New Fiction - October

Check out these new upcoming titles from some of your favorite authors. Place your holds to be first in line when they come out!
 
Cover of Twice by Mitch Albom
Twice
by Mitch Albom

Young Alfie Logan discovers he has a gift: he can rewind any moment for a do-over. But he must accept the results of his second try, no matter what, and once he undoes a love, that person can never fall in love with him again.
 
10/7/2025
Cover of Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Mate
by Ali Hazelwood

As the first Human-Were hybrid, Serena is prey to the political machinations of Weres, Vampyres and Humans, while her mate, Koen, Alpha of the Northwest pack, may be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation.

Bride, Book 2
 
10/7/2025
Cover of My Beloved by Jan Karon
My Beloved 
by Jan Karon

Father Tim’s love letter to wife Cynthia goes missing and circulates among his neighbors; Harley gets an important letter of his own; a broken heart teaches Old Mayor Esther a lesson; and thanks to Lace and Dooley, readers get what they’ve been waiting for: Sadie.

Mitford, Book 15
 
10/7/2025
Cover of The Intruder by Freida McFadden
The Intruder
by Freida Mcfadden

In the middle of a fierce storm, a young girl shows up outside Casey's cabin. She's covered in blood, and won't explain where she came from, or loosen her grip on the knife in her right hand. And when Casey makes a disturbing discovery in the middle of the night, things take a turn for the worse.
 
10/7/2025
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The Picasso Heist
by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
The Picasso Heist
by James Patterson and Howard Roughan

A previously unknown Picasso is discovered in the attic of a French villa. Everyone wants to possess it: filthy-rich Manhattan art people, organized crime bosses, power-hungry government officials, a notorious forger... and Halston Graham, a glamorous twenty-two-year-old art thief. She’s the rival none of the power players see coming.
 
10/13/2025
Cover of Gone Before Goodbye
by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben
Gone Before Goodbye
by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben

When disgraced combat surgeon Maggie McCabe takes a secretive job treating a powerful man overseas, his sudden disappearance pulls her into a deadly conspiracy forcing her on the run to uncover the truth and clear her name.
 
10/14/2025
Cover of Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan
Remain
by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan

After his sister's death and his treatment at a psychiatric facility, New York architect Tate moves to a Cape bed-and-breakfast, where he forms an immediate connection with a beautiful young woman named Wren. But Tate gradually discovers that below the surface of Wren’s idyllic small-town life, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom.
 
10/14/2025
Cover of The Widow by John Grisham
The Widow
by John Grisham

Struggling attorney Simon Latch helps to secure wealthy widow Eleanor Barnett's secret inheritance, only to be accused of her murder shortly afterward. 
 
10/21/2025
Cover of The Land of Sweet Forever 
by Harper Lee
The Land of Sweet Forever 
by Harper Lee

Spanning her early short stories and later nonfiction, this collection reveals the iconic author's evolving voice and sharp insights into childhood, creativity, justice and Southern identity, offering a fuller portrait beyond her two landmark novels.
 
10/21/2025
Cover of The Tin Men 
by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille
The Tin Men 
by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille

Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor are sent to the isolated Camp Hayden to investigate a major’s death and find that the truth is obscured amidst desert isolation, internal rivalries and hidden agendas.

Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor, Book 3
 
10/28/2025
Cover of The Last Death of the Year by Sophie Hannah
The Last Death of the Year
by Sophie Hannah

Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the tiny Greek island of Lamperos to celebrate the holiday with what turns out to be a rather odd community of locals living in a dilapidated house. A dark sense of foreboding overshadows the beautiful island getaway when the guests play a New Year’s Resolutions game after dinner and one written resolution gleefully threatens to perform “the last and first death of the year.” Hours later, one of the home’s residents is found dead on the terrace.

Hercule Poirot Mystery, Book 6
 
10/28/2025
Cover of Coyote Hills by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
Coyote Hills
by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman

Now a private investigator, former Alameda County coroner Clay Edison takes on a perplexing case of a wealthy couple’s son found dead in San Francisco Bay.

Clay Edison, Book 6
 
10/28/2025
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