CPL Previews
A sneak peek at the February arrivals!
Humans, Bow Down
James Patterson
Surviving a terrible war between the victorious Robots and defeated humans who must submit to their new rulers or be banished to the desolate Reserve, Six, a feisty young survivor, launches a rebellion to save the human race
Scheduled Publication Date: February 20
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Heartbreak Hotel
Jonathan Kellerman
Surprised by a nearly 100-year-old new client who refuses to explain the reason she needs his services at their first session, Alex Delaware is shocked by the woman's subsequent murder and teams up with detective Milo Sturgis to investigate her mysterious life and death.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 14
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Echoes in Death
J.D. Robb
Rescuing a severely traumatized survivor of a violent house invasion that ended the life of her obsessive husband, New York lieutenant Eve Dallas makes unsettling discoveries about the victim while struggling to piece together baffling clues about the killer.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 7
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My Not So Perfect Life
Sophie Kinsella
After being fired by Demeter Farlowe, Katie Brenner retreats to her family's farm to help them set up a vacation business, but when Demeter shows up out of the blue, Katie has a new chance at re-evaluating and resetting her life.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 7
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Bone Box
Faye Kellerman
When Rina Lazarus makes a shocking discovery in the woods near her upstate New York community, her husband, police detective Peter Decker, becomes embroiled in a series of gruesome, decades-old unsolved murders.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 28
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Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman
Presents a rendering of the major Norse pantheon that traces the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and the exploits of its characters, illuminating the characters and natures of iconic figures Odin, Thor, and Loki.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 7
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Most Dangerous Place
James Grippando
Jack signs on to defend a friend's wife who is accused of murdering her college rapist, but he finds the case complicated by the woman's tortured family history and conflicting testimony from an ex-boyfriend.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 21
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Banana Cream Pie Murder
Joanne Fluke
Returning from an extravagant honeymoon only to learn that an unpopular neighbor has been murdered, Hannah Swensen doubts a police ruling about a random intruder while sifting through a growing number of suspects. 
Scheduled Publication Date: February 28
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Robert B. Parker's Revelation
Robert Knott
When a particularly intimidating criminal and his cold-blooded posse escape from prison, Cole and Hitch join their Territorial lawmen team to capture the fugitives and rescue a woman who was kidnapped during the escape.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 7
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I See You
Clare Mackintosh
Spotting her own picture in a classified ad referencing a mysterious website, Zoe discovers that other women who have appeared in the ad have become the victims of increasingly violent crimes.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 21
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Garden of Lamentations  
Deborah Crombie
While Gemma James investigates the murder of a young nanny who appears to be one of a series of victims, Duncan Kincaid uncovers disturbing information about seemingly unrelated cases that may be putting his friends and family into mortal danger.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 7
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A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline
Imagines the life story of Christina Olson, the subject of Andrew Wyeth's painting "Christina's World," describing the simple life she led on a remote Maine farm, her complicated relationship with her family, and the illness that incapacitated her.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 21
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The Refugees
Thanh Viet Nguyen
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents a new collection of stories, written over a 20-year period, which explores questions of home, family, immigration, the American experience and the relationships and desires for self-fulfillment that define our lives.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 7
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Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
Traces a night of solitary mourning and reflection as experienced by the sixteenth president after the death of his eleven-year-old son at the dawn of the Civil War.
Scheduled Publication Date: February 14
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A Book of American Martyrs
Joyce Carol Oates
Traces the intricately linked lives of a grieving family and an ardent Evangelical patriarch who has assassinated a small-town abortion doctor in the name of God
Scheduled Publication Date: February 7
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