September New Arrivals (Adult)

Here are some new books that have arrived over the past couple of weeks for the Adult Collection. 

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Better left unsent : a novel

Better left unsent : a novel

Louis, Lia, author
2024

"Millie Chandler is known at work as the nice receptionist who got dumped by the company hotshot, and ever since then, she has vowed to keep everything to herself: her feelings, her hopes, and especially her fears. But Millie does have an outlet: her emails. From sarcastic replies to her rude boss, rants to friends about their terrible taste in men to a five-hundred-word love declaration to her ex, who three years on, is about to marry someone else. Millie's reality lives in her drafts until the morning she discovers that they are somehow in her sent folder. The truth is out. As every dark secret she's worked so hard to keep password-protected is released, Millie must fix the chaos her words have caused"-- Provided by publisher.

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Dead silence

Dead silence

Barnes, S. A., author
2022

Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed--made obsolete--when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate. What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn't right. Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.

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Expiration dates : a novel

Expiration dates : a novel

Serle, Rebecca, author
2024

Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it - the exact amount of time they will be together. For over twenty years, Daphne always wonders when there might be one without an expiration. Finally, the night of a blind date at her favourite restaurant, there's only a name: Jake. But as Jake and Daphne's story unfolds, Daphne finds herself doubting the paper's prediction, and wrestling with what it means to be both committed and truthful.

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Flashpoint

Flashpoint

Coulter, Catherine, author
2024

A year has passed since Elizabeth Palmer was nearly killed with hundreds more in the attempted bombing of St. Paul's in London, believed to be a terrorist act until the police discovered it was a cover for something even more sinister. With three new attempts on her life, and her connection to the terrorist attack, MI-5 gets involved to find out who is trying to kill her and why. With deadly assailants in terrifying pursuit, Elizabeth and Special Agent Rome Foxe soon find themselves neck deep in danger and in a race for survival.

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The heist

The heist

Du Brul, Jack B., author
2024

In the summer of 1914, Isaac Bell attends a private meeting on Woodrow Wilson's presidential yacht, as Wilson addresses the newly launched regional Federal Reserve banks. While responding to a curious murder scene in Rhode Island, Bell learns of a heist planned for the new federal currency printing and engraving building in D.C.. Bell must track down the thieves and the counterfeit currency before the new Federal Reserve system - and America's economy - is destroyed.

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If something happens to me : a novel

If something happens to me : a novel

Finlay, Alex, author
2024

"For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali's piercing scream as she is taken. With no trace of Ali or the car, a cloud of suspicion hangs over Ryan. But with no proof and a good lawyer, he's never charged, though that doesn't matter to the podcasters and internet trolls. Now, Ryan has changed his last name, and entered law school. He's put his past behind him. Until, on a summer trip abroad to Italy with his law-school classmates, Ryan gets a call from his father: Ali's car has finally been found, submerged in a lake in his hometown. Inside are two dead men and a cryptic note with five words written on the envelope in Ali's handwriting: If something happens to me... Then, halfway around the world, the unthinkable happens: Ryan sees the man who has haunted his dreams since that night. As Ryan races from the rolling hills of Tuscany, to a rural village in the UK, to the glittering streets of Paris in search of the truth, he has no idea that his salvation may lie with a young sheriff's deputy in Kansas working her first case, and a mobster in Philadelphia who's experienced tragedy of his own"-- Provided by publisher

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Ils finiront bien par t'avoir

Ils finiront bien par t'avoir

Diaz, Sébastien, 1981- auteur
2023

Un lendemain de tempête, une femme disparue depuis des mois entre dans un petit restaurant. Elle est dans un état lamentable. On ignore où elle était, et ce qu'elle raconte à propos d'un futur apocalyptique ne semble avoir aucun sens. Mais il y a déjà un moment que le Mal s'installe et gangrène nos forêts et nos villes. Que ça crie au meurtre, que ça s'entretue, que des gens disparaissent. Et si c'était le juste retour du balancier? Les destins de plusieurs personnes s'entremêlent, de Londres à Charlevoix et d'Acapulco à Saint-Hubert. Chacun devra lutter pour sauver sa peau et échapper à la menace de cette mystérieuse inscription qui apparaît un peu partout : Ils finiront bien par t'avoir

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Mind games

Mind games

Roberts, Nora, author
2024

Twelve-year-old Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two have never discussed the special kind of sight they share, they know something terrible has happened. Thanks to Thea's vision, their parents' killer will spend his life in supermax. But that ability to see into minds and souls still lurks within her - because the inmate who shattered her childhood has the same ability. Thea can hear his twisted thoughts and witness his evil acts from miles away. A long, silent battle will be waged between them - and eventually bring them face to face, and head to head.

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The off season

The off season

Cowie, Amber, author.
2024

Jane Duvall stays at a remote hotel during the off season with her new contractor husband, Dom, and his daughter, Sienna. Jane wants nothing more than to bond with her new family. But she's unsettled by the cold, quiet presence of the hotel's owner, Peter, who is overseeing Dom's renovations. When she starts asking questions, Dom grows distant and Sienna becomes belligerent. Undeterred, Jane uncovers secrets that make her question exactly who she married, including a series of strange disappearances at the hotel in previous seasons. Jane must solve these mysteries if she's to survive the off season.

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Only the brave : a novel

Only the brave : a novel

Steel, Danielle, author
2024

As Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia Alexander concerned, Sophia becomes increasingly involved in the resistance. Circumstances become increasingly dangerous and personal when Sophia assists her sister's daring escape from Germany. As the political tensions rise and the brutal oppression continues, Sophia is undeterred, risking it all, even her own freedom, as she rises to the challenge of helping those in need - no matter the cost.

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The tropical house plant doctor : an expert gardening guide to nurse sick & dying plants back to vibrant health

The tropical house plant doctor : an expert gardening guide to nurse sick & dying plants back to vibrant health

Spencer, Rhea, author
2023

Do you desire beautiful houseplants in your home? Ones you can be proud of and show off year-round? Then keep reading! It can be quite heart-wrenching to witness your beloved houseplants struggling and fading away as time goes by. If you have experienced this, then you crave the special touch that can rejuvenate your plants, transforming them into thriving testaments of your care and understanding. Many people are unaware of the specific needs of tropical plants, and reality is often far from expectations. All plants, like us, need the basics—food, water, light, and a little love. But if it were that easy, we could all grow and care for anything. Plant parents need a detailed prescription for success! Get set to embark on a journey that will immediately breathe new life into how you care for your plants. Within the pages of this book, you'll uncover transformative insights to nurture your plants, turning them into flourishing specimens of wondrous growth.

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When among crows

When among crows

Roth, Veronica, author
2024

Pain is Dymitr's calling. To slay the monsters he's been raised to kill, he had to split his soul in half to make a sword from his own spine. Every time he draws it, he gets blood on his hands. Pain is Ala's inheritance. When her mother died, a family curse to witness horrors committed by the Holy Order was passed onto her. The curse will claim her life, as it did her mother's, unless she can find a cure. One fateful night in Chicago, Dymitr comes to Ala with a bargain: her help in finding the legendary witch Baba Jaga in exchange for an enchanted flower that just might cure her. Desperate, and unaware of what Dymitr really is, Ala agrees. But they only have one day before the flower dies... and Ala's hopes of breaking the curse along with it.

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