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Welcome to Murder Week
by Karen Dukess
When thirty-four-year-old Cath loses her mother, she is forced to go through her mother’s things and is perplexed to find tickets for an upcoming “murder week” in England’s Peak District: a whole town has come together to stage a fake murder mystery to attract tourism. Cath decides to go on the trip herself and begins a journey she never could have anticipated. Teaming up with her two cottage-mates, Cath sets about solving the “crime” and begins to unravel shocking truths about her mother along the way.
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Before Dorothy
by Hazel Gaynor
Chicago, 1924: Emily Gale and her new husband, Henry, yearn to leave the bustle of Chicago. But leaving the city means leaving Emily's beloved sister, Annie. Kansas, 1932: Emily and Henry have made a life in the community of Liberal, Kansas, among the harsh beauty of the prairie. Their lives hold a precarious and hopeful purpose, until tragedy strikes and their orphaned niece, Dorothy, lands on their doorstep. Drought and devastating dust storms threaten to destroy everything, and their much-loved home becomes a place of uncertainty and danger.
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Breathe In, Bleed Out
by Brian McAuley
No one knows exactly what happened the day Hannah's fiancé died, and Hannah would like to keep it that way. When her friend group gets an invitation to a spiritual retreat, Hannah reluctantly agrees in search of a fresh start. But this journey of self-discovery quickly descends into a violent fight for self-preservation when a mysterious killer starts picking off retreat attendees in increasingly gruesome ways. As the body count rises, Hannah will have to confront her dark past and uncover the true nature of a ruthless monster hellbent on killing her vibe for good.
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The Broposal
by Sonora Reyes
After being fired by the company that promised him a green card, Alejandro “Han” Torres is at his wit’s end. Han is now seriously considering his best friend and roommate Kenny Bautista’s offer to marry him. After all, most of their friends joke that Han and Kenny are already the perfect couple, and the timing couldn’t be better for Kenny, who has just broken up with his longtime girlfriend. However, what starts out as a fauxmance quickly becomes complicated when both Kenny and Han realize their fake feelings for each other are very real.
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Legends & Lattes
by Travis Baldree
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior's life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the city has ever seen. However, her dreams of a fresh start pulling shots instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. Old frenemies and Thune's shady underbelly may just upset her plans. To finally build something that will last, Viv will need some new partners and a different kind of resolve.
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The Unworthy
by Agustina Marâia Bazterrica
From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood, deemed an unworthy, she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened. Outside, the world is plagued by catastrophe, cities are submerged underwater, electricity and the internet are nonexistent, and bands of survivors fight in a cruel, barren landscape. Inside, the narrator is controlled, punished, but safe. But when a stranger makes her way past the convent walls, she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
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The Librarians
by Sherry Thomas
In the suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff don't always realize that their librarians are human too. When two patrons turn up dead after the library's inaugural murder mystery-themed game night, the librarians' quiet routines come crashing down. Something sinister has stirred that threatens every single one of them. The only way the librarians can save the library-and themselves-is to let go of their secrets, trust one another, and band together.
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The Knight and the Moth
by Rachel Gillig
Sybil Delling is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and only a heretic can defeat a god.
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The Hounding
by Xenobe Purvis
The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in 18th century England whose neighbors are convinced they're turning into dogs. Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls began, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on the riverbed to ravens gathering on the roofs of people about to die. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and when one claims to see the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, the allegations spark fascination and fear like nothing has before.
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The Conjuring of America
by Lindsey Stewart
Emerging first on plantations in the American South, enslaved conjure women used their magic to treat illnesses. These women combined their ancestral spiritual beliefs from West Africa with local herbal rituals and therapeutic remedies to create conjure, forging a secret well of health and power hidden to their oppressors. These women first utilized many of the modern-day staples we still enjoy today. The Conjuring of America is a love letter to the magic Black women used to sow messages of rebellion, freedom, and hope.
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The Golden Voice
by Gregory Cahill
A true story of beloved Cambodian singer Ros Serey Sothea, whose "Golden Voice" helped define Cambodia's Golden Age of music until her mysterious disappearance in the killing fields of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. From a humble rice farmer to nationally recognized singer, Sothea's success captured the hearts of the Khmer people, her signature angelic voice soaring over genres from traditional ballads to psychedelic rock and beyond.
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Murder Ballads
by Katy Horan
Murder Ballads is an illustrated exploration of twenty traditional murder ballads, blending haunting artwork with in-depth histories of each song. Katy Horan examines the genre's roots in patriarchal violence and white supremacy, its ties to true crime, and its lasting cultural impact. Complete with lyrics, reflections, and a curated list of recordings, this collection is perfect for fans of folk music, history, and the macabre.
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L.A. Coroner
by Anne Soon Choi
A gripping biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial "Coroner to the Stars," who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, and Natalie Wood. His elaborate press conferences, which often generated more controversy than they did answers, catapulted him into the public eye. Featuring never-before-published details about Noguchi's most controversial cases, this is a meticulously researched true crime biography, set against the backdrop of the racial politics of the 1960s and 1970s and Hollywood celebrity culture.
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Jan Morris
by Paul Clements
The first ever biography of a world-famous author and transgender pioneer. When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. Here, the many strands of Morris's rich life are brought together, portraying a person of extraordinary talent, curiosity, and joie de vivre by someone who knew her personally for thirty years.
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