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Strangers in time : a World War II novel
by David Baldacci

In London in 1944, a recently bereaved bookshop owner, Ignatius Oliver, and two orphaned teenagers, Charlie and Molly, find solace at Ignatius's book shop, The Book Keep, where "A book a day keeps the bombs away." Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other, over the course of the greatest armed conflict the world had ever seen, they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost.

Death in the Dressing Room
by Simon Brett

Carole Seddon, a very respectable retired woman living in the English village of Fethering, doesn’t care for the theatre. But her neighbor Jude counts the job of actress among her many and varied past careers. So, when Jude attends the closing night of a new play based on a classic TV sitcom, Carole is interested, but only because she suspects the leading man, Drake Purslow, is one of her scandalous friend’s ex-lovers. The night turns out to be more dramatic than either Carole or Jude could have ever predicted. After the performance, Jude makes her way to Drake’s dressing room, only to find him dead, in very suspicious circumstances.

Sealed with a hiss
by Rita Mae Brown

When a decades-forgotten car bobs to the surface of a creek in Virginia, with a body in the driver's seat, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her animal companions, felines Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, Tee Tucker the Corgi, and Pirate the Irish Wolfhound, team up to solve the mystery.

Fortunate Harbor
by Davis Bunn

With its colorful history, and miles of sand, tide, and windswept oaks, North Carolina’s Outer Banks is a paradise for locals and tourists alike. For Curtis Gage, returning after nineteen years to be the new assistant manager of an ocean-front resort, it’s a chance to start a new life and come to terms with an old one. This coastal haven is in attorney Rae Alden’s blood, and the resort’s expansion is encroaching on Fortunate Harbor. For Rae and the old-town families she represents, their generations-old heritage is not for sale for all the money in the world. Who’d have guessed that the ordeal would tie Rae to Curtis, whose family tragedy once converged, fatefully, with her own past?

The World's Fair Quilt
by Jennifer Chiaverini

Sylvia Bergstrom Compson is contemplating the future of her beloved Elm Creek Quilts. Unexpected financial difficulties have beset them and the Bergstrom family’s 19th-century manor, and she needs new resources (financial and emotional) to maintain the family legacy. Summer Sullivan, a founding Elm Creek Quilter, arrives to discuss an antique quilt that she wants to display at an upcoming quilt exhibit. Sylvia is reluctant to lend the quilt, which she and her sister made for a contest at the Chicago World's Fair. But as Sylvia reluctantly retraces her quilt’s story for Summer, she finds her faith restored, which helps shine some light on a way forward for the Elm Creek Quilts community.

No roast for the weary
by Cleo Coyle

Clare, manager of Village Blend coffee shop, starts the Writer's Block Lounge despite owner Madame's concerns that her own writer's group ended in darkness. When the new writer's group turns fatal, Clare must stop a desperate killer.

Tough Luck
by Sandra Dallas

After escaping an orphanage, Haidie Richards and her brother Boots journey to Colorado Territory, encountering treacherous challenges, unlikely allies, and the truth about their father, while Haidie devises a daring plan to claim their future.

The Murder Machine
by Heather Graham

This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online, and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner's lifeless body, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering how the woman was killed by her own home. How do you catch a murderer that doesn't leave any fingerprints?

Death by Chocolate Pumpkin Muffin
by Sarah Graves

This 8th book in Graves' popular culinary mystery series involves the murder of Hank Rafferty, star of a home repair reality TV show. The murder occurs just as Jake and Ellie, owners of The Chocolate Mouse bake shop, are delivering sweets to a party at his ramshackle mansion. Hank has many enemies, one of them being police chief Lizzie Snow's boyfriend. Jake and Ellie don't believe he is the killer and set out to prove his innocence and find the real killer.

Who will remember
by C. S. Harris

In 1816 London, as riots loom amid economic and environmental crises, Sebastian St. Cyr investigates a nobleman's ritualistic murder tied to tarot cards, uncovering dark secrets and racing to stop a killer before chaos engulfs the city.

Easeful Death
by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

This critically acclaimed British police procedural series is a great choice for fans of Catherine Aird, Ann Cleeves and Peter James. If you haven’t met Bill Slider and his team, why not start now?

Shadow of the Solstice
by Anne Hillerman

In Shiprock, New Mexico, Navajo Nation detectives Bernadette Manuelito and Jim Chee must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme, discovered by Bernie's sister Darleen, targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction.

Direct descendant
by Tanya Huff

This cozy stand-alone horror novel set in modern-day Toronto is the perfect balance of dark and delightful, a charming love story about a small-town baker, a quick-witted PI, and, yes, an ancient evil.

Overkill
by J. A. Jance

Chuck Brewster, former business partner of Ali Reynolds's husband B. Simpson, once had an affair with Clarice, B.'s first wife. When Chuck is found murdered with Clarice nearby covered in blood, she swears she's innocent and begs for Ali's help.

The keeper
by Charles Martin

Reeling from the loss of his mentor Bones, Murphy Shepherd must lead a desperate global mission to rescue the kidnapped daughters of his friend, the vice president, while battling a dark trafficking network tied to sinister political ambitions.

One way witch
by Nnedi Okorafor

As a teen, Najeeba learned to become the beast of wind, fire, and dust: the kponyungo. When that took too much from her, including the life of her father, she let it all go, and for a time, she was happy. Until only a few years later, when the small, normal life she’d built was violently destroyed. Now in her forties and years beyond the death of her second husband, Najeeba has just lost her beloved daughter, Onyesonwu. Onyesonwu’s teacher Aro, a harsh and hard-headed sorcerer, has agreed to teach Najeeba the Mystic Points, the powerful heart of sorcery. There is something awful Najeeba needs to kill...

2 Sisters Murder Investigations : Don't Mess With the Bird Sisters!
by James Patterson

Rhonda and Barbara “Baby” Bird are half-sisters and partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. Rhonda, a former attorney, is by-the-book, while teenage Baby relies on street smarts. When they take a controversial case of a loner whose popular wife is missing, they're accused of being PIs who can't tell a client from a killer. The Bird sisters share a late father and a willingness to fight—for the system, the underdog, and the truth—if they can stop fighting each other long enough to work together.

The railway conspiracy
by S. J. Rozan and John Shen Yen Nee

In London in 1924, while attending a dinner party thrown by a wealthy Chinese businesswoman, Judge Dee Ren Jie converses with British banking official A. G. Stephen, who argues with the group about the tenuous state of Chinese nationalism. Stephen is poisoned two days later. Dee knows this cannot be a coincidence, and suspects Stephen won’t be the only victim. Sure enough, a young Chinese communist of Lao She’s acquaintance is killed not long after and a note with a strange symbol is found by his body. Could the connection between these murders be related to rumors of a conspiracy regarding the Chinese Eastern Railway?

Land of dreams
by Lauraine Snelling

Norwegian immigrant Amalia Gunderson and her ward, Ruth Forsberg, arrive in Iowa to claim the boardinghouse Ruth has inherited, despite opposition from a difficult cousin. While Amalia looks for her long-lost brother, her relationship with an attorney unfolds as she and Ruth navigate through love, loss, and unexpected friendships.

A Mind of Her Own
by Danielle Steel

Born in 1900s Paris, Alexandra's life is shattered by World War I and the Spanish Flu, leading her to a journalism career where she meets a fellow reporter battling his own losses, sparking a cautious yet powerful connection.

Into the gray zone
by Brad Taylor

A taskforce operator discovers a terror plot to destabilize India and other global powers, sparking a race against time to rescue hostages and prevent catastrophic conflict, in the latest addition to the series following Dead Man's Hand.

Summer light on Nantucket : a novel
by Nancy Thayer

Divorced mother of four Blythe Benedict takes her family to Nantucket, her island home-away-from-home, but she must contend with teenage angst, her ex-mother-in-law's declining health, and a troubling secret involving her ex-husband. Meanwhile, she reconnects with former high school sweetheart Aaden, but their romance becomes complicated when another man enters the picture.

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits
by Jennifer Weiner

Cassie and Zoe Grossberg, former pop superstars as The Griffin Sisters, have been estranged for two decades since their band's rise and tragic fall, when Zoe's ambitious daughter Cherry sets out to uncover the hidden truths behind their breakup and heal their fractured family.

The staircase in the woods
by Chuck Wendig

Twenty years after a childhood friend vanished on a mysterious staircase in the woods, a group of former high school friends reunites to uncover the truth, facing the dark secrets and horrors that await beyond the staircase.

The Icarus coda
by Timothy Zahn

Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene, once hunters for the Icarus Group, are now fugitives pursued by the Commonwealth, the Patth, and the ancient Ammei. All three factions covet Selene's unique ability to understand Icari technology. In the shadow of an Ammei stronghold, they encounter Bubloo, an alien with a sense of smell as sensitive as Selene's. If the Ammei capture Bubloo, they might achieve domination without Selene. With multiple puzzles and the future of the Spiral at stake, Roarke faces grim prospects, especially as the Patth assassination squad closes in.

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