New Fiction Arrivals at MPL
December 2025
 
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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
The Birdwatcher by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Birdwatcher
by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Journalist Renee seizes the chance to cover the sensational trial of her former neighbor Felicity, a gifted student turned call girl accused of murder, but as she probes conflicting evidence and Felicity's cryptic silence, she uncovers an alibi that raises darker, more troubling questions.
Everybody Wants to Rule the World: A Novel
by Ace Atkins

Elmore Leonard meets Robert Ludlum in a rollicking comedic thriller set in 1985 from acclaimed author Ace Atkins, in which a suburban teen suspects his mom's new boyfriend is the ultimate bad guy--a KGB agent.

also available in audio
 
Everybody wants to rule the world : a novel by Ace Atkins
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe : A True Crime Thriller by James Patterson
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller
by James Patterson

A true crime thriller follows Marilyn Monroe, a woman who changed Hollywood history and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. 
Sharpe's Storm
by Bernard Cornwell

A gripping novel featuring the legendary Richard Sharpe from Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling master of historical fiction widely recognized as "the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal).

also available in audio
 
 
 
Sharpe's Storm by Bernard Cornwell
The Orchard by Peter Heller
The Orchard
by Peter Heller

Available in paperback at last, Peter Heller's masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past.
 
Spasm: A Novel
by Robin Cook

From the "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced spine chiller about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as we know it.
 
Spasm : a novel by Robin Cook
Stuart Woods' Blown Away by Brett Battles
Stuart Woods' Blown Away
by Brett Battles

Vacationing in Palm Springs, the suave ex-CIA operative investigates a murder at a celebrity party and uncovers a high-stakes plot to seize control of a futuristic energy firm before innocent lives and critical technology fall into the wrong hands.
W.E.B. Griffin Direct Action
by Jack Stewart

When the original Presidential Agent is gunned down during a mass shooting, Pick McCoy swears a brutal revenge in this revival of W. E. B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling series.
 
W.E.B. Griffin direct action by Jack Stewart
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