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A Delicate Touch by Stuart Woods

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A Delicate Touch by Stuart Woods
Format:  Audio book
Who’s it for:  Adults

Be on the lookout for a new audio release on December 31, 2018!

Stuart Woods has a new novel! Stone Barrington has been approached by an old acquaintance to solve a puzzle.  The solution to a part of the problem will blow the lid open on a decades old scandal involving many prominent New Yorkers who would prefer the past stay buried.  Stone Barrington has to weigh his options.  Should he play it safe to the detriment of others, or see justice done and risk fatal exposure?  Listen to this new title read by Tony Roberts, available on CD December 31st.
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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Title: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Format: DVD
Who it’s for: Adults

This movie has it all. It is part spy movie, part buddy film and yes, even a romantic comedy, so it is easy for any movie goer to enjoy. This movie stars Henry Cavill as a CIA agent and Armie Hammer as a KGB agent both trying to retrieve a nuclear bomb. The buddy cop portion of this movie was done quite well, both agents have different ways of getting the job done and are continually butting heads.

This movie is a great watch for just about anyone so get some popcorn and enjoy the show!

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The Woman In Cabin 10

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The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Format: Book
Who it’s for: Adults

In this tightly wound, enthralling story, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime, a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins.  The sky is clear, the waters calm and the veneered, select guest jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Arora, begins her voyage in the North Sea.  At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant, the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guest are elegant.  But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall and Lo witnessees what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare, a woman being thrown overboard.  The problem, all passengers remain accounted for, so the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite her attempts to convey that something terrible has happened.

With surprising twist, turns and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautify, Ruth Ware offers up another intense read.

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The Paris Secret

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The Paris Secret by Karen Swan
Format:  Digital Audiobook
Who it’s for:  Adults

Flora Sykes, an art dealer, is in the middle of a family crisis when she is suddenly called to Paris to help assess the value of some art found in an abandoned apartment.  When she arrives, she discovers that the apartment has not been touched since World War II and is full of paintings including a Renoir.  Flora can’t help but question why the apartment and everything in it were left untouched for so long.  In order for the art to be sold, they must find the provenance.  How did the Vermeil family end up with the art?  All roads lead to the Nazis.  Scandal ensues.

Meanwhile Flora’s brother is in trouble and her family is dealing with its own scandal.  And, Flora is drawn to elusive Xavier Vermeil.

Romance, intrigue, history, art and the fabulous City of Light, Paris.  What more could you want?

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Contagion

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Contagion by Erin Bowman

Publication Date: July 24, 2018

Who it’s for: Teens

 

Are you a fan of the Alien and Outbreak movies? If so, then this first of two books is for you.

In this science fiction/ thriller/ horror novel, an ordinary search and rescue mission on a hostile planet turns into a fight for survival for two teen girls. Althea, a microbiology intern, and Nova, a pilot, are sent with a rescue group to respond to a distress signal received from a drilling base on Achlys. When they arrive they find a disturbing video and a cryptic note left by a dead engineer, leading them on a search for survivors and answers to what happened to the inhabitants. They soon learn that something was lurking below the surface and experience first-hand what went wrong on this fringe planet.

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Don’t Go

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Don’t Go by Lisa Scottoline
Format Audio Book
Who’s it for: Adults

In this gripping and emotional novel that explores the boundaries between family, justice and love.  A military man discovers what he is made of on duty and at home.

Dr. Mike Scanlon is a reservist who accepts the call of duty so serve as an Army Medical Corps doctor in Afghanistan.  He is very aware of the dangers he will face and the hardships his being away will cause his wife, Chloe and their newborn daughter Emily.  But while when Mike is away, it is Chloe who dies in the Scanlon’s very own kitchen, a victim of an apparent household accident.  Devastated, Mike returns home to bury her, only to discover that the life he left behind has fallen apart.  His Medical practice is in jeopardy, he is a stranger to his own daughter, and he discovers a shocking secret that sends him into a downward spiral.  As layer upon layer of lies are revealed, Mike realizes that the most important battle of his life faces him on the home front and soon he must put it all on the line to save what matters the most.

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