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Long Shadows by David Baldacci
Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci. Things are changing for FBI agent, Amos Decker. He’s in crisis after the suicide of a close friend and receipt of a letter on a personal issue which could change his life. Together with the prospect of working with a new partner, Frederica White, he knows this case will take all of his special skills. Judge Julia Cummins seemingly had no enemies, and there was no forced entry to her property. Close friends and neighbours apparently heard nothing, and Cummins’ distraught ex-husband, Barry, and teenage son, Tyler, have strong alibis. Decker must first find the answer to why the judge felt the need for a bodyguard, and the meaning behind the strange calling card left by the killer. Decker returns in this action thriller to investigate the brutal murder of a federal judge and her bodyguard at her home in an exclusive, gated community in Florida from this international best-selling author.
The Work Wives by Rachael Johns
How well do you really know the people you work with? For work wives Debra and Quinn, it’s a case of opposites attract. They are each other’s lifelines as they navigate office politics and jobs that pay the bills but don’t inspire them. Outside work, they are also friends, but where Quinn is addicted to dating apps and desperate to find love, Deb has sworn off men. Although Deb is not close to her own mother, her teenage daughter is her life and there’s nothing she wouldn’t do to protect her. But Ramona has other ideas and is beginning to push boundaries. Life becomes even more complicated by the arrival of a new man at the office. One woman is attracted to him, while the other hoped she’d never meet him again. But when Deb, Quinn and Ramona are forced to choose between friends, love and family, the ramifications run deeper than they could ever have expected.
The Three Lives Of Alix St Pierre by Natasha Lester
Lavish and compelling, this is the story of a young woman trying to forget her devastating part in the war in 1943. After spearheading successful advertising campaigns in New York, PR wizard Alix St Pierre comes to the attention of the US government and is recruited into a fledgling intelligence organisation. Enlisted as a spy, Alix is sent to Europe where she is tasked with getting close to a Nazi who might be willing to help the Allied forces – but there’s the chance he might be a double agent. After the war, Alix moves to Paris to run the Service de la Presse for the yet-to-be-launched House of Christian Dior. But when a figure reappears and threatens to destroy her future, Alix realises that only she can right the wrongs of the past and bring him to justice. This story takes us from dangerous, intrigue-filled rooms in Switzerland where elites mingled and schemed during the war, to the glamorous halls of the House of Dior in the golden age of French fashion.
Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Olivia Mcafee and Ava Campanello have each had a change of life forced upon them. Olivia never dreamed that after her messy divorce she would be back in her sleepy New Hampshire home town, living in the house she grew up in, taking over her father’s beekeeping business. Ava is also in search of a fresh start, moving to Adams with her daughter Lily, who is in her final year of high school. For a while these new beginnings are what everyone hoped for. Olivia’s son Asher falls for the new girl at school, and Lily can’t help loving him in return. With Ash she feels happy for the first time, yet she wonders if she can trust him. Then Olivia receives a call. Lily is dead. Ash is being questioned by police. Olivia is adamant her son is innocent, but recognises flashes of his father’s dangerous temper in him. As the case unfolds she realises Ash has hidden more than he’s shared with her. Jordan Mcafee returns as Ash’s lawyer and Olivia’s brother.