Marissa's Staff Picks

 

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1. A tip for the hangman: a novel

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Author:
Epstein, Allison
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5 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Fiction
EPSTEIN
East Regional - Adult Fiction
EPSTEIN
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
EPSTEIN
Description:
"Christopher Marlowe, a brilliant, aspiring playwright, is pulled into the duplicitous world of international espionage on behalf of queen and country. A many-layered Elizabethan thriller combining state secrets, mystery, and romance worthy of Marlowe's own, timeless works"--

2. Opium and absinthe: a novel

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Author:
Kang, Lydia
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4.5 stars
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Cary Regional - Mystery
KANG
Green Road Community - Mystery
KANG
North Regional - Mystery has 2
KANG
Description:
New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke's sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker's new novel, Dracula, has just been published, and Tillie's imagination leaps to the impossible: the murderer is a vampire. But it can't be-can it? A ravenous reader and researcher, Tillie has something of an addiction to truth, and she won't rest until she unravels the mystery of her sister's death. Unfortunately,...