May 2025
Scroll down to see the new Fiction releases arriving at the Grimsby Public Library this month. Looking for new books from your favourite authors and series? You can find the latest books from Nora Roberts, Stephen King, Michael Connelly and more in our online catalogue.
 
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The Tenant
by Freida Mcfadden

Blake Porter, desperate to keep his life afloat after losing his job, rents a room to the seemingly perfect Whitney, but as strange occurrences escalate and secrets unravel, he realizes too late that she's woven a deadly trap within his own home.
The Man Made of Smoke : a novel
by Alex North

Dan Garvie's life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child—narrowly escaping an encounter with a notorious serial killer.
The Emperor of Gladness
by Ocean Vuong

In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience on the margins of society.
The Surf House
by Lucy Clarke

"From the million-copy bestselling author Lucy Clarke, a sun-soaked thriller on the Moroccan coast where deadly secrets threaten to breach the surface.  Somewhere inside The Surf House lies the truth-but there'll be a price for uncovering it"
The Last Ferry Out
by Andrea Bartz

Abby travels to the storm-ravaged Isla Colel seeking answers about her fiancée Eszter's mysterious death, but as expats reveal chilling secrets and a key witness vanishes, she uncovers a web of lies that may put her own life in jeopardy.
My Friends : a novel
by Fredrik Backman

Jarrod has felt distanced from his daughter Liv since the death of Jarrod's partner Charlie, but when Liv finds boyfriend Zel murdered, Jarrod rushes to her aid and they comb for clues across the Coachella Valley while a killer's on the loose.
The Girls of Good Fortune : a novel
by Kristina McMorris

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Ways We Hide She came from a lineage known for good fortune...by those who don't know the whole story. The Girls of Good Fortune explores the complexity of family and identity, the importance of stories that echo through generations, and the power of strength found beneath the surface"
Austen At Sea
by Natalie Jenner

Two pairs of siblings, devotees of Jane Austen, find their lives transformed by a visit to England and Sir Francis Austen, her brother and keeper of her memories and surviving artifacts.
Whistle : a novel
by Linwood Barclay

"New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural thriller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed"
Marble Hall Murders
by Anthony Horowitz

Back in England, editor Susan Ryeland is working on a continuation novel called Pünd's Last Case, in which writer Eliot Crace has concealed clues about his grandmother's death by poison, but when another murder follows, Susan becomes the number one suspect.
Speak To Me Of Home : a novel
by Jeanine Cummins

A deeply felt multigenerational family story is augmented with a family tree and map. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
Parents Weekend : a novel
by Alex Finlay

Five families gather for Parents Weekend at a small college in Northern California, but their kids—Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella—never show up for dinner, and FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller must discover if the sins of their parents have caused them peril.
Books You May Have Missed Last Month
Dungeon Crawler Carl
by Matt Dinniman

The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series. A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.
33 Place Brugmann : a novel
by Alice Austen

On the eve of Nazi occupation, the residents of 33 Place Brugmann in Brussels are forced to choose between submission or risking everything to protect one another in the face of betrayal, love and courage.
Snap
by Susin Nielsen

Frances Partridge, fifty-five, is a beloved children’s author. Geraint Blevins, forty-one, is an auto mechanic and devoted family man. Parker Poplawski, twenty-three, is just starting her career as a wardrobe assistant on a hit TV show. What do these people have in common? Nothing, that’s what. Until each of them reaches a breaking point and snaps in spectacular fashion. 
Excavations : a novel
by Hannah Michell

"At home in Seoul, former journalist Sae, is waiting with two clingy toddlers for her husband to come home from work. He has never been this late before. Her children are crying, and Sae, exhausted and anxious, turns on the TV to distract herself. She clicks to the news, which shows a horrific disaster, the collapse of a massive skyscraper where Jae was an engineer."
The Other People : a novel
by C. B. Everett

Ten strangers awaken in a locked, eerie house with no memory of their arrival, tasked with solving a young woman's disappearance while evading a relentless killer and uncovering the truth about their connection to the deadly game.
Passing Through A Prairie Country : a novel
by Dennis E. Staples

At Hidden Atlantis Lake Resort and Casino, Ojibwe Marion Lafournier barely escapes dark force“the sandman” with help from cousins Alana and Cherie, and Alana and Marion must defeat the wraith using her seven-fire sight and his ability to navigate the spirit world.
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