LibraryAware November 2023

Recent Releases

Above the Salt
by Katherine Vaz

A sweeping love story follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America.

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord
by Celeste Connally

A Regency-era mystery with a feminist twist.

Again and Again
by Jonathan Evison

A curmudgeonly old man tries to connect with his nursing home assistant and convince him that he has lived hundreds of past lives searching for the love of his life, but begins to wonder if it all really happened.

Alex Cross Must Die
by James Patterson

Detective Cross and his partner John Sampson are hot on the trail of the Dead Hours Killer, who is targeting commercial pilots, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Deadly Cross.

All the Little Raindrops
by Mia Sheridan

The chilling story of the abduction of two teenagers, their escape, and the dark secrets that, years later, bring them back to the scene of the crime. It's senior-year spring break, and Noelle Meyer and Evan Sinclair have been kidnapped.

The Ball at Versailles
by Danielle Steel

In 1959 Paris, when they receive invitations to attend an exclusive dusk to dawn ball at the Palace of Versailles where they'll be presented to international society and royalty, four young woman find their lives forever changed during this one transcendent night.

Baumgartner
by Paul Auster

Still struggling nine years after his wife's death in a swimming accident, a soon-to-be-retired philosophy professor becomes lost in the memories of their relationship in the new novel by the best-selling author of Sunset Park.

Betrayal
by Phillip Margolin

A former MMA fighter-turned-lawyer must defend the opponent who ended her career a decade ago when she is accused of a quadruple murder, in the seventh novel of the series following Murder at Black Oaks.

Catfish Charlie
by William W. Johnstone

A once famous Texas Ranger who left for a peaceful retirement is lured back in the saddle in the first novel of a new series by the number one best-selling Western writer in America.

Clive Cussler: The Corsican Shadow
by Dirk Cussler

Ultimate man of action Dirk Pitt prepares to face down another challenge in the Mediterranean involving the coordination of French, Greek and Italian authorities, in the latest addition to the long-running series following The Corsican Shadow.

Command and Control
by Marc Cameron

When a ruthless criminal organization orchestrates a full-blown coup d'état to seize the Panama Canal during President Jack Ryan's visit with the Panamanian president, the Vice President coordinates a military response but there is one deadly obstacle he didn't account for.

Day
by Michael Cunningham

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the things that are most precious—and learning to go on. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours.

The Edge
by David Baldacci

Sent to a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA operative who was in possession of countless state secrets, ex-Army ranger Travis Devine, with no one to trust, must unravel a long history of secrets while evading those who want him dead.

The Favorites
by Rosemary Hennigan

Jessie Mooney enrolls in grad school and competes her way into an elite cohort of "Law and Literature" students to get revenge on the charismatic professor who wronged her sister.

The Fiction Writer
by Jillian Cantor

A fiction writer is hired by a handsome billionaire to write about a stunning family secret—that Daphne du Maurier plagiarized Rebecca from his grandmother—leading her to question the boundaries of creative freedom.

The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird
by Louisa Morgan

A story of obsession, redemption and the magic of unexpected friendship, from the acclaimed author of A Secret History of Witches.

Good Girls Don't Die
by Christina Henry

Three women, Celia, Allie and Maggie find themselves suddenly trapped in lives and stories they each know are not their own and must fight their way out, in the new dark fantasy from the author of Near the Bone.

The Happy Couple
by Naoise Dolan

An intimate, funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apart.

The Helsinki Affair
by Anna Pitoniak

It's the case of Amanda Cole's lifetime, but solving it will require her to betray another spy—who just so happens to be her father.

Inheritance
by Nora Roberts

A woman uncovers a family curse after an uncle leaves her a haunted Victorian house, in the first novel of a new trilogy by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Concannon Sisters trilogy.

Just Once
by Karen Kingsbury

Torn between two brothers—Sam and Hank, one at war and one at home, Irvel Ellis, when Hank enlists to save his brother, wonders if love can find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak.

The Kingdom of Sweets
by Erika Johansen

This gloriously transportive reimagining of The Nutcracker tells the tale of twin sisters, divided by envy and magic, set against each another one fateful Christmas Eve.

Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen
by Sarah James

In 1943 Hollywood, aspiring murder mystery screenwriter Annie Laurence, to get a foot in the door, volunteers at the Hollywood Canteen, a club run exclusively by industry members, and gets an opportunity to prove her worth by solving a real-life murder case, chronicling her investigation in an anonymous magazine column.

The Liberators
by E. J. Koh

Adrift in a new country, South Korean expat Insuk grieves the loss of her past and her divided homeland, finding herself drawn into an illicit relationship that sets into motion a dramatic saga and echoes for generations to come.

The Little Liar
by Mitch Albom

A trustworthy boy who has never told a lie, 11-year-old Nico Krispis, duped by a German officer into leading his family and fellow Jewish residents to their doom, becomes a pathological liar, in a story that explores honesty, devotion and revenge—and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

Argues that people are healing the planet, but about a third of us can't let go of our old hatreds.

The Madstone
by Elizabeth Crook

Tells the story of a pregnant young mother, her child and the frontier tradesman who helps them flee across Texas from outlaws bent on revenge, even as an unlikely love blossoms.

The Manor House
by Gilly Macmillan

When her husband Tom is found dead, Nicole, whose life has been forever changed after a massive lottery win, finds her dream world turning into a nightmare, realizing that big money can bring big problems and big threats, making her wonder if Tom's death was really a tragic accident—and if she's next.

A Million Little Choices
by Tamera Alexander

a propulsive tale of marital infidelity and a historical Southern home overrun with secrets.

The Mystery Guest
by Nita Prose

The esteemed Head Maid of the 5-star Regency Grand Hotel, Molly Gray, when a world-renowned mystery author drops dead, matches wits with her old foe, Detective Stark, to solve this case, which not only threatens the hotel's pristine reputation but may be linked to her own past.

The New Naturals
by Gabriel Bump

After losing their child, a husband and wife construct a separate society, where everyone can feel loved and wanted, but when others hear about the place and want in, it doesn't take long for problems to develop, for conflicts to surface, and for the children to crave life beyond this place.

The Other Half
by Charlotte Vassell

Who killed Clemmie? Was it the blithe, sociopathic boyfriend? His impossibly wealthy godmother? The gallery owner with whom Clemmie was having an affair? Or was it the result of something else entirely? All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally. This investigation is going to be about aristocrats and Classics degrees, Instagram influencers and whose father knows who. Or is it 'whom'...

The Porcelain Maker
by Sarah Freethy

Two lovers are caught at the crossroads of history, and a daughter searches for the truth.

The Professor
by Lauren Nossett

A gripping campus thriller investigates the darkest corners of academic life: ambition, lies, and obsession.

Powerless
by Elsie Silver

Two childhood friends. Two broken hearts. One impromptu road trip to get away from everything. That's all this was supposed to be.

Sister of Starlit Seas
by Terry Brooks

When her pirate captain, the man she believes she loves, is captured by those in charge of the slave trade he has been fighting, Char embarks on a high-seas adventure to rescue him, uncovering secrets she never suspected about herself that teach her to look before she leaps.

Something About Her
by Clementine Taylor

When they meet at the Poetry Society, Aisling and Maya, two very different young women, find their connection unexpected as they embark on a surprising journey of self-discovery and modern love.

The Spy Coast
by Tess Gerritsen

When a body turns up in her driveway, former spy Maggie Bird, forced into retirement after a mission went tragically wrong, turns to her“ Martini Club” of former spies to help her uncover the truth about who is trying to kill her, and why.

A True Account
by Katherine Howe

In early 1700s Boston, Hannah Masury decides to hunt down the Caribbean treasure she's heard about from a gallows-bound pirate and disguises herself as a cabin boy aboard a pirate ship commanded by the ferocious Edward "Ned" Low. In 1930, Professor Marian Beresford cobbles together Hannah's story, wishing she had Hannah's freedom.

Unnatural Death
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Examining the remains of two campers wanted by authorities in a Northern Virginia wilderness, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta considers this one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career as she tries to discover who would commit murders this savage, and why.

A Very Inconvenient Scandal
by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Returning home with the exciting news that she is marrying the love of her life and is pregnant, Frankie struggles to adjust when she learns her father is also getting married to her pregnant best friend.

The Vulnerables
by Sigrid Nunez

This story about modern life and connection with others, including an adrift member of Gen Z and a feisty parrot named Eureka, reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other and how far even small acts of kindness can offer healing and hope.

The Watchmaker's Hand
by Jeffery Deaver

While racing against time to stop a political group targeting construction sites, Rhyme and Sachs discover the Watchmaker has come to town to kill Rhyme and must unravel a handful of plots as tightly wound as a timepiece before death and destruction rain down from above.

Holiday Reads

The Wishing Bridge: A Sparkling Christmas Novel
by Viola Shipman

In a novel set in Frankenmuth, Michigan—the Christmas-iest town in America—a Scrooge-like protagonist learns the true value of her family, friends and hometown when her misguided plan to convince her parents to sell their business to a huge soulless conglomerate backfires.

Winter Vows
by Sherryl Woods

Sometimes, taking a leap of faith is all you need The Cowboy and the New Year's Baby Inveterate rancher Hardy Jones never could turn down a beautiful woman, so when single, independent-minded mother-to-be Trish Delacourt went into labor on the side of a snowy road, he helped deliver her sweet baby girl. But what was to become of Hardy's no-strings-attached policy?

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