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1. The quiet game

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Author:
Iles, Greg
Series:
Penn Cage novels volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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8 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Adult Fiction has 2
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Middlecreek Community - Adult Fiction
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North Regional - Adult Fiction
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Description:
Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage. In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own family trapped in a mystery buried for thirty years but never forgotten--the town's darkest secret, now set to trap and destroy Penn as well.

2. Redsparrow: a novel

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Author:
Matthews, Jason, 1951-2021
Series:
Dominika Egorova and Nathaniel Nash novels volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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Northeast Regional - Adult Fiction
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Drafted against her will to serve the regime of Vladimir Putin as an intelligence seductress, Dominika Egorova engages in a charged effort of deception and tradecraft with first-tour CIA officer Nathaniel Nash before a forbidden attraction threatens their careers.