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Second chances in New Port Stephen : a novel
by T. J. Alexander
Returning home to New Port Stephen, Florida, for Christmas after his career goes south, trans TV writer and comedian Eli Ward reconnects with his high school ex and they must decide whether to leave the past in the past or move on together.
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The wind knows my name
by Isabel Allende
Traces the ripple effects of war and immigration on two children—5-year-old Samuel, whose mother puts him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England in 1938, and 7-year-old Anita, who boards another train eight decades later to the U.S., where she's separated from her mother.
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The curse of Penryth Hall / : A Mystery
by Jess Armstrong
"An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Armstrong introduces heroine Ruby Vaughn in her Minotaur Books & Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall. After the Great War, American heiress Ruby Vaughn made a life for herself running a rare bookstore alongside her octogenarian employer and house mate in Exeter. She's always avoided dwelling on the past, even before the war, but it always has a way of finding her. When Ruby is forced to deliver a box of books to a folk healer living deep in the Cornish countryside, she is brought back to the one place she swore she'd never return. A more sensible soul would have delivered the package and left without rehashing old wounds. But no one has ever accused Ruby of being sensible. Thus begins her visit to Penryth Hall. A foreboding fortress, Penryth Hall is home to Ruby's once dearest friend, Tamsyn, and her husband, Sir Edward Chenowyth. It's an unsettling place, and after a more unsettling evening, Ruby is eager to depart. But her plans change when Penryth's bells ring for the first time in thirty years. Edward is dead; he met a gruesome end in the orchard, and with his death brings whispers of a returned curse. It also brings Ruan Kivell, the person whose books brought her to Cornwall, the one the locals call a Pellar, the man they believe can break the curse. Ruby doesn't believe in curses-or Pellars-but this is Cornwall and to these villagers the curse is anything but lore, and they believe it will soon claim its next victim: Tamsyn. To protect her friend, Ruby must work alongside the Pellar to find out what really happened in the orchard that night"
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The talk
by Darrin Bell
"This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keepkids safe and prepare them for a world that--to paraphrase Toni Morrison--does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic water gun. "She told me I'm a lot more likely to be shotby police than my friend was if they saw me with it, because police tend to think little Black boys--even light-skinned ones--are older than they really are, and less innocent than they really are." Bell examines how "the talk" has shaped nearly every moment of his life into adulthood and fatherhood. Through evocative original illustrations, The Talk is a meditation on this coming-of-age--as Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and strangers, and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans like Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner, and showcasing his award-winning cartoons along the way, Bell takes us up to the very moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and when he must have "the talk" with a six-year-old son of his own"
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The first ladies
by Marie Benedict
Initially drawn together because of their shared belief in women's rights and the power of education, civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt fight together for justice and equality, holding each other's hands through tragedy and triumph.
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Sniffing out murder
by Kallie E. Benjamin
"When a murder unleashes a widespread investigation through Crosbyville, children's book author Pris and her trusty bloodhound, Bailey, must sniff out the truth before the whole town goes to the dogs. After deciding that life as a teacher wasn't right for her, Priscilla found inspiration for her first children's book in her three-year-old bloodhound's nose for truth, and so The Adventures of Bailey the Bloodhound was born. After the book's massively pawsitive response led Pris to move back to her hometown of Crosbyville, Indiana, to continue the series, she's surprised by how things have changed in the town, but even more so how they haven't. Pris is frustrated to discover that newly elected school board trustee Whitney Kelley-a former high school mean girl-is intent on making Crosbyville more competitive by eliminating "frivolous spending" on the arts and social programs, including Pris and Bailey's beloved pet-assisted reading program. A minor altercation between them isn't anything unusual, but after Bailey sniffs out Whitney's body in a bed of begonias, locals start hounding Pris and Bailey as suspects for the crime. With Bailey's sharp senses and Pris's local know-how, can they prove to the community that they're all barking up the wrong tree?"
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Dissolved : a novel
by Sara Blædel
Chief Superintendent Liam Stark and Superintendent Dea Torp of the Danish police investigate the disappearance of two people in Tommerup, Denmark and discover a strange note linking the second missing person to the first crime scene.
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Under fire
by Lynn Huggins Blackburn
"Special Agent Tessa Reed left her demons in the past, but when she reconnects with USSS Agent Zane Thacker during a presidential fundraiser, one of those old adversaries comes to collect. These best friends must work together to protect the President and guard their own hearts"
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Anna O : a novel
by Matthew Blake
A forensic psychologist and expert in sleep-related homicides is the last hope for solving a case where a woman with a rare psychosomatic disorder stabbed two people to death while she slept.
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Alice Sadie Celine
by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
"It's opening night, but far from glamorous. Alice is performing in a local Bay Area production of The Winter's Tale, the complete opposite of what she had envisioned for her career back home in Los Angeles. She doesn't have dreams of superstardom per se, but the basement theatre in a wildfire-choked town simply isn't ideal. To make matters worse, her best friend Sadie is not even coming. Pragmatic and serious Sadie and flighty, creative Alice have been best friends since high school-really one another'sonly friends-but now that they are through with college (which they attended together) and living on opposite ends of California, Alice would at least expect her friend's support. Sadie, determined not to cancel her plans with her boyfriend, ends up enlisting the help of her mother Celine. A professor of Women's and Gender Studies at UC Berkeley, Celine's landmark treatise on sex and identity made her notorious, but she's struggling to write her new book in a post-second-wave feminism world. When Sadie begs her to attend Alice's play, she relents, if only for an escape from writer's block. But in a turn of events perplexing even to herself, Celine becomes entranced by Alice's performance and realizes that her daughter's lanky, slightly annoying, best friend is now an irresistible young woman. Set over the course of decades-from Alice and Sadie's friendship's early days and Celine's decision to leave her husband to the radical movements of 90s Berkeley and navigating contemporary Hollywood-Alice and Celine's affair will test the limits of their love for Sadie and their own beliefs about power, agency, and feminism. Witty and relatable, sexy and surprising, Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's debut adult novel is a mesmerizing portrait of the inner lives of three very different women"
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The wonder of it all
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Returning from The Great War a changed man, with wounds both physical and mental, James Falconer, determined to make amends to his daughter, Leonie, now a grown woman who wants nothing to do with him, works toward healing his body, soul and family.
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The serpent & the wings of night : a Crowns of Nyaxia novel
by Carissa Broadbent
The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya, to become something more than prey, enters a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself and, to survive, forms an alliance with a mysterious rival to whom she is oddly drawn.
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The He-Man effect : how American toymakers sold you your childhood
by Box Brown
"Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures to dizzying heights in the 1980s and beyond. Bringing beloved brands like He-Man, Transformers, My Little Pony, and even Mickey Mouse himself into the spotlight, this graphic history exposes a world with no rules and no concern for results beyond profit"
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Deadly game
by Michael Caine
Harry Taylor and his unconventional Met team search for a lead when a metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, in the new novel from the legendary British actor.
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A royal Christmas : a Christmas novella
by Melody Carlson
Discovering she's a direct descendant of King Maximillian V, the ruler of a small Eastern European principality, law student Adelaide Smith arrives on Montovia during Christmas break where she is drawn into family mysteries, royal jealousies and a chance at her own happily ever after.
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A guest in the house
by Emily Carroll
"After many lonely years, Abby's just gotten married. She met her new husband--a recently widowed dentist--when he arrived in town with his young daughter, seeking a new start. Although it's strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother. But the more she learns about her new husband's first wife, the more things don't add up. And Abby starts to wonder...was Sheila's death really by natural causes? As Abby sinks deeper into confusion, Sheila's memory seems to become a force all its own, ensnaring Abby in a mystery that leaves her obsessed, fascinated, and desperately in love for the first time in her life"
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The secret / : A Jack Reacher Novel
by Lee Child
In 1992, when eight respectable, upstanding people are found dead across the US, Jack Reacher, assigned as the Army's representative, must discover the link between these victims and who killed them, navigating around the ulterior motives and deciding if he should bring the bad guys to justice the official way—or his way.
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Welcome home, stranger : a novel
by Kate Christensen
""Christensen is a forceful writer whose . . . prose is visceral and poetic. . . . She is a portrait artist, drawing in miniature, capturing the light within."-San Francisco Chronicle From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growing older, and the complications of family that is the story of a fifty-something woman who goes home-reluctantly-to Maine after the death of her mother. Can you ever truly go home again? An environmental journalist in Washington, DC, Rachel has shunned her New England working-class family for years. Divorced and childless in her middle age, she's a true independent spirit with the pain and experience to prove it. Coping with challenges large and small, she thinks her life is infree fall-until she's summoned home to deal with the aftermath of her mother's death. Then things really fall apart. Surrounded by a cast of sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreakingly serious characters-an arriviste sister, an alcoholic brother-in-law and, most importantly, the love of her life recently married to the sister's best friend-Rachel must come to terms with her past, the sorrow she has long buried, and the ghost of the mother who, for better and worse, made her the woman she is. Lively, witty, and painfully familiar, this sophisticated and emotionally resonant novel from the author of The Great Man holds a mirror up to modern life as it considers the way some of us must carry on now"
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The raging storm / : A Detective Matthew Venn Novel
by Ann Cleeves
When the body of Jem Rosco—sailor, adventurer and legend—is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, DI Matthew Venn returns home to investigate where he is faced with superstition and rumor as another body is found, placing him and his team in danger.
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Fragile designs : a novel
by Colleen Coble
After her police officer husband's mysterious murder, Carly Harris discovers what she believes to be a real Fabergé egg hidden in the walls of her family's house and recruits a homicide detective and neighbor to investigate.
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Act like a lady, think like a lord / : A Mystery
by Celeste Connally
"London, 1815. Lady Petra Forsyth, daughter of the Earl of Holbrook, has made a shocking proclamation. After losing her beloved fiancâe in an accident three years earlier, she announces in front of London's loosest lips that she will never marry. A womanof independent means--and rather independent ways--Petra sees no reason to cede her wealth and freedom to any man now that the love of her life is gone. Instead, she plans to continue enjoying the best of society without any expectations. But when ballroom gossip suggests that a longtime friend has died of a fit due to her "melancholia" while in the care of a questionable physician, Petra vows to use her status to dig deeper--uncovering a private asylum where men pay to have their wives and daughters locked away, or worse. Just as Petra has reason to believe her friend is alive, a shocking murder proves more danger is afoot than she thought. And the more determined Lady Petra becomes in uncovering the truth, the more her own headstrong actions and desirefor independence are used against her, putting her own freedom--and possibly her life--in jeopardy"
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Resurrection walk
by Michael Connelly
With the help of his half-brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, defense attorney Mickey Haller sets out to prove the innocence of a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy, putting Mickey in the crosshairs of a killer who doesn't want the case reopened—or the truth coming to light.
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Manner of death : a novel
by Robin Cook
When a pathology resident ends up on her table days after helping with a suicide autopsy, NYC chief medical examiner Laurie Montgomery discovers his death is a staged homicide and launches her own investigation which leads her to a fraudulent but highly lucrative cancer diagnostics company—and possibly her own death.
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The couple in the photo
by Helen Cooper
"Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years. The four are practically family at this point-they vacation together, co-own a beach cottage, and their young children are inseparable. So Lucy is devastated when, while looking at a colleague's photos of a trip to the Maldives, she spots a picture of Scott, apparently on a luxurious holiday with another woman. Lucy is determined to protect her best friend from her husband's seeming infidelity, but when she learns that the woman in the photo has gone missing, she can't help but fear that Scott was involved. As she searches for answers, she uncovers secrets about her friends and her own husband that could destroy the wonderful lives they have built...and she suspects that everybody around her knows much more about the missing woman than they are letting on. Is Lucy actually the one most in the dark? If so, what are the consequences of discovering the truth?"
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The twelve days of murder : a novel
by Andreina Cordani
Summoned to Scotland for a Christmas-themed masquerade party, former members of an exclusive mystery-solving group at university soon discover that in this game, murder is all too real, and to survive until Christmas morning, they must face the truth of what really happened one fateful night 12 years earlier.
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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.
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Kinderland : a novel
by Liliana Corobca
"With her parents gone in search of work, twelve-year-old Cristina must act as a mother to her two younger brothers. Through her eyes, we roam the streets of a contemporary Moldovan village populated almost entirely with children and old people. Just as most of the inhabitants left their countryside and homes with the desire to earn a better income, their parents also went to the world for money, the mother to Italy, the father to Siberia, and the children were left to fend for themselves. Here the youthmust learn to survive on their own; they grow up fast, imitating the gestures of the absent adults, and chasing their fading memories of normal family life. This follow-up to Liliana Corobca's critically-acclaimed novel of censorship in eastern Europe, The Censor's Notebook is a novel that deals with a painful true reality, which has over time grown to become a phenomenon: the lives and struggles of children left home alone by parents who have gone to work abroad"
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Lone Oaks Crossing
by Janet Dailey
Determined to save the family farm from foreclosure, Derby-winning horse trainer Jo Beth Ellis reinvents the property as a healing retreat for horses and makes a deal with her handsome neighbor in hopes of winning a trifecta—a champion horse, a happy family and a forever love.
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Grievar's blood
by Alexander Darwin
Cego returns to the world's most prestigious combat school, the Lyceum, but finds his mysterious past and two missing brothers pulling him away from his martial studies, in the second novel of the series following The Combat Codes.
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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.
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The lost cause
by Cory Doctorow
Thirty years from now, young Americans help mitigate climate change to heal our planet, but some elderly Americans, who cling to their grievances and anger, rely on“alternative” news sources that validate their resentment and their belief that“climate change” is just a giant scam.
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The gentleman's gambit
by Evie Dunmore
"Bookish suffragist Catriona Campbell is busy: An ailing estate, academic writer's block, and a tense time for England's women's rights campaign--the last thing she needs is to be stuck playing host to her father's distractingly attractive young colleague. Deeply introverted Catriona lives for her work at Oxford and her fight for women's suffrage. She dreams of romance, too, but since all her attempts at love have ended badly, she now keeps her desires firmly locked inside her head--until she climbs out of a Scottish loch after a good swim and finds herself rather exposed to her new colleague. Elias Khoury has wheedled his way into Professor Campbell's circle under false pretenses: He did not come to Oxford to classify ancient artefacts; he is determinedto take them back to his homeland in the Middle East. Winning Catriona's favor could be the key to his success. Unfortunately, seducing the coolly intense lady scholar quickly becomes a mission in itself and his well-laid plans are in danger of derailing.... Forced into close proximity in Oxford's hallowed halls, two very different people have to face the fact that they might just be a perfect match. Soon, a risky new game begins that asks Catriona one more time to put her heart and wildest dreams at stake"
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Transitions : a mother's journey
by Élodie Durand
"When university biologist Anne Marbot learns that the nineteen-year-old she raised as "Lucie" is a transgender man named Alex, she's overwhelmed by questions. How can this be? Who put these ideas in your head? What if you regret it? Am I overreacting? How will your grandparents react? Why didn't I see it coming? Why is this so easy for others? Am I a bigot? What does gender really mean, anyway? How can I be the parent my child needs? It soon becomes clear that Alex is not the only one embarking on a journey of self-discovery. The road is not easy, and sometimes their relationship is bitterly strained. But Alex is sure of himself, and Anne is determined to be strong for his sake. With time, she too will be transformed, rediscovering her identity as a mother in profound new ways"
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Murder in a cup
by Lauren Elliott
When her first group reading ends in murder, self-taught“seer” Shay, the descendant of an Irish witch and owner of a New Age tea shop, with her assistant suspected of committing cold-blooded murder, finds her business in hot water as she works to exonerate her employee by following the signs to a manipulative murderer.
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First lie wins : a novel
by Ashley Elston
A woman with many faces and identities, Evie Porter, covertly moves from job to job for her unknown employer until her latest mark, Ryan Summer gets under her skin and makes her envision a different sort of life.
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You dreamed of empires
by Alvaro Enrigue
Bringing to life Tenochtitlan at its height and reimagines its destiny, the vision author of Sudden Death takes us back to 1519 where conquistador Hernan Cortes meets emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages and two possible futures.
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Dirty thirty
by Janet Evanovich
Trenton, New Jersey's most underappreciated bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, while taking care of her boyfriend's giant orange dog, tracks the former security guard of a local jeweler who supposedly stole a fortune of diamonds, and must keep herself clean when everyone else is playing dirty.
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The other mothers : a novel
by Katherine Faulkner
Searching for a story to launch her career and new friends to help her navigate motherhood, Tash, welcomed into a circle of sleek, sophisticated mothers, discovers the kind of life she's always dreamed of until two recent murders make her wonder why she's been so quickly accepted into their exclusive world.
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Calamity
by Constance Fay
"The captain of a ragtag mercenary ship is given an offer she can't refuse by the ruthless head of an intergalactic noble family. The only catch? She'll have to team up with his son--an upsettingly competent hardbody with his own agenda--to get her reward. She's got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member... Temperance Reed, banished from the wealthy and dangerous Fifteen Families, just wants to keep her crew together after their feckless captain ran off with the intern. But she's drowning in debt and revolutionary new engine technology is about to make her beloved ship obsolete. Enter Arcadio Escajeda. Second child of the terrifying Escajeda Family, he's the thorn in Temper's side as they're sent off on a scouting mission on the backwater desert planet of Herschel 2. They throw sparks every time they meet but Temper's suspicions of his ulterior motives only serve to fuel the flames between them. Despite volcanic eruptions, secret cultists, and deadly galacticfighters, the greatest threat on this mission may be to Temper's heart."
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The fake mate
by Lana Ferguson
Wolf shifters and doctors, Mackenzie Carter and Noah Taylor, agree to be a fake couple, but soon find their mutually beneficial business transaction turning into a friends-with-benefits arrangement that leads to love, which is a whole different kind of animal.
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Where is Anne Frank
by Ari Folman
"In Amsterdam, a year from today, a terrible thunderstorm rages over the city. It is the middle of the night at the Anne Frank House, a magnificent thunderbolt hits the house and shatters the protective glass in which the most famous diary in human history is displayed. Magically, Kitty, Anne's imaginary friend, comes to life. At first, Kitty does not know that 75 years have passed--after all the house looks just the same. She has no clue why Anne is not in the house or what has become of the seven inhabitants of the secret Annex. When Kitty learns that Anne and her beloved sister Margot have died in the war, she decides to run away from the house, and follow the path of the sisters all the way to where they met their fatal end. Kitty, who soon realizes that she cannot exist without Anne, decides to steal the diary from the museum and starts her journey. Kitty's tells the complete story of Anne Frank's life, family, and diary from her own unique perspective. In the present day, Kitty's adventures involveher in the refugee crisis in Europe, in which she discovers the true meaning of Anne Frank's legacy"
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A shining
by Jon Fosse
"A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and ultimately finds himself stuck at the end of a forest road. It soon grows dark and begins to snow. But instead of searching for help, he ventures, foolishly, into the dark forest. Inevitably, the man gets lost, and as he grows cold and tired, he encounters a glowing being amid the obscurity. Strange, haunting and dreamlike, A Shining is the latest work of fiction by National Book Award-finalist Jon Fosse, 'the Beckett of the twenty-first century' (Le Monde)"--Publisher's description
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The fearless one
by Lori Foster
Demanding a job at the Triple Creek campground in the Colorado Rockies, Jedidiah Stephens is determined to find the truth behind the fire that killed her family but isn't prepared for her attraction to Memphis Osborn, the ruggedly handsome groundskeeper.
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Five bad deeds : a novel
by Caz Frear
A busy teacher, wife and mother juggles her nonstop commitments and is shocked when she receives an ominous, threatening note in the mail warning her that she's about to be taught a lesson.
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The running grave
by Robert Galbraith
Business partners Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are back, in the seventh installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally best-selling series.
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Treacle Walker
by Alan Garner
Living alone in an old house, Joseph Coppock, an introspective young boy, develops a mysterious friendship with a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Walker who introduces him to a world beyond his wildest imagination.
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Murder checks out
by Victoria Gilbert
When the chair of Taylorsford's first Winterfest is murdered and her brother-in-law is the prime suspect, library director Amy Muir must race against time to prove his innocence before another life is claimed by a killer who's on Santa's naughty list.
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Game on
by Seressia Glass
A female gamer fighting for equal representation in video games accidentally starts an online movement and is offered a job by the handsome CEO of Artemis Games, in the new novel by the author of The Love Con.
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Calico
by Lee Goldberg
A disgraced ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, tries to start over in Barstow, California, and investigates an old skeleton buried in a shallow grave, uncovering a series of disturbing clues that force her to confront her troubled past.
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A twisted skein
by Sally Goldenbaum
One of the Seaside Knitters who also is also an avid birdwatcher enlists the help of her crafting crew when a fellow birder is murdered, in the sixth novel of the series following A Dark and Snowy Night.
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This passing hour
by Leslie Gould
"Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman's life grows complicated by her feelings for a Ukrainian soldier and her friendship with an Afghanistan War vet. But she's inspired by the story of her Amish great-great aunt's experience during World War II. How will Brenna find the courage to give up the comforts she craves for the life she truly wants?"
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Man of shadow & mist
by Michelle Griep
"England, 1890. Vampires are alive and well in North Yorkshire, leastwise in the minds of the uneducated. Librarian Rosa Edwards intends to drive a stake through the heart of such superstitions. But gossip flies when the mysterious Sir James Morgan returns to his shadowy manor. The townsfolk say he is cursed. James hates everything about England. The weather. The rumours. The scorn. Yet he must stay. His mother is dying of a disease for which he's desperately trying to find a cure-an illness that will eventually take his own life. When Rosa sets out to prove the dark gossip about James is wrong, she discovers more questions than answers. How can she accept what she can't explain-especially the strong allure of the enigmatic man? James must battle a town steeped in fear as well as the unsettling attraction he feels for the no-nonsense librarian. Can love prevail in a town filled with fear and doubt?"
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The Exchange : After the Firm
by John Grisham
In this explosive sequel to The Firm, Mitch, a partner at the largest law firm in the world, is asked for a favor by a mentor in Rome that plunges him into a sinister plot that has global implications and once against places everyone he holds dear in danger.
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One of the good guys
by Araminta Hall
Two young women vanish in a seaside town, and, at the cliff's edge, nobody is who they seem.
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Starling house
by Alix E. Harrow
"Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote The Underland--and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house--and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling--go to rot. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer might be a chance to get her brother out of Eden. Too quickly, though, Starling House starts to feel dangerously like something she's never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Starling House, Opal and Arthur are going to have to make a dire choice: to dig up the buried secrets of the past and confront their own fears, or let Eden be taken over by literal nightmares. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it."
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Orbital : a novel
by Samantha Harvey
In an elegy to our humanity, environment and planet, six astronauts, selected for one of the last space station missions, leave their lives behind to travel at a speed of over 17,000 miles an hour to orbit Earth, witnessing the marks of civilization below.
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A demon's guide to wooing a witch
by Sarah Hawley
"Calladia Cunnington knows she's rough around the edges, despite being the heir to one of small-town Glimmer Falls' founding witch families. While her gym obsession is a great outlet for her anxieties and anger, her hot temper still gets the best of her and manifests in bar brawls. When Calladia saves someone from a demon attack one night, though, she's happy to put her magic and rage to good use . . . until she realizes the man she saved is none other than Astaroth, the ruthless demon who orchestrated asoul bargain on her best friend. Astaroth is a legendary soul bargainer and one of the nine members of the demon high council-except he can't remember any of this. Suffering from amnesia after being banished to the mortal plane, Astaroth doesn't know whya demon named Moloch is after him, nor why the muscular, angry, hot-in-a-terrifying-way witch who saved him hates him so much. Unable to leave anyone in such a vulnerable state-even the most despicable demon-Calladia grudgingly decides to help him. (Besides, punching an amnesiac would be in poor taste.) The two set out on an uneasy road trip to find the witch who might be able to restore Astaroth's memory so they can learn how to defeat Moloch. Calladia vows that once Astaroth is cured, she'll kick his ass, but the more time she spends with the snarky yet utterly charming demon, the more she realizes she likes this new, improved Astaroth . . . and maybe she doesn't want him to recover his memories, after all."
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Calling on the matchmaker
by Jody Hedlund
"When a St. Louis Irish matchmaker pairs a shy young woman who spends her time caring for immigrants with a wealthy, flirtatious man whose father wants him to settle down, they can't imagine a more opposite pairing. But as they work together to protect the neighborhood from an epidemic, all they know about love and sacrifice is tested"
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Princess of Dune
by Brian Herbert
Irulan, Princess Royal, now of marriageable age, witnesses the machinations of the many factions vying for power, and is determined to become much more than a pawn, while Chani, trained in the Fremen mystical ways, soon learns the harsh cost of Fremen dreams and obligations under the oppressive Harkonnen occupation.
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The final curtain / : A Mystery
by Keigo Higashino
"From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother. A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an apartment far away, leaving her estranged son with many unanswered questions. Now in Tokyo, Michiko Oshitani is found dead many miles from home. Strangled to death, left in the bare apartment rented under a false name by a man who has disappeared without a trace. Oshitani lived far away in Sendai, with no known connection to Tokyo - and neither her family norfriends have any idea why she would have gone there. Hers is the second strangulation death in that approximate area of Tokyo - the other was a homeless man, killed and his body burned in a tent by the river. As the police search through Oshitani's past for any clue that might shed some light, one of the detectives reaches out to Detective Kaga for advice. As the case unfolds, an unexpected connective emerges between the murder (or murders) now and the long-ago case of Detective Kaga's missing mother. The Final Curtain, one of Keigo Higashino's most acclaimed mysteries, brings the story of Detective Kaga to a surprising conclusion in a series of rich, surprising twists"
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Wellness : a novel
by Nathan Hill
Alongside the challenges of parenting, married couple Jack and Elizabeth encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors, Facebook wars and something called Love Potion Number Nine as they undertake separate, personal excavations in their quest to find health and happiness
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A true account : Hannah Masury's sojourn amongst the pyrates, written by herself
by Katherine Howe
"In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury - bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood - is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of atreasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward "Ned" Low. To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself, Hannah must hunt down the treasureand change the tides. Meanwhile, professor Marian Beresford pieces Hannah's story together in 1930, seeing her own lack of freedom reflected back at her as she watches Hannah's transformation. At the center of Hannah Masury's account, however, lies a centuries-old mystery that Marian is determined to solve, just as Hannah may have been determined to take it to her grave."
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Goldenseal : a novel
by Maria Hummel
Two former best friends who haven't spoken to each other in 40 years meet up in downtown Los Angeles in 1990 to confront the hidden secrets and the devastating betrayal that tore them apart.
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A different kind of gone : a novel
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
A woman who joined a search party for a missing 19 year-old discovers her hiding in a cave, terrified that her abusive boyfriend will kill her if he sees her again and must make a decision about keeping her secret
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The mantis : a novel
by Kotaro Isaka
A skilled assassin eager to escape his profession and the hold of his handler, The Doctor, Kabuto, when The Doctor agrees to let him pay his way out of his contract, finds his final assignment putting him and his family—who have no idea about his double life—in danger.
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The kingdom of sweets : a novel of The Nutcracker
by Erika Johansen
"Light and dark-this is the destiny placed upon Natasha and Clara, the birthright bestowed by their godfather, the mysterious sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara, the favorite, grows into beauty and ease, while Natasha is cursed to live in her sister's shadow. But one fateful Christmas Eve, Natasha gets her chance at revenge. For Drosselmeyer has brought the Nutcracker, an enchanted present that offers entry into a deceptively beautiful world: the Kingdom of Sweets. In this land of snow and sugar, Natasha is presented with a power far greater than Drosselmeyer: the Sugar Plum Fairy, who is also full of gifts . . . and dreadful bargains. As Natasha uncovers the dark destiny laid before her birth, she must reckon with powers both earthly and magical, and decide to which world she truly belongs"
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Bad hombres
by William W. Johnstone
This latest in then the Slash & Pecos series follows up other titles such as Cutthroats, A Good Day for a Massacre and The Wicked Die Twice and Sons of Thunder.
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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.
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The stage kiss : a novel
by Amelia Jones
During the nationwide tour of the hit Pride & Prejudice musical, actress Eden Blake takes to the stage with Broadway royalty Brennon Thorne, a pompous jerk she has to kiss eight shows per week, but when real passion takes a starring role, they wonder if not all showmances are doomed to fail.
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Earthdivers. : Kill Columbus Volume one, Kill Columbus
by Stephen Graham Jones
"The year is 2112, and it's the apocalypse exactly as expected: rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the desertand figured out where everything took a turn for the worst: America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own--a reluctant linguist named Tad--on a bloody, one-way mission to 1492 to kill Christopher Columbus before he reaches the so-called New World. But there are steep costs to disrupting the timeline, and taking down an icon isn't an easy task for an academic with no tactical training and only a wavering moral compass to guide him. As the horror of the task ahead unfolds and Tad's commitment is tested, his actions could trigger a devastating new fate for his friends and the future"
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The engagement party : a novel
by Darby Kane
Engaged to Murray Sedgemont after a whirlwind romance, Kass Baptiste, unexpectedly entering the world of the rich and powerful, starts receiving anonymous threatening social media messages during their engagement party that result in murder—one she's accused of committing.
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The fairytale life of Dorothy Gale
by Virginia Kantra
"Dorothy (Dee) Gale is searching for a place to belong. After her mother's death, Dee and her sister Toni settled with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in Kansas, and Dee attended the University of Kansas. But after falling in love with and subsequently being humiliated by an adjunct faculty member and novelist, Dee is unable to face him-and the rest of the school-and applies to the writing program at Trinity College Dublin. At Trinity, Dee finds solace in a new group of friends: Sam Clery, who dropped out of college and now runs a newsagents ("No brains," his sister says). Dee discovers he is articulate and well-read-also hot, in a dissolute, Irish poet kind of way. Tim Woodman, who refused to take back his ex-fiancâee ("You have no heart," she accuses). Not relationship material, Dee concludes. Plus, he's so stiff she thinks he doesn't like her. And Reeti Kaur, who is kindhearted but too afraid to tell her parents she wants to teach underprivileged girls rather than obtain her MBA and work in the family business ("I basically have no courage," she says). Throughout the semesters, the friends grow closer and encounter new opportunities, love, and heartbreak. Dee is faced with a choice that could dictate her future, but she still has feelings of doubt and insecurity. While she doesn't know where she belongs or what she truly wants, she is ready to make that decision-they say there's no place like home, but Dee comes to realize that wherever she ends up in the world will be where she's meant to be"
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Gaslight
by Femi Kayode
Philip Taiwo returns to solve a missing-persons case, and in so doing, uncovers dark secrets the church has worked tirelessly to hide.
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The end of the world is a cul de sac / : Stories
by Louise Kennedy
"Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times) In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed Trespasses, women's lives are etched by deprivation-material, emotional, sexual-but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate. An expectant mother's worst fears about her husband's entanglement with a teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother murdered during the Troubles. A woman struggles to forgive herself after an abortion threatens to destroy her marriage. Plumbing the depths of intimacy, violence, and redemption, these stories are "dazzling, heartbreaking... keen to share the lessons of a lifetime" (Guardian)"
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Happiness falls : a novel
by Angie Kim
"We didn't call the police right away. When Mia's father doesn't come home from a walk in the local nature reserve, she doesn't think much of it. He must've turned off his phone. Or his battery died. Or he probably stopped for an errand-but doing what exactly? Soon more questions arise and it becomes clear to Mia and her family that he is missing. Or is he?"
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A winter by the sea
by Julie Klassen
"When the Duke and Duchess of Kent rent a nearby house for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal couple's male staff in their seaside cottage--but soon they realize they've invited mysterious secrets into their home. With the arrival of their new guests, the sisters face surprising romance and unexpected danger."
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Yours for the taking : a novel
by Gabrielle Korn
"The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world. Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women's rights advocate, and thanks to a generous donation, she's just become the director of the Inside being built on the bones of Manhattan. Her ideas are unorthodox, yet alluring-she's built a whole brand around rethinking the very concept of empowerment. Shelby, a business major from a working-class family, is drawn to Jacqueline's promises of power and impact. When she lands her dream job as Jacqueline's personal assistant, she's instantly swept up into the glamourous world of corporatized feminism. Also drawn into Jacqueline's orbit is Olympia, whois finishing up medical school when Jacqueline recruits her to run the health department Inside. The more Olympia learns about the project, though, the more she realizes there's something much larger at play. As Ava, Olympia, and Shelby start to notice the cracks in Jacqueline's system, Jacqueline tightens her grip, becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous in what she is willing to do-and who she is willing to sacrifice-to keep her dream alive. At once a mesmerizing story of queer love, betrayal, andchosen family, and an unflinching indictment of cis, corporate feminism, Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our own world, in all its beauty and horror"
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The night island
by Jayne Ann Krentz
When a mysterious informant disappears, Talia March, searching for a list of people like her and her friends, is forced to team up with Luke Rand, a hunted and haunted man chasing the same list, when they are both targeted by a killer.
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Valdemar
by Mercedes Lackey
As magicians descend on the lands surrounding Haven, taking advantage of the abundant magical energy, Kordas finds his prayer to the gods bringing an unexpected form of help that sets the new kingdom of Valdemar on a path like nothing else the world has ever seen.
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The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
In 1789 Maine, midwife and healer Martha Ballard, who is good at keeping secrets, investigates a shocking murder linked to an alleged rape that has shaken her small town, especially when her diary lands at the center of the scandal, threatening to tear both her family and her community apart.
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The book of fire : a novel
by Christy Lefteri
After a wildfire consumes their home in present-day Greece, Irini makes a split-second decision that will haunt her forever, while her husband Tasso, unable to paint due to the burns on his hands, finds hope for the future in his young daughter.
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The wildest sun : a novel
by Asha Lemmie
Forced from her home in postwar Paris, aspiring young writer Delphine Auber embarks on a journey to New York's Harlem, and then to Havana and Key West, in search of her father, whom she believes is famed luminary Ernest Hemingway.
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Face of greed
by James L'Etoile
"When a prominent Sacramento businessman is killed and his wife injured in a brutal home invasion, Detective Emily Hunter and her partner, Javier Medina, are called to investigate. At first glance, it seems like a crime of opportunity gone horribly wrong, but Emily soon finds there might be more to both the crime and the dead man. The high-stakes investigation also comes at a time when Emily is caring for her mother, who has early-onset Alzheimer's, and Emily struggles to balance her job with her personal life. The city's political elite seem to want the case solved quickly, but darker forces want it buried. Could there have been a motive behind the attack, making it more than a random home invasion? Emily uncovers clues that cause her to reconsider her understanding of the crime. A deadly game of greed and deception pulls Emily deeper into the shadowy world of gang violence and retribution. She has to walk the razor's edge to identify the killer-without becoming the next victim"
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Inside the mind of Sherlock Holmes : the case of the scandalous ticket
by Cyril Lieron
"Set in the Victorian era, the discovery of a mysterious powder on some clothing and a very special show ticket leads Sherlock Holmes to believe a patient isn't the only victim of a grand conspiracy. Indeed, it seems the strange disappearance of Londoners can be explained by the performances of a Chinese magician. When other tickets are found, the detective's suspicions are confirmed..."
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Recipe for a charmed life
by Rachel Linden
When her culinary career in Paris ends in disaster, chef Georgia May Jackson flees to a small island near Seattle in hopes of reconnecting with her estranged mother and regain her spark in the kitchen but instead discovers a family legacy she never suspected.
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The fourth rule : a novel
by Jeffry P. Lindsay
"The biggest heist. The most dangerous adversary. By the master of the genre. Oh, and explosions"
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Robert B. Parker's Broken trust
by Mike Lupica
When the beautiful wife of a brilliant scientist, whose groundbreaking work with lithium has made him a billionaire, asks him to look into her husband's past due to his recent paranoia and violent behavior, Spenser makes a discovery that causes him to question his own views on morality.
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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.
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Maybe next time : a novel
by Cesca Major
"One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming and emotionally poignant novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate"
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The vacation : a novel
by John Marrs
On the shores of Venice Beach, eight strangers, staying in a rundown backpackers hostel, are all running from something—and have secrets they're more than willing to kill for.
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Mom com
by Adriana Mather
"If she had her way, Maddi would have stayed in California...But at her mother's request, she has returned to her hometown to help deal with an urgent matter concerning her father's will and his nostalgia-filled bakery. What Maddi doesn't know is that this issue also mysteriously involves the one person she's spent forever trying to forget--Wilder. Now she finds herself forced to make an impossible decision: give up her father's bakery and her lifelong dream, or find a way to coexist with Wilder without murdering him with a cookie cutter"
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters—living on the margins of white, Christian America—closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.
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Absolution
by Alice McDermott
Sixty years after they lived as wives of American servicemen in early 1960s Vietnam, two women reconnect and relieve their shared experiences in Saigon in the new novel by the author of The Ninth Hour.
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Never lie
by Freida McFadden
Searching for their dream home, newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are trapped in a remote manor that once belonged to a renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Adrienne Hale, who vanished without a trace, and when they happen upon a secret room, the terrifying truth of Dr. Hale's disappearance is revealed.
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The housemaid's secret
by Freida McFadden
"It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shinykitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything... That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go..."
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Locked door
by Freida McFadden
A successful surgeon—and daughter of a serial killer, Nora Davis keeps her past hidden until one of her patients is murdered, killed in the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims—and realizes someone wants her to take the fall.
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Wrong way
by Joanne McNeil
Unable to hold down a steady job, Teresa, when a recruiter connects her with a contract position at AllOver, a driverless car company, she, despite the wide distance between AllOver's claims and its actions, drives toward the promise of financial stability.
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All the hidden paths
by Foz Meadows
"The follow-up to Foz Meadows's A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, All the Hidden Paths is a sultry political & romantic fantasy exploring gender, sexuality, identity, and self-worth. With the plot against them foiled and the city of Qi-Katai in safe hands, newlywed and tentative lovers Velasin and Caethari have just begun to test the waters of their relationship. But the wider political ramifications of their marriage are still playing out across two nations, and all too soon, they're summoned north to Tithena's capital city, Qi-Xihan, to present themselves to its monarch. With Caethari newly invested as his grandmother's heir and Velasin's old ghosts gnawing at his heels, what little peace they've managed to find is swiftly put to the test. Cae's recentlosses have left him racked with grief and guilt, while Vel struggles with the disconnect between instincts that have kept him safe in secrecy and what an open life requires of him now. Pursued by unknown assailants and with Qi-Xihan's court factions jockeying for power, Vel and Cae must use all the skills at their disposal to not only survive, but thrive. Because there's more than one way to end an alliance, and more than one person who wants to see them fail...and they will resort to murder if needed"
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Mage and the endless unknown
by S. J. Miller
"Peek through the leaves, beyond the clouded mountains, and you will find a garden with a strange attendant and an even stranger purpose. A young mage, asleep in a meadow, wakes to delights and fanciful spells that open a door to unknown wonder. Then, they eagerly step through to find only horror and death. There is no swashbuckling adventure in store; this world means them cold and deadly harm, and they'll need all their resilience, wit, and magic to push it back. Gaze through fascinating silent windowsinto a terrifying dimension and follow the wordless Mage and their companions as they travel a shadowy fantastical land of monsters. Will they survive this endlessly curious mystery, or will the unforgiving darkness swallow them whole?"
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The fetishist : a novel
by Katherine Min
"On a cold, gloomy night, twenty-three-year-old Kyoko stands in the rain with a knife in her hoodie's pocket. Her target is Daniel, who seduced Kyoko's mother then callously dropped her, leading to her death. But tonight, there will be repercussions. Following the unsuspecting Daniel home, Kyoko manages to get a rash kidnapping plot off the ground . . . and then nothing goes as planned. The Fetishist is the story of three people-Kyoko, a Japanese American punk-rock singer full of rage and grief; Daniel, a philandering violinist forced to confront the wreckage of his past; and Alma, the love of Daniel's life, a Korean American cello prodigy long adored for her beauty, passion, and talent, but who spends her final days examining if she was ever, truly, loved. An exuberant, provocative story that confronts race, complicity, visibility, and ideals of femininity, The Fetishist was written before the celebrated author's untimely death in 2019. Startlingly prescient, as wise and powerful as it is utterly delightful, this novel cements Katherine Min's legacy as a writer with a singular voice for our times"
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Someone else's shoes
by Jojo Moyes
When she accidentally takes the wrong gym bag, Sam Kemp tries on a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes that give her the confidence to change her life, while the shoes' owner tries to cling to her glamorous life after her husband cuts her off.
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A river of golden bones
by A. K. Mulford
When her twin sister Briar falls victim to an evil sorceress, Calla must step out of the shadows to save her, her kingdom and her own legacy, embarking on a quest across the realm that opens up a whole world she never knew existed, making her wonder: who could she be if she dared to try?
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Hello beautiful : a novel
by Ann Napolitano
Awarded a college basketball scholarship away from his childhood home silenced by tragedy, a young man befriends a spirited young woman who welcomes him into her loving, loud, chaotic household, in the new novel by the author of Dear Edward.
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The talk of Coyote Canyon
by Brenda Novak
Struggling to keep her rival well-drilling company afloat, Ellen Truedale has no choice but to accept help from Hendrix Durrant, her father's business partner and therefore her enemy, but as they work closely together, she sees what she's been missing—in life and love.
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Warrior of the wind
by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
"After escaping Bassa and crossing the Soke moats, Danso and Lilong must travel far north to return home the ibor sought after by newly crowned Bassai Emperor Eshemi. With the new empire's reach now extending over the continent, a bounty on their heads, and news of their cargo now widespread, the journey proves to be even more treacherous. But the promise of reward fuels them both: for Danso, the news of an island of Ajabo survivors in the Nameless archipelago; for Lilong, an opportunity to be the hero her daa dreamed of and help nullify the threats from the mainland once and for all. Together, they journey across the desert's dunes and mountains, forge new alliances and sacrifice everything to survive the new emperor's thirst for blood, power, and revenge"
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Two dead wives
by Adele Parks
Living in a small village while she recovers from illness, Stacie Jones, shielded from the outside world by her father, finds her reclusive life shattered when she is linked to a scandalous and sad case of a missing woman with a shocking secret.
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What waits in the woods
by Terri Parlato
When her return home to Graybridge coincides with the murder of her friend Kara, former professional ballerina Esmé Foster, haunted by a past tragedy, must shine a light into the darkness to learn what really happened in the woods the night Kara died to bring this nightmare to an end.
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Tom Lake : a novel
by Ann Patchett
Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance with, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
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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.
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Kill for love : a novel
by Laura Picklesimer
Plagued by an insatiable desire to kill attractive young men, privileged Los Angeles sorority sister Tiffany, as the body count rises, deals with legal scrutiny, social media-fueled competing murders and her growing relationship with someone she thinks could be the perfect boyfriend.
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A light most hateful
by Hailey Piper
A runaway working a dead-end job in Pennsylvania must fight to return home when an intense, otherworldly summer storm arrives bringing a mind-bending monster that enslaves the residents in the new novel by the author of Queen of Teeth.
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The ascent
by Adam Plantinga
"Kurt Argento, an ex-Detroit street cop who can't let injustice go-and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. If he sees a young girl being dragged into an alley, he's going to rescue her and cause some damage. When he does just that in a small corrupt Missouri town, he's brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be the governor's daughter, is about to take a tour of the prison. But when a malfunction in the security system releases a horde of prisoners, a fierce struggle for survival ensues. Argento must help a small band of staff and civilians, including Julie and her two state trooper handlers, make their way from the bottom floor to the roof to safety. All that stands in their way are six floors of the most dangerous convicts in Missouri"
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Rebecca, not Becky : a novel
by Christine A. Platt
Struggling to adjust to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia, De'Andrea Whitman is challenged by her therapist to make a white girlfriend and finds one in Rebecca Myland as they are brought together to fight back against the community's rising racial sentiments.
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The Academy / : A Dan Lenson Novel
by David Poyer
"In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must fight to rescue the Academy itself. Parallel to this narrative runs the dramatic story of Dan's years as a first class midshipman, 40 years ago. An Academy classmate commits suicide, and Dan is drawn into the investigation. The decisions he makes will affect his entire career and shape how he comes to lead troops in battle and at peace."
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A stroke of the pen : the lost stories
by Terry Pratchett
"These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found-were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld, all are infused with Pratchett's trademark wit, satirical wisdom, and brilliant imagination, hinting at the magical universe he would go on to create. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and embark on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork . . . A Stroke of the Penis an essential collection from the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett, a "master storyteller" (A. S. Byatt) who "defies categorization" (The Times); a writer whose "novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies" (Independent UK)"
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The mystery guest / : A Maid Novel
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.
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The caretaker : a novel
by Ron Rash
In 1951, Blackburn Gant, the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is charged with caring for his best friend's wife, Naomi, when he is drafted to serve overseas, and as Blackburn and Naomi grow closer and closer, a shocking revelation upends numerous lives.
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Familia
by Lauren E. Rico
A fact-checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco, takes a DNA test and discovers she has a sister in Puerto Rico who has been desperately trying to find her for 25 years, despite her parents saying it is impossible.
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Flores and Miss Paula : a novel
by Melissa Rivero
A 30-year-old living with her Peruvian immigrant mother in a Brooklyn apartment after her father's passing discovers a weird note under his urn that forces the pair to confront their complicated past.
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This spells love : a novel
by Kate Robb
Casting a spell to erase her ex from her past, 28-year-old Gemma Wilde wakes up in an alternate reality where her best friend Dax has no idea who she is, and, seeking to reverse the spell, soon realizes he has been The One all along.
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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.
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Wild and distant seas : a novel
by Tara Karr Roberts
An outsider in Nantucket's small, close-knit community in 1849, Evangeline Hussey, after her husband is lost at sea, makes choices that ripple through generations, across continents and into the depths of the ocean as she and her descendants seek to chart their own futures.
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Consort of fire
by Kit Rocha
While fulfilling an ancient prophecy, Sachielle is sent to be the mortal consort of an ancient dragon god, but she and her handmaid, who is a trained assassin, plot to murder the dragon and break the curse.
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The mayors of New York
by S. J. Rozan
When the son of NYC's first female mayor disappears, PI Bill Smith and his partner, Lydia Chin, are called in the find the missing 15-year-old but are faced with more questions than answers, they turn to the only contacts who could help: the neighborhood leaders who are the real“mayors” of NY.
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Last call at the Local
by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
When a careless mistake in Ireland leaves her unable to perform, Rainie Hart, a free-spirited American singer-songwriter living with ADHD, starts working at a local pub where she helps her charming OCD employer, Jack Dunne, reinvent his business, discovering a love to last a lifetime along the way.
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The Paris housekeeper
by Renee Ryan
In 1940, as German tanks rumble through the streets of Paris, Camille Lacroix, a chambermaid at the world-famous Hotel Ritz, finds her courage and strength tested when she turns to a wealthy American widow for helping getting her friend out of the city.
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The lost Van Gogh : a novel
by Jonathan Santlofer
Alternating between his perilous hunt for the Lost Van Gogh, and the glamorous life John Decker remade for himself after serving time for forgery, this intricately woven historical thriller follows Luke Perrone as he unearths several mysteries best left untouched as he gets closer to the truth.
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A most agreeable murder : a novel
by Julia Seales
"From The Lady's Guide to Swampshire, Volume 1 Acceptable topics of conversation: The weather, hats Unacceptable topics of conversation: Gossip, France, missing person cases Feisty, passionate Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady, according to the strict code of conduct that reigns in Swampshire, her small English township-she is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people. Nevertheless, she lives a perfectly agreeable life with hermarriage-scheming mother, prankster father, and two younger sisters-beautiful Louisa and forgettable Mary. But she harbors a dark secret: She is obsessed with the true crime cases she reads about in the newspaper, even going so far as to try to solve them herself. If anyone in her etiquette-obsessed community found out, she'd be deemed a morbid creep and banished from respectable society forever. For her family's sake, she's vowed to put her obsession behind her. Because eligible bachelor Edmund Croaksworth is set to attend the approaching autumnal ball, and the Steele family hopes that Louisa will steal his heart. If not, Martin Grub, their disgusting cousin, will inherit the family's estate, and they will be ruined, or even worse, forced to move to mime-infested France. So Beatrice must be on her best behavior...which is made difficult when a disgraced yet alluring detective inexplicably shows up to the ball. Beatrice is just holding things together when Croaksworth drops dead in the middle of a minuet. As a storm rages outside, the evening descends into a frenzy of panic, fear, and betrayal as it becomes clear they are trapped with a killer. Contending with competitive card games, tricky tonics, and Swampshire's infamous squelch holes, Beatrice must rise above decorum and decency to pursue justice and her own desires-before anyone else is murdered"
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Lady Tan's circle of women : a novel
by Lisa See
Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in 15th-century China.
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Raiders of the lost heart
by Jo Segura
Forced to co-lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle with her nemesis, archaeologist Dr. Corrie Mejía realizes they must work together to deal with greedy artifact smugglers, the Mexican authorities and the lies between them before everything they've worked hard for ends in ruin.
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Lost hours : a mystery
by Paige Shelton
When their Alaskan tourist ship rescues a woman claiming to have been kidnapped, Beth Rivers befriends the woman, who reveals she's been in Juneau under witness protection, and teams up with police chief Gril who believes this complicated case is connected to another kidnapping.
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Mother-daughter murder night : a novel
by Nina Simon
"Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage - and hoping that boredom won't kill her before the cancer does. Then Jack - tiny in stature but fiercely independent - stumbles upon a dead body while kayaking near their bungalow. Jack quickly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation, and the Rubicon women are thrown into chaos. Beth thinks Lana should focus on recovery, but Lana has a better idea. She'll pull on her wig, find the true murderer, protect her family, and prove she still has power. With Jack and Beth's help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the surfaceof a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn do the one thing they've always resisted: depend on each other"
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Tali girls
by Siamak Herawi
This powerful and intimate look at the lives, loves, horrors and dreams of girls and women in an Afghan mountain village under Taliban rule offers a vivid picture of the endless cycle of suffering but also of resilience, hope and courage.
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Murder crossed her mind
by Stephen Spotswood
In 1947 NYC, famed detective Lillian Pentecost and her assistant Will Parker are hired to find Vera Bodine, an elderly shut-in with an exceptional memory, and must go nose-to-nose with murderous gangsters, corrupt federal agents and Nazi spies to find Vera before it's too late.
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Homicide : the graphic novel. Part one
by Philippe Squarzoni
"In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were common. Only the mostheinous cases stood out--chief amongst them, the rape and murder of eleven-year-old Latonya Wallace. Originally published in 1991, Simon's Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show Homicide: Life on the Streets and inspired HBO's The Wire. Now, this true-crime classic is reimagined as a gritty two-part graphic novel series"
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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.
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Upside down : a novel
by Danielle Steel
While her mother, Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law, a Hollywood icon at 62, deals with conflicting feels for a much-younger man, her daughter, Morgan, a successful plastic surgeon in NYC, falls for a much-older man, which brings them together as they each try to navigate an unconventional romance.
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Camp zero : a novel
by Michelle Min Sterling
In a near-future northern settlement, a handful of climate change survivors find their fates intertwined.
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The last caretaker : a novel
by Jessica Strawser
Taking a caretaking job at a nature preserve, Katie gets more than she bargained for when a terrified woman arrives late at night expecting a safe place to hide, and she suddenly doesn't know whom she can trust as she decides how much she'll risk to do the right thing.
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Roaming
by Jillian Tamaki
"Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory. Slick attention to the details of a bustling, intimidating metropolis are softened with a palette of muted pastels, as though seen through the eyes of first-time travelers. The awe, wonder, and occasional stumble along the way come to life with stunning accuracy"
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City of betrayal
by Victoria Thompson
A grifter skilled at interacting with difficult men teams up with the suffragist movement in an attempt to pass the 19th Amendment in Tennessee, in the seventh novel of the series following City of Fortune.
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Washington's gay general : the legends and loves of Baron von Steuben
by Josh Trujillo
"Tells the true story of one of the most important--but largely forgotten--military leaders of the American Revolution, Baron von Steuben, who brought much-needed knowledge to the inexperienced and ill-prepared Continental Army. As its first Inspector General, von Steuben created an organizational framework for the US military, which included writing the Blue Book guide that became the standard for training American soldiers for more than a century"
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We are the crisis : a novel
by Cadwell Turnbull
"The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came out of the shadows. An anti-monster group known as the Black Hand has started to organize across the United States. In response, pro-monster organizations have been growing in numbersand militancy. Targeted killings of suspected monsters and their allies, monsters spirited away in the dead of night, and the beginnings of pro-monster legislation are all signs of a cosmic shift on the horizon. Is there any hope for lasting peace? Or are these events just precursors to a devastating monster-human war? Meanwhile, beneath it all, two ancient orders escalate their mysterious conflict, revealing dangerous secrets about the gods and the very origins of magic in the universe..."
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After world : a novel
by Debbie Urbanski
A sentient AI determines that all humans must be eliminated as the root of climate change and leaves a woman named Sen as a“witness” to record her observations on the end of humanity as the world begins to rewild.
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The other half
by Charlotte Vassell
"Rupert's 30th birthday party is a black-tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's-catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot. The morning after, his girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, a single stiletto heel jutting from under a bush. 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'? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, andthoroughly modern-he discovers Clemmie's body on his early morning jog. As he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxurious life of these London socialites, a wall of staggering wealth and privilege threatens to shut down his investigation before it's even begun. Can Caius peer through the tangled mess of connections in which the other half live-and die-before the case is wrenched from his hands? Bitingly funny, full of shocking twists, and all too familiar, The Other Half is a stunning debut from your next favorite crime writer"
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Kids run the show
by Delphine de Vigan
Traversing the Big Brother generation, this cautionary tale follows Mélanie, a social media superstar who broadcasts her children's daily lives on a family YouTube channel, and Clara, the young police officer assigned to the case after Mélanie's daughter is kidnapped.
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The happy life of Isadora Bentley : a novel
by Courtney Walsh
"What happens when a desperately lonely woman stumbles upon a magazine article outlining the "31 Ways to Be Happy" and decides to use it as a last-ditch attempt to turn her life around?"
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Let us descend : a novel
by Jesmyn Ward
In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world.
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System collapse
by Martha Wells
"Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series. Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there's an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can't have the planet, they're sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize. But there's something wrong with Murderbot; it isn't running within normal operational parameters. ART's crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza's SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they're going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what's wrong with itself, and fast! Yeah, this plan is... notgoing to work. The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse"
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The second chance year
by Melissa Wiesner
"Sadie Thatcher's life has fallen apart in spectacular fashion. In one fell swoop, she managed to lose her job, her apartment, and her boyfriend-all thanks to her big mouth. So when a fortune teller offers her one wish, Sadie jumps at the chance to redo her awful year. Deep down, she doesn't believe magic will fix her life, but taking a leap of faith, Sadie makes her wish, opens her eyes, and . . . nothing has changed. And then, in perhaps her dumbest move yet, she kisses her brother's best friend, Jacob. When Sadie wakes up the next morning, she's in her former apartment with her former boyfriend, and her former boss is expecting her at work. Checking the date, she realizes it's January 1 . . . of last year. As Sadie navigates her second-chance year, she begins to see the red flags she missed in her relationship and in her career. Plus, she keeps running into Jacob, and she can't stop thinking about their kiss . . . the one he has no idea ever happened. Suddenly, Sadie begins to wonder if her only mistake was wishing for a second chance"
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Where the dead wait
by Ally Wilkes
Victorian explorer William Day, 13 years after a failed expedition resulted in abandonment, betrayal and cannibalism, embarks on an uncanny journey into his past to find his missing second-in-command during which he must face up to the things he's done as the restless dead follow closely behind.
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Marion Lane and the raven's revenge
by T. A. Willberg
"London, 1960. Marion Lane, a twenty-five-year-old apprentice detective at the elusive Miss Brickett's Investigations & Inquiries, is busier than ever and determined to prove herself worthy of an official Inquirer badge. But when her close friend's girlfriend, Darcy, is targeted by a dangerous gang leader and seeks out the Inquirers' assistance, Marion cannot help but get involved. Just when Marion thinks she has the situation under control, Darcy disappears and the agency receives a package containing adead raven. Everyone is puzzled by what the threat could mean, except for Marion. She recognizes it as the same calling card left on her mother's doorstep just before she died. With harrowing twists and turns, Marion Lane and the Raven's Revenge follows Marion's most personal case to date. To uncover who is behind these ominous packages and find Darcy, she must piece together how they are related to her mother's mysterious death and secretive past"
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Technically yours
by Denise Williams
When the man she's been unable to forget comes back into her life, Pearl Harris, the acting director of a nonprofit aimed at inspiring high schoolers to code, is hesitant to trust her feelings and take a risk, especially because a workplace romance could spell disaster for both of them.
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Iron flame
by Rebecca Yarros
After surviving her first year at Basgiath War College, dragon rider Violet Sorrengail discovers that the real danger is just beginning, in the second novel of the series following Fourth Wing.
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Christmas and other horrors / : An Anthology of Solstice Horror
by Ellen Datlow
Featuring contributions from Nadia Bulkin, Christopher Golden and Garth Nix, a Hugo Award-winning editor and horror legend assembles all-new stories of frightening festivities that celebrate the unholy, the dangerous, and the terrifying time when families and friends gather—for better and for worse.
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