Wasatch County Library

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At seventeen, Lenora Hope / Hung her sister with a rope. Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope's End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred....

2) The guest: a novel

Author

Cline, Emma

Language

English

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"Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted...

3) Yellowface: a novel

Author

Kuang, R. F

Language

English

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What's the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American--in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang in the vein of White Ivy and The Other Black Girl. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year...

4) Adrift: A Novel

Author

Brideau, Lisa

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

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2024 EVERGREEN AWARD NOMINEE!

"Crackles with urgency and humanity...a book made to meet the moment. A must read." —Katie Lattari, author of Dark Things I Adore

For fans of The Last Thing He Told Me comes a page-turning thriller about hidden identities and the terrifying realities of climate change.

The truth won't always set you free...

Ess wakes up alone on a sailboat

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5) None of this is true: a novel

Author

Jewell, Lisa

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Appears on list

NYT - Audio Fiction

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"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her...

6) The quiet tenant

Author

Michallon, Clémence

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"A psychological thriller about trauma, power, and survival, which follows a young woman who has been captured and confined by a serial killer--who is a father, widower, former Marine, and lineman for the local electric company--as he hides the true nature of his double life from his daughter, neighbors, and the local bartender who could be his next victim, unless his captive manages to stop him"--

7) You've Lost a Lot of Blood

Author

LaRocca, Eric

Publisher

Tantor Media, Inc

Pub. Date

2023

Edition

Unabridged

Language

English

Description

Each precious thing I show you in this book is a holy relic from the night we both perished-the night when I combed you from my hair and watered the moon with your blood. You've lost a lot of blood . . .

8) Don't Forget the Girl: A Novel

Author

McKanna, Rebecca

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

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"A heartbreaking story of female friendship, first love, and betrayal, Rebecca McKanna explodes onto the thriller scene. Absolutely phenomenal!" —New York Times bestselling author Julie Clark

We never remember the dead girls. We never forget the killers.

Twelve years ago, 18-year-old University of Iowa freshman Abby Hartmann disappeared. Now, Jon Allan Blue, the serial killer suspected of her murder, is about to be

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9) Nobody's fool: why we get taken in and what we can do about it

Author

Simons, Daniel J

Publisher

Basic Books

Pub. Date

2023.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

"From phishing scams to pyramid schemes, our world is filled with people who want to fool us. In Nobody's Fool, psychologists Simons and Chabris break down the science behind deception to pull back the curtain on how we can all avoid being scammed-or even scam the scammers in return. Simons and Chabris identify ten specific features of our psychology that make us vulnerable to being tricked, from our innate tendency to treat all new information-not...

10) Growing up in public: coming of age in a digital world

Author

Heitner, Devorah

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

A Johns Hopkins Press health book

"The definitive book on helping kids navigate growing up in a world where nearly every moment of their lives can be shared and compared With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world. We can track our kids' every move with apps, see their grades within minutes of being...

11) A gift of time: continuing your pregnancy when your baby's life is expected to be brief

Author

Kuebelbeck, Amy

Series

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Pub. Date

2023.

Edition

Second edition.

Language

English

Description

"This book describes and affirms the wide range of experiences and emotions that can follow a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis. It offers encouragement and practical ideas for moving forward, including guidance for decision-making, strategies for coping with the remainder of your pregnancy, and ideas for nurturing and being with your baby, before and after birth and death. This book also describes the concept of perinatal hospice and palliative care,...

12) The story of your home: a room-by-room guide to designing with purpose and personality

Author

Warren, Courtney

Publisher

Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

Description

"Sought-after interior designer offers a practical, room-by-room guide to creating the home you long for by decorating to fit your style, serve your loved ones, and foster hospitality in ways that reflect your personal story"--

13) Diary of an oxygen thief

Author

Anonymous

Series

Oxygen thief diaries volume 1

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

Formats

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Say Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic advertising executive and Lolita was a photographer's assistant and somehow they met in Bright Lights Big City. He's blinded by love; she by ambition. Purporting to be an autobiography, this book is honest, hilarious and heartrending, but above all a very real account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us. -- He's an alcoholic freelance art director. And he likes to hurt girls. Mentally,...

14) Dead of Winter

Author

Coates, Darcy

Publisher

Black Owl Books

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

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USA TODAY BESTSELLER * JULY 2023 LIBRARYREADS SELECTION

Eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.

"A fast-paced thriller aimed at readers who enjoy a hunt." ―Kirkus Reviews

When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps

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15) Missing

Author

Speechley, Ruby

Publisher

Boldwood Books

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

Single mum Ellie is shown a missing person post on Facebook.
It's of her three-year-old son, Tyler...
But he's right there, holding her hand.

Surely this is some kind of prank – she knows her friend Louise can go too far with her jokes sometimes. And Ellie is used to the other mums gossiping at the school gates...

But now the other parents are questioning whether Tyler is really her child.

Ellie does everything

...

16) The Perfect People

Author

Pierce, Blake

Series

Jessie Hunt

Publisher

Blake Pierce

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

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When the hostess of a decadent Malibu beach party is found dead in her home, it seems clear that a killer is stalking these parties and looking for his next victim. But as Jessie digs deeper and enters this killer's mind, she realizes there is more than meets the eye: these murders are personal. And if she doesn't stop him soon, another woman will be dead.

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."

—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos

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17) The Perfect Veneer

Author

Pierce, Blake

Series

Jessie Hunt

Publisher

Blake Pierce

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

Description

O'Donnell Heffington, Peggy

When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home's high-tech panic room, Jessie Hunt is summoned to the crime scene. In this room designed to be safe from all harm, how has the killer managed to kill these people? Why? And which opulent home will he strike next? "A masterpiece of thriller and mystery." -Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THE PERFECT VENEER is book #26 in a new psychological suspense series...

18) Without children: the long history of not being a mother

Author

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

"From Joan of Arc to Queen Elizabeth I, to Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, to Sally Ride and Jennifer Aniston, history is full of women without children. Some chose to forgo reproduction in order to pursue intellectually satisfying work--a tension noted by medieval European nuns, 1970s women's liberationists, and modern professionals alike. Some refused to bring children into a world beset by famine, pollution, or climate change. For others,...

19) A twisted love story

Author

Downing, Samantha

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

"From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller about a young couple that gives a whole new meaning to the dangers of modern dating. Ivy and Wes know they are meant to be. There's no other way to describe the feelings they have for each other except to blame it on fate and being soul mates. What starts with a first date, then a first kiss, turns into an intensely passionate love affair that neither of them will...

20) Poor People

Author

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Series

Food For Thought

Publisher

Blackstone Publishing

Pub. Date

2006

Edition

Unabridged

Language

English

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