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The kitchen front : a novel
by Jennifer Ryan
An indebted young widow, a freedom-seeking kitchen maid, the wife of a wealthy but unkind man and a trained chef navigating sexism compete for a once-in-a-lifetime spot hosting a BBC cooking program during World War II.
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Super host : a novel
by Kate Russo
Renting out his West London home in the wake of marital and career setbacks, an award-winning artist rediscovers his sense of purpose through relationships with a lonely American, a tortured fellow artist and a cautiously optimistic divorcée.
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Ridgerunner
by Gil Adamson
In 1917, after his father, a notorious thief, leaves him in the care of the formidable Sister Beatrice, 12-year-old Jack Boulton breaks free, taking with him something the nun is determined to get back – at any cost.
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Good eggs : a novel
by Rebecca Hardiman
Three generations of a boisterous Irish family are upended by a matriarch’s shoplifting activities and an upbeat American home aide whose initial support catapults the family into the worst crisis they have ever faced. A first novel.
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An unexpected peril
by Deanna Raybourn
"January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club - an elite society of brilliant, intrepid women - Veronica Speedwell is excited to put her many skills to good use. As she assembles a memorial exhibition for pioneering mountain climber Alice Baker Greene, Veronica discovers evidence that the recent death was not a tragic climbing accident but murder. Veronica and her natural historian beau, Stoker, suddenly find themselves embroiled in a mystery involving a peace treaty, a princess, and a murderer"
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New Science Fiction & Fantasy
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In the quick : a novel
by Kate Hope Day
A young and ambitious woman astronaut’s life is upended by a fiery love affair that threatens the rescue of a 12-years-lost spacecraft and its crew of survivors.
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The Russian cage
by Charlaine Harris
A latest entry in the best-selling series finds Lizbeth reluctantly teaming up with her sister and navigating growing Grigori powers to rescue her estranged partner, Prince Eli, from an alternate-world Holy Russian Empire.
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On fragile waves
by E. Lily Yu
Growing up on their parents’ mythical stories about the opportunities of Australia, a girl and her brother travel from war-torn Pakistan through temporary homes in Indonesia and Nauru, before government indifference challenges their dreams.
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No one is talking about this
by Patricia Lockwood
Elevated to prominence for her social-media posts, a woman begins suffering from existential anxieties while learning the languages, customs and fears of her fans throughout the world, before an urgent text from home transforms her virtual perspectives.
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Machinehood
by S. B. Divya
In 2095, when her client is killed in front of her, Weiga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, discovers that a new and mysterious terrorist group called The Machinehood is responsible and that they are just getting started.
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Hide in place : a novel
by Emilya Naymark
Fleeing the city when her cover is blown during a racketeering case, New York undercover cop Laney Bird finds the limits of her skills tested by her son’s disappearance and an encounter with a confidential informant from her past.
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Murder on the metro : Margaret Truman's capital crimes
by Jon Land
Quietly informed by a Secret Service agent that the recently deceased Vice President may have been murdered, international investigator Robert Brixton uncovers disturbing clues that suggest that the victim and the President had been having an affair.
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Fatal Intent : a novel
by T. Y. Euliano
Backed into a corner, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey must prove her innocence when she is implicated in the suspicious deaths of her elderly patients and as she gets closer to the truth, she is forced to choose which of her loved ones to save —and which must be sacrificed.
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Death by chocolate snickerdoodle
by Sarah Graves
Begged to prove the innocence of a sweet-natured neighbor who has been accused of murdering an unscrupulous curmudgeon, Jake and Ellie race to identify the killer in the face of a wildfire that cuts off their mainland access.
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Lightseekers
by Femi Kayode
A Nigerian psychologist travels to a remote southern border town to uncover the truth about the murder of three university students.
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