has written an unnerving and timely thriller with incredible pivots. From a perspective on activist/terrorist civilian organizations to an examination of Big Brother conspiracy plots, there’s something here for everyone to grip-with white knuckles.” – Library Journal, starred review

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WOMANTHE OTHER WOMAN by Sandie Jones
Also available in audio
Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever. “…wildly entertaining, with a smashing twist.” – Kirkus Reviews

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TRUST ME by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Also available in audio
An accused killer insists she’s innocent of a heinous murder. A grieving journalist surfaces from the wreckage of her shattered life. Their unlikely alliance leads to a dangerous cat-and-mouse game that will leave you breathless. “Hank’s suspense thriller is masterly woven, adding depth and twists to her characters and story.” – Patricia Ruocco, Adult Services Librarian, Lisle Library, IL

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PROTOCOLROGUE PROTOCOL by Martha Wells
Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas? In the third book in the Murderbot Diaries, the case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah’s SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good. “As always, the story is fast-paced and action-packed, colored by Murderbot’s acerbic commentary throughout.” – Booklist

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HOTELTHE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg
A magical, disconcerting novel set in Havana about a woman reckoning with the death of her husband. “Toying with horror tropes and conventions, and displaying shades of authors such as Julio Cortázar, van den Berg turns Clare’s journey into a dreamlike exploration of grief. This is a potent novel about life, death, and the afterlife.” – Publishers Weekly

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MUSEUMMEET ME AT THE MUSEUM by Anne Youngson
For readers of THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, an epistolary debut novel about a farmer’s wife who begins writing letters to a museum curator and, as he writes back, gradually allows herself to find happiness and love again. “This is the kind of book you clutch to your heart when you finish and sigh with contentment.” – Kelly Moore, Adult Services Librarian, Carrollton Public Library, TX

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SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
Two starred reviews! An offbeat office novel turns apocalyptic satire as a young woman transforms from orphan to worker bee to survivor. “Smart, funny, humane, and superbly well-written.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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ParenthoodSMALL ANIMALS: Parenthood in the Age of Fear by Kim Brooks
A BookExpo 2018 Editors’ Buzz Pick! A compelling blend of personal memoir, investigative reporting, and sociological criticism about parenthood and fear based on the author’s personal experience. “An engaging, enlightening story that reveals the potential harm parents and society can do to children when they don’t allow them any freedoms at all.” –  Kirkus Reviews

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HOUSEGIRL by Michael Donkor
Three adolescents two Ghanaian “housegirls” and the daughter of wealthy immigrants must come to terms with themselves and the secrets they have kept from each other in this powerful debut novel.

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STARDUSTRUST & STARDUST by T. Greenwood
Two starred reviews! Based on the experiences of real-life kidnapping victim Sally Horner and her captor, this heart-pounding novel by award-winning author T. Greenwood at last gives a voice to Sally herself. “This fictionalization of the 1948 kidnapping said to have inspired Nabokov’s LOLITA lures readers in with a disturbing hook: the dangers of innocence. This is a beautifully written, unnerving tragedy woven from equal measures of hope and menace.” –  Booklist, starred review

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