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ID: 712517

Title: Trouble in Queenstown: A Mystery

Author: Delia Pitts

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:59:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Detective Stories, Black Literature

Summary:

With Trouble in Queenstown, Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful mystery that blends grief, class, race, and family with thrilling results.

Evander Vandy Myrick became a cop to fulfill her fathers expectations. After her world cratered, she became a private eye to satisfy her own. Now she's back in Queenstown, New Jersey, her childhood home, in search of solace and recovery. It's a small community of nine thousand souls crammed into twelve square miles, fenced by cornfields, warehouses, pharma labs, and tract housing. As a Black woman, privacy is hard to come by in 'Q-Town,' and worth guarding.

For Vandy, that means working plenty of divorce cases. Theyre nasty, lucrative, and fun in an unwholesome way. To keep the cash flowing and expand her local contacts, Vandy agrees to take on a new client, the mayors nephew, Leo Hannah. Leo wants Vandy to tail his wife to uncover evidence for a divorce suit.

At first the surveillance job seems routine, but Vandy soon realizes theres trouble beneath the bland surface of the case when a racially charged murder with connections to the Hannah family rocks Q-Town. Fingers point. Clients appear. Opposition to the inquiry hardens. And Vandys sight lines begin to blur as her determination to uncover the truth deepens. Shes a minor league PI with few friends and no resources. Logic pegs her chances of solving the case between slim and hell no. But logic isnt her strong suit. Vandy wont back off.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

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ID: 712469

Title: One Big Happy Family: A Novel

Author: Jamie Day

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:12:43

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

'An unputdownable and gripping thriller with nonstop twists and turns!' Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid

The next riveting summer suspense by the bestselling author of THE BLOCK PARTY, Jamie Day.

Could this reunion be the death of them?

The Precipice is a legendary, family-owned hotel on the rocky coast of Maine. With the recent passing of their father, the Bishop sistersIris, Vicki, and Faithhave come for the weekend to claim it. But with a hurricane looming and each of the Bishop sisters harboring dangerous secrets, there's murder in the airand not everyone who checks into the Precipice will be checking out.

Each sister wants what is rightfully hers, and in the mix is the Precipe's nineteen-year-old chambermaid Charley Kelley: smart, resilient, older than her years, and in desperate straits.

The arrival of the Bishop sisters could spell disaster for Charley. Will they close the hotel? Fire her? Discover her habit of pilfering from guests? Or even worse, learn that she's using a guest room to hide a woman on the run.

With razor-sharp wit, heart, thrills, and twists, Jamie Day's ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY delivers a unique brand of summertime suspense.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martins Press.

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ID: 785903

Title: War Ends at Four

Author: Rosanna Staffa

Narrator: Christine Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:36:06

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-24

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

The War Ends at Four explores the quest of a perpetual outsider looking for a true home while coming to terms with the Italy she left behind and the America she found. Renata, an Italian acupuncturist in Minneapolis, falls madly in love with a charismatic actor. Once married, she discovers his passion is not focused on her alone. With her marriage and her small acupuncture clinic in crisis, she is called to her fathers deathbed in Milan. There Renata again faces the slights she suffered in childhood as the daughter of an immigrant from Naples. Gripped by grief and anxiety over her future, she discovers that her father, a survivor of WWII, believed until the end in risk-taking as a life-affirming necessity. With newfound courage, Renata stumbles into the lure of an old love and the magic of a new one. Her final action surprises even herself.

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ID: 705996

Title: Waiting to Welcome: A New Baby Story from West Africa

Author: Reuben Nantogmah, Samantha Cleaver

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:14:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family, Holidays

Summary:

Waiting to Welcome: A New Baby Story from West Africa features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun!

Listeners are invited to a joyous cultural celebration full of delicious food, laughter, and love in Samantha Cleaver and Reuben Nantogmahs charming audiobook.

In Ghana and some other west African countries, when a baby is born, the extended family prepares for a whole week to welcome the little one at a celebration called an outdooring. Andani can't wait to meet her new baby cousin, but a week is so long!

As her aunties and uncles prepare cassava, tuo zaafi, fufu, and other delicious foods for the outdooring, Andani will have to patiently (well, okay, sometimes not so patiently) wait to perform the most important job of all: being the first to greet the little one by name.

A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends.

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ID: 680114

Title: Loving Me After We: The Essential Guide to Healing, Growing, and Thriving After a Toxic Relationship

Author: Ginger Dean

Narrator: Ginger Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:17:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:

This program is read by the author.

For fans of How to Do the Work by Dr. Nicole LePera and The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban, Loving Me After We is the audiobook that will teach you how to love yourself after you've lost yourself in a toxic relationship, and embody confidence, emotional security, and self-love.

A breakup can feel like the end of the worldbut what if it could serve as the start of a better you?

In our search for love, affection, and acceptance, we often find ourselves repeating old patterns with new partners. Our brains seek familiar touch points as a way of navigating the unpredictability of our lives, but this means we can find ourselves reentering relationships with the same toxic dynamics. Toxic relationships are especially hard to recover from, especially when they uncovered some of our earliest and deepest traumas. When we leave them, we often find ourselves nursing a broken heart, again and again.

Even Ginger Dean, a celebrated psychotherapist, found herself stuck in this cycle, but something eventually clicked: Heartbreak didnt have to be a foregone conclusion. Heartbreak can bring us back home to ourselves, not only in our romantic relationships, but in every area of our lives. Once we start healing our hearts, other aspects of our lives open up to bloom.

Through personal anecdotes, practical guidance, and a little bit of tough love, Ginger brings her wisdom and empathy to any reader who is ready to join the revolution of women healing their hearts so they can start the best love affair theyve ever knownwith themselves. Loving ourselves, healing our emotional wounds, setting boundaries, breaking trauma bonds, and doing the necessary healing work after a toxic relationship is a radical decision in today's society. We become savage self-lovers. We are loving me after we.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

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ID: 712464

Title: Uncommon: Simple Principles for an Extraordinary Life

Author: Mark Divine

Narrator: Mark Divine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:33:34

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

This program is read by the author.

From former Navy SEAL, entrepreneur, father, and New York Times bestselling author Mark Divine comes Uncommon, an inspirational audiobook following Mark Divine's trademark warrior monk philosophy that will lead you to the summit of personal development.

To be common is to be an everyday person. It's to do the things that you are expected to do, whether that's what your parents want for you, or your employer, or your spouse, et cetera. But if you want to be more than you are, more than you think you can be, then you need to recognize and learn from your mistakes to lead a life of excellence.

As an elite Navy SEAL, entrepreneur, author, speaker, professor of leadership, and philanthropist, as well as the creator of SEALFIT, Kokoro Yoga, and Unbeatable Mind, Mark Divine uses years of wisdom, business development, martial arts, Eastern philosophy and military experience to take you through life's most important principles for finding your pursuit of excellenceso that you or anyone with the proper motivation can become uncommon.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martins Press.

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ID: 712499

Title: Humor Me: A Novel

Author: Cat Shook

Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:19:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-09-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Coming of Age

Summary:

For fans of Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, a hilarious, heartfelt novel about the healing power of female friendship, unexpected love, and stand-up comedy

Presley Fry is not amused. Shes been an assistant at the Late Night Show for way too long, shes adopted a business casual approach to dating to save herself from the embarrassment of seeking genuine connection, and shes content to let her gregarious roommate, Isabelle, orchestrate her entire social life. Not completely disillusioned, Presley is enamored with the world of stand-up comedy. The joy she finds in discovering up-and-coming comedians is enough for now.

Presley is still reeling from her mother's death, which still knocks the wind out of her every time she reaches for the phone. Enter Susan Clark, her late mother's childhood best friend. Susan is married to the head of the network where Presley works, and is determined to take Presley under her wing. Shes equally determined to connect Presley with her son, the bright and affable Lawrence, who couldnt be further from Presleys type.

As Presley grapples with the loss of her mother and finds her people among those who seek out comedy to make the world a bit brighter, Humor Me reminds us that friendship can emerge from where you least expect it and that shared laughter can ease the deepest pain.

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.

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ID: 792353

Title: Grave Issue

Author: Lillian Bell

Narrator: Katelyn Farrugia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:36:34

Language: English

Release date: 07-09-24

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

After an on-air gaffe goes viral and jeopardizes her career, journalist Desiree Turner retreats home to Verbena, California for some peace and quiet. She begins working one of the quietest jobs around: presiding over funerals for her great-grandfathers funeral parlor. But the action seems to follow her as a fistfight breaks out between neighbors Rosemarie Brewer and Lola Hansen at one of the first funerals shes in charge of running. It exposes a nasty dispute and Rosemaries husband, Alan, is found murdered shortly after. Lolas husband, Kyle, is immediately arrested. Desiree, whose own fathers death was devastating, has always viewed Kyle as a second father. Determined to clear his name, Desiree jumps head first into the investigation and quickly discovers that Alan had several unsavory habits at his job and in his personal life, including putting assets into his mistresss account to hide them from Rosemarie. People murder for money and love all the time, and theres no telling who he offended just enough to push them over the edge. Desiree is looking in all the right places, but she better catch the killer fast before they come for her next in A Grave Issue, the clever series debut by Lillian Bell.

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ID: 737679

Title: Spellshop

Author: Sarah Beth Durst

Narrator: Caitlin Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:11:53

Language: English

Release date: 07-09-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Rom-Com, Romantasy

Summary:

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Dursts romantasy debuta lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love.

Join Kiela the librarian and her assistant, Caz the sentient spider plant, as they navigate the low stakes market of illegal spellmaking and the high risk business of starting over.

Sarah Beth Durst is the hidden gem of the fantasy world. Book Riot

Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasnt had to.

She and her assistant, Caz, a magically sentient spider plant, have spent the last eleven years sequestered among the empires most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the citys elite. But when a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and Caz save as many books as they can carry and flee to a faraway island Kiela was sure shed never return to: her childhood home. Kiela hopes to lay low in the overgrown and rundown cottage her late parents left her and figure out a way to survive without drawing the attention of either the empire or the revolutionaries. Much to her dismay, in addition to a nosyand very handsomeneighbor, she finds the town neglected and in a state of disrepair.

The empire, for all its magic and power, has been neglecting for years the people who depend on magical intervention to maintain healthy livestock and crops. Not only that, but the very magic that should be helping them has been creating destructive storms that have taken a toll on the island. Due to her past role at the library, Kiela feels partially responsible for this, and now shes determined to find a way to make things right: by opening the islands first-ever secret spellshop.

Her plan comes with risksthe consequence of sharing magic with commoners is death. And as Kiela comes to make a place for herself among the kind and quirky townspeople of her former home, she realizes that in order to make a life for herself, she must learn to break down the walls she has built up so high.

Like a Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic, Sarah Beth Dursts The Spellshop will heal your heart and feed your soul.

A Macmillan Audio production from Bramble Books.

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ID: 344672

Title: My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir

Author: Barrett Brown

Narrator: Barrett Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:56:57

Language: English

Release date: 07-09-24

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Law & Politics, Social Science, Political Advocacy

Summary:

This program is read by the author.

Barrett Brown went to prison for four years for leaking intelligence documents. He was released to Trumps America. This is his story.

After a series of escapades both online and off that brought him in and out of 4chan forums, the halls of power, heroin addiction, and federal prison, Barrett Brown is a free man. He was arrested for his part in an attempt to catalog, interpret, and disseminate top-secret documents exposed in a security lapse by the intelligence contractor Stratfor in 2011. An influential journalist who is also active in the hacktivist collective Anonymous, Brown recounts exploits from a life shaped by an often self-destructive drive to speak truth to power. With inimitable wit and style, palpable anger and conviction, he exposes the incompetence and injustices that plague media and politics, reflects on the successes and failures of the transparency movement, and shows the way forward in harnessing digital communication tools for collective action.

But My Glorious Defeats is more than just the tale of the clever and hilarious Brown; its also a rigorously researched dissection of our decaying institutions and of human nature itself. As Brown makes clear, institutions are made of peoplepeople with personal ambitions and personal vicesand it is people, just like him, just like us, who hold power. As optimistic as it is heartbreaking, My Glorious Defeats is an entertaining and illuminating manual for insurgency in the information age.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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