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    Cover of Invisible Threat
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    Invis­i­ble Threat
    Robert L. Hirsch
    Cover of The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away
    Non­fic­tion
    The Lind­bergh Kid­nap­ping Sus­pect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away
    Lise Pearl­man
    Cover of Ophelia
    Fic­tion
    Ophe­lia
    Nor­man Bacal
    Cover of The Plot
    Fic­tion
    The Plot
    Jean Hanff Korelitz
    Cover of Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East
    Non­fic­tion
    Proof of Life: Twen­ty Days on the Hunt for a Miss­ing Per­son in the Mid­dle East
    Daniel Levin
    Cover of The Sword of David
    Fic­tion
    The Sword of David
    Charles Licht­man
    Cover of Requiem for a Female Serial Killer
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    Requiem for a Female Ser­i­al Killer
    Phyl­lis Chesler
    Cover of The Best Assassination in the Nation
    Fic­tion
    The Best Assas­si­na­tion in the Nation
    Joshua Cohen
    Cover of Passport to Death
    Fic­tion
    Pass­port to Death
    Yigal Zur
    Cover of Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival
    Non­fic­tion
    Play­ing Dead: A Mem­oir of Ter­ror and Survival
    Monique Fai­son Ross
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    Fic­tion
    Hip Set
    Michael Fer­tik
    Cover of The Apple and the Shady Tree: The Mafia, My Family, and Me
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    The Apple and the Shady Tree: The Mafia, My Fam­i­ly, and Me
    Lisa Novick Goldberg
    Cover of The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle
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    The Sus­pect: An Olympic Bomb­ing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jew­ell, the Man Caught in the Middle
    Kevin Sal­wen
    Kent Alexan­der
    Cover of Two Bites Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery
    Fic­tion
    Two Bites Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery
    Debra H. Goldstein
    Cover of Newark Minutemen: A True 1930’s Legend About a Boxer Who Tries to Save a Nation’s Soul Without Losing His Own
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    Newark Min­ute­men: A True 1930’s Leg­end About a Box­er Who Tries to Save a Nation’s Soul With­out Los­ing His Own
    Leslie K. Barry
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    Ver­i­tas: A Har­vard Pro­fes­sor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife
    Ariel Sabar
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