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"Five years ago Ramesh left his wife Geeta and disappeared, but the people in their rural village believe that she murdered him. Now other desperate women want her help getting rid of their abusive husbands too, in this sorrowful yet clever and funny story." —Anne
"When her refuge at a New Orleans convent is threatened by a string of arsons and deaths, a foul-mouthed former-punk nun takes the investigation into her own tattooed hands." —Laura
"When four female professional assassins retire, they soon discover their former employer has turned them into targets, so their survival hinges on determining who set them up and taking those people down." —Mary
"Serial meets Only Murders in the Building as a woman goes back to her alma mater to teach and starts to unravel clues about her roommate's murder decades earlier." —Gina
"A 15th century quest that follows an herbalist and healer as he treks across plague-ridden Europe." —Emily
"A fascinating history of how people, ingredients, events, and movements have shaped what we eat in the United States; includes recipes!" —Lillian
"In this fun contemporary romance, Bee begins working at her dream neuroscience job with Levi, her archenemy from graduate school." —Jessica
"In Victorian London, a female spiritualist and her protégé try to solve crimes using seances to name the murderers, unwittingly putting themselves in grave danger." —Anne
"David Copperfield meets Dopesick paired with Kingsolvers' expressive and in-depth character writing." —Gina
"Coming-of-age story of two teenagers who cause mass hysteria based on a poster they created and how their lives are impacted by what they did." —Lillian
"Two introverted 30-something men discuss family, philosophy, and media in this quiet novel about friendship and kindness." —Emily
"Known for her clever comics, Beaton changes course in this poignant and candid graphic memoir about her time working in the complicated landscape of Western Canada's oil sands." —Laura
"Quirky and unexpected, this is a quick read with a unique storyline: the protagonist relates the story of his family and the various deaths surrounding them, which culminate at a family reunion within a sky resort during a raging blizzard." —Mary
"A moving collection of poems that center on motherhood, relationships, and life during a pandemic." —Jessica
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