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McDermid, Val

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: "It's April 2020 and Edinburgh is in lockdown. It would seem like a strange time for a cold case to go hot-the streets all but empty, an hour's outdoor exercise the maximum allowed-but a mere pandemic doesn't mean crime takes a holiday. When a source at the National Library contacts DCI Karen Pirie's team about documents in the archive of a recently deceased crime novelist, it seems it's game...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCD

Ogawa, Yōko

2 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses--until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OGA

Lipstein, Andrew

Summary: "Caleb Horowitz is twenty-seven, and his wildest dreams are about to come true. His manuscript has caught the attention of the literary agent, who offers him fame, fortune, and a taste of the literary life. He can't wait for his book to be shopped around to every editor in New York, except one: Avi Dietsch, a college rival and the novel's "inspiration." When Avi gets his hands on it, he sees...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIP

Grisham, John.

47 holds on 21 copies

Summary: On Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn't know is that the island has a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024

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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Santos Donaldson, David

Summary: "A dazzling literary debut novel-within-a-novel, in the vein of The Prophets, about a young author writing about the forbidden love affair between E.M. Forster and Mohammed el Adl--in which Mohammed's story collides with his own, blending fact and fiction"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DON

Everett, Percival

2 holds on 2 copies

Summary: Thelonius "Monk" Ellison is an erudite, accomplished but seldom-read author who insists on writing obscure literary papers rather than the so-called "ghetto prose" that would make him a commercial success. He finally succumbs to temptation after seeing the Oberlin-educated author of We's Lives in da Ghetto during her appearance on a talk show, firing back with a parody called My Pafology, which...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2001

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Cabot, Meg

Summary: Jo Wright always swore she'd never step foot on Little Bridge Island, not as long as her nemesis, bestselling author Will Price, is living there. Then Jo's given an offer she can't refuse: an all-expense paid trip to speak and sign at the island's first ever book festival. Even though arrogant Will is the last person Jo wants to see, she could really use the festival's more-than-generous...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Co 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAB

Shaffer, Meg

3 holds on 4 copies

Summary: "A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition, with high risks and high rewards-giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Group 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHA

King, Stephen

Summary: Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KIN

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KIN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC KIN

Lippman, Laura

Summary: Injured in a freak accident, novelist Gerry Andersen lies in a hospital bed in his glamorous but sterile apartment, isolated from the busy world he can see through his windows. He is utterly dependent on two women he barely knows: his young assistant and a night nurse whose competency he questions. As he moves in and out of dreamlike memories and seemingly random appearances of a persistent...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LIP

Micciche, K. J.

Summary: Broke up with, broke, and with a vicious case of writer's block, romance writer Gracie Landing is a hot mess. She can hardly be blamed for drinking one (or a few) too many cocktails when out with her besties in an attempt to cheer herself up. Sometime in the foggy wee hours, she recklessly emails her unrequited high-school crush, Colin Yarmouth, who is now a successful attorney harboring...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MIC

Finn, A. J.

2 holds on 1 copy

Summary: Invited by a reclusive mystery novelist to help draft his life story, a longtime correspondent and detective fiction expert finds herself in a real whodunnit when she learns the writer's first wife and son mysteriously vanished.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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King, Stephen

Summary: Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC KIN

Cosimano, Elle

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: "Finlay Donovan is-once again-struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she's dealt with lately is that of her daughter's pet goldfish. On the not-so-bright side, someone out there wants her ex-husband, Steven, out of the picture. Permanently....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COS

Finn, A. J.

Summary: Invited by a reclusive mystery novelist to help draft his life story, a longtime correspondent and detective fiction expert finds herself in a real whodunnit when she learns the writer's first wife and son mysteriously vanished.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIN

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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Burdick, Serena

Summary: England, 1898. When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer's block, and he becomes jealous of Evelyn's writing talent. When he commits the ultimate betrayal, stealing a draft of her novel and passing it off as his own, Evelyn decides to write her way out of their unhappy...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2022

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUR

Cosimano, Elle

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: "From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun-the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Dating. Diapers. And dodging bullets. Who said single moms can't have fun? Finlay Donovan has been in messes before-after all, she's an author and single mom who's a pro at getting out bloodstains for rather...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COS

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Cosimano

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M COS

Markert, James

Summary: "Blackwood mansion looms, surrounded by nightmare pines, atop the hill over the small town of Crooked Tree. Ben Bookman, bestselling novelist and heir to the Blackwood estate, spent a weekend at the ancestral home to finish writing his latest horror novel, The Scarecrow. Now, on the eve of the book's release, the terrible story within begins to unfold in real life"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAR

Lippman, Laura

Summary: Bedridden after a freak accident, a novelist begins to question his own sanity as he moves through dreamlike memories of his own fictional characters.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LIP

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIP

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIP

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Lippman

McKinlay, Jenn

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Emily Allen, a librarian on Martha's Vineyard, has always dreamed of a life of travel and adventure. So when her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in the Emerald Isle, Emily jumps at the opportunity. After all, Siobhan's novels got Em through some of the darkest days of her existence. Helping Siobhan write the final book in her acclaimed series - after a ten-year hiatus due to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Whelan, Julia

2 holds on 1 copy

Summary: An audiobook narrator, former actress Sewanee Chester, after having a one-night stand with a handsome stranger in Las Vegas, returns home to narrate a romance novel and forms a connection with the anonymous author, but when his identity is finally revealed, she must risk everything for desire.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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