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Jamie Ford 1986, The Panama Hotel The old Seattle landmark has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made a startling discovery in the personal belongings...

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Author: David Baldacci A woman is found murdered in the woods with a very special watch on her wrist - and what seemed a simple case soon escalates into a...

Chris Bohjallian A young Puritan woman--faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul--plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive historical thriller from...

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