Summer Reads

As the Phony War morphs into the Blitzkrieg, two British intelligence officers risk getting trapped behind enemy lines. April, 1940. Hitler is invading Denmark on Tuesday. Olivia Redmond has only a weekend to bring a Nobel Prize winning chemist and his war-altering research to Britain. The scientist and his wife want to leave, but their troublesome daughter will do anything to stop her parents from departing. The scientist's wife was close friends with Olivia's long dead mother and wants to talk about her, in stark contrast to Olivia's father who won't mention his wife. Olivia feels protective toward the invalid woman with her photos and details of Olivia's mother's life and wants to get her to safety. When the daughter's German fiancé is murdered, the police refuse to let anyone depart until they find the killer. If Olivia wants to escape Denmark with the chemist and his breakthroughs, she will have to unmask the killer before the Nazis stop her forever

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Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched on screen, and find out who these people really are - knowing she can't trust any of them. And when a murderer strikes, Ffion knows every one of her suspects has an alibi - and a secret worth killing for.

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"When Keira first woke alone in a strange forest, she remembered only two things: that she could speak with the dead, helping them move on from the mortal world, and that sinister mask-wearing men were hunting her. She had no idea what she'd done to earn their hatred or what dangerous secrets she may have uncovered. Until now. Peeling back layer upon layer of the mystery surrounding her origins, Keira has finally learned that the strange masked men work for Artec, an organization profiting off spectral energy produced by hundreds of chained, tormented souls. Their goal is to spread their macabre cemeteries across the world, using the agony of the dead to extend their power and reach--and only Keira and her loyal group of friends have a hope of stopping them. But there are still mysteries to uncover in Keira's foggy memories, and as she prepares to fight for the souls of the tormented dead, what she doesn't know about her own past may ultimately come back to haunt her"-- Provided by publisher.

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High school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast to investigate an unsolved murder in their hometown, and after making a startling discovery, they accuse a potentially innocent man of murder on one of their episodes.

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"Alice and Seth are a perfect love story: the handsome doctor and his beautiful fiancée...Alice can't wait for the day of their dream wedding. But when she arrives at the altar, she doesn't recognise the man waiting to marry her...As panic sets in, Alice's world comes apart. Where is the real Seth, and why have all traces of him disappeared from her life? Fearing she's losing her mind, she sets out to uncover the truth and escape the nightmare she's living in"-- Provided by publisher.

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Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. A decade prior, through a chance meeting with the charismatic General Fuijwara, Cecily was lured into a life of espionage. Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction - and she will do anything to save them.

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They met when they were teenagers. Now they're adults, and time has been kind to some and unkind to others - none more so than to Bea, the one they lost nine long years ago. They've gathered to reminisce at Bea's family's estate. Best friends, old flames, secret enemies, and new lovers are all under one roof. The pretense of normality gives way to long-buried grief, bitterness, and rage. Underneath it all, there's the nagging feeling that Bea's shocking death wasn't what it was claimed to be. And before the weekend is through, the truth will be unleashed - no matter the cost.

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