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Central

Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley, MYS ( STAFF REVIEW)
The Tear Collector by Patrick Jones, Y
Let’s Get Criminal: A Nick Hoffman mystery by Lev Raphael, MYS

Metro Detroit

Black Water by Doug Allyn, MYS
My American Unhappiness by Dean Bakopoulos, FIC (STAFF REVIEW)
The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter, FIC
Embers by Laura Bickle, HOR (STAFF REVIEW)
Taking Care of Cleo by Bill Broder, HIS
Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell, FIC (STAFF REVIEW & STAFF REVIEW)
Nicotine Kiss: an Amos Walker novel by Loren D. Estleman, MYS
Middlesex by Jeff Eugenides, FIC
The Woman Most Likely To—  by Jennifer Greene, ROM
Something to Kill For by Susan Holtzer, MYS
Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard, ROM
The Narrows by Alexander C. Irvine, SF
The Edge of Midnight by Beverly Jenkins, ROM
The Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson, MYS
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie, MYS
The Art Student's War by Brad Leithauser, HIS
Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard, AS
Wake by Lisa McCann, Y (STAFF REVIEW)
Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen, FIC (STAFF REVIEW)
The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman, FIC ( STAFF REVIEW)
Exit Strategy by Ryan Potter, Y
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx, FIC (STAFF REVIEW)
The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit: Stories by Michael Zadoorian, FIC

Up North

South of Superior by Eileen Airgood, FIC (STAFF REVIEW)
The Burning of Rachel Hayes by Doug Allyn, MYS
Dead Dancing Women by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli, MYS
What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day— by Pearl Cleage, FIC
A Cry in the Night by Colleen Coble, MYS
The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford, Y (STAFF REVIEW)
The Tarnished Eye by Judith Guest, MYS
A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton (Alex McKnight), MYS
Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison, FIC
Where Yesterday Lives by Karen Kingsbury, FIC
A Venture Into Murder by Henry Kisor, MYS
An Unquiet Grave by P. J. Parrish, MYS
Cold by John Smolens, FIC
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver, FIC

West Side

The Lake, the River and the Other Lake by Steve Amick, FIC
Hallie's heart by Shelly Beach, FIC
American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell, FIC
The Chocolate Cat Caper: a Chocoholic Mystery by JoAnna Carl, MYS
Company Man by Joseph Finder, AS
Eden Springs by Laura Kasischke, HIS
Whiskey and Water by Nina Wright, MYS
A Summer of Silk Moths by Margaret Willey, Y
Acting by Sherri Winston, Y

Non-fiction picks from all over the state

Booking Passage: We Irish and Americans by Thomas Lynch, 305.89162073 Lynch
Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg, 306.87540874 Luxenberg (STAFF REVIEW)
The Vernor’s Story: from Gnomes to Now by Lawrence L. Rouch, 338.4766362 Rouch
Arc of Justice: a saga of race, civil rights, and murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle ,345.02523 Boyle
The Red Parts: a memoir by Maggie Nelson, 362.88 Nelson
Month-By-Month Gardening in Michigan: What to do each month to have a beautiful garden all year by James A. Fizzell, 635.09774 Fizzell
Enslaved By Ducks by Bob Tarte, 636.0887 Tarte
Walnut Pickles and Watermelon cake: A century of Michigan cooking by Larry B. Massie and Priscilla Massie, 641.5977 M27wa
The Great Lakes Berry Book : a complete guide to finding, harvesting, and preparing wild berries and fruits in the Great Lakes by Bob Krumm, 641.647 Krumm
Grit, Noise and Revolution: the birth of Detroit Rock n’ Roll by David A. Carson, 781.660977434 Carson
Peninsula: Essays and Memoirs from Michigan ed. Michael Steinberg, 810.8032774 Peninsula
Voices of Michigan Vol. III ed. Christina Dembeck, 810.809774 Voices
Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan by Michael Federspiel, 813.52 Federspiel
Motorcycling Across Michigan by William Murphy, 917.74 Murphy
Going back to Central : on the road in search of the past in Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Lon L. Emerick, 917.7490444 Emerick
The Battle Is Not Yours by Rita Bunton, 921 Bunton
Made in Detroit: (a south of 8-Mile memoir) by Paul Clemens, 921 Clemens
Still With Me by Andrea King Collier, 921 Collier
Michigan's Columbus: the Life of Douglass Houghton by Steve Lehto, 921 Houghton
Keewaydinoquay, stories from my youth by Keewaydinoquay Peschel, 921 Keewaydinoquay
At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream by Wade Rouse, 921 Rouse (STAFF REVIEW)
Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka, J 921 Scieszka
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small, GN 921 Small (STAFF REVIEW)
King of Beaver Island: the life and assassination of James Jesse Strang by Roger Van Noord, 921 Strang
Voyages into Michigan's Past by Larry B. Massie, 977.4 Massie
Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing by Arnie Bernstein, 977.424 Bernstein (STAFF REVIEW)