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Black Buck2021
Summary: Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother's... more »- place hold (0)
added 3 years ago
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Shelter in place : a novel2020
Summary: It is the Saturday after the 2016 presidential election, and in a plush weekend house in Connecticut, an intimate group of friends, New Yorkers all, has gathered to recover from what they consider... more »- place hold (0)
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Butterfly. Book 12020
Summary: "Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart." Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she had allowed herself to fall... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickWhen no one is watching : a thriller2020
Summary: Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, for sale signs are popping up overnight, and the... more »- place hold (0)
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The lucky star2020
Summary: "After being initiated into a coven of island witches, Neva begins to fulfill her fate in a Tenderloin dive bar. Her worshippers include Richard, the introverted, alcoholic, occasionally omniscient... more »- place hold (0)
added 4 years ago
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The Family business 22019
Summary: Welcome to the world of Duncans. By day they are upstanding citizens running one of New York's most respected car dealerships;but by night, they're criminals who control most of the East Coast drug... more »- place hold (0)
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The family business2019
Summary: "By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life ... Selling cars, it turns out, is only a small part of the Duncans' family business." --- place hold (0)
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Speaking of Summer : a novel2019
Summary: "On a cold December evening, Autumn Spencer's twin sister Summer walks to the roof of their shared Harlem brownstone and is never seen again, the door to the roof is locked, and no footsteps are... more »- place hold (0)
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The night fire2019
Summary: Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor,... more »- place hold (0)
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Night boat to Tangier : a novel2019
Summary: From the acclaimed author of the international sensations City of Bohane and Beatlebone, a striking and gorgeous new novel of two aging criminals at the butt ends of their damage-filled careers. A... more »- place hold (0)
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Fortune & fame2014
Summary: Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Rachel Jackson Adams have been through a lot together--from fighting for their husbands to become the head of the American Baptist Coalition to getting mixed up in a... more »- place hold (0)
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Sinners & saints2012
Summary: Jasmine Larson Bush and Rachel Jackson Adams are each fighting to become the first lady of the National Baptist Association, until the current first lady steps in, a woman bigger, badder, and more devious than either of them.- place hold (0)
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The brink2019
Summary: Former NYC Mayor Tom Cafferty has been haunted by memories of the hyper intelligent, bloodthirsty creatures that attacked his city. But the attack was not an isolated incident-- now the creatures... more »- place hold (0)
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The Martin chronicles2019
Summary: A powerful and heartfelt coming-of-age novel that follows Martin Kelso as he grows up in 1980s New York and faces the magic of first experiences, as well as the heartbreak of hard-won life lessons.... more »- place hold (0)
added 5 years ago
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Magic triumphs2018
Summary: "In this epic, can't-miss entry in the thrilling #1 New York Times bestselling urban-fantasy series, mercenary Kate Daniels must risk all to protect everything she holds dear ... Kate has come a long... more »- place hold (0)
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Neon in daylight2018
Summary: "New York City in 2012, the sweltering summer before Hurricane Sandy hits. Kate, a young woman newly arrived from England, is staying in a Manhattan apartment while she tries to figure out her... more »- place hold (0)
added 6 years ago
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Material girl 2 : labels and love2011
Summary: Determined to face her future as a single mother, Dylan Monroe, three months pregnant, takes realistic steps to improve her situation while trying to win back the father of her child, heavyweight champion Angel.- place hold (0)
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Reckless 2 : nobody's girl2014
Summary: Life is good for Farrah, her company Glam Squad has skyrocketed, and her career as a celebrity stylist has taken off. On the personal side, she is happier than ever. Despite everything Mills put her... more »- place hold (0)
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The house of unexpected sisters2017
Summary: "Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and... more »- place hold (0)
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Midnight : a gangster love story2009
Summary: Souljah's follow-up to her bestselling novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, is another gritty coming-of-age tale, picking up the story of Midnight (a character in Coldest Winter) as he tries desperately... more »- place hold (0)
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A moment of silence2016
Summary: Handsome, young, Muslim, and married to two women living in one house along with his mother, Umma, and sister, Naja: can Midnight manage? He is surrounded by Americans who don't share or understand... more »- place hold (0)
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The Cartel2009
Summary: "Miamor is a woman who uses her beauty to enhance her skill as a contract killer. She is the leader of The Murder Mamas. When her crew is hired to take down the Cartel, they get caught slipping, and... more »- place hold (0)
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You belong to me2017
Summary: Immigration lawyer Paul Reeves's passion is collecting old New York City maps, tangible records of the city where he's spent his life. At an auction with his neighbor Jennifer Mehraz, the young wife... more »- place hold (0)
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Sin of a woman2017
Summary: "The new novel in Kimberla Lawson Roby's beloved New York Times bestselling Curtis Black series. Raven Black is bouncing back after her very public divorce from Dillon. He's done everything he can to... more »- place hold (0)
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Doctorow : collected stories2016
Summary: "E. L. Doctorow selected some of his finest stories to create this pinnacle collection, his final project before his death. There are 15 stories total, including "The Water Works," "Jolene," "All the... more »- place hold (0)
added 7 years ago
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Moonglow : a novel2016
Summary: A man bears witness to his grandfather's deathbed confessions, which reveal his family's long-buried history and his involvement in a mail-order novelty company, World War II, and the space program.- place hold (0)
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Loving day : a novel2016
Summary: "Warren Duffy has returned to America for all the worst reasons: his marriage to a beautiful Welsh woman has come apart; his comic shop in Cardiff has failed; and his Irish-American father has died,... more »- place hold (0)
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Magic binds2016
Summary: "Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she's faced could have prepared her for this. Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran... more »- place hold (0)
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This must be the place2016
Summary: "Daniel Sullivan, a young American professor reeling from a failed marriage and a brutal custody battle, is on holiday in Ireland when he falls in love with Claudette, a world famous sexual icon and... more »- place hold (0)
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Charcoal Joe : an Easy Rawlins mystery2016
Summary: Life for Easy Rawlins is surprisingly... easy. He's living off the proceeds of his last case, trying to keep out of trouble. Of course it's not going to last. Because Easy's old friend Mouse knocks... more »- place hold (0)
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A sinful calling2016
Summary: "Two years ago, to everyone's surprise, Dillon Whitfield Black, the secret son of Reverend Curtis Black, boldly moved back home, married a woman named Raven, decided he was going to become a minister... more »- place hold (0)
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City on fire2015
Summary: The all-too-human individuals who live within this extraordinary first novel are: Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's biggest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men... more »- place hold (0)
added 8 years ago
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Trainspotting1996
Summary: Trainspotting is the novel that launched the sensational career of Irvine Welsh - an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating group portrait of blasted lives in Edinburgh that has the... more »- place hold (0)
added 9 years ago
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Ask the dust : a novel2006
Summary: Young Arturo Bandini comes to Los Angeles to be a writer. A disappointing love affair and his poverty prove bitter and disillusioning.- place hold (0)
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Visitation street2013
Summary: "It's summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two fifteen-year-olds, take a raft out onto the bay at night to see what they can see. And then they... more »- place hold (0)
added 10 years ago
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All that is : a novel2013
Summary: "From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. It is a time when publishing is still largely a private... more »- place hold (0)
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The woman upstairs2013
Summary: Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the... more »- place hold (0)
added 11 years ago
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Maya's notebook : a novel2013
Summary: After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol,... more »- place hold (0)
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The gentlemen's hour2011
Summary: The Dawn Patrol, a close-knit group of surfers, not only ride waves together but have one another's backs out of the water. It's the life Boone loves, all he wants. When one of their own is murdered... more »- place hold (0)
added 12 years ago
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Midnight and the meaning of love2011
Summary: Sister Souljah, the New York Times bestselling author of The Coldest Winter Ever and Midnight, delivers her most compelling and enlightening story yet. With Midnight and The Meaning of Love, Souljah... more »- place hold (0)
added 13 years ago
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