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Genre Variety Pack January 31, 2026 |
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Murder at Donwell Abbey: An Emma Knightley Mystery
by Vanessa Kelly
After a festive holiday at Hartfield, Emma Knightley’s world is unsettled by her father’s sudden decision to marry Miss Hetty Bates, forcing Emma to give up her role as household mistress and accept an unwelcome stepmother. Matters worsen during a lavish betrothal ball at Donwell Abbey, when Emma’s devoted lady’s maid, Prudence Parr, is found murdered on the library terrace. As Highbury’s celebrations turn dark, Emma must confront scandal, shifting family dynamics, and a shocking crime that threatens her happiness.
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The White Crow: Philomena McCarthy Series
by Michael Robotham
Philomena McCarthy, a young Metropolitan Police officer from a family of notorious London gangsters, struggles to keep her professional life separate from her criminal roots. When she encounters a blood-covered child whose mother won’t wake up, her investigation collides with a high-stakes jewelry heist involving a bomb and millions in stolen goods. As the two cases intertwine, Philomena is pulled dangerously between loyalty to her family and duty to the law, risking her career, her marriage, and her life while she decides which side of the thin blue line she truly belongs on.
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Maine Characters
by Hannah Orenstein
Half-sisters Vivian Levy and Lucy Webster, raised apart and unaware of each other, are brought together after their father’s death at his Maine lake house. Vivian, a driven New York sommelier with a damaging secret, and Lucy, a small-town teacher facing a failing marriage, are forced to share a summer of grief, tension, and long-buried truths. As they uncover the complicated history of their parents and clash over the fate of the cabin, the sisters must decide whether reconciliation—and a real family—is still possible after decades of separation.
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Snake-Eater
by T. Kingfisher
With only a few dollars to her name and her beloved dog Copper by her side, Selena flees her past in the city to claim her late aunt's house in the desert town of Quartz Creek. The scorpions and spiders are better than what she left behind. Because in Quartz Creek, there's a strange beauty to everything, from the landscape to new friends, and more blue sky than Selena's ever seen. But something lurks beneath the surface--like the desert gods and spirits lingering outside Selena's house at night, keeping watch. Mostly benevolent, says her neighbor Grandma Billy. That doesn't ease the prickly sense that one of them watches too closely and wants something from Selena she can't begin to imagine.
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The Cuffing Game
by Lyla Lee
Ambitious film student Mia Yoon plans to produce a college dating show to boost her future—until she’s forced to cast her secret crush, campus heartthrob Noah Jang, as a contestant. Noah, awkward about feelings but intrigued by Mia, agrees to join the show, turning their mutual tension into a public spectacle. As staged romances blur into real emotions, Mia and Noah must confront their growing attraction and decide whether the show—and their plans—can survive falling in love.
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The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story
by Roshani Chokshi
Eighteen-year-old Prince Arris hopes to escape the cursed fate of his predecessors, each of whom dies shortly after marriage, so he strikes a deal with Demelza, a seventeen-year-old veritas swan maiden who can separate truth from lies.
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The Gun Man Jackson Swagger
by Stephen Hunter
In the drought-stricken Southwest of the 1890s, a hardened old gunslinger named Jack arrives at the wealthy Callahan ranch seeking work, offering his deadly accuracy as leverage. Taken on for his sharpshooting skills, Jack secretly investigates the mysterious death of a young cowboy and uncovers a dangerous connection between the killing and the ranch’s prosperity. As hidden corruption and violent forces of the American West close in, Jack is drawn into a deadly showdown where survival depends on the fastest gun.
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A Death at the Party
by Amy Stuart
On the day of her mother’s lavish birthday garden party, Nadine Walsh struggles to hold everything together as family tensions, buried secrets, and troubling memories resurface. As the celebration unfolds, the story rewinds between the frantic preparations and a shocking present-day revelation: Nadine stands over a dead body in her basement while guests mingle upstairs. Told over the course of a single day, the novel unravels how long-hidden truths and emotional strain lead a seemingly perfect party—and a carefully managed life—to a deadly turning point.
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Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
by Christina Lauren
Hazel Bradford is bold, chaotic, and unapologetically herself, while Josh Im is calm, restrained, and her longtime college acquaintance who’s always seen her as more spectacle than potential partner. Ten years after their disastrous first meeting, Josh—fresh off a breakup—finds unexpected comfort in Hazel’s honesty and absurdity. Though they insist they’re just friends, their habit of setting each other up on awful blind dates starts to blur the line, raising the question of whether there’s been something real between them all along.
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