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Cover of The Summer House

The Summer House

James Patterson, Brendan DuBois

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Mystery
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Leaving Time

Jodi Picoult

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Missing persons
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The Wandering Inn

Pirateaba

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Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
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Hollow Bones

Jodi Picoult

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Fiction
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The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

4.0 (1)
Murder
Psychological Fiction
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