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The Stranger [electronic resource] / Albert Camus.

Author: Camus, Albert
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Aeons Classics, 2024.
1 online resource

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Night warriors [electronic resource] / Graham Masterton.

Henry was the first to reach the body, while Gil and Susan walked cautiously closer, and then stood watching. It was the body of a beautiful young girl, like a peacefully sleeping mermaid. Then each is visited by a mysterious figure who reveals the girl's fate - she had been used as a host to a hideous malevolence that insinuates itself into the bodies and minds of thousands of unsuspecting people. The only hope is to destroy the original seed, and together Henry, Gil and Susan become Night Warriors - an ancient Order charged with the power to enter and search a fantastic dream world. To catch this beast, they'll be driven by the inescapable reality that if they fail to find it, then the beast will certainly find them.
Author: Masterton, Graham
Published: London : Head of Zeus, 2023.
1 online resource (416 pages)

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Hagitude [electronic resource] : reimagining the second half of life / Sharon Blackie.

Rich with a combination of myth, landscape and eco feminism, 'Hagitude' reclaims the mid years as a liberating, alchemical moment from which to shift into your chosen, authentic and fulfilling future. Drawing inspiration from mythic figures and archetypes as well as modern mentors, Sharon Blackie plots a liberating new path into elderhood.
Author: Blackie, Sharon
Published: London : September Publishing, 2022.
1 online resource (320 pages)

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Christmas at the shelter inn [electronic resource] / RaeAnne Thayne.

Author: Thayne, RaeAnne
Published: London : Mills & Boon, 2023.
1 online resource (384 pages)

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And don't look back [electronic resource] / Rebecca Barrow.

Harlow and her mum, Cora, have been on the run her entire life. She has no idea why or what they're running from, but in every place they stop, they create new names and stories, and they never stay for long. Then, one night, while attempting to skip town, Cora is killed, leaving Harlow alone and with a million questions. But her mum's secrets live on. And when a key to a hidden safety deposit box leads Harlow to Crescent Ridge - Cora's hometown - she discovers a trail of buried secrets and lies. Harlow was hoping to find something that would help her understand her mum better. But what she finds instead will change everything she knows about her mum - and herself - forever.
Author: Barrow, Rebecca
Published: London : Hot Key Books, 2023.
1 online resource (336 pages)

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Warrior's Hope [electronic resource] / Rebecca Zanetti.

Author: Zanetti, Rebecca
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Lyrical Press, 2023.
1 online resource

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The golden library [electronic resource] / Scott Mariani.

Has ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope finally got out of his depth£ That's the question Ben faces when the hunt for a missing girl takes him to China. He's a stranger in a strange land - but he's also the victim's only hope. To make things worse, she's almost family. As the pressure mounts, so does the gruesome death toll. With ruthless enemies in pursuit and an unlikely alliance with an enigmatic detective his only lifeline, Ben realises that this situation is far more explosive than even he'd bargained for. Suddenly it's no longer just the missing girl's fate depending on him.
Author: Mariani, Scott
Published: Manchester : HarperNorth, 2024.
1 online resource (404 pages).
Ben Hope series

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Bad apple [electronic resource] / Alice Hunter.

Becky Lawson's life has been shattered. When she discovered her husband, John - a trusted policeman - was a monster, she reported him. But her faith in the system was crushed when it didn't lead to any charges or consequences. Now, John lives freely with a new girlfriend and her young daughter, while Becky battles guilt over missing the obvious signs. Determined for justice, Becky hunts him down. But John wants her silenced - at any cost. Becky knows only one of them can survive, and she'll do anything to make sure it's her. Becky must tread carefully though, because John isn't the only bad apple lurking in the shadows.
Author: Hunter, Alice (Novelist)
Published: London : Avon, 2024.
1 online resource (339 pages)

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Compass and blade [electronic resource] / Rachel Greenlaw.

Mira is a wrecker, one of the seven chosen to swim out and plunder the wrecked ships beyond the Isle of Rosevear. The waves seem to sing to her soul, the call of the sea beckoning her into deeper waters. But Rosevear needs her, and she could never abandon her home. Until one evening when lightning splits the sky and the Watch descend, taking Mira's father away. Mira needs handsome stranger Seth to help her find a way to buy back her father's freedom. But on the journey she will need to learn who to trust - Seth is hiding something behind those enigmatic eyes, there's a family secret buried deep in the ocean and shadowy stranger Elijah is offering Mira a dark bargain. Securing her own future, and that of her island, will come at a high price.
Author: Greenlaw, Rachel
Published: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2024.
1 online resource (384 pages)

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Tell it to the moon [electronic resource] / Siobhan Curham.

After failing to find her surrogate mother, Amber is left unsure of who she is and what she wants to do; Maali's spiritual faith is tested when her father becomes ill; Sky, previously home-schooled, struggles to adapt to the pressures of the school system; and after having found the courage to come out, Rose begins to pursue her dream of becoming a patissier. Once again the four girls band together to help one another overcome their individual challenges and fulfill their dreams in this heart-warming celebration of friendship.
Author: Curham, Siobhan
Published: London : Walker Books and Subsidiaries, 2017.
1 online resource (304 pages)

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Seven days [electronic resource] / Rebeka Shaid.

Noori has it all sussed out. She may only be fifteen and a Bollywood fanatic with an incredible lack of foresight but she knows a thing or two about life and its messy heartaches. When she runs into Aamir, a scruffy desi dude with tea-stained eyes, her confused soul turns upside-down. There is something about him she can't work out. Aamir is trying to escape a misunderstood and painful past. When his world collides with Noori's, life gets even more complicated. Invisible threads connect them. Will they both realise what's at stake, before they run out of time£
Author: Shaid, Rebeka
Published: London : Walker Books Ltd, 2024.
1 online resource (304 pages)

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Raising kids with big, baffling behaviors [electronic resource] : brain-body-sensory strategies that really work / Robyn Gobbel.

Baffling behaviors can make any parent feel bewildered and drained. Why is my child doing this£ Robyn Gobbel and neuroscience are here to help you understand and slowly reverse the neurological causes behind your child's baffling behavior.
Author: Gobbel, Robyn
Published: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023.
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

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Like mother, like daughter [electronic resource] / Dawn Goodwin.

Lisa Marco has had to face the bitchy clique of school mums for years, ever since her fall out with Christina Valdecchi, the mum of her daughter's best friend. The fun parent that never misses a chance to remind Lisa she doesn't measure up. Lisa was taught that being a good parent meant making the hard choices. She understands why Christina's 'friendship parenting' approach makes her fun, but Lisa's priority is keeping her daughter safe, even if she fears it's driving her daughter away. But tonight when Christina and Lisa get the call that every parent dreads, they will have to confront the choices that brought them here. They say mothers know best, but how well do they really know their daughters£
Author: Goodwin, Dawn (Novelist)
Published: London : Head of Zeus, 2024.
1 online resource (354 pages)

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The silence factory [electronic resource] / Bridget Collins.

Henry dreams of silence. A world without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock. Then he meets a fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. Precious silk that can drown out the clamour of the world - and everything Henry is so desperate to escape. Summoned to Sir Edward's secluded factory to try to cure his young daughter's deafness, Henry is soon drawn deeper and deeper into the mysterious origins of this otherworldly gift: a gift that has travelled from ancient Mediterranean glades to English libraries. Ignoring repeated warnings, he allows himself to fall under the spell of Sir Edward and his silk - but when he learns its true cost, will it be too late to turn back£
Author: Collins, Bridget
Published: London : The Borough Press, 2024.
1 online resource (379 pages)

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The royal librarian [electronic resource] / Daisy Wood.

Windsor, 1940: Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England. Philadelphia, Present day: Looking through her grandmother's papers, Lacey Jones comes across a mysterious letter stamped with the Windsor Castle crest. But how did it come to be in her family's possession£ And so begins a journey that will take Lacey deep into the heart of the oldest inhabited castle in the world, and change her life forever.
Author: Wood, Daisy
Published: London : Avon, 2024.
1 online resource (369 pages)

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A touch of chaos [electronic resource] / Scarlett St. Clair.

Persephone, Goddess of Spring, never guessed that a chance encounter with Hades, God of the Underworld, would change her life forever, but he did. Now embroiled in a fight for humanity and battles between the gods, Persephone and Hades have entered a world they never thought they would see. To end the chaos, Persephone must draw upon her darkness and embrace who she's become - goddess, wife, queen of the Underworld. Once, Persephone made bargains to save those she loves. Now, she will go to war for them.
Author: St. Clair, Scarlett
Published: Naperville : Bloom Books, 2024.
1 online resource.
Hades X Persephone ; 7.

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Hate mail [electronic resource] / Donna Marchetti.

Naomi and Luca have been pen-pals since fifth-grade. Well, more like bitter rivals caught in an epic battle of insults and verbal jousting. But what starts as a hilarious chain of hate filled letters, slowly develops into a friendship spanning coasts and years. That is until one day, 12 years later, when the letters suddenly stop. It's been two years since Naomi last heard from Luca. Two years since the letter that changed everything. But when a new envelope turns up out of the blue at her desk at the local news station, Naomi is determined not to let Luca have the final word.
Author: Marchetti, Donna
Published: London : One More Chapter, 2024.
1 online resource (384 pages)

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A trace of hares [electronic resource] / Sarah Yarwood-Lovett.

No further information has been provided for this title.
Author: Yarwood-Lovett, Sarah
Published: London : Embla Books, 2024.
1 online resource.
Dr Nell Ward mystery

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A stranger in the family [electronic resource] / Jane Casey.

When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart. Now, sixteen years later, her mother Helena is found dead, her husband by her side. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide but DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent soon discover nothing about this case is straightforward. The Marshalls have been keeping secrets, and they aren't alone. Josh has been holding something back too - something that could change everything for Maeve. But one person is prepared to kill to hide the truth. Until Maeve finds out what happened to Rosalie, no one will be safe.
Author: Casey, Jane (Jane E.)
Published: London : Hemlock Press, 2024.
1 online resource (374 pages).
Maeve Kerrigan series

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Bridges to burn [electronic resource] / Marion Todd.

How can DI Clare Mackay uncover the facts if nothing is what it seems£ DI Clare Mackay is called to Albany High, where the body of a girl has been found. A suspected suicide - yet Sophie Bakewell was by all accounts a cheerful, talented student. Could she really have been hiding a darker side£ It's not the only disturbing case to land on Clare's desk. Across town, an elderly man is in danger. Yet before the police can determine the facts, everything changes and they are presented with two suspicious deaths to investigate. As Clare and her team face the possibility that anything they believe to be true about the deaths is wrong, they might find that a killer can lurk behind the most innocent of faces.
Author: Todd, Marion
Published: London : Canelo Crime, 2024.
1 online resource (336 pages).
Detective Clare Mackay ; 8.

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The crimson moth [electronic resource] / Kristen Ciccarelli.

On the night Rune's life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is. Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe - a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution - who she can't help but find herself falling for.
Author: Ciccarelli, Kristen
Published: London : Magpie, 2024.
1 online resource (400 pages)

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The last housewife [electronic resource] : a novel / Ashley Winstead.

While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with a web of lies about the way the world works, bringing them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape. Now, eight years later, Shay's built a new life in a tony Texas suburb. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel's death - delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader - she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive, and the predators more dangerous than ever. Recruiting the help of the podcast host, Shay goes back to the place she vowed never to return to in search of answers.
Author: Winstead, Ashley
Published: London : Head of Zeus, 2023.
1 online resource (400 pages)

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Thirteen ways to kill Lulabelle Rock [electronic resource] / Maud Woolf.

Set in a world of the near future, the celebrity elite have access to a technology that allows them to make perfect copies of themselves, known as Portraits. These Portraits exist to fulfil all the various duties that come as the price of fame. Our protagonist is the thirteenth copy made of the actress known as Lulabelle Rock. Her purpose is very simple: to track down and eliminate her predecessors. While initially easy, her task is made difficult by the labyrinthine confusion of Bubble City and the unfortunate stirrings of a developing conscience. When she makes the mistake of falling in love with one of her targets, the would-be assassin faces the ultimate question; when you don't want to kill yourself, what's the alternative£
Author: Woolf, Maud
1st edition.
Published: London : Angry Robot, 2024.
1 online resource

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One last chance [electronic resource] / Kat Martin.

Former Green Beret Edge Logan has made a new life for himself at Nighthawk Security in Denver, using his finely honed skills to neutralise threats of all kinds. When he overhears friend and fellow agent Skye Delaney discussing a new case involving her missing sister and a mysterious cult, he offers himself as backup. With her own military background, Skye is gutsy and more than capable, but a cult like Children of the Sun is too risky for anyone to investigate alone. Skye is grateful for Edge's experience, even though she is aware of the attraction simmering between them. Her battle scars make her reluctant to get involved with anyone, much less a coworker - even a warrior like Edge. But infiltrating the cult's compound is more complicated than expected - and something much more sinister than worship is clearly going on behind its walls.
Author: Martin, Kat
Published: New York : Kensington, 2022.
1 online resource.
Blood ties ; 3.

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Loki [electronic resource] / Louie Stowell.

Author: Stowell, Louie
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Walker Books, 2024.
1 online resource

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Goddess crown [electronic resource] / Shade Lapite.

Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the East after her parents were outed as enemies of the king. When assassins attack her home on her sixteenth birthday, she must flee to the king's court - a beautiful but lethal nest of poison, plots and danger, overseen by an entrenched patriarchy. Can Kalothia navigate this most worldly of places to find her own role£ What if she must choose between her country and her heart£
Author: Lapite, Shade
Published: London : Walker Books Ltd, 2024.
1 online resource (304 pages)

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She's a killer [electronic resource] / Kirsten McDougall.

Description: ALICE: 30-something, IQ of 159 (almost a genius), only communicates with her mother in Morse code. Her imaginary friend is back. ERIKA: 15, daughter of hot `wealthugee' who loves Russian literature, genuine genius, killer eyeliner and killer instincts. The climate is in crisis and wealthy immigrants are flocking to New Zealand for shelter, stealing land, driving up food prices and taking over. But Alice has far more important things to worry about: hating her best friend's husband, getting free wine and quiet-quitting her dull day job. Until she meets Erika. Now, Alice is about to find herself drawn into action of the most radical - and dangerous - kind. Just what is a slacker to do£
Author: McDougall, Kirsten, 1974-
Published: London : Gallic Books, 2023.
1 online resource

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Instant karma [electronic resource] / Marissa Meyer.

Chronic over achiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals. When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue centre for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals - not necessarily in that order.
Author: Meyer, Marissa
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2024.
1 online resource (400 pages)

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The doomsday date [electronic resource] / Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.

On the day before the world is meant to end, Sanjeet dyes his hair pink. He's determined not to die without ever having really lived, so he's come up with the Doomsday List. Ten things he needs to do before the sky comes crashing down. Sola knows the world's not going anywhere. But, as Sanjeet's best friend, she's decided to help him out. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Sanjeet will need all his courage to finish the list. Especially number ten. The one that scares him the most.
Author: Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah
Published: London : Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2024.
1 online resource

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Paranoia [electronic resource] : my life understanding and treating extreme mistrust / Daniel Freeman.

What is paranoia£ What makes us mistrustful£ How can this be overcome£ In this book, Daniel Freeman, a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford, shows how suspicion is rife, how conspiracy theories circulate like never before and how all too often emotion trumps evidence.
Author: Freeman, Daniel, 1971-
Published: London : William Collins, 2024.
1 online resource (336 pages)

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