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Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read

Turn of Mind

By Alice LaPlante

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 320

A literary thriller narrated by a surgeon suspected of killing her best friend. The twist: She has dementia and doesn't know if she did it.

— Karen Holt

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