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Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist: This novel of psychological suspense is "full of seductive prose [and] sharply focused characters" (Library Journal).
Paul Luden has been haunted by a memory he can't recall. Whatever happened to his marriage, to his two-year-old daughter, is too traumatic to remember, so his subconscious has chosen to block out key details. But when he receives a phone call from the small lake town...
Paul Luden has been haunted by a memory he can't recall. Whatever happened to his marriage, to his two-year-old daughter, is too traumatic to remember, so his subconscious has chosen to block out key details. But when he receives a phone call from the small lake town...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
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2023.
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English
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"Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating...
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English
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While staying at an isolated luxury cabin in the woods with her brother, their spouses, and another couple, Hannah finds their dream weekend turning into a nightmare when someone comes looking to exact a payback for deeds long buried, exposing the secretsand lies between them all.
6) Beach read
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English
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"A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next...
7) Chill factor
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English
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When a serial killer who leaves a blue ribbon at the site of his victims' last sightings appears in the peaceful town of Cleary, North Carolina, police chief Dutch Burton finds the case complicated by his ex-wife's disappearance during a blizzard.
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Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
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517 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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A year after the death of her husband, Emily Maxwell summons her family to their vacation house on Lake Chautauqua in western New York state, bringing together three generations for one last reunion before selling the home.
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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295 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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On alternating weeks, Sasha and Ray vacation in the beach house their parents refused to give up after their divorce, but they never meet until one summer when their lives and those of their siblings intersect in ways none of them could have imagined.
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Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 6
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212 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Rising seventh-grader Lucy plans on a perfect summer at the Maine lake where her family has owned a cottage for decades, but family of a classmate she dislikes has bought a home there and her widowed father is bringing a girlfriend to visit.
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Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 8
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302 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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At the family cabin by the lake where his grandfather died two years ago, eleven-year-old Cooper Cameron spends the summer trying to rid himself of the rituals that allow him to cope with his grief and fear.
12) The second home
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
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341 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"After a disastrous summer spent at her family summer home on Cape Cod, seventeen-year-old Ann Gordon was left with a secret that changed her life forever, and created a rift between her sister, Poppy, and their adopted brother, Michael. Now, fifteen years later, her parents have died, leaving Ann and Poppy to decide the fate of the Wellfleet home that's been in the Gordon family for generations. For Ann, the once-beloved house is tainted with bad...
13) Tourist season
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Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
393 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Ismay Chalmers is ready for a relaxing summer reconnecting with her fiancé at his family’s luxurious beachfront cottage. But before Remy can join her, a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island. Alone in the large house, Ismay makes a disturbing discovery in Remy's childhood closet. She's not sure what to make of it, but is relieved when the property’s caretaker, Bo, checks in on her. Bo's home is damaged, so they temporarily shelter together,...
14) The ruins
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins is a suspenseful, feminist Gothic coming-of-age tale with shades of Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca, and Atonement, pitched against the sun-soaked backdrop of a summer holiday on the French Riviera. Welcome to the Chateau des Sètes, a jewel of the Cote d'Azur, where long summer days bring ease, glamour, and decadence to the holidaymakers who can afford it. Ruby Ashby adores her parents' house in France, but this August, everything...
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