BostonPL_Staff Picks June 2018Like this list

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• Whistling Past the Graveyard

  Crandall, Susan

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  Fiction. Starla, a fearless nine-year-old, is on a quest to find her mother. An encounter with two strangers, Eula and baby James, changes her life forever. You will laugh! You will cry! Young Starla is the perfect narrator. -DeniseD.

• Secrets in Death

  Robb, J. D., 1950-

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  Mystery. The latest entry in J. D. Robb's futuristic suspense series finds Eve Dallas, a New York City police lieutenant, searching for the killer of a highly successful, but unscrupulous, TV reporter. -EileenS.

• Delancey

  a Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage

  Wizenberg, Molly

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  Memoir. Wizenberg, an established food blogger, tells the story of a starting new marriage while also starting new restaurant. Both endeavors prove exciting, life-changing, and more complicated that expected in this tenderly told memoir.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Burn Brighter

  A Novel

  Rao, Shobha

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  Fiction. This is an unforgettable story of two poor Indian teenage girls who forge a close friendship only to be separated by a terrible act. Will they be reunited against all odds? I could not turn the pages fast enough to discover what…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Missing, Presumed

  a Novel

  Steiner, Susie, 1971 or 1972-

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  Mystery. Detective Marion Bradshaw is investigating the disappearance of Edith Hind, a young graduate student with privileged connections. As Marion’s search grows more complicated, her professioanl life is intercut cringingly bad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Unknown Americans

  Henríquez, Cristina, 1977-

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  Fiction. A family moves from Mexico to the United States when their daughter needs special treatment after suffering brain damage from a fall off a ladder. A moving story about what it means to be an immigrant in a country where you don't…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Agnes & the Hitman

  Crusie, Jennifer

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  Contemporary Romance. Rescued during a break-in by a hit man sent by the mob to protect her, food writer Agnes Crandall finds her situation further complicated by a missing cache of money that becomes a key factor in a Southern mafia…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Roman Blood

  [a Novel of Ancient Rome]

  Saylor, Steven, 1956-

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  Historical Mystery. Saylor spins an interesting whodunit based on actual case from Roman History. Danger abounds and the clues seem to point in one direction. Until they point to more dangerous possibilites. In the end Roman justice is…Read moreRead more of this annotation