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2) Darkness
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BOOM. That's the sound that changes everything for Dr. Gina Sullivan, a renowned ornithologist on a group research grant trip on the remote island of Attu, Alaska. When an everyday outing turns sinister at the onset of one of Attu's infamous storms, Gina expects thunder and lightning--but what she doesn't see coming is the small jet plane that drops out of the sky and into the water mere feet from her boat. Even more unprecedented: there's a sole...
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As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring?
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"Abigail Stanton, back home to care for her sister after so many years away, soon finds herself swept away by Sparrow Island's serene beauty.....any mystery. It isn't long before Abby spots a marbled murelet and it's mate, birds that are rare and endangered in the Pacific Northwest. A missing journal may be the only way to save them. Can she find the proof she needs? And what is that strange drawing on the fence behind her sister's home? Join...
16) The Blue Moon
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While cleaning her office at the Sparrow Island Nature Conservatory, Abigail Stanton discovers a stunning blue diamond necklace hidden in her desk. Who could have hidden it there and why? Abby finds out that the jewel may be the famous Blue Moon diamond, and legend has it that anyone possessing this gem is doomed. Despite Abby's attempts to keep the discovery quiet, the whole island is talking about it. Claims from "owners" are flying in. Thugs threaten...
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"A propulsive contemporary women's fiction debut with dark humor and messy yet warm-hearted family dynamics, perfect for fans of Claire Lombardo's The Most Fun We Ever Had and Emma Straub's All Adults Here. All families are messy. Some are disasters. Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and sister went to prison over 15 years ago. She fled California shortly after that fateful night and hasn't spoken to anyone in her family since. Ten years...
18) Angels Among Us
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Sparrow Island is in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season when a mysterious stranger makes himself at home in the company of an elderly widow. Can he be trusted? Strange happenings all over town and the recovery of long-lost paintings that hold a dark secret add to Abby's suspicions.....
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It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg's grandfather is hosting Owl Fest, a scientific conference on owls at the elegant Caerphilly Inn. Many of Meg's relatives are there, either to help out or to make sure they'll all be together for Christmas, including Meg's grandmother Cordelia, invited by Grandfather in a peace-making gesture to share her expertise on rehabilitating large birds. But then a snow storm of historic proportions blankets the entire...
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Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant are back home in Colleton County. Lt. Sigrid Herald and her mother, Anne, are down from New York to visit Anne's ailing mother, Mrs. Lattimore. When the group gathers at Mrs. Lattimore's home, they meet the enigmatic Martin Crawford, an ornithologist researching a new book. More importantly, he is Mrs. Lattimore's long-lost nephew. Anne can't shake the feeling that there is something familiar...