Book Lists: Morinville Community Library

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption

By Hillenbrand, Laura, author | 2014

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The cabin at the end of the world

By Tremblay, Paul, author | 2023

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Our darkest night : a novel of Italy and the Second World War

By Robson, Jennifer, 1970- author | 2021

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It is the autumn of 1943, and life is becoming increasingly perilous for Italian Jews. Antonina Mazin has but one hope to survive—to leave Venice and her beloved parents and hide in the countryside with a man she has only just met. Nico Gerardi was studying for the priesthood until circumstances forced him to leave the seminary to run his family's farm. Rather than risk a perilous escape across the mountains, Nina will pose as his new bride. And to keep her safe and protect secrets of his own, Nico and Nina must convince prying eyes they are happily married and in love. But farm life is not easy for a city girl who dreams of becoming a doctor, and Nico's provincial neighbors are wary of this soft and educated woman they do not know. Even worse, their distrust is shared by a local Nazi official with a vendetta against Nico.

The mystery of Mrs. Christie : a novel

By Benedict, Marie, author | 2021

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Vortex

By Coulter, Catherine, author | 2022

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The other black girl : a novel

By Harris, Zakiya Dalila, author | 2021

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As the wicked watch

By Hall, Tamron, author | 2021

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The secret keeper of Jaipur

By Joshi, Alka, author | 2021

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For your own good

By Downing, Samantha, author | 2021

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Private Moscow

By Patterson, James, 1947-, author | 2023

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The island of missing trees : a novel

By Shafak, Elif, 1971-, author | 2021

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Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. Years later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited--- her only connection to her family’s troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.

Defenestrate : a novel

By Branum, Renee, author | 2022

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Marta and her twin brother Nick have always been haunted and fascinated by an ancestral legend that holds that members of their family are doomed to various types of falls. And when their own family falls apart in the wake of a revelation and a resulting devastating fight with their Catholic mother, the twins move to Prague, the city in which their "falling curse" began. There Marta and Nick try to forge a new life for themselves. But their ties to the past and each other prove difficult to disentangle, and when they ultimately return to their midwestern home and Nick falls from a window himself, they are forced to confront the truths they've hidden from each other and themselves. Through this compelling, exuberant exploration of all the ways there are to fall-from defenestration in nineteenth century Prague to the pratfalls of their childhood idol Buster Keaton, from falling in love to falling midflight from an airplane-Defenestrate is a stunning, unsettling, and deeply original debut. Grappling with family myths, repression, and mental illness, Renee Branum shows us how stories reveal and conceal life's secrets and how they affect one particular family as they try to protect one another from their true history

Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone transgression

By Hood, Joshua, author | 2022

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Batman detective comics, Vol. 1, The neighborhood

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The brightest star

By Michaels, Fern, author | 2012

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Autopsy

By Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author | 2021

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Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia as the chief medical examiner, the state where she launched her storied career. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she's inherited not only an overbearing secretary, but also a legacy of neglect and potential corruption. Just weeks on the job, she's called to a scene by railroad tracks where a woman's body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the spine. At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret laboratory in outer space, endangering at least two scientists aboard. Appointed to the highly classified Doomsday Commission that specializes in sensitive national security cases, Scarpetta is summoned to the White House and tasked with finding out exactly what happened.

Beasts of a little land : a novel

By Kim, Juhea, author | 2021

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The sorority murder

By Brennan, Allison, author | 2021

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Where are the children now?

By Clark, Mary Higgins, author | 2023

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The good Wife of Bath : a (mostly) true story

By Brooks, Karen, (Australian author) author | 2022

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A provocative, immersive medieval novel starring one of literature's most unforgettable characters in her own words--Chaucer's bold and libidinous Wife of Bath. In the middle ages, a famous poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary classic. But what if the woman in question had a chance to tell her own version? England, 1364: When married off at aged twelve to an elderly farmer, brazen redheaded Eleanor quickly realizes it won't matter what she says or does, God is not on her side--or any poor woman's for that matter. But then again, Eleanor was born under the joint signs of Venus and Mars, making her both a lover and a fighter. Aided by a head for business (and a surprisingly kind husband), Eleanor manages to turn her first marriage into success, and she rises through society from a cast-off farm girl to a woman of fortune who becomes a trusted friend of the social-climbing poet Geoffrey Chaucer. But more marriages follow--some happy, some not--several pilgrimages, many lovers, murder, mayhem, and many turns of fortune's wheel as Eleanor pursues the one thing that all women want: control of their own lives.

The wrong woman : a novel

By Sparks, Leanne Kale, author | 2022

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The only survivor of Denver’s notorious “Reaper” serial murders, FBI Special Agent Kendall Beck grapples with the ghosts of her past by seeking justice for victims of abuse. She’s neck deep in a particularly ugly case involving the disappearance of five-year-old Emily Williams—but her investigation is derailed when her best friend and roommate, Gwen Tavich, turns up dead floating in a nearby lake. Devastated by the news of Gwen’s death, Kendall teams up with Denver detective Adam Taylor to find the killer. Gwen’s fiancé, Ty Butler, is being evasive about the last time he saw Gwen, and as the evidence mounts against him, he’s arrested for the murder. With every new clue, Kendall questions how well she really knew her friend. And when Gwen’s dark secrets begin spilling out one by one, she begins to understand the devastating magnitude of her murder. The Reaper has returned to Denver—and he’s not stopping at just one victim. As the trauma of Kendall’s past comes roaring back, she and Adam have no time to spare before more bodies start piling up. And then Kendall makes a shocking discovery that reveals the horrifying truth behind Emily Williams’s disappearance. Now, Kendall must confront her darkest fears as she and the Reaper face off one more time.

The deepest of secrets

By Armstrong, Kelley, author | 2022

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Devil house

By Darnielle, John, author | 2022

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Grace under fire

By Garwood, Julie, author | 2022

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Isabel Grace MacKenna had a hundred things to do today. Killing someone wasn't one of them. It was supposed to just be a quick visit to Boston for the Buchanans' anniversary party. But after getting lost, she ends up with a wounded man stumbling into her and then his shooter coming after them both. When she fires back in self-defense, she doesn't expect him to drop dead. The police are torn between believing that she's an innocent bystander or more deeply involved, but thanks to the Buchanans dispatching Navy SEAL and now lawyer Michael Buchanan to deal with the police, Isabel is finally free to go. Isabel knows that she should be more grateful for Michael's help, but since she loathed him for years, gratitude is the last thing she feels. But somehow, Michael has appointed himself her de facto guardian, and he's sticking to her like glue despite their constant bickering and sizzling attraction.

Switchboard soldiers : a novel

By Chiaverini, Jennifer, author | 2022

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The hidden one

By Castillo, Linda, author | 2022

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Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. The mystery of what happened to the esteemed old man has haunted his small Pennsylvania community for years. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed and revealed to be the bishop's, his disappearance becomes even more sinister. Forced to confront a painful episode from her past, Kate travels to Pennsylvania's Kishacoquillas Valley, an isolated area where the Amish culture differs dramatically from the traditions in which she was raised. Kate learns that Stoltzfus was charismatic and highly respected, but she soon hears about a dark side to this complex man. What was he hiding that brought a series of tragedies to his family and resulted in his own brutal death?

Looking for Jane

By Marshall, Heather (Heather J.), author | 2022

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A very nice girl : a novel

By Crimp, Imogen, 1989- author | 2022

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Sundial

By Ward, Catriona, author | 2022

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Fear thy neighbor

By Michaels, Fern, author | 2022

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Lessons in chemistry

By Garmus, Bonnie, author | 2022

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Fairy tale : a novel

By King, Stephen, 1947- author | 2022

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The teacher of Warsaw : a novel

By Escobar, Mario, 1971-, author | 2022

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It's in his kiss

By Quinn, Julia, 1970- author. | 2021

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Hidden pictures

By Rekulak, Jason, author | 2022

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NEW Fiction

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By Hillenbrand, Laura, author | 2014

By Brown, Sandra, 1948- author | 2019

By Tremblay, Paul, author | 2023

By Wrobel, Stephanie, author | 2020

By Kim, Nancy Jooyoun, author | 2020

By Roberts, Nora, author | 2023

By Robson, Jennifer, 1970- author | 2021

By Benedict, Marie, author | 2021

By Coulter, Catherine, author | 2022

By Harris, Zakiya Dalila, author | 2021

By Hall, Tamron, author | 2021

By Joshi, Alka, author | 2021

By Downing, Samantha, author | 2021

By Patterson, James, 1947-, author | 2023

By Shafak, Elif, 1971-, author | 2021

By Branum, Renee, author | 2022

By Hood, Joshua, author | 2022

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By Michaels, Fern, author | 2012

By Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author | 2021

By Kim, Juhea, author | 2021

By Brennan, Allison, author | 2021

By Clark, Mary Higgins, author | 2023

By Brooks, Karen, (Australian author) author | 2022

By Sparks, Leanne Kale, author | 2022

By Armstrong, Kelley, author | 2022

By Darnielle, John, author | 2022

By Garwood, Julie, author | 2022

By Chiaverini, Jennifer, author | 2022

By Castillo, Linda, author | 2022

By Marshall, Heather (Heather J.), author | 2022

By Crimp, Imogen, 1989- author | 2022

By Ward, Catriona, author | 2022

By Michaels, Fern, author | 2022

By Garmus, Bonnie, author | 2022

By King, Stephen, 1947- author | 2022

By Escobar, Mario, 1971-, author | 2022

By Quinn, Julia, 1970- author. | 2021

By Rekulak, Jason, author | 2022