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Agatha Christie did it best, but now locked room mysteries are back in full force. From Ruth Ware’s In a Dark, Dark Wood to Shari Lapena’s The Unwanted Guest, this theme is suddenly becoming very popular and shows no sign of letting up. A new example that people are talking about is The Hunting Party, which is about a group of old friends trapped together at a hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands. A historic blizzard rolls in, one of the friends turns up dead, and suddenly no one can be trusted. It's included below in our list of popular new additions to the library. Click on any title to place reserve your copy. -- Catherine
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The hunting partyby Lucy FoleyA group of thirty-something Oxford friends celebrate New Year's Eve in the Scottish Highlands as a historic blizzard hits, trapping and isolating them, only to discover one of them is a murderer.Genre: Locked room mysteries, Psychological suspenseThemes: The butler did it!Storyline: Intricately plottedTone: Atmospheric; SuspensefulWriting Style: Compelling
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Cemetery roadby Greg IlesHis father's terminal illness, his family's struggling newspaper, and a politically charged murder trial force a Washington journalist to return to his small Mississippi hometown.Genre: MysteriesThemes: Home againStoryline: Plot-drivenTone: Menacing; SuspensefulWriting Style: Compelling
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Run away by Harlan CobenAfter discovering his drug-addicted daughter Paige, who he has not seen in six months, panhandling in Central Park, Simon follows her into a dark and dangerous world he never knew existed that puts his family and his life on the line.Genre: Thrillers and suspenseStoryline: Intricately plottedPace: Fast-pacedTone: SuspensefulWriting Style: Compelling
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Slow ride by Lori FosterTreasure hunter Ronnie Ashford struggles to maintain professional distance in her reluctant collaboration with security expert Jack Crews, who resolves to prove there is more to their relationship.Genre: Contemporary romancesThemes: Road tripping; Workplace romanceTone: SteamyWriting Style: Banter-filled; Engaging
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The savior by J. R. WardReturning to Caldwell to correct the mistake that expelled him from the Black Dagger Brotherhood, the vampire Murhder falls in love with a medical researcher who makes a torturous discovery about her late ex's secret experiments.Genre: Paranormal romancesTone: SteamyWriting Style: Compelling
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The bride test by Helen HoangBelieving he cannot experience big emotions--like love, or grief, Khai Diep avoids relationships, until his mother travels to Vietnam and returns with Esme Tran.Genre: Contemporary romancesThemes: Living with invisible disabilityCharacter: Ability diverse; Complex; Culturally diverseStoryline: Own voicesTone: Amusing; Moving; SteamyWriting Style: Engaging; Thoughtful
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The goodbye café by Mariah StewartAfter her and her estranged sisters fulfill her father’s dying wish to renovate the Sugarhouse Theater in Pennsylvania, Allie Hudson Monroe must decide whether to return to her previous life on the West Coast or stay in the small town she has come to love.Genre: Women's lives and relationshipsThemes: Family gatheringsTone: Heartwarming; UpbeatWriting Style: Engaging
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Otherwise engaged by Lindsey J PalmerAfter her fiance authors a sensational and best-selling novel loosely based on his torrid love affair with his ex-girlfriend, Molly's paranoia that she will come back and try to rekindle their romance sends her into a downward spiral.Genre: Chick litThemes: Love on the rocksCharacter: Well-developedPace: Fast-pacedTone: Darkly humorous
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I owe you one by Sophie KinsellaStruggling to hold her late father's business together in spite of her less-motivated siblings, Fixie Farr cashes in an IOU from a handsome stranger to find employment for her childhood crush.Genre: Adult books for young adults; Chick litCharacter: LikeableTone: Funny; HeartwarmingWriting Style: Engaging; Witty
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Wild country by Anne BishopHuman and shape-shifting citizens of Bennett struggle to coexist peacefully before profit-seeking humans and the power-hungry Blackstone Clan force neighbors to choose between uniting or turning on each other.Genre: Fantasy fiction; Urban fantasyStoryline: World-building Pace: Fast-paced
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The bird king by G. Willow WilsonA concubine in the royal court of Granada at the height of the Spanish Inquisition and her mapmaker friend risk their lives to escape when the latter is accused of sorcery.Genre: Historical fantasy; Middle Eastern-influenced fantasyThemes: On the runCharacter: Culturally diverse; LGBTQIA diverse; Strong femaleStoryline: World-buildingPace: Fast-pacedTone: Dramatic
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Machines like meby Ian McEwanThe National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Atonement presents the story of two lovers in an alternative 1980s London who construct a perfect synthetic human before finding themselves in a morally complex love triangle.Genre: Alternative histories; Literary fiction; Science fictionThemes: Robots with emotionsCharacter: ComplexTone: Thought-provoking
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Little darlingsby Melanie GoldingDiscounted by everyone when after the traumatizing birth of her twins she is threatened by a mysterious being, an exhausted mother risks the unthinkable when she becomes convinced that her infants have been replaced by changelings.Genre: Psychological suspense, Horror, Fairy TalesStoryline: Open-endedTone: Creepy; Menacing; SuspensefulWriting Style: Compelling
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Before she knew himby Peter SwansonWhat would happen if a serial killer met the perfect confidant, someone who would never be believed if they revealed his or her secrets? Swanson has crafted another bar-raising psychological thriller with this tense, unexpected spin on serial killers and those obsessed with them. Genre: Psychological suspense Storyline: Intricately plotted Pace: Fast-paced Tone: Suspenseful
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I know who you areby Alice FeeneyAn actress on the brink of fame finds her sense of reality thrown into question by her husband's baffling disappearance at the same time a young runaway lands in mortal danger.Genre: Psychological suspenseThemes: Unreliable narratorStoryline: Intricately plotted; Plot-drivenPace: IntensifyingTone: Disturbing
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The lieutenant's nurse by Sara AckermanSet in the vibrant tropical surroundings of the Pacific, The Lieutenant’s Nurse is an evocative, emotional WWII story of love, friendship and the resilient spirit of the heroic nurses of Pearl Harbor.Genre: Historical fictionThemes: Life during wartime; Love in wartimePace: Fast-pacedTone: Romantic; SuspensefulWriting Style: Engaging
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The Cassandraby Sharma ShieldsThe Cassandra follows a woman who goes to work in a top secret research facility during WWII, only to be tormented by visions of what the mission will mean for humankind.Genre: Adaptations; Historical fictionCharacter: Strong femaleTone: HeartwrenchingWriting Style: Compelling; Stylistically complex
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The quintland sisters by Shelley WoodAttending the birth of the Dionne quintuplets in 1934 Ontario, a teen midwife witnesses an explosive custody dispute between the government and family members involving the quintuplets' exploitation as curiosities.Genre: Canadian fiction; Coming-of-age stories; Historical fictionThemes: Inspired by real eventsPace: Fast-pacedTone: HeartwarmingWriting Style: Engaging
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