| Perfectly Nice Neighbors by Kia AbdullahLeaving London for the suburbs with her husband and son, Salma Khatun is disheartened -- but not surprised -- when her family's Bangladeshi origins make things awkward in their new mostly white neighborhood. What does come as a surprise: the increasingly disturbing behavior of her next door neighbor Tom, starting with his removal of an anti-racism banner from the Khatun family's lawn. |
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| Dark Ride by Louis BerneyStoner amusement park employee Hardy Reed is the unlikely hero of this offbeat noir novel when he intervenes to save two children from their abusive father, unwittingly catching the attention of a violent criminal network that he will do anything to protect the children from. Read-alikes: Lucky Supreme by Jeff Johnson; I Don't Like Where this is Going by John Dufresne. |
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| Deadlock by James ByrneIn this action-packed follow-up to series opener The Gatekeeper, retired mercenary Dez Limerick heads to Portland to investigate the kidnapping of a friend's sister, a business journalist who ruffles the feathers of tech industry elites. For fans of: campy and self-aware genre fiction with likeable main characters. |
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| The Hike by Lucy ClarkeLiz, Joni, Helena, and Maggie are lifelong friends who take an annual girls' trip that goes horribly wrong in this fast-paced and atmospheric novel by One of the Girls author Lucy Clarke. This year, they head to Norway for a hiking excursion, but the dangers of the natural world have nothing on the threat posed by secretive locals and long-simmering conflicts amongst themselves. |
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| Saving Emma by Allen EskensAfter appearances in previous Allen Eskens novels The Life We Bury and The Heavens May Fall, attorney Boady Sanden returns as the Innocence Project advocate for Elijah Matthews, who believes himself to be a prophet and could lose important memories related to his case if Boady can't exonerate him before his medically mandated electroconvulsive therapy treatment begins. |
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| Shadowheart by Meg GardinerIn this gritty and fast-paced 4th entry in the UNSUB series, FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix must untangle the complex web of connections between a recently imprisoned serial killer and the copycat who has picked up where he left off. Read-alike: The Echo Man by Samantha Holland. |
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| A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth HandIn this atmospheric tribute to Shirley Jackson classic The Haunting of Hill House, washed-up playwright Holly Sherwin rents and retreats to the titular mansion with a few fellow creatives to complete work on her comeback play, until eerie happenings sow mistrust among the residents, with horrifying fallout for all involved. |
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| The Secret Hours by Mick HerronThe sudden appearance of a mysterious MI5 case file threatens to expose three decades of corruption and the truth about a disastrous operation in Cold War Berlin in this fast-paced and intricately plotted standalone spy novel by Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series. |
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| The Leftover Woman by Jean KwokOn the run from an abusive husband, Jasmine Young flees her Chinese village for New York City to search for the daughter taken from her at birth. Owing lots of money to the people who smuggled her out of China, Jasmine faces increasingly tough choices as the clock ticks on her debt and a chance arises to get close to her child's adoptive parents. |
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| Tell Me What I Am by Una MannionNessa Garvey's sister Deena disappeared 14 years ago, and Nessa still believes that Deena's ex-husband had something to do with it. Ruby, Deena's daughter, has grown up isolated by her father's strict rules and homeschooling. Despite the physical distance between them, aunt and niece team up to uncover the truth and secure Ruby's future. |
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