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Orbit
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English
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"Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's specialty for generations. Greta Helsing inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice. She treats the undead for a host of ills -- vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"It's 1977. Ike and Lucy, the kids of Senator Charlie and Margaret Marder, are grown up--and in trouble. US Marine Ike has gone AWOL after a military operation gone horribly wrong. Now he's off the grid, working on the pit crew of the moody stunt master Evel Knievel and hanging in the roughest dive bar in Montana. His sister Lucy has become the star reporter of a brand-new Washington, DC tabloid breaking stories about a serial killer and falling...
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2024.
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English
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When 22-year-old Kat Bird wakes up from a coma, she sees her mirror image: Jude, her twin sister. Jude's face and name are the only memories Kat has from before her accident. As Kat tries to relearn her history and identity, she trusts Jude will provide all the answers. But as the months progress, Kat begins to fear that, maybe, Jude has been lying to her. Recruit. Hunt. Perform or Perish. Growing up in a sophisticated New Age cult, isolated from...
26) Stormchild
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Tim Blackburn's daughter Nicole has disappeared in the company of Caspar von Rellsteb, an environmental activist and leader of the Genesis Community.
27) Grave importance
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Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"A charmingly witty fantasy adventure in the world of Strange Practice, starring Dr. Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, who must solve a dangerous medical mystery at a secret French spa for mummies. Oasis Natrun: a private, exclusive, highly secret luxury health spa for mummies, high in the hills above Marseille, equipped with the very latest in therapeutic innovations both magical and medical. To Dr. Greta Helsing, London's de facto mummy specialist,...
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English
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A secretive and dubious religious sect comes under investigation when a young girl is found dead. Inspector Van Veeteren and the other detectives on the case are mystified and infuriated when the members of the Pure Life--led by a charismatic but unnervingly guarded messiah figure--choose to remain silent about the incident rather than defend themselves.
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Picture-perfect newlyweds Alice and Jake are unexpectedly initiated into a mysterious organization designed to keep marriages happy and intact through seemingly sensible rules that become increasingly exacting and subject to brutal enforcement.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
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English
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Two brothers are admitted to Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital with horrific injuries. Their mother, a young American, devoutly recites Psalms at the bedside, refusing to answer any questions. Brought in to investigate, Detective Bina Tzedek follows a winding path that takes her through Jerusalem's Old City, kabbalists, mystical ancient texts, and terrifying cult rituals, until she finally uncovers the shocking truth.
32) Minor prophets
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Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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After their mother's death, Lee and his sister escape their horrible stepfather by fleeing to their grandmother's farm, where Lee hopes to discover the truth behind his haunting visions.
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Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Shinn's breathtaking Samaria Trilogy comes to an end amid a chorus of praise. Legend has it that the Alleluia Files contain the truth about the god of Samaria. Now, a child raised in captivity among the angels will journey the length and breadth of her world to seek the documents that will alter the face of Samaria forever.
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
While investigating the suspicious death of a woman linked to two local "new thought" groups, private eye Lena Jones begins to see connections between this crime and the murder of her brother and father and her mother's disappearance thirty-five years ago.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"In a remote corner of Alaska, Investigative Services Bureau agent Felicity Harland squares off against a mysterious cult leader with potentially deadly motives in this thrilling outdoor adventure for fans of Scott Graham and Nevada Barr. While enjoying a rare weekend off from her duties as an agent with the Investigative Services Branch, Felicity Harland learns that a young couple has turned up dead in Gates of the Arctic National Park. Harland recruits...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Fox must infiltrate a dangerous cult called Fourth Day in order to try to discover who murdered a boy five years ago, but soon finds herself in over her head, as the cult leader begins to lure her into becoming one of his followers.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Narrowly escaping with her life after a gunman storms the University of Texas campus, classics professor Sophie Chase joins an expedition to recover ancient papyrus manuscripts buried in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and uncovers the gripping story of an ancient Roman slave girl, while a secret and powerful cabal will stop at nothing to gain control of the scrolls.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen. Everything...
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Red Hen Press
Language
English
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"Jane is a Los Angeles nurse who grew up in a Christian cult that puts celebrities on trial for their sins. Daniel is a has-been actor whose career ended when the cult family members nearly killed him for flirting with her. Eight years after a romantic meet-cute in Battery Park, both search for someone to fill the gap they imagine the other could've filled if given the chance. Jane compulsively goes on dates with every self-professed expert in art,...
40) Ice blue
Author
Series
Ice thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Museum curator Summer Hawthorne considered the exquisite ice-blue ceramic bowl given to her by her beloved Japanese nanny a treasure of sentimental value-until somebody tried to kill her for it. The priceless relic is about to ignite a global power struggle that must be stopped at all costs. It's a desperate situation, and international operative Takashi O'Brien has received his directive: everybody is expendable. Everybody. Especially the woman who...
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