Favorite Firsts: Books in Series
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Mr. Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston A generation after Pride and Prejudice, the five daughters of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy arrive in London to stay with cousins while their parents are on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople. |
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Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel After a natural disaster kills Ayla’s tribe, members of the Clan of the Cave Bear find her and mistrust her because her blonde hair and blue eyes are different, but she eventually helps them survive. |
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Open Season by C. J. Box As Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett races against time to save an endangered species, he finds himself plunged into a deadly mystery. |
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Storm Front by Jim Butcher A modern-day mage and consultant to the police finds his stale life suddenly enlivened by the presence of a rival in the black arts. |
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Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot Lizzie Nichols discovers that her inability to keep her mouth shut has landed her in hot water when she aggravates her unfaithful boyfriend, is stranded in London, and takes a job as a bartender for a catered wedding at a French chateau. |
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The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini Sarah, struggling to find a job and a sense of place in her new town, finds herself learning how to quilt from a cantankerous old woman. |
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Killing Floor by Lee Child Ex-MP Jack Reacher goes into action to find his brother’s killers, after a series of brutal crimes terrorizes tiny Margrave, Georgia, only to uncover the dark and deadly conspiracy concealed behind the town’s peaceful facade. |
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Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben Sports agent Myron Bolitar must unravel a complex mystery involving blackmail and family tragedy when his client, celebrated rookie quarterback Christian Steele, receives a phone call from a supposedly-dead ex-girlfriend. |
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The Black Echo by Michael Connelly A Vietnam veteran-turned-detective, Harry Bosch discovers the body of a former comrade-in-arms during an investigation and, with the help of an FBI agent, hunts for the murderers on a trail leading back to Saigon. |
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The Mediterranean Caper by Clive Cussler A Luftwaffe ace, a Nazi war criminal, a beautiful and untrustworthy brunette, and a deadly billion-dollar cargo become the objects of a desperate search as Dirk Pitt matches wits with the elusive leader of an international smuggling ring. |
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Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson Catering a wake for her son’s teacher leads Goldy Bear into the detective business when rat poison turns up in her food and the police begin to treat her like a suspect. |
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Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson After being killed in a car accident, fashion savvy Betsy Taylor becomes one of the undead and, with the help of her newfound friends, the lure of designer shoes, and a sexy vampire, must destroy a dark enemy and fulfill her destiny as the prophesied vampire queen. |
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The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver Once the nation’s foremost criminologist and the ex-head of NYPD forensics, quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme abandons his forced retirement and joins forces with rookie cop Amelia Sachs to track down a vicious serial killer. |
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Black by Ted Dekker Thomas Hunter narrowly survives a shooting attempt only to awaken in an alternate universe of green forests, a world to which he subsequently travels every time he goes to sleep. |
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Plum Island by Nelson DeMille As New York Police Detective John Corey investigates the shooting of a husband-and-wife team of biologists at a top secret island research site, the media suggest that the couple planned to use a stolen virus to carry out a deadly plot. |
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Booked to Die by John Dunning Cliff Janeway, a burnt-out Colorado cop and rare book collector, investigates the murder of his book scout friend, who was tracking down a valuable find when his life was brought to an abrupt conclusion. |
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Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein Actress Isabella Lascar is brutally murdered while driving to Assistant D. A. Alexandra Cooper’s beach house. Was Alexandra the intended target? Alex cooperates with the police and the F.B.I. while trying to keep the publicity away from her job as Chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit. |
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The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen A female heart surgeon, terrorized by a serial killer in Boston using the same MO as a killer who attacked her during her internship years in Savannah, works with a detective to solve the crime while trying to stay alive. |
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Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin After a night of indiscriminate partying, Rachel sleeps with a close friend’s fiancé and is consumed with guilt, until the intensity of her feelings forces her to make a difficult choice. |
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Bet Your Bottom Dollar by Karin Gillespie Running the local general store for their small-town South Carolina community, manager Elizabeth enlists her two fellow shopkeepers and a crew of friends to save the store from a rival who would put her out of business. |
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Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Love blossoms between Sookie Stackhouse, a cocktail waitress who keeps to herself because of her ability to read minds, and Bill, a vampire with ties to a crowd that may be responsible for the death of one of Sookie’s coworkers. |
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Haunted Ground by Erin Hart The Irish landscape holds secrets past and present as archaeologist Cormac O’Callaghan and pathologist Nora Gavin encounter a mystery when a decapitated woman is found in the bogs who may be related to a recent mother/child disappearance. |
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Dune by Frank Herbert Set on the desert planet Arrakis, this is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family, and bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream. |
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The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson A group of 12 extremely diverse women, assigned to a prayer group at a women’s conference, become the best of friends as they support each other through the challenges and crises in their lives. |
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The Face of Deception by Iris Johansen Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan can recreate the face of the dead by reconstructing their skulls, but when she takes an assignment she realizes that the face belongs to a man who is supposedly still alive — and connected to the highest offices in the land. |
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The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Relates a tale of the bestial Trollocs, the witch Moiraine, and three boys, one of whom is fated to become the Dragon—the World’s only hope and the sure means of its destruction. |
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When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman Retired psychologist Alex Delaware’s reluctant treatment of a seven-year-old eyewitness to murder who refuses to speak forces him to relive the distasteful case that prompted his early retirement. |
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King A chance meeting with a Sussex beekeeper turns into a pivotal, personal transformation when Mary Russell discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive, retired detective Sherlock Holmes, who soon takes on the role of mentor and teacher. |
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Fame by Karen Kingsbury A story of hope, healing, and God’s divine leading—even in the face of impossible circumstances. |
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Redemption by Karen Kingsbury,Gary Smalley When Laura Baxter Jacobs finds out that her husband is involved in an adulterous relationship and wants a divorce, she decides that she will love him and remain faithful to her marriage at all costs. |
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Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella Financial journalist Rebecca Bloomwood seeks solace from the boredom and pressures in life with her shopping, a solution that brings her close to financial disaster, until she encounters a story that will change her life. |
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay Hiding a secret life as an assassin while working as a murder analyst for the Miami police, Dexter Morgan is intrigued by the work of a new serial killer whose style mimics his own. |
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Bad Girl Creek by Jo-Ann Mapson Four wounded women heal their hearts by opening a flower farm together, where they rediscover the importance of friendship. |
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Most Wanted by Michele Martinez Federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas becomes involved in the murder case of a wealthy former colleague and finds herself mysteriously drawn to an attractive, secretive FBI agent assigned to the case. |
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The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith The editor of “The Review of Applied Ethics” and a curious lover of puzzles, Isabel Dalhousie decides to investigate when she witnesses the fatal fall of a young man and discovers that he had been probing misdeeds at his brokerage firm. |
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Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Easy Rawlins is fired from his factory job in 1948 and after working for a mobster, he finds that he has skills as an investigator. |
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Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin fight in the Napoleonic Wars. |
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Along Came a Spider by James Patterson Washington, D.C., police detective Alex Cross becomes caught up in a kidnapping case that may involve Gary Soneji, a teacher at an elite private school who is also a schizophrenic psychopath and serial murderer. |
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Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray Julie Roseman and Romeo Cacciamani had been born to rival florist families in Boston, but it is love at first sight when they spot each other across a crowded lobby. |
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Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan sets out on the trail of a killer in Montreal. |
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At Risk by Stella Rimington A deadly terrorist threat draws British Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle into a dangerous pursuit that will test her talents to the ultimate as she discovers that her unique ability to get inside the enemy’s head could be the only hope of averting a horrific disaster. |
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Naked in Death by J. D. Robb New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas reluctantly accepts help from a psychic to solve a string of gruesome murders in 2059 Manhattan, but when her partner Peabody almost becomes the next victim, the stakes are raised. |
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Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross Recently widowed and newly wealthy, Miss Julia receives a visit from Hazel Marie, who claims that her nine-year-old son is the child of Julia’s late husband. |
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See Jane Date by Melissa Senate Twenty-eight-year-old Jane Gregg, an assistant editor, has sixty days to find an impressive date for her cousin’s elegant society wedding, and after many riotous blind dates, a bout with nicotine withdrawal, and a revealing identity crisis, she finds love in the most unexpected place. |
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The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet tell the Southern view of the battle at Gettysburg while Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and General John Buford present the Northern view. |
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A Country Affair by Rebecca Shaw The first in a series of enchanting novels set in a veterinary practice on the outskirts of a Yorkshire, England, town introduces Kate, the receptionist in a busy veterinary practice; Scott, the flirty Australian vet; her faithful boyfriend, Adam; and the entertaining animal patients. |
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Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith In contemporary Moscow, Chief Homicide Investigator Arkady Renko unravels the mystery of a triple murder complicated by the shadowy and uncooperative presence of the KGB and by his falling in love. |
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The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart Merlin spends his childhood in the court of his grandfather, the King of Wales, where he keeps secret his ability of “second sight.” |
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Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani Town pharmacist and local spinster Ave Maria has been keeping the secrets of Stone Gap for a long time, but now a skeleton is about to tumble from her own family closet. |
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No Angel by Penny Vincenzi Routinely making decisions that have dangerous consequences, strong-willed aristocrat’s daughter Celia Lytton sets in motion a series of events during World War I that have a particular impact on her family. |
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The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig Leaving Harvard to complete her dissertation in England, Eloise Kelly discovers lost historical information that reveals the secret life of the most elusive spy of all time, a figure who single-handedly saved England from Napoleon’s invasion. |