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New Fiction, Mystery & Science Fiction October 2018
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The girl from Berlin : a novel
by Ronald H Balson
Lockhart and Taggart investigate a German violin prodigy's handwritten records from Berlin's interwar period to resolve a land dispute between a powerful corporation and a woman facing the loss of her Tuscan hills home. By the author of Once We Were Brothers and Karolina's Twins.
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November road : a novel
by Lou Berney
A street lieutenant for a New Orleans mob boss flees when his knowledge about JFK's assassination makes him a target, a situation that is dangerously complicated when he stops to help a runaway housewife with two children. By the best-selling author of The Long and Faraway Gone.
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Unsheltered
by Barbara Kingsolver
The award-winning author of The Poisonwood Bible traces the experiences of a woman whose efforts to protect her family from sudden unemployment are shaped by the story of an ostracized 19th-century science teacher.
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The Clockmaker's Daughter
by Kate Morton
More than 150 years after an artist's retreat on the banks of the Upper Thames ends in murder, theft and ruin, a London archivist is drawn by a striking photograph and a sketchbook to discover a manor's secrets.
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Killing Commendatore
by Haruki Murakami
An epic novel of love, war and art stands as an imaginative homage to The Great Gatsby. By the award-winning author of Colorless Tsukuro Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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A spark of light : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis.
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Dark Sacred Night
by Michael Connelly
Teaming up with Harry Bosch to reopen a cold case, LAPD detective Renée Ballard navigates interpersonal differences to pursue justice for a murdered runaway in Hollywood. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Lincoln Lawyer series.
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The Fox
by Frederick Forsyth
When America's intelligence agencies are breached by a teen hacker, a British MI6 leader endeavors to use the boy's talents to safeguard both nations from unseen enemies. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Day of the Jackal.
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The Witch Elm : a novel
by Tana French
Left for dead by burglars while partying with friends, a happy-go-lucky charmer takes refuge at his dilapidated ancestral home before a grisly discovery reveals an unsuspected family history. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Trespasser
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The Reckoning
by John Grisham
The best-selling author of The Firm returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to trace the unthinkable mid-20th-century murder of a local reverend by a young war hero who refuses to defend his actions during a bizarre trial.
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Wrecked
by Joe Ide
When a young painter approaches IQ for help tracking down her missing mother, it's not just the case Isaiah's looking for, but the human connection. By the author of Righteous
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New Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Dragon's code : Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern
by Gigi McCaffrey
Published in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Dragonriders of Pern series, an original Pern tale, written by Anne McCaffrey's daughter, follows the experiences of an undercover harper who must prevent a dragon civil war.
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Red moon
by Kim Stanley Robinson
In 2048, three travelers to the Moon, now fully colonized, find that it is a very deadly place.
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The Consuming Fire
by John Scalzi
Interdependency leader Emperox Grayland II races to safeguard humanity's interstellar empire from the collapse of the extra-dimensional conduit that billions depend on for survival. By the Hugo Award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Old Man's War.
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