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June 4, 2025
New Adult Fiction
The last ferry out : a novel
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.
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.
The Martha's Vineyard beach and book club : a novel
by Martha Hall Kelly

In 2016, grieving Mari Starwood visits Martha's Vineyard and uncovers a surprising connection to the Smith sisters, who, during World War II, balanced family struggles, romance, and whispers of espionage while running a farm and forming a transformative book club.
It's a love story
by Annabel Monaghan

"Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as "Poor Janey Jakes," the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punch line on America's fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she's trying to be taken seriously as a Hollywood studio executive by embracing a new mantra: Fake it till you make it. Except she might have faked it too far. Desperate to get her first project greenlit and riled up by pompous cinematographer and one-time crush Dan Finnegan, she claimed that she could get mega popstar Jack Quinlan to write a song for the movie. Jack may have been her first kiss--and greatest source of shame--but she hasn't spoken to him in twenty years. Now Jane must turn to the last man she'd ever want to owe: Dan Finnegan. Because Jack is playing a festival in Dan's hometown, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan as she faces down her past is Jane's idea of hell, but he just might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?"
The first gentleman : a thriller
by Bill Clinton

"The President of the United States is up for reelection. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a killer? A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse"
The doorman : a novel
by Chris Pavone

In a new novel from the bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon, a New York City doorman is drawn into a web of intrigue, robbery and murder.
We Live Here Now
by Sarah Pinborough

Award-winning author of New York Times bestselling breakout novel (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes returns with a haunting Gothic novel about a house-and a marriage-gone terribly wrong.
Badlands
by Douglas J. Preston

"In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found-and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands-lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods. Is it suicide or... sacrifice? Agent Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found-exactly like the other-the two realize the case runs deeper than they imagined. As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price"
Hidden nature
by Nora Roberts

Surviving a near-fatal shooting, injured police officer Sloan Cooper moves back to her quiet hometown and investigates a string of mysterious disappearances across three states in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author. 
Blonde dust
by Tatiana de Rosnay

"Pauline, a young chambermaid who works at the legendary Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada, is asked to step in for a colleague and clean Suite 614. Although she was told the rooms were empty, a dazed, sleepy woman appears before her. This is Mrs. Miller, aka Marilyn Monroe, whose stay in Reno coincides with the breakdown of her marriage to Arthur Miller and the filming of what was to be her last film, The Misfits. Set in the American West in 1960 where the mustang horses run wild, an unexpected friendship unfolds between the most famous movie star in the world and a young cleaning woman whose life will be changed forever through the course of a few weeks. A testament to the enduring power of female friendship and a reimagining of a side of Marilyn Monroe that has never been seen before"
Hush Little Fire
by Judith Newcomb Stiles

When Mary Newcombe dutifully returns to Cape Cod with her twelve-year-old son to celebrate Christmas with her adoptive mother, Birdie, the only part of the trip she looks forward to is digging beach clay for pottery to stoke her beloved kiln. But while she's home, a suspicious fire destroys the town health clinic, and Mary becomes a leading suspect. Mary can't remember the night of the fire (too much eggnog) and, as always, her mother isn't talking. Birdie has kept secrets from Mary her entire life, beginning with the truth about Mary's birth mother. When Mary discovers her adoptive father socked away a small fortune performing pre-Roe v. Wade illegal abortions in the clinic that burned to the ground, she's done with being kept in the dark. As the days tick by and pressures mount to find the arsonist, Mary digs deeper into Wellfleet's history, and more secrets start to unfurl. Meanwhile, Mary's cousin Jimmy is acting strangely and suddenly, so is her son. As the FBI zeroes in on Mary, and another fire burns in the harbor, it's time for Mary and Birdie to face a long brewing reckoning. 
The emperor of gladness : a novel
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 original daughter : a novel
by Jemimah Wei

In turn-of-the-millennium Singapore, sisters Genevieve and Arin navigate intense familial and societal pressures to achieve academic perfection, but a devastating betrayal forces Genevieve to confront the cost of ambition, loyalty, and the bonds that define her identity.
New Mysteries
Don't forget me, little Bessie : a novel
by James Lee Burke

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Bessie Holland finds strength in a suffragette mentor, battles forces threatening her Texas home and flees to New York, where she is drawn into a violent underworld that tests her unbreakable spirit.
Marble Hall murders : a novel
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.
Abduction of a slave
by Dana Stabenow

In ancient Egypt, Tetisheri, Cleopatra's trusted agent, is sent to Cyrenaica to investigate a communication breakdown involving her uncle, a master trader. As she navigates a landscape filled with spies and hidden agendas, Tetisheri uncovers a web of intrigue linked to impending war and a local murder mystery.
New Young Adult Fiction
Come as you are : a novel
by Dahlia Adler

After a broken heart and a mix-up that lands her in an all-boys dorm at Camden Academy, Evie Riley teams up with her grumpy, emo dorm mate Salem to navigate their complicated lives, learning about themselves and each other along the way
The rebel's guide to Pride
by Matthew Hubbard

"When the mayor of a small Alabama town starts targeting Pride events, bad boy Zeke begins hosting a series of "Pride Speakeasies""
Out of air
by Rachel Reiss

While scuba diving off the Australian coast, Phoebe "Phibs" Ray and her friends uncover a legendary underwater treasure, but as strange transformations begin to take hold, they must fight to protect each other from dangerous treasure hunters and a dark, growing power
The Thrashers
by Julie Soto

Seventeen-year-old Jodi Dillon, the outsider in an exclusive high school group, is caught between loyalty and self-preservation after the mysterious death of a former friend, as strange events and unsettling truths begin to unravel about the group's dark secrets
New Large Print
Tuesday's child
by Fern Michaels

After being convicted falsely of the murder of her wealthy patient Audrey Star more than ten years ago, nurse Sophie Lee retreats to Georgia attorney Mikala Aulani's house and tries to evade the media frenzy that surrounds her
The first gentleman : a thriller
by Bill Clinton

"The President of the United States is up for reelection. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a killer? A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse"
New DVDs
Outlander season 7

Claire Randall, a married combat nurse in 1945, is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743 where she is forced to marry a young Scottish warrior
Yellowstone season 5 part 2

A ranching family in Montana must fight off others who are trying to take over their land
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