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Promising to be the debut novel of the season, The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive ... Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel...
2) Alone
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When Bobby Dodge, a sniper with the Massachusetts State Police SWAT team, saves a woman and her young son from her armed husband, he finds himself investigating the shooting of a man who had accused his wife of poisoning their son.
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Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and...
6) 23 minutes
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Witnessing a bank robbery gone awry, misfit 15-year-old Zoe, a girl with supernatural ability to jump back in time and repeat events with up to 10 tries, attempts to stop the crime, but only makes things worse with each successive effort.
7) The wives
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Shes never met the other wives. None of them know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, she can see her husband only one day a week. But she loves him so much she doesn't care. Or at least that's what she told herself. But one day, while she's doing laundry, she finds a scrap of paper in his pocket, an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and she knows it's another of the wives. She thought she was fine with her arrangement,...
8) Ghost
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Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team -- a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training....
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2021.
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With a new name and fake ID papers, Sarah Patterson, on the run from her violent estranged husband--a police lieutenant--takes a job working with Hollywood's golden boy director who, as their bond deepens, attempts to keep Sarah out of harm's way.
11) The fort
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The morning after Hurricane Leo rips trough town, friends Evan, Jason, Mitchell, and CJ meet to explore the devastation. The group is dismayed to find that Evan has brought along Ricky, who is new to their town and school, and doesn't have any friends yet. Ricky is the one to find an old bomb shelter, unearthed by the hurricane. Inside, the boys find an undergroud lair, complete with electricity and food. What started out as a fun place to escape...
12) Mary underwater
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Gaining courage from Joan of Arc, fourteen-year-old Mary Murphy navigates the waters of Chesapeake Bay in a submersible built with her friend, Kip, escaping the home where her violent father has just returned from prison. Includes facts about domestic violence and submersibles.
13) Harm done
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Inspector Wexford mystery volume 17
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Chief Inspector Wexford investigates a pair of child abductions that appear to have more to do with domestic violence than a recently released pedophile.
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After committing suicide just before high school graduation, Ellie Walker haunts her home and school, reflecting on her life of domestic violence, friendship with August, and dreams of a writing career. Includes list of resources for people in crisis.
15) The last place
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Someone is stalking feisty Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan. Tess is working for the foundation of moneyed college chum Whitney (who just got Tess involved in an escapade that has her in court-ordered therapy), investigating five seemingly unrelated open murder cases throughout Maryland to see whether there is a domestic homicide angle. Off the job, despite being happy with her younger boyfriend, Crow, Tess is having nightmares about seeing a former lover...
18) Coyote queen
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Desperate for the prize money to escape her mother's abusive boyfriend, twelve-year-old Fud enters a beauty pageant, but her eerie connection to nearby coyotes helps her see who she is meant to be, and who she can truly save.
20) Star bright
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Wheeler Publishing
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2009.
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After faking her own death to escape her abusive husband, Rainie Hall, armed with a new identity, starts work on a horse ranch in Crystal Falls, Oregon, where she finds a safe haven in the arms of her boss, Parker Harrigan.
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