Maya's Staff Picks (Top Favorite)

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1. Murder on the Orient Express: a Hercule Poirot mystery

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Author:
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
Series:
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 8.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Description:

THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT!

"The murderer is with us—on the train now . . ."

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door

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2. Where the crawdads sing

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Author:
Owens, Delia
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Description:
"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase...