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The Intrigue
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters in order to steal their money, but he knows his looks won't last forever. When he captivates his newest correspondent, Perla, the owner of a small-town boardinghouse in picturesque Veracruz. But when he meets her, he finds something he didn't expect. The woman has a niece, In s, who is as observant as she is desperate to escape her aunt's household. When In s discovers Ulises's true intentions, she wants in on the scheme. But Perla is not the desperate, silly spinster Ulises imagines. She harbors secrets. And although Ulises does not believe in true romance, In s is more alluring than he bargained for. Suddenly, a simple plan may become perilously complicated.
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Bedlam
by Jennifer Higgie
A young man of great promise, Dadd embarks on a grand tour of Europe and the Middle East with his patron, Sir Thomas Phillips. The two men travel through German forests, Alexandrian brothels and across the desert to the Nile. By the time they find themselves beneath the unforgiving sun of Syria and Palestine, Dadd's fraught mind has been taxed to the limit with extraordinary images. He becomes stranger and more violent, changes his companion attributes to sunstroke. But in Dadd's imagination he has become a devotee of the god Osiris. Shortly after his return to England in 1843, the god directs him to take a life, and Dadd is set on the road to Bedlam. At once jarringly acute and alarmingly askew, Dadd's voice is rendered with both empathy and acuity by Higgie. This is a poetic and considered portrait of an artist, as well as an intriguing mystery about how, and why, a mind can go so swiftly and dangerously awry.
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Cloudthief
by Nathaniel Rich
Forget banks, casinos, museums--society's most valuable treasure sits in the giant, anonymous data centers that power modern life. There, in endless rows of hard drives, lies the sum of our civilization's knowledge, all of the world's personal and private truths, uploaded and saved. They wait unseen, unexploited, and, most critically, unguarded. Tim is a climate journalist disillusioned with chronicling the end of the world. Virginia is an evasive, paranoid, and technologically savvy con artist who has found an ingenious way to live off the grid in the heart of Manhattan. Joined by desire and desperation, they hatch a plan to steal secrets. But the heist is only the beginning.
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| Dead Weight by Hildur KnútsdóttirIn Reykjavík, a solitary business analyst’s controlled life unravels when a stray cat draws her into an uneasy friendship with its troubled owner. As domestic danger and personal pressures escalate, suppressed instincts surface, pushing both women toward increasingly dark and irreversible choices in this tense psychological thriller. |
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| All Them Dogs by Djamel WhiteIn an impoverished part of Dublin, Tony Ward is pulled into a local crime ring run out of a boxing gym, taking on violent jobs to prove his loyalty. As debts and betrayals mount, he becomes increasingly trapped in the organization’s grip. This stark debut explores loyalty, masculinity, and the costs of survival in a criminal underworld. |
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| Poppy Montgomery Gets Even by Gordon JackIn this biting adult debut, eighty-year-old Poppy Montgomery uncovers a lethal dating scam aimed at seniors. With help from her tech-savvy grandson, the outspoken sleuth dives into a suspicious death and a web of deception, using her sharp instincts and humor to expose a killer in this lively, senior-driven mystery. |
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| The Children by Melissa AlbertAfter a traumatic childhood tied to their mother’s famous fantasy series, estranged siblings Guinevere and Ennis Sharp reunite in adulthood as competing versions of their shared past emerge -- one in a memoir, the other in an art installation. As buried truths surface, this atmospheric gothic tale explores memory, legacy, and the cost of storytelling. |
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| Nasty Little Secrets by Gabbie HanksYears into her effort to clear her brother’s murder conviction, Rose Dearling’s life unravels after a televised interview links her to new disappearances, and shortly afterwards, her teenage sister goes missing. Returning to Florida, she reexamines the original case and uncovers overlooked evidence that forces her to reconsider what really happened. |
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| Man of My Dreams by Olivia WorleyRomance writer Ivy Harcourt’s chance meeting with a charismatic British architect in Central Park feels like fate -- until she notices he exactly matches the hero of her unfinished novel. As unsettling messages arrive and suspicion mounts, Ivy is forced to question his intentions while facing secrets from her own past in this suspenseful thriller. |
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