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A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore
A coming-of-age story set in the Midwest after 9/11. Tassie Keltjin takes a job as a nanny and finds herself drawn into a complex family dynamic that challenges her understanding of race, identity, and belonging.

Your Heart Belongs to Me
by Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz's 2008 standalone thriller: Ryan Perry, a thirty-four-year-old internet tycoon, is diagnosed with incurable cardiomyopathy, receives a heart transplant that saves his life - and a year later begins to be stalked by a mysterious woman whose gifts and messages all carry the same chilling refrain: your heart belongs to me.

The Heist
by Daniel Silva
Daniel Silva's fourteenth Gabriel Allon novel: when London art dealer Julian Isherwood finds his colleague Jack Bradshaw - a former British intelligence officer turned art trafficker - tortured and murdered at a villa on Lake Como, Allon, the Israeli spy and master art restorer, is pulled in by the Italian Art Squad to recover a Caravaggio stolen in 1969, and the hunt leads through the Geneva Freeport and a private Austrian bank to the looted billions that Syria's Bashar al-Assad has hidden across Europe.

The Shetland Bus
by David Howarth
The true story of the secret World War II operations between Shetland and Norway. A gripping account of courage, danger, and resistance during the Nazi occupation.

Playing Big
by Tara Mohr
A practical guide for women looking to step into their power and pursue their ambitions. Tara Mohr offers tools to quiet your inner critic, recognize your unique calling, and take bold action.

Digital Minimalism
by Cal Newport
A compelling philosophy for technology use in the modern age, arguing for a minimalist approach to digital tools. Cal Newport makes the case for being highly intentional about which technologies you allow into your life and how you use them.