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    Moth­ers & Mur­der­ers: A True Sto­ry of Love Lies Obsession…and Sec­ond Chances
    Kather­ine Ellison
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    Care­ful What You Wish For
    Hal­lie Ephron
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    Play­ing Dead: A Mem­oir of Ter­ror and Survival
    Monique Fai­son Ross
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    Hip Set
    Michael Fer­tik
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    Of Mon­sters and Men­schen: A Typol­o­gy of Jew­ish Monsters

    Joela Jacobs
    July 15, 2019
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    Search­ing for Lottie
    Susan Ross
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    Fic­tion
    The Way Back
    Jonnie Schnytzer
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    A Spy in Exile: A Thriller
    Jonathan de Shalit
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    To Catch a Traitor
    D.B. Shus­ter
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    Suit­case Charlie
    John Guzlowski
    Cover of Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer
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    Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Sto­ry of a Sen­sa­tion­al British Mur­der, a Quest for Jus­tice, and the World’s Most Famous Detec­tive Writer
    Mar­galit Fox
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    Last Instruc­tions: A Thriller (Agent 10483)
    Nir Hezroni
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    But­ton Man
    Andrew Gross
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    Gone to Dust
    Matt Gold­man
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    The Man­dela Plot
    Ken­neth Bonert
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    The Astro­naut’s Son: A Novel
    Tom Seigel
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