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Fresh Fiction May 21, 2026 |
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Shadow Strike: A Pike Logan Novel
by Brad Taylor
Rogue Iranian officials launch a revenge plot by unleashing the assassin known as the Ghost to kill the Israeli prime minister and spark global conflict. Operative Pike Logan teams up with Mossad to hunt the assassin across Argentina, uncovering a larger conspiracy that could destabilize global power and threaten the United States, forcing a final high-stakes confrontation.
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Mrs. Benedict Arnold
by Emma Parry
Set during the American Revolution, Peggy Shippen navigates shifting loyalties between British and Patriot circles, forming a bond with British officer John André before marrying American general Benedict Arnold. As political tensions escalate, she becomes entangled in espionage and ultimately plays a role in the betrayal that leads to Arnold’s infamous act of treason.
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Hope Rises
by David Baldacci
Walter Nash, now operating under the alias Dillon Hope, infiltrates crime boss Victoria Steers’s organization to seek revenge for his ruined life. As he works his way inside her empire, his mission becomes increasingly complicated by emotional conflict and hidden truths, forcing him into a dangerous struggle over loyalty, identity, and survival.
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A Woman's Place
by Danielle Steel
After surviving the RMS Titanic sinking, aristocrat Lady Victoria Oldbrooke is entrusted to the care of mill owner Bert Banning, leading to an unexpected marriage despite strict class divides. Shunned by high society, she builds a new life in Manchester, and after Bert’s death, takes over his business. Her journey follows her transformation from sheltered noblewoman to independent industrial leader defying early 20th-century gender and class expectations.
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Mad Mabel
by Sally Hepworth
Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, once known as convicted killer “Mad Mabel Waller,” has her quiet Melbourne life disrupted when a neighbor’s death brings renewed attention to her past. As suspicion grows, she navigates nosy neighbors and mounting scrutiny, ultimately taking control of the narrative to challenge whether she is truly guilty or long misunderstood.
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The Rain Catcher
by Buck Turner
Widow and former journalist Diane Montgomery is rebuilding her life in Kitty Hawk when she begins to rediscover hope through a new relationship with artist Nathan Garner. But after the death of the subject of her earlier memoir, she is pulled back into grief and must choose between remaining in sorrow or embracing love and a second chance at happiness.
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Paradox
by Douglas Preston
CBI agent Frankie Cash and Sheriff Jim Colcord investigate a brutal murder in Colorado that quickly unravels into a larger conspiracy involving religious relics, scientific killings, secret financial networks, and a fanatical group. Their case also ties back to the mysterious reappearance of Neanderthals in the mountains, suggesting a potentially far-reaching and dangerous threat.
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The Sapphire Sea
by Davis Bunn
This coming-of-age novel follows gifted but socially isolated Colin Eames as he escapes his abusive father by attending a prestigious school in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Struggling with grief, loneliness, and connection, Colin gradually discovers friendship, love, and a sense of belonging through relationships with compassionate classmates who help him heal and understand himself.
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Last One Out
by Jane Harper
Set in a dying mining town in rural Australia, this mystery follows Ro, a grieving mother who returns to Carralon Ridge five years after her son Sam vanished there. As she revisits the abandoned community, Ro uncovers clues suggesting Sam’s disappearance may have been deliberately concealed—and that someone is determined to keep the town’s secrets buried forever.
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