October 2026
Scroll down to see the books that are arriving at the Grimsby Public Library next month! Looking for new books from your favourite authors and series? You can find the latest books from James Patterson, Lee Child, Ali Hazelwood, Freida McFadden, Michael Connelly, Stephen King, Sarah J. Maas, Philippa Gregory, Laurie Gilmore, Debbie Macomber, Jeffrey Archer, WM. Paul Young and more in our online catalogue. View more new books by genre using ShelfBrowser (new titles added almost every week!).
 
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Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus
Peck & Peck
by Bonnie Garmus

 The #1 New York Times bestselling author of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender literary novel set in the publishing world of 1980s New York City about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck. Welcome to another dazzling and unforgettable novel from Bonnie Garmus. If you loved Lessons in Chemistry, you will love Peck & Peck.
Partita by Barbara Kingsolver
Partita
by Barbara Kingsolver

The story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty.With razor-sharp acuity and deep affection, Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver's unforgettable new novel reflects on class barriers, the risks of ambition, and the timeless, life-changing power of art.
The Paris Files by Eva Jurczyk
The Paris Files
by Eva Jurczyk

Told entirely through police interviews, this stylish, sophisticated thriller captures the disastrous aftermath of Parisian rendezvous following the disappearance of a new lover. When phone calls to hospitals turn up nothing, she grows convinced that someone must have taken him. It's the only explanation. Under the scrutiny of the French police, however, Genie's story doesn't quite hold up--and it sounds like Jacob might not be all he seems, either. She swears has no idea what happened to Jacob - so why doesn't her story align with anyone else's?
Dead in Three Two One by Peter James
Dead in Three Two One
by Peter James

Roy Grace is back in this gripping new instalment from number one bestselling author Peter James.
The Heights by Ian Rankin
The Heights
by Ian Rankin

#1 International bestselling author Ian Rankin returns with a razor-sharp, twisty standalone thriller--this one exposing the lives of the 1% in London's most exclusive high rise.  Filled with shocking twists and unforgettable characters, The Heights confirms Ian Rankin's status as one of the most original and compelling crime writers of our time.
Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger
Life Out of Order
by Audrey Niffenegger

Alba DeTamble has never lived a life in order. Born with the same rare Chrono-Displacement Disorder as her father Henry, she slips unpredictably through decades, haunted by the secrets of a future she can witness but cannot change. As Alba strives to maintain a normal life with Zach, her safe, supportive anchor, she forms a tight-knit community. Told through a kaleidoscope of perspectives, the story moves through a boundless, unfolding universe of virtual reality, skimming the wildest reaches of technology and our natural world. The result is a testament to the power of art and community to sustain us in these fractured times--and an epic tale that's set to define an entirely new genre in a way only Niffenegger can.
The Valley of Ravens by Barbara Erskine
The Valley of Ravens
by Barbara Erskine

'One of my favourite writers' Santa Montefiore 'The Grand Dame of the time-slip novel' Peter James In the depths of the valley, two women, centuries apart, are bound by fate...
Laplace's Witch by Keigo Higashino
Laplace's Witch
by Keigo Higashino

Two people die in hot spring towns in different parts of Japan from hydrogen sulfide poisoning. Investigating the case is geochemist Shusuke Aoe, who witnessed the same mysterious girl, Madoka, at both crime scenes... A science fiction mystery that challenges established norms of the genre, written by acclaimed author Keigo Higashino
Miss Wolcott's Ghost by Louise Penny
Miss Wolcott's Ghost
by Louise Penny

There's a body in Lost Nation. Where? demands Armand as he scribbles on the pad by his bed. But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Gamache can question the caller. The head of homicide for the S ret du Qu bec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified. 
Look What the Cat Dragged in by Jason Rekulak
Look What the Cat Dragged in
by Jason Rekulak

Garfield meets Rosemary's Baby --Publisher's Weekly. Meet Penny Padgett, a twenty-seven-year-old cartoonist in Philadelphia who agrees to pet-sit a very peculiar cat named Godfrey in her home. At first, he's a warm and affectionate companion who follows Penny all around the house and insists on sleeping by her side every night. But soon strange things are happening. Penny may be a cat person, but she's starting to think Godfrey is no ordinary cat...
Broken Rival by Tessa Bailey
Broken Rival
by Tessa Bailey

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey comes a gripping, heated romance about a girl trapped in a new reality, forced to make a choice between two brothers--one who is the high school golden boy, the other sworn to hunt down her kind--time travelers. This is Tessa Bailey as you've never seen her before.Which brother can she trust and is the real danger coming from inside the house?
Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones
Off the Reservation
by Stephen Graham Jones

A ragtag group of activists sets out to repatriate the bones of a Blackfeet boy taken to the infamous Carlisle Indian Industrial School in author Stephen Graham Jones's return to the Blackfeet reservation of his award-winning New York Times bestsellers The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.
Books You May Have Missed Last Month
The Living Realm by Jordan Tannahill
The Living Realm
by Jordan Tannahill

While cruising one evening by Teufelssee, a small glacial lake in the Grunewald forest on the edge of Berlin, a man spots a handsome stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to his former lover. Only, Lukas died nearly thirty years ago. Yet the man cannot shake the feeling that it was really Lukas he saw. Written with the lyricism and erudition that have made Jordan Tannahill an internationally celebrated playwright, The Living Realm is a moving, dreamlike novel and an elegy to the ways our lives become entangled with history, the natural world, and those we love.
Daphnis and Chloe by Colin McAdam
Daphnis and Chloe
by Colin McAdam

A fable about love and innocence and beauty, and finding a light through the darkness. Part Ovid and part True Romance, and narrated by Eros himself, Daphnis and Chloe offers a pulpy meditation on love and beauty, on people triumphing over darkness by wrestling deep within it, on the solace of art, and on the simple but profound pleasure provided to a blind old man as he holds his wife's hand and listens to an increasingly familiar story.
The Shadow Friends: A Thriller by Tess Gerritsen
The Shadow Friends: A Thriller
by Tess Gerritsen

When a renowned disease expert and Russian defector dies mysteriously during a global affairs conference in Purity, Maine, the tight-knit band of former spies in the Martini Club once again sees their quiet coastal retirement interrupted by international intrigue. And when a waitress at the conference hotel is found murdered, Ingrid Slocum sees chilling links to a disastrous mission that nearly killed her three decades ago. Desperate to uncover the truth, Ingrid's drawn back into the game by a magnetic ex-CIA colleague--and former lover--who was with her on the long-ago doomed mission.
Life of M by Rachel Cusk
Life of M
by Rachel Cusk

The movie star M is one of the most recognizable faces of our time. Her image is everywhere. It has been like that since she was a child. Now, a writer has decided to pay close attention to M's life in the hope of understanding who she really is. But what truths--about the very experience of living--might this proximity allow the writer to briefly capture? In this astonishing novel, Rachel Cusk hunts for these truths without ever swerving away into self-deception.
The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett
The Silent Appeal
by Janice Hallett

A follow-up to her blockbuster novel The Appeal, featuring the Fairway Players as they find themselves embroiled in murder, blackmail, and betrayal as they mount their latest theatrical production. As with any production, tensions run high, and our intrepid lawyers Femi and Charlotte are tasked with uncovering exactly what happened on the opening night of The Hollow...
Hocus Pocus by Brinda Charry
Hocus Pocus
by Brinda Charry

A young magician travels across the world seeking fame and fortune all the while hiding a secret, in a novel based on the renowned, real-life Indian stage magicians performing in the United States in the 1800s. Samuel Thomas, is a young magician convinced that he is destined for greatness in a far-off land. Seeking honor and acclaim, he journeys across the globe--from India to London to the fog-shrouded streets of Boston in 1816, the infamous Year Without a Summer. Richly detailed and vividly conjured, Hocus Pocus is a story about art, ambition, and desire, and captures the crackling energy and wonder of a bygone era through the eyes of a young performer.
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