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October 2023 New Fiction Releases |
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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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America Fantastica
by Tim O'Brien
On a quest to settle a score with the man who destroyed his life, Boyd Halverson robs a bank and takes a hostage, in the new novel from the author of The Things They Carried.
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Brooklyn Crime Novel
by Jonathan Lethem
In 1970s Brooklyn, with the promise of violence everywhere, a currency itself, this story of community, crime and gentrification chronicles more than 50 years of life in one neighborhood where the players write the headlines, the histories and the laws of the streets.
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The Burnout
by Sophie Kinsella
Retreating to the British seaside resort she loved as a child, burned out professional Sasha meets Finn, who's just as stressed as she is, and forced together by curious messages addressed to them, talk about everything, including the simmering attraction between them.
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A Christmas To Remember
by Beverly Jenkins
When their long-awaited walk down the aisle to say “I do” hits a speed bump that could derail everything, Bernadine and Mal discover their relationship isn't the only one being tested as Preston Mays gets his heart broken and Reverend Paula Grant asks God to send her someone to share her life.
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Death Valley
by Melissa Broder
Seeking respite from her father and husband suffering simultaneous illnesses, a young woman visits the California high desert and encounters a strange, towering cactus with a door in it, in the new novel by the author of Milk Fed.
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The Defector
by Chris Hadfield
In 1973 Israel, as the Yom Kippur War erupts and a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter makes an unexpected landing, NASA Flight Controller and former U.S. test pilot Kaz Zemeckis is drawn into a high-stakes game of spies, lies and secrets that hold the key to Cold War air and space supremacy.
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Everything Is Not Enough
by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
Three black women fight their own personal struggles in Sweden, including wanting to move to the United States and seeking a divorce, in the new novel from the author of the international best-selling In Every Mirror She's Black.
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Family Meal
by Bryan Washington
Haunted by the ghost of Kai, the love of his life, Cam returns to his hometown of Houston where he reconnects with his former best friend, TJ, and his family's bakery and wonders if they can find a way back to being okay again.
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The House Of Doors
by Tan Twan Eng
In 1921 Penang, when Willie, a famed writer and old friend of her husband's, arrives for an extended stay, Lesley, as her friendship with Willie grows, makes a dangerous decision to confide in him about life in the Straits, including her relationship with a charismatic Chinese revolutionary—a confession that has devastating consequences.
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The Intern
by Michele Campbell
When her brother Danny goes missing after accusing Judge Kathryn Conroy of corruption, young Harvard law student Madison Rivera is drawn into her mentor's glamorous world where they engage in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game that could leave one of them dead.
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Judgment Prey
by John Sandford
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to solve another challenging case in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.
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The Leftover Woman
by Jean Kwok
Arriving in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support, Jasmine Young, on the run from her abusive husband, desperately searches for the daughter taken away from her at birth, which forces her to make increasingly risky decisions.
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Let Us Descend
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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The List
by Yomi Adegoke
A celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, Ola Olajide is set to marry the love of her life in one month's time until she finds his name on “The List,” an anonymous account posting allegations on social media, in this razor sharp exploration of the real-world impact of online life.
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The Maniac
by Benjamâin Labatut
A novel centered on Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, a prodigy whose gifts terrified those around him, shows us the evolution of a mind unmatched and of a body of work that has unmoored the world in its wake, confronting us with the deepest questions we face as a species.
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Mary And The Birth Of Frankenstein
by Anne Eekhout
In 1816 Switzerland, 18-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron where she, anguished by the recent loss of her child, spends her days in strife until Bryon issues a challenge—write the best ghost story.
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Midnight At The Christmas Bookshop
by Jenny Colgan
In this sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Christmas Bookshop, an American production company decides that McCredie's is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie and Carmen, the bookshop's manager, uses this unexpected windfall to fend off a buyout offer from an obnoxious millionaire.
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Midnight Is The Darkest Hour
by Ashley Winstead
When a skull found deep in the Louisiana bayou reunites her with a man from her past with a dark reputation, the daughter of the town's fire-and-brimstone preacher will do anything to protect those she loves from the real evil that walks among them.
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My Darling Girl
by Jennifer McMahon
Taking in her estranged mother who only has weeks to live, Alison, with memories of her violent abuse coming back to haunt her, discovers her mother is not quite who she seems as strange things start happening, forcing her to decide how far she's willing to go to protect her family.
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Roman Stories
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Translated from Italian into English by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, this masterful collection of nine short stories has Rome, suspended between past and future, multifaceted and metaphysical, as the protagonist, not the setting.
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The Scandalous Confessions Of Lydia Bennet, Witch
by Melinda Taub
This lively retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, as told from the perspective of Lydia, the much-maligned youngest Bennet sister, is filled with enchantment, intrigue and boundless magic as she comes to learn that, for a witch, promises have power.
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Second Act
by Danielle Steel
Out of a job and humiliated, Andy Westfield, the head of a prestigious movie studio, flees to a tiny, forgotten coastal town in England where he hires a former journalist to help get his affairs in order and in a surprising turn of events, finds a miracle that could change both their lives.
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A Traitor In Whitehall
by Julia Kelly
In 1940, Evelyne Redfern, a secretary for Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the cabinet war rooms, uses all of her amateur sleuthing expertise garnered from years of reading mysteries to solve a murder, teaming up with a cagey minister's aide to expose a traitor in their midst.
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The Twelve Dogs Of Christmas
by Susan Wiggs
Arriving in Avalon, New York, to drop rescue puppies off at their forever homes, Brenda Malloy is trapped in the town by a blinding snowstorm, an escaped mutt and a life-saving encounter with a single dad and paramedic who restores her faith in Christmas—and love.
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The Unmaking Of June Farrow
by Adrienne Young
Determined to end the curse that has plagued their family line, June Farrow, after her grandmother's death reveals clues to her mother's decades-old disappearance, embarks on a journey that will not only change both the past and the future, but also entangle her heart in an epic star-crossed love.
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What We Kept To Ourselves
by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee comes a propulsive new novel of a family that unravels when a stranger is found dead in their backyard, only to find he might hold the key to finding their mother who disappeared a year ago.
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What Wild Women Do
by Karma Brown
While staying at an isolated cabin in the Adirondacks, aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Rowan is drawn into the unsettling story of a socialite-turned-feminist crusader bent on helping women unleash their inner “wildness” who vanished in these same woods the summer of 1975 and is determined to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
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Blood Lines
by Nelson DeMille
Reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of CID Special Agent Harry Vance, an accomplished counterterrorism agent, Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor are immersed in many conflicts and contradictions of modern Germany as they discover Vance's murder is a prelude to a much more sinister event.
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The Bell In The Fog
by Lev AC Rosen
A new historical mystery asks the question: once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them?
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The Christmas Guest
by Peter Swanson
When a last-minute invitation from fellow student Emma Chapman brings her to Starvewood Hall for the holidays, Ashley Smith, an American art student in London, discovers this seemingly charming English village's grim history when a local girl is brutally murdered and Emma's brother is linked to the crime.
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A Cold Highland Wind
by Tasha Alexander
While vacationing at Cairnfarn Castle, the Scottish estate of the Duke of Bainbridge, Lady Emily, when the duke's gamekeeper is murdered, investigates, discovering a link between his brutal death and that of a harrowing witchcraft trial hundreds of years ago that reveals the dark side of a seemingly idyllic Highland village.
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The Death Of Us
by Lori Rader-Day
When Ashley Hay's car is found 15 years after her disappearance, Liss Kehoe, who has raised Ashley's son as her own, must protect her family and keep her own secrets hidden as tensions rise in the small community—and someone will go to great lengths to keep the truth from surfacing.
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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 Exchange
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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From A Far And Lovely Country
by Alexander McCall Smith
Busier than ever, the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, with no shortage of sensitive situations, are reminded by Mma Ramotswe that the best solutions to life's problems can be found with a bit of good humor, generosity of spirit and a steaming cup of red bush tea.
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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
by Sophie Hannah
In 1931, the world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot, finds his plans for a much-needed, restful Christmas holiday thwarted by a murder investigation and has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders while someone plans to wreak holiday havoc on his life.
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Jane And The Final Mystery
by Stephanie Barron
In this final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series, Jane Austen, with her health in slow decline, will let nothing stop her from investigating the murder of a Winchester College student—a crime her dear friend's son is accused of.
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Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!
by Donna Andrews
Participating in a weaponsmithing competition taking place on the estate of her friend Ragnar, a retired heavy metal drummer, Meg joins a cast laden with grudges and feuds who have large weapons and forges full of fire at their disposal—what could possibly go wrong?
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Lost & Hound
by Rita Mae Brown
When a dead body is placed directly in the path of an early season hunt, “Sister” Jane Arnold, with the Jefferson Hunt Club busier than ever, must decipher cryptic clues left for her and her friends before any of them wind up dead.
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Moscow X
by David Mccloskey
Posing as a couple to target Vadim, Vladimir Putin's moneyman, CIA officers Sia and Max, as they descend further into a Russian world of luxury and violence, find their only hope may be Vadim's wife, Anna, who is playing a game of her own.
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Obsession
by Stuart Woods
Brought in to recover a young Croatian billionaire's wife, who was kidnapped while her husband was making a deal with Centurion Studios, Teddy Fay quickly comes to realize dark forces are at play, while dealing with an obsessive fan with deadly intentions who weasels his way onto the film set.
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One Puzzling Afternoon
by Emily Critchley
When 84-year-old Edie Havercroft sees Lucy Theddle, who disappeared back in 1951, standing outside the post office one Tuesday afternoon, she wonders if a secret she's held onto all these years could be the key to unlocking what happened to her friend before the girl is forgotten forever.
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Paws To Remember
by Sofie Kelly
Librarian Kathleen Paulson and her enchanted cats look into the 30-year disappearance of a young woman whose body was just discovered—a cold case that puts some people in Mayville Heights in hot water.
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The Secret
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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Sisters Under The Rising Sun
by Heather Morris
Prisoners of war in 1942, Australian nurse Nesta James and Norah Chambers—held in the notorious Camp Palembang, deep in the jungle of Sumatra—battle disease, starvation and unimaginable brutality meted out by Japanese soldiers, but find, in themselves and in each other, the courage and resourcefulness to survive.
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Some Of Us Are Looking
by Carlene O'Connor
When a beautiful young woman named Brigid, part of a ragtag caravan of young people selling wares by the roadside, is brutally murdered after bringing an injured hare to her veterinary practice, Dimpna Wilde helps Detective Sergeant Cormac O'Brien investigate, finding ominous signs everywhere they look.
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'Twas The Bite Before Christmas
by David Rosenfelt
When one of the Tara Foundation's best foster volunteers, Derek Moore, is arrested for murder during the annual Christmas party, lawyer Andy Carpenter, believing in Derek's innocence, discovers he's in the witness protection program and vows to clear his name and catch a killer before this case goes to the dogs.
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West Heart Kill
by Dann McDorman
Attending the Bicentennial weekend at the exclusive West Heart club in upstate New York, PI Adam McAnnis, when a major storm hits, is faced with three corpses within four days and a cast of monied, scheming, unfaithful members.
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Better Hate Than Never
by Chloe Liese
Making a rare visit home, Katerina Wilmot finds her and Christopher Petruchio's fiery animosity rekindled into a raging inferno until a drunken night leads to a confession and an impassioned kiss, forcing them to decide if it's truly better to hate than to never risk their hearts.
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Christmas In Painted Pony Creek
by Linda Lael Miller
When Tessa Stafford and her daughter arrive in Painted Pony Creek, Texas, cowboy Jessie McKettrick, who always wanted a family of his own, is immediately smitten, but when her past threatens their newfound future, he won't let the family he's come to love go without a fight.
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Christmas At The Shelter Inn
by RaeAnne Thayne
Pregnant and on bed rest, McKenna calls her sister Natalie, who fled Shelter Springs, Idaho, after family tragedies took their toll, pleading for help running the Shelter Inn during the busy upcoming Christmas season.
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A Dish Best Served Hot
by Natalie Caña
A stressed-out single dad and caregiver to his mischievous abuelo butts heads and creates sparks with a teacher and social justice advocate in the second novel of the series following A Proposal They Can't Refuse.
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A Holly Jolly Ever After
by Julie Murphy
A washed-up former member of a boy band agrees to star in a sexy Santa biopic that also stars his ex, in the second novel of the series following A Merry Little Meet Cute.
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Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
by Ashley Herring Blake
After a horrible one-night stand, Iris Kelly agrees to pose as Stevie's girlfriend, which might provide her with some much-needed romantic content for her new book, but as they play the part of a happy couple and lines begin to blur, she wonders who will make the first real move.
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Stars In Your Eyes
by Kacen Callender
To create positive buzz about their new romantic comedy, Hollywood bad boy Logan Gray, a talented but troubled actor who the public loves to hate, and Mattie Cole, an up-and-coming golden boy, are persuaded into a fake-dating scheme that soon becomes all too real, opening up old wounds and insecurities.
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A Winter In New York
by Josie Silver
Moving to New York, young chef Iris offers her services to save a struggling gelato shop in Little Italy where she finds herself falling for the owner's nephew Gio and his family until all the secrets she's been keeping threaten to ruin the new life—and new love—she's been building.
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Wreck The Halls
by Tessa Bailey
Stepping out of her comfort zone with her former best friend Beat Dawkins to convince their mothers to perform one last concert on Christmas Eve, Melody Gallard, the daughter of music royalty, discovers a decades-old scandal threatens to wreck everything—the reunion, their relationships with their mothers and their newfound love.
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Wyoming Proud
by Diana Palmer
Fleeing to Wyoming after Ty Mosby, the love of her life, breaks her heart, Erianne, keeping her pregnancy a secret, tries to stand strong when he follows her, willing to do anything to beg for her forgiveness and win back her trust.
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After The Forest
by Kell Woods
Twenty years after escaping a witch, Greta and Hans are struggling in the aftermath of a brutal war, but Greta still has the witch's grimoire and plans to keep her family afloat with a delicious gingerbread recipe.
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The Dead Take The A Train
by Cassandra Khaw
Trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, Julie, a coked-up, burnt-out 30-year-old, finds her desperation for a quick fix to break the dead-end grind and help save her best Sarah setting off a deadly chain of events that puts them all directly in the path of annihilation.
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A Haunting On The Hill
by Elizabeth Hand
After receiving a grant to develop her play, a struggling playwright seeks a remote getaway upstate to complete her work and stumbles upon Hill House, the enormous, old, eerie house from the story created by Shirley Jackson.
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The Hurricane Wars
by Thea Guanzon
Tasked with obliterating any threats to the Night Empire's rule, Prince Alaric, the emperor's only son and heir, tries to kill Talasyn, a girl burning brightly on the battlefield with the magic that ignited the Hurricane Wars, but instead, in a clash of light and dark, creates a force the likes of which has never been seen.
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Last To Leave The Room
by Caitlin Starling
Dr. Tamsin Rivers, when a door opens in her basement to reveal an exact copy of her, one that's sweet and biddable where she's calculating and cruel, must hold herself together long enough to figure out what the double wants from her—and where the mysterious door leads.
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Long Past Dues
by James J. Butcher
An Auditor, enforcing laws about magic for Boston's Department of Unorthodox Affairs, Grimsby, determined to prove his worth, attempts to discover the origins of a strange, unfinished ritual with the help of Leslie Mayflower, the temporarily unretired Huntsman, and stop it from being completed.
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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 Night House
by Jo Nesbø
When he is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne, 14-year-old Richard Elauved, when he is suspected in the disappearances of two classmates, must prove his innocence and preserve his sanity as he grapples with the dark magic that is possessing the town.
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The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
In the Jim Crow South, 12-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., who can see ghosts, is sent to The Reformatory where boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, while his sister Gloria rallies everyone in Florida to get him out before it's too late.
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Starling House
by Alix E. Harrow
Determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper, Opal, when she gets the chance to step inside the Starling House, the estate of the 19th-century author of her favorite book, and make some extra cash, finds things taking a sinister turn.
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Sword Catcher
by Cassandra Clare
The body double of Castellane's Prince Conor Aurelian, Kei knows he has one destiny: to die for Conor, but when he meets Lin, a physician searching for forbidden knowledge to heal her friend, they are drawn into the underworld of a criminal ruler who offers them each what they want most.
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Testament
by Wilbur A. Smith
Under the rule Pharaoh, now restored to his rightful throne, great mage Taita sends his protégé to discover the answer to a millennia-old riddle which has the power to unite the two divided kingdoms of Egypt and save their beloved land from falling into the clutches of evil.
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Touched
by Walter Mosley
When he wakes up with the knowledge that humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence and he is the cure, Martin, uses his new physical strengths to violently defend his family—the only Black family in their neighborhood in Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles—against pure evil.
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The Witch Of Maracoor
by Gregory Maguire
A young witch coming into her own, Rainary Ko, the granddaughter of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West, reups her mission to settle a few scores and right a wrong or two after a confrontation with her reclusive great-grandfather, the one-time Wizard of Oz.
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