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Believe Me by JP Delaney (9.5 hrs.)An out of work British actress pays the rent on her NewYork City apartment the only way she can, as a decoy fora detective agency, hired to entrap straying husbands.The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian (11.5 hrs.)When binge-drinking flight attendant Cassandra wakes upin a Dubai hotel next to a body, she has no idea whathappened, and all she can think to do is lie about it. Shelies to her coworkers, and eventually to the FBI agentswho question her.Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (7.5 hrs.)Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny,isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands inMassachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift on a small boatwhen she was just hours old, Crow's only companions areOsh and Miss Maggie.Good Clean Fun by Nick Offerman (6 hrs. – Abridged)Offerman and his ragtag crew of champions want to sharetheir experiences of working at the Woodshop, telllisteners all about their passion for the discipline ofwoodworking, and teach listeners how to make a handfulof their most popular projects along the way.Calypso by David Sedaris (6.5 hrs.)David Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observationtoward middle age and mortality. This is Sedaris' darkestand warmest book yet.Greasy Grass by Johnny D. Boggs (7 hrs.)The battlefield itself is a character in this retelling ofCuster's Last Stand, when George Custer led his soldiersto annihilation at the Battle of the Little Bighorn inMontana in 1876.AUDIOBOOKSDesolation Mountain by William Kent Krueger (9.5hrs.)All his life, Stephen O'Connor has had visions of tragediesto come. When he experiences the vision of a great birdshot from the sky, he knows something terrible is coming.The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (15 hrs.)It is 1974 when Leni Allbright's impulsive father Erntdecides the family is moving to Alaska. But the Alaskanwinter is just as unforgiving as Ernt, and life quicklybecomes a struggle for survival.Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by GailHoneyman (11 hrs.)Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriatesocial skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking.But meeting two other loners may rescue them each fromtheir lives of isolation.Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King (2.5 hrs.)There are three ways up to Castle View from the town ofCastle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the SuicideStairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-oldGwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held bystrong iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.Expelled by James Patterson (6 hrs.)Theo Foster's Twitter account used to be anonymous-until someone posted a photo that got him and three otherstudents expelled, their futures ruined forever. Who tookthe picture, and why target them?A Higher Loyalty by James Comey (9 hrs.)Former FBI director James Comey shares his neverbefore-told experiences from some of the highest-stakessituations of his career in the past two decades ofAmerican government.The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer (15 hrs.)A college student finds her perspectives transformed by amentor activist at the center of the women's movementwho challenges her to discover herself in ways that takeher far from the traditional life she envisioned.House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea (10hrs.)A beloved and ailing patriarch, Big Angel, has summonedhis Mexican-American family for one last legendarybirthday party. But then his mother dies herself, leading toa farewell doubleheader.1

writing passionately about his profession and of the joy ofseeing a vision for a space take shape. This is a simplephilosophy of a working life.I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (9.75hrs.)This book offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment inAmerican history and a chilling account of the GoldenState Killer, the elusive serial rapist turned murderer whoterrorized California for over a decade.Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King (6 hrs.)Obe spends a lot of his time cleaning up the creek thatruns through his family's once extensive farmland. Oneday he finds a strange creature by his creek that eatsplastic, and soon the animal he calls Marvin Gardensbecomes his personal secret.In Pieces by Sally Field (10.5 hrs.)In this memoir read by the author, Sally Field tells herstory for the first time, and in her own words, about achallenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped herfind her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy thatshaped her journey as a daughter and a mother.Miss Subways by David Duchovny (7 hrs.)A tale inspired by the myth of Emer and Cuchulainincorporates mythical figures from all over the world andtraces a New York City woman's mystical journey downparallel tracks of time and love.Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (10.5 hrs.)Fourteen years after Angela's disappearance, her remainsare discovered near her friend Georgina's childhood home,Detective Kaiser must unravel the truth.The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (12 hrs.)Follows a young woman as she returns to her childhoodsummer camp to uncover the truth about a tragedy thathappened there fifteen years ago.The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers (8.5 hrs.)Traces the story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a YemeniAmerican in San Francisco, and his dream of resurrectingthe ancient art of cultivating, roasting, and importingYemeni coffee, an endeavor that is challenged by thebrutal realities of Yemen's 2015 civil war.Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia (10 hrs.)A riveting and suspenseful thriller about the mysteriousdisappearance of a boy and his stunning return ten yearslater. Fictional book based in Northern Minnesota.Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca (12.5 hrs.)This is the amazing true story of the first female USDistrict Attorney, a traveling detective who found amissing 18 year-old when the entire NYPD had given up.The Life List of Adrian Mandrick by Chris White (8.5hrs.)In this evocative debut novel, a pill-poppinganesthesiologist and avid birder embarks on a quest tospot the extremely rare Ivory-billed Woodpecker,allowing nothing to get in his way.My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper (6 hrs.)Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable KimmySchmidt, Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and upliftingcollection of essays about one pale woman's journey fromMidwestern naivety to Hollywood semi-celebrity tooutrageously reasonable New Yorker.Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich (7 hrs.)There's nothing like a good deli and the Red River Deli inTrenton is one of the best. World famous for its pastrami,coleslaw and for its disappearing managers. Over the lastmonth, three have vanished from the face of the earth; theonly clue in each case is one shoe that's been left behind.One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (10.75 hrs.)The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, this is thestory of what happens when five strangers walk intodetention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is asuspect, and everyone has something to hide.The Outsider by Stephen King (18.5 hrs.)In the aftermath of a boy's brutal murder in Flint City, alocal detective is forced to arrest a popular Little Leaguecoach who, in spite of an alibi, presents with open-and-Making Things Right by Ole Thorstensen (5.5 hrs.)Master carpenter Thorstensen gives a warm and oftenhumorous portrayal of a tight-knit working community,2

shut evidence that is called into question when thesuspect's true nature comes to light.Skink – No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen (8 hrs.)When your cousin goes missing under suspiciouscircumstances, who do you call? There's only one man forthe job: a half-crazed, half-feral, one-eyed ex-governornamed Skink.Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman (10.75hrs.)The actor known for roles in such productions as Parksand Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range oftopics from love and manliness to grooming and eatingmeat, offering additional discussions of his life beforefame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.Strange Weather by Joe Hill (15 hrs.)A collection of four chilling novels.The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (10 hrs.)A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and thepower of reading by a man who spent thirty years on deathrow for a crime he didn't commit.Plum Rains by Andromeda Romano-Lax (13.5 hrs.)Japan, 2029. A historically mono-cultural nation,childbirth rates are at a critical low and the elderly areliving increasingly long lives. This population crisis hasprecipitated a mass immigration of foreign medicalworkers from all over Asia.There There by Tommy Orange (8 hrs.)Fierce, angry, funny, heartbreaking--a relentlessly pacedmultigenerational story about the plight of the urbanNative American, violence and recovery, memory andidentity, and the beauty and despair woven into the historyof a nation and its people.Proving Ground by Peter Blauner (13 hrs.)When his father is found murdered near the peacefulconfines of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Nathaniel Dresdenhas to fend off the growing suspicions of NYPD DetectiveLourdes Robles. The search for answers leads Natty andLourdes to brutal truths that could destroy them both.The Thirst by Jo Nesbø (17 hrs.)In Police--the last novel featuring Jo Nesbø's hard-bitten,maverick Oslo detective--a killer wreaking revenge on thepolice had Harry Hole fighting for the safety of the peopleclosest to him. Now, in The Thirst, the story continues.Rocket Men by Robert Kurson (12 hrs.)By August 1968, with its back against the wall, NASAdecided to scrap its usual methodical approach and shootfor the heavens. With just four months to prepare, afraction of the normal time, the agency would send thefirst men in history to the Moon.The Trail to Crazy Man by Louis L’Amour (7.5 hrs.)Two stories from the early pulp days of Western legendLouis L'Amour, that he turned in to novels, but arepublished here in their original, iconic, pulp versions.Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman (10.5 hrs.)A former Assistant to President Trump, Newman bringsan eye opener to the corruption and controversy that istaking place in the current administration.The Saturday Night Supper Club by Carla Laureano(10 hrs.)As Alex and Rachel work together to make their project asuccess, Rachel begins to realize Alex is not the unfeelingopportunist she once thought he was, and that perhapsthere's life, and love, outside the pressure cooker of herchosen career.Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (14.25 hrs.)As a big hockey match approaches, the not-so-innocentpranks between the communities of Beartown and Hedpile up, leading to the death of a local resident. The peopleof both towns are forced to wonder if the game they lovecan ever return to something simple and honest.The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro (13 hrs.)In Cold War-era Baltimore, a government research facilityreceives an amphibious man captured in the Amazon, anda stirring romance unfolds between him and a mute janitorwho uses sign language to communicate.3