September 2025 list by S. Ward |
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All This Could Be Yours
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Debut author Tessa Calloway's book tour becomes a nightmare when a stalker threats to expose her dark past and destroy her family.
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Billion-Dollar Ransom
by James Patterson
When five members of a billionaire's family are kidnapped in a perfectly timed attack, FBI Special Agent Nicky Gordon faces off against a ruthless mastermind, racing to outsmart a plan that's as precise as it is dangerous.
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The Iron Storm
by Clive Cussler
Detective Isaac Bell faces the horrors of the Great War while battling a mysterious anarchist group intent on bringing brutality to the shores of America.
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Crooks : A Family Story
by Lou Berney
Born into a family of charming crooks and hustlers, the five Mercurio siblings each try to break away from their outlaw roots, but discover that the shadow of their criminal legacy is never far behind.
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The Deepest Cut
by P. J. Tracy
After escaping from a rural Minnesota mental hospital with help from his ruthless mother, convicted killer Wolfgang Mauer pursues a deadly vendetta against the detectives and cyber-sleuths who caught him, sparking a frantic multi-agency manhunt led by a young sheriff unprepared for such carnage.
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Denied Access
by Vince Flynn
As the CIA faces political scrutiny and a devastating Moscow intel failure, newly minted assassin Mitch Rapp is pulled into a deadly clash with Russian operatives.
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End Game
by Jeffrey Archer
As London prepares for the 2012 Olympics, Commander William Warwick races against time to dismantle a shadowy international conspiracy planning a devastating attack.
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The Girl With Ice In Her Veins
by Karin Smirnoff
As unrest simmers in the snowbound town of Gasskas, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist are drawn into a web of violence and buried histories involving a murdered journalist, a missing hacker, and Lisbeth's vanished niece, forcing them to confront dangers both personal and political.
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The Grave Artist
by Jeffery Deaver
After a newlywed's death at a Hollywood Hills wedding, agent Carmen Sanchez and security expert Jake Heron uncover a serial killer's twisted plot targeting survivors' grief, racing to stop the Honeymoon Killer before they become his next victims.
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The Hallmarked Man
by Robert Galbraith
When a dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop, the police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber, but not everyone agrees with that theory.
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Hot Wax
by M. L. Rio
After witnessing a violent moment that shattered her father's rising rock band, Suzanne spends decades hiding from her past, until his death sends her on a wild road trip to uncover the truth and escape from her husband.
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The Killing Stones
by Ann Cleeves
After his friend Archie is found murdered beside a stolen artifact on Westray, Detective Jimmy Perez returns to Orkney, where personal ties, dark secrets and local rumors complicate his search for the truth behind the killing.
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Please Don't Lie
by Christina Baker Kline
Two years ago, Hayley's parents died in a fire and her sister overdosed, leaving Hayley alone to face a media circus; after she accepts her husband's suggestion to start fresh in the Adirondacks, he grows distant and the widow down the road spews accusations—her sanctuary is anything but safe.
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Reacher : The Stories Behind the Stories
by Lee Child
These are the origin tales of all of the Reacher novels, chock full of colorful anecdotes and intriguing inspirations; one by one, they expand upon each novel and place it in the context not only of the author's life, but of the world outside the books.
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The Righteous
by Ronald H. Balson
During the throes of World War II and the Holocaust, Theresa Weissbach, a professor at the University of Michigan, hasn't heard from her parents in Budapest for over a year. She joins with her friend to locate and rescue her family.
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The Secret of Secrets
by Dan Brown
When Katherine Solomon vanishes and her manuscript disappears following a murder in Prague, symbologist Robert Langdon races across three cities to uncover a hidden truth about consciousness, pursued by ancient myths, secret societies, and a revelation that could upend humanity's understanding of the mind.
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Thief of Night
by Holly Black
There'd always been something wrong with Charlie Hall, crooked from the day she was born, never met a bad decision she wasn't willing to double down on, but will she be good enough to steal back a heart?
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Tom Clancy Terminal Velocity
by M. P. Woodward
After a series of brutal murders linked to a revived terror group, ex-commando Bartosz Jankowski leads a kill mission in the Himalayas, while Jack Ryan Jr. races to prevent catastrophe amid international power struggles and deadly pursuit in the mountainous borderlands.
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What About the Bodies
by Ken Jaworowski
Carla, Reed, and Liz each face urgent, life-altering challenges—mother protecting her son's secret, a grieving autistic young man honoring a promise, and a musician trapped by debt—whose intersecting paths ignite a tense story of survival, danger, and unexpected love.
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