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1) Cruel intent
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English
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When Ali Reynolds' twin daughters discover the brutally murdered body of Morgan Forester, her home remodeling contractor, Logan, becomes the primary suspect. Logan swears he has absolutely nothing to do with the murder, and Ali believes him. Unfortunately, though, no one else does, including Ali's dear friend Detective Dave Holman. How far will strong-willed Ali go to prove Logan's innocence? And at what cost?
2) Stay close
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English
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Three people--a suburban housewife, a talented documentary photographer, and a detective--living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede ... and that desperation and hunger can lurk behind even the prettiest facades.
3) Wifey
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English
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Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. She could be making friends at the club, like her husband keeps encouraging her to do. Or working on her golf game. Or getting her hair done. But for some reason, these things don't interest her as much as the naked man on the motorcycle
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English
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Once an aspiring writer, Olga traded literary ambition for marriage and motherhood; when Mario dumps her after 15 years, she is utterly unprepared. Though she tells herself that she is a competent woman, nothing like the poverella (poor abandoned wife) that mothers whispered about in her childhood, Olga falls completely apart. Routine chores overwhelm her; she neglects her appearance and forgets her manners; she throws herself at the older musician...
8) Femmes fatal
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Series
Ellie Haskell mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
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Desperate to save her floundering marriage, new mother Ellie Haskell signs up for a course in the sensual arts and finds herself involved in a case of murder when a classmate dies in a fatally frothy bubble bath. Reprint.
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Biblioasis
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English
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Baking a multitude of tartes tatin for local restaurants, an Ohio housewife contemplates her four kids, husband, cats, and chickens. Also, America's ignoble past and her own regrets. She is surrounded by dead lakes, fake facts, Open Carry maniacs, and oodles of online advice about survivalism, veil toss duties, and how to be more like Jane Fonda. But what do you do when you keep stepping on your son's toy tractors, your life depends on stolen land...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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A tale set over an evening in contemporary Istanbul follows Peri, a married, wealthy Turkish woman, as she navigates cultural, religious, and economic tensions during a seaside mansion dinner party while enduring painful memories of friendships during her Oxford years.
11) Tuya
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Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
"Un corazón dibujado con rouge, cruzado por un <> y firmado <> le revela a Inés que su marido la engaña. A partir de ahí, una original novela de suspense, un ama de casa dispuesta a todo con tal de conservar su matrimonio y las buenas apariencias."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
English
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On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier in 1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover who disappeared in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. By telling the stories of the dead, Vivien...
13) Hush little baby
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Publisher
Grand Central Pubublishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"If I stay, he will kill me. If I leave, he'll destroy Addie and Drew." Jillian Kane appears to have it all--a successful career, a gorgeous home, a loving husband, and two wonderful children. The reality behind closed doors is something else entirely. For nine years, she has hid the bruises and the truth of her abusive marriage in order to protect Addie and Drew, knowing, if she left, Gordon would destroy her--destroy them. When, in an act of desperation,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Traces the parallel stories of unhappily married professional reader Ella Rubinstein's fascination with the story of Shams of Tabriz and the 13th-century transformation of Rumi into a mystic and poet.
In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narrativesone contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When Milwaukee wife and mother M.J. Boudreaux realizes that her husband Chris seems more interested in spending time at the casino than he does with her, she seeks out an activity that they can do together to reignite their flame, and it seems that poker is her best bet. Although it doesn't give her the quality time with Chris that she'd hoped, M.J. finds she has a natural knack for the game. Increasingly unhappy at home, she turns to the felt of...
16) Invisible As Air
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A provocative and timely new novel by the author of Inheriting Edith, one that will haunt you long after the final page is turned Sylvie Snow knows the pressures of expectations: a woman is supposed to work hard, but never be tired; age gracefully, but always be beautiful; fix the family problems, but always be carefree. Sylvie does the grocery shopping, the laundry, the scheduling, the schlepping and the PTA-ing, while planning her sons Bar Mitzvah...
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Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"The page-turning new novel from the internationally bestselling author known for her "conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters" (The Washington Post) takes us into the homes of an idyllic suburban neighborhood where we discover the burning secrets hiding just below the surface. Bucolic Newport Cove, where spontaneous block parties occur on balmy nights and all of the streets are named for flowers, is...
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Series
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From the world's #1 bestselling writer - 3 pulse-pounding novels in one book!THE MOORES ARE MISSING with Loren D. Estleman: The Moore family just vanished from their home without telling a soul. A last-minute vacation? A kidnapping? A run for their lives? You'll never see the truth coming.THE HOUSEWIFE with Sam Hawken: Maggie Denning is a former chief detective adjusting to a quiet life in the suburbs with her family. But when the woman next door...
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Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Five women, each with her own story to tell, form a book club they call Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons that becomes the lifeline that sustains them through four decades of joy and sorrow.
"The women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delicious desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons),...
20) Flying at night
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An emotionally charged novel about family -- the slow accumulation of wrongs that drive us apart and the unlikely paths that lead us home again. Piper Hart has poured all her energy into raising her son, Fred, while her often-absent husband, Isaac, has poured all his energy into a career defending the wrongly accused. She's always told herself her son is perfectly normal, but somewhere deep inside her rests a tiny suspicion that all is not well....
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