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When the Night Comes

When the Night Comes
by Favel Parrett

Lovely read (1/28/2015)

I enjoyed the gentle pace and the sense of peace the book seemed to present. It doesn't give unnecessary information about the characters or place.

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The Devil Finds Work
by James Baldwin

A book-length essay on racism in American films, by "the best essayist in this country" (The New York Times Book Review).

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Real Americans
by Rachel Khong

From the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, a novel exploring family, identity, and the shaping of destiny.

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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
by Evie Woods

From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop.

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The River Knows Your Name
by Kelly Mustian

A haunting Southern novel about memory and love, from the author of The Girls in the Stilt House.

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From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel about a family's secret ties to a vanished American Kingdom.

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Four strangers join an experimental treatment to heal broken hearts in Amelia Ireland's heartfelt debut novel.

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One Death at a Time
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A cranky ex-actress and her Gen Z sobriety sponsor team up to solve a murder that could send her back to prison in this dazzling mystery.

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The Fairbanks Four
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One murder, four guilty convictions, and a community determined to find justice.

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