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Billion-Dollar Ransom
by James Patterson
Five members of a billionaire’s family.
In different locations.
All kidnapped at the same moment.
Two children taken from a private-school bus.
A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort.
A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.
A patriarch wants his family back.
The cash, gold, jewels, are crypto are all ready.
There’s only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent.
Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers.
Not a dime.
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For Richer for Poorer
by Danielle Steel
After building a name in evening and wedding gowns, Eugenia Ward faces heavy losses in a declining fashion industry and urgently needs new investors.
As matriarch to five adult children, she juggles wedding chaos, a soon-to-be mother, and family tensions—all while meeting Patrick Hughes, a savvy developer who sparks hope for a fresh start. With finances tight and a hurricane approaching, Eugenia’s summer may test her like never before.
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Circle of Days
by Ken Follett
Seft, a skilled flint miner, travels the Great Plain to trade his stone at the Midsummer Fair and to seek Neen, the girl he loves—offering him a chance to escape his harsh family.
Her sister Joia, a visionary priestess, dreams of a monumental stone circle to unite the tribes of the Plain. But as drought strikes and mistrust grows between herders, farmers, and woodlanders, their dream faces violence and the threat of open war.
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The Academy
by Elin Hilderbrand
It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy, recently ranked the #2 boarding school in the country—a huge leap for a school known more for parties than academics. The campus is gorgeous, classes are small, and the dining hall boasts a New York–trained chef, but the dorms need work and sports teams lag behind.
Then scandal hits. A new app, ZipZap, exposes secrets across campus—from queen bee Davi Banerjee to young history teacher Simone Bergeron, transfer student Charley Hicks, and quirky Admissions Director Cordelia Spooner.
As the year unfolds, friendships are tested, secrets are revealed, and life at Tiffin Academy is forever changed.
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The Black Wolf
by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team thought they had stopped a domestic terrorist in Montréal—the man they called the Black Wolf. But the attack may have been only a diversion. Something darker is at play, and the real Black Wolf may still be out there, spreading lies and stirring division.
Recovering from his injuries, Gamache leads a covert investigation from the village of Three Pines, piecing together clues from two notebooks, a tattered map, and a chilling warning: In a dry and parched land where there is no water.
From the seeming calm of his village, Gamache must navigate a deadly game of cat and mouse against a hidden foe with powerful allies, all while trying to prevent a far greater threat from unfolding.
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With a Vengeance
by Riley Sager
In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she lures them onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, planning to extract confessions and deliver them to justice.
But when a passenger is murdered, it becomes clear someone else aboard is seeking revenge—and won’t stop until everyone is dead. Racing against time, Anna must track the killer while protecting the very people she despises, risking her own life to achieve her long-awaited retribution.
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Atmosphere
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Joan Goodwin has loved the stars for as long as she can remember. A thoughtful physics and astronomy professor at Rice University, she’s content with her quiet life—until she sees an ad for the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan dreams of going to space.
Selected from thousands of applicants in 1980, Joan trains at Johnson Space Center alongside an extraordinary group: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond, kind scientist John Griffin, driven mission specialist Lydia Danes, warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, and the magnetic engineer Vanessa Ford. As they become unlikely friends, Joan discovers passion, love, and a new sense of purpose.
But in December 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.
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Bog Queen
by Anna North
When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, American forensic anthropologist Agnes is called in—only to discover it’s almost perfectly preserved despite being over two thousand years old.
Pulled into a mystery from the distant past, Agnes must uncover the story of an Iron Age woman eerily like herself, while navigating peat-cutters, activists, and the bog itself, full of dark secrets.
Bog Queen weaves between post-Brexit England and ancient Celtic Europe, exploring two women learning to harness their unique strengths amid a mysterious, complex landscape.
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Elbows Up!: Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance
by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
It feels disorienting, and at times existential, to watch a trade war escalate and to hear an American president vow to make Canada the “51st state.” But amid the disorientation, there is an urgent how do we meet the moment?
The fact that treaties can be broken, that resources can be stolen, and that the consequences of land theft include loss of culture, ritual, and identity is not new to the Indigenous and refugee peoples living in this country. But to many other Canadians, this kind of threat is new. As a result, there appears to be a new sense of a “we” emerging. People are angry and standing together with renewed shared purpose. The swell of Canadian pride is undeniable and important to acknowledge. This is a pivotal moment in history to take stock of how we got here, to learn from our past and walk tenaciously together into an uncertain future.
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The Hitchhikers
by Chevy Stevens
It’s the summer of 1976 and Alice and Tom set out on the remote Canadian highways in their new RV, hoping to heal their broken hearts after a devastating tragedy.
They’ve planned the trip perfectly, taken care of every detail. Then they meet two young hitchhikers down on their luck and offer them a ride. But Simon and Jenny aren’t what they seem. They’ve left a trail of blood, destruction, and madness behind them.
Now Alice and Tom are trapped, prisoners in a deadly game, with nowhere to turn. As the tension builds, the lines blur, and the question becomes, In whose heart does evil truly lie? What secrets are Jenny and Simon hiding? And who will live another day?
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