New Fiction
June 18, 2025
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The Busybody Book Club
by Freya Sampson

In a Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies and her dysfunctional book club members become amateur sleuths after a theft threatens their community center, a murder implicates a missing member, and secrets among them complicate their quest to solve the case and restore order.
Don't forget me, little Bessie : a novel
by James Lee Burke

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Bessie Holland finds strength in a suffragette mentor, battles forces threatening her Texas home and flees to New York, where she is drawn into a violent underworld that tests her unbreakable spirit.
The doorman : a novel
by Chris Pavone

In a new novel from the bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon, a New York City doorman is drawn into a web of intrigue, robbery and murder.
Jilted
by Vi Keeland

Can a jilted bride and a man afraid of love heal each other? After being left at the altar, my dream job at Bride magazine feels like punishment—especially when I’m forced into a bridezilla’s wedding party. One snarky groomsman, one unexpected makeout, and one terrible twist later, I learn he’s the owner’s son—and now I’m stuck with him at every wedding I cover this season...
The man made of smoke : a novel
by Alex North

Dan Garvie’s life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child―narrowly escaping an encounter with a notorious serial killer. He has dedicated his life since to becoming a criminal profiler, eager to seek justice for innocent victims. So when his father passes away under suspicious circumstances, Dan revisits his small island community, determined to uncover the truth about his death. Is it possible that the monster he remembers from his childhood nightmares has returned after all these years?
The Martha's Vineyard beach and book club : a novel
by Martha Hall Kelly

In 2016, grieving Mari Starwood visits Martha's Vineyard and uncovers a surprising connection to the Smith sisters, who, during World War II, balanced family struggles, romance, and whispers of espionage while running a farm and forming a transformative book club.
Never flinch : a novel
by Stephen King

With a killer on a revenge mission, Buckeye City Police Detective Izzy Jaynes turns to friend Holly Gibney for help; meanwhile, a vigilante targets controversial feminist activist Kate McKay, and Holly is hired as bodyguard.
Return to sender
by Craig Johnson

When Blair McGowan, the mail person with the longest route in the country, goes missing, the Wyoming postal inspector tells Sheriff Longmire to investigate her disappearance; posing as a letter-carrier, the sheriff follows her trail and finds himself enveloped in an otherworldly cult.
Tom Clancy line of demarcation
by M. P. Woodward

In Guyana to secure a business deal, Jack Ryan Jr. is thrust into a deadly conflict involving Russia's Wagner Group and Venezuelan narco-terrorists after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter is destroyed, forcing him to unravel shifting alliances to stop a potential war.
We Live Here Now
by Sarah Pinborough

After a near-fatal illness, Emily moves with her husband to Larkin Lodge, a beautiful but eerie house on Dartmoor. Strange things happen—books fall, fires go out—but only when she’s alone. Is the house haunted, or is it her fragile mind playing tricks? As Emily digs into the lodge’s secrets, her marriage begins to unravel, and she realizes the house isn’t the only one hiding something.
Whistle : a novel
by Linwood Barclay

A woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed.
Where secrets lie
by Colleen Coble

Bestselling authors Colleen Coble and Rick Acker deliver the second book in their compelling Tupelo Grove series (following What We Hide), where a crumbling university, stolen artifacts, deep family secrets, and deadly ambitions all stand in the way of a second chance at happiness.
The first gentleman : a thriller
by Bill Clinton

The President of the United States is up for reelection. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a killer? A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.
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