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IT'S A MYSTERY!

The Perfect Nanny: A Novel

By Leila Slimani

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Called a masterpiece and a brilliant exploration of the collision of race, genre, and class wrapped up in a gripping psychological thriller.

The English Teacher: A Novel

By Yiftach Reicher Atir, Philip Simpson

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Yiftach Atir is a retired Israeli intelligence officer who writes like a poet about the double life of those trapped in the world of espionage.

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

By Michael Connelly

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Can't go wrong with Connelly! Great details about police procedures.

Roseanna: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)

By Henning Mankell, Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo

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Introduction by Henning Mankell for the husband and wife team who started Scandinavian Noir in the 70's.

Coffin Road

By Peter May

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In his latest mystery set in Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, award-winning author Peter May spins a tale about three disparate cases that may or may not be linked.

The Twenty-Three

By Linwood Barclay

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Canadian mystery writer Linwood Barclay is one of Stephen King's favourite mystery writers!

The Sympathizer: A Novel

By Viet Thanh Nguyen

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Last year's Pulitzer Prize winner, The Sympathizer is described as a thriller. The narrator, a Vietnamese army captain is actually a communist sleeper agent in the United States.

The Woman in the Window: A Novel

By A. J. Finn

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What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one-and nothing-is what it seems.

Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock.

IN CASE YOU MISSED THE MOVIE!

The Sense of an Ending

By Julian Barnes

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The star of the movie, Jim Broadbent, is such a suitable match for the elegant and memorable words of Juian Barnes. This novel reveals how a life unlived beneath the surface can affect all of one's interactions for years.

The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us

By Diana Beresford-Kroeger

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After seeing this movie Call of the Forest and reading this book, or visa versa, you will understand why Canadian botanist and medical biochemist Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a hero in the fight to help people understand the importance of the natural world.

I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck

By James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

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The powerful and prescient words of James Baldwin are laid bare in this moving and still timely book and movie.

A Man Called Ove

By Fredrik Backman

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Ove has been a bestseller everywhere! Bitter sweet, and hard not to love!

Paterson

By William Carlos Williams

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Considered one of the greatest poets of the 20 century, William Carlos Williams wrote about life of his hometown, Paterson, New Jersey, in a series of poems called Paterson. Jim Jarmusch's movie of the same name evokes much of the feel of the city with Adam Driver playing the role of a citizen whose last name is Paterson. Lots of sweetness and love here.

Lion (Movie tie-in edition)

By Saroo Brierley

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Lion is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope.

Fences (Movie tie-in)

By August Wilson

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From legendary playwright August Wilson, the powerful, stunning dramatic work that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize.

Page Turners & Pot Boilers

REVIEW: THE BOOK OF THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE

Article By Andrew Hood

Date: 27 Feb 2022

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The Book of the Most Precious Substance

Sara Gran's all over the map. She followed up a standard coming-of-age debut with Come Closer, a tight and weird and exhilarating novel of possession that quickly became a classic of the genre. After that came a trilogy of uncanny, philosophical mysteries starring Claire DeWitt, a gumshoe that will hopefully show up again.

The breadth of Gran's talents and interests is on fine display with her new novel--her first as a publisher, too--The Book of the Most Precious Substance. By Gran's own description, the novel is a throwback to sexy, fun, well-written thrillers from the 90s that starred middle-aged women. Here, Lily Albrecht is a semi-retired author currently making a living as a rare book dealer. What had seemed like a perfect life took a disastrous turn, but when she's tasked with tracking down one of the only four existing copies of a 17th century occult book, she sees an opportunity to turn her fortunes around.
 
Sexy, fun, and well-written do a lot of the heavy-lifting in describing The Book of the Most Precious Substance. But the book is also thoughtful and sinister, grappling with grief and selfishness and the destructive desire to control that which is out of your control. Sara Gran has no bad books, and if you've not yet discovered her, this is as good a place as any to start.
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