My favorite fiction characters
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The Secret Woman
by Victoria Holt
To all appearances, Anna Brett was a quiet, capable young woman whose only ambition was to carry on the profitable antiques business bequeathed her by …
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The Dreaming Swimmer
by Elisabeth Ogilvie
The stranger who buys the old Darby place coldly resists all social overtures of the townspeople. The chill of terror spreads through-out the countryside.
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Insatiable
by Marne Davis Kellogg
Jacqueline di Fidelio, an internationally renowned portrait painter, becomes embroiled in a series of toxic romantic entanglements, including her marriage to the heir to a …
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Pacific Hope
by Bette Nordberg
The San Francisco Bay area dawns a typical day--the afternoon Kate Langston's entire world is set off-kilter.
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Fortune is a Woman
by Elizabeth A. Adler
The three met in the aftermath of San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake--the Mandarin Lai Tsin, a runaway American heiress, and a young Englishwoman. Against all …
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The Guardian
by Nicholas Sparks
At 29, Julie Barenson is too young to give up on love. Four years after her husband's tragic death, she is finally ready to risk …
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Getting Personal
by Diane Amos
Sometimes good intentions aren't enough.No one knows that better than Monique St. Cyr, parochial school dropout, dieter extraordinaire, and wanna-be investigative reporter with pit bull …
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Tropic of Night
by Michael Gruber
Not since The Secret History has a novel so flawlessly married the ferocious intensity of an unforgettable thriller with the depth, daring, and nuance of …
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Sensei
by John Donohue
In every case, the modus operandi is the same, and the only clue available is a cryptic message scrawled on the wall bearing the signature …
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Murder in Hell's Kitchen
by Lee Harris
Just months from retirement, Detective Jane Bauer takes a join working for a special unit that tackles unsolved crimes and becomes caught up in the …
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Death of a Village
by M. C. Beaton
Constable Hamish MacBeth heads for the village of Stoyre to investigate why its citizens are leaving in droves and encounters a series of baffling events, …
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Murder of a Snake in the Grass
by Denise Swanson
After over two years, school psychologist Skye Denison is still in Scumble River trying to figure out why she’s still in Scumble River. But with …
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Keepsake Crimes
by Laura Childs
Carmela Bertrand, owner of a New Orleans's scrapbooking shop, becomes involved in a murder investigation after one of the city's elite is found dead during …
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A Visible Darkness
by Jonathon King
Haunted by memories of his career as a police officer, Max Freeman isolates himself in the Everglades before learning about a series of murders involving …