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Check Me Out ;) SHUTTER ISLAND by Dennis Lehane
LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel
Two U.S. Marshals come to Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane on Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a patient as a hurricane bears down on them. Things only get crazier from there.
Piscine “Pi” Patel tells us how he survived 227 days after a shipwreck, stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. An unforgettable adventure of the mind and spirit.
DARLING ROSE GOLD by Stephanie Wrobel
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson
Rose Gold testified against her mother when she realized her chronic illness was the result of decades of poisoning. Five years later, her mother is out of jail and living with Rose and her newborn son, Adam. A recipe for disaster or the perfect revenge? This propulsive read will keep you guessing.
A deliciously twisted novel about the Blackwood family: isolated, perverse, and potentially murderous. When an unexpected visitor shows up, a dramatic struggle ensues. An unsettling dive into a family’s dark neurosis.
ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan A young girl misinterprets events involving her older sister and their childhood friend, Robbie, setting off a chain of events that tears her family apart and leads her on a lifelong search for truth and absolution. Exquisite examination of the dangers and rewards of imagination.
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME by Mark Haddon Fifteen-year-old Christopher is gifted with a superbly logical brain, even as he has no understanding of human emotions. When a neighbor’s dog is killed, he sets out to solve the murder. A poignant and fascinating portrayal of an entirely literal mind.
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THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD by Agatha Christie The Queen of Mystery outdoes herself with this locked-room whodunit. Join Hercule Poirot on his most challenging case. Murder, suicide, blackmail. This one has it all.
ONE OF US IS LYING by Karen M. McManus Five students walk into detention, but one doesn’t make it out alive. The four suspects narrate alternating chapters, and it’s up to the reader to figure out who’s telling the truth, who’s lying, and who is a murderer.
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS by Iain Reid When a couple takes a road trip on the cusp of a winter storm, the girlfriend has already made a pivotal decision about their relationship. The journey turns awkward, then unnerving, before skidding off the rails altogether.
THE BEAR ATE YOUR SANDWICH by Julia Sarcone-Roach This narrator wants you to know what happened to your missing sandwich. See, there was this bear. And, well, you know what happened next. Or do you? This silly story with a twist will be an instant favorite.
