New Fiction Arrivals at MPL
June 2025
 
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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
Tomlinson's Wake
by Randy Wayne White

From New York Times bestselling author Randy Wayne White, the latest thriller following Doc Ford and his perilous journey into Mesoamerica after a world-shattering earthquake threatens his squad's safety--and all of their lives.
Kill Your Darlings
by Peter Swanson

Wendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward to witness key moments from the couple's lives—their fiftieth birthday party, Jason's birth, the mysterious death of a colleague—all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a terrible act they plotted together years ago.

also available in audio
A Mother's Love
by Danielle Steel

Empty-nester and bestselling author Halley Holbrook befriends charming Bart Warner on a flight to Paris, but when a cunning thief steals her handbag and starts harassing her, reawakening ghosts from her traumatic childhood, she fights back with Bart's help.
The Love Fix
by Jill Shalvis

In a heartwarming enemies-to-lovers tale, found family, forgiveness and love may just be the key to finding oneself.

also available in audio

 
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
by V. E. Schwab

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue comes a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.
With a Vengeance
by Riley Sager

Anna Matheson lures six people onto a luxury train to expose their crimes against her family a decade earlier, but when a passenger is murdered, she must risk her life to protect those she sought to destroy
Atmosphere: A Love Story
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

In 1980, professor Joan begins training for the Space Shuttle in Houston with Top Gun pilot Hank, scientist John, mission specialist Lydia, warm-hearted Donna, and aeronautical engineer Vanessa, who become unlikely friends—until December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, when everything changes in an instant.
Badlands
by Douglas J. Preston

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return with a thrilling tale in which archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, while investigating bizarre deaths in the desert, awaken an ancient evil more terrifying than anything they've faced before.
 
The President's Shadow
by James Patterson

One of America's iconic thriller heroes recruits his lasting love, Margo Lane, and his great-great-granddaughter, Maddy Gomes, to join an international investigation.
 
The First Gentleman
by James Patterson

America has a powerful new president... And her husband's on trial for murder.
 
Murder Takes a Vacation
by Laura Lippman

Former private investigator and middle-aged widow Muriel Blossom's vacation on a Parisian river cruise turns into a deadly international mystery… that only she can solve.
The Death Mask
by Iris Johansen

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new thriller starring Eve Duncan as she races against time to protect her beloved family from a merciless killer.
 
Don't Let Him In
by Lisa Jewell

When charming Nick Radcliffe enters Nina's life, her daughter Ash grows suspicious, uncovering unsettling secrets that connect them to Martha, a florist with a husband who keeps disappearing, leading all three women toward a chilling truth they never expected.
It Happened on the Lake
by Lisa Jackson

When Harper Reed Prescott returns to her family's eerie Victorian house on Lake Twilight to sell it, old rumors of murder and disappearance resurface, along with chilling memories, unsettling whispers and the terrifying suspicion that someone is watching her.
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
by Kristin Harmel

A new historical novel features two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.

also available in audio
Thus With a Kiss I Die
by Christina Dodd

Rosie Montague, a 20-year-old free spirit in Verona, finds her life upended when she's tasked by the ghost of Prince Escalus the Elder to solve his murder, all while navigating a love triangle, revolution, and a looming threat that may turn her into a tragic heroine.
King of Ashes
by S. A. Cosby

After returning to Jefferson Run, Virginia, and family business Carruthers Crematorium—with brother Dante in debt to criminals and sister Neveah exhausted from holding everything together—Roman discovers that his father's crash was no accident and Dante has placed them all in real danger.
Don't Open Your Eyes
by Liv Constantine

Shaken by premonitions of a future where she hates her husband and her daughter is in danger, Annabelle's perfect life is shaken forcing her to decipher her visions before a single choice seals her fate and the future becomes reality.
Flashlight: A Novel
by Susan Choi

The author of Trust Exercise follows a father's disappearance across time, nations and memory.
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.

also available in audio
Stuart Woods' Finders Keepers
by Brett Battles

After helping his friend Jack Coulter's newly divorced niece, Sara, adjust to life in New York, Stone Barrington becomes entangled in a dangerous scheme as men from Sara's past are attacked and Jack's family is threatened by an unknown adversary with deadly intentions.
El Dorado Drive
by Megan Abbott

Facing financial ruin, three sisters in Detroit join a seemingly lucrative club called "The Wheel," but their desperation for financial independence spirals into an addiction, leading to shocking crimes that threaten to destroy everything.
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