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The Little Lost Library
by Ellery Adams

Big clues come in small packages as Miracle Books owner Nora Pennington and the Secret, Book, and Scone Society attempt to solve a series of murders connected to a bibliophile's missing books.

Rockin' Around the Chickadee
by Donna Andrews

After a body is found in Meg Lanslow and Michael's yard, can Meg still keep her pregnant sister-in-law, Delaney, calm in the middle of a murder investigation, all while trying to catch the killer?

Dreaming of Autumn Skies
by V. C. Andrews

Caroline, living with her domineering grandfather, embarks on a determined campaign to reclaim her power and independence, vowing to overcome her past suffering in the third novel of the series following Chasing Endless Summer.

I'll Be Waiting : A Novel
by Kelley Armstrong

Outliving the expectations of her Cystic Fibrosis diagnosis, Nicola Laughton marries Anton, but after his death in a car crash goes viral as a supernatural event, a group of spiritualists offering closure hold a séance that unleashes a terrifying force.

Brew Unto Others
by Sandra Balzo

The Kingston family has always been at odds, but Maggy Thorsen hopes that the passing of Edna Mayes Kingston, mother of Sarah Kingston, her Uncommon Grounds coffeehouse partner, might unite them. Alas, the wake is barely over when Sarah's sister Ruth is found unconscious in the family home. Determined to find out what happened, Maggy and Sarah join forces with Sarah's niece, Arial. As questions mount and family tensions percolate, the presence of a mysterious stranger leads the trio into the past to uncover the darkest of family secrets.

The Drowned
by John Banville

Called in from Dublin to investigate a missing person's case, Detective Inspector Strafford soon turns to his old ally—the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke—but as the case unfolds, events from the past resurface that may have life-altering ramifications for all involved.

Killing Time
by M. C. Beaton

When a series of shop burglaries turn deadly, Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is on the case, but Agatha begins receiving death threats and narrowly avoids being kidnapped, so she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to Mallorca with former police officer John Glass to lie low for a while.

My Three Dogs
by W. Bruce Cameron

A new novel from the #1 bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose features humankind's best, most loyal friends and a wonderful adventure of love and finding home.

In Too Deep
by Lee Child

Waking up handcuffed in a dark hospital room with no memory, Reacher finds himself framed for a murder, setting the stage for an explosive reckoning, in the latest addition to the long-running series following The Secret.

The Waiting
by Michael Connelly

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter.

Identity Unknown
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Summoned to an eerie, deserted theme park to retrieve the body of a former lover, Dr. Kay Scarpetta faces a perplexing murder scene suggesting otherworldly origins, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Unnatural Death.

Evergreen Christmas
by Janet Dailey

A newcomer to Noel, North Carolina, horse breeder Jordyn Banks decides to take on the reigning Christmas-tree-decorating champ, who happens to be the handsome single dad who lives next door with his adorable little girl.

The Mighty Red : A Novel
by Louise Erdrich

A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives.

Dogs and Monsters : Stories
by Mark Haddon

A collection of short stories from the author of the award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time finds inspiration in tales based on Greek mythology to examine mortality, moral dilemmas and different types of love.

Blue Christmas Bones
by Carolyn Haines

Sarah's Christmas cheer gets rocked by a jewel heist at the Elvis Festival, forcing her to solve a mystery amongst suspicious minds in the latest addition to the long-running series following Lights, Camera, Bones.

Demon's Bluff
by Kim Harrison

To reverse a dangerous curse and avoid jail time, witch Rachel Morgan must travel back in time with a coven leader in the eighteenth book of the series following Demons of Good and Evil.

The Blue Hour
by Paula Hawkins

On an isolated Scottish island, a present-day discovery intimately connects three people and unveils a web of secrets and lies. By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.

Candle & Crow
by Kevin Hearne

Al MacBharrais, a practitioner of ink-and-sigil magic cursed with isolation, navigates dangerous gods and his eccentric friends' dramas while on a globetrotting quest to cure his twin curses, in the third novel of the series following Paper & Blood.

What Does It Feel Like? : A Novel
by Sophie Kinsella

From a #1 bestselling author comes a story about a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew.

A Woman Underground
by Andrew Klavan

Ex-spy, English professor and sleuth Cameron Winter finds his past and present colliding as he tracks his first love, in the newest entry in a USA Today bestselling series.

The Sequel
by Jean Hanff Korelitz

When Anna Williams-Bonner publishes her book and indulges in her own literary acclaim, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Plot.

A Christmas Duet : A Novel
by Debbie Macomber

Hailey Morgan, a high school band teacher with dreams of songwriting, escapes to a cabin for a solo holiday retreat only to find herself entangled in small-town drama and a blossoming romance that reignites her passion for music.

One Big Happy Family
by Susan Mallery

At first, Julie Parker is happy that her children do not plan to visit for Christmas, because she has been hiding her younger beau from them, but when they instead want to spend the holiday at the family cabin and the guest list grows beyond Julie's expectations, she discovers that more really is merrier.

Pay Back the Devil
by Graham Masterton

When two people are killed in a house explosion, it's believed to have been caused by a gas leak. However, the blasts continue, and it becomes clear that the Dripsey Dozen, descendants of local IRA soldiers who were executed in 1921, are the targets. This is the twelfth installment in the Katie Maguire police procedural series.

A Merry Little Murder Plot
by Jenn McKinlay

Briar Creek library director Lindsey Norris tries to encourage a grumpy and reclusive writer in residence to join in the town's Christmas festivities and discovers she has a stalker, in the 15th addition to the series following Fatal First Edition.

Santa's Secret
by Fern Michaels

Friends since high school, four 30-something women—Francesca, Amy, Rachael, and Nina—reunite for a once-in-a-lifetime Italian adventure filled with tons of Christmas laughter, mischief, great food and even a little romance.

Gathering Mist
by Margaret Mizushima

Deputy Mattie Wray and her K-9 partner Robo are called to Washington's Olympic Peninsula to find a celebrity's missing child days before her wedding in the ninth novel of the series following Standing Dead.

The Mermaid Mystery
by Tamar Myers

"In a small seaside town, something fishy's going on ..." [From the cover]

Shock Induction : A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk

A dark, satirical parable looks at a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.

Murder Island
by James Patterson

When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt “Doc” Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight land on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic, they think they've found a perfect utopia, but it turns out to be a living hell.

The Grey Wolf
by Louise Penny

A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Chief Inspector Gamache reading “this might interest you,” a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list—and then a murder all propel Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization: something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching.

Midnight and Blue
by Ian Rankin

In another tense, gripping game of cat and mouse, Edinburgh's Detective John Rebus may end up behind bars before he gets his criminal there. By the author of In a House of Lies.

Triangle
by Danielle Steel

A Paris art gallery owner finds herself in danger when a mysterious man begins leaving her messages. By a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Polostan
by Neal Stephenson

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.

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