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Pub. Date
2019.
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"Eleven-year-old Nedda Papas is obsessed with becoming an astronaut. In 1986 in Easter, a small Florida Space Coast town, her dreams seem almost within reach--if she can just grow up fast enough. Theo, the scientist father she idolizes, is consumed by his own obsessions. Laid off from his job at NASA and still reeling from the loss of Nedda's newborn brother several years before, Theo turns to the dangerous dream of extending his living daughter's...
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Pub. Date
[2006]
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Teenage troublemakers, Zipp and Andreas unwittingly commit murder when they accidentally kill a baby in the course of a petty crime. Unaware, the pair move onto their next crime. At first, there is no reason for Inspector Sejer to see a connection between the infant's death and the later disappearance of the town troublemaker. With Zipp too frightened to come forward, the police must wait for the evidence to present itself before they can begin to...
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Hannah is distraught when her parents are murdered—but what makes it worse is that she should have been at home with them . . . not meeting her forbidden love, Reece. Unable to face the community and her guilt, she runs away and marries him. But Reece isn't the man she thought he was. He controls her completely, and when she gets pregnant—against his wishes—he pushes her down the stairs as she approaches her due date. When she wakes in the hospital...
5) The Child
Author
Series
Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 2
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"The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense. As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it's a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?...
6) Deep waters
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"In a culture obsessed with celebrity, baby Muffin's death is big news. Crib death, or something more sinister? Everyone wants to know, including the police. Whatever the truth, the bereaved parents, celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz, live in curate Callie Anson's parish. And despite the disapproval of her vicar and his wife, Callie becomes involved with funeral arrangements... Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is even recalled from his honeymoon...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"After losing her child and seeing the world as an increasingly dangerous place, a young Black woman from Boston decides to construct a separate society at an abandoned restaurant in Western Massachusetts. She locates a benefactor and soon it all begins to take shape, but it doesn't take long for problems to develop"--
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Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Description
When Emilia loses her newborn daughter, the sight of any child brings her to tears. Wednesday afternoons with her stepson, William -- an obsessive, know-it-all preschooler and his mother's mouthpiece -- are pushing her over the edge. When his unceasing questions turn to the baby's death, Emilia is at a total loss. Doesn't anyone understand that self-pity is a full-time job? Ironically, it is only through her blundering attempts to bond with William...