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Large Print New Releases November 2024 |
The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
by Lev Grossman
Arriving at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, a gifted young knight Collum instead finds only a handful of knights left after the Battle of Camlann, and together, joined by Merlin's apprentice Nimue, set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami
Explores a familiar town where a Dream Reader interprets dreams, and shadows detach from their owners, weaving a love story, a quest, and an ode to books and libraries into a parable reflecting the complexities of post-pandemic life.
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The Dallergut Dream Department Store
by Miye Lee
Working at Dallerget, a department store that sells dreams, Penny, as she uncovers the workings of this whimsical world, bonds with a colorful cast of characters, including the flamboyant and wise owner, a famous dream designer, a nightmare producer and the many customers who dream to heal, grow and flourish.
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Familiaris
by David Wroblewski
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, mysterious and enchanting, Familiaris takes readers on an unforgettable journey from the halls of a small-town automobile factory, through an epic midwestern firestorm and an ambitious WWII dog-training program, and far back into mankind’s ancient past, examining the dynamics of love and friendship, the vexing nature of families, the universal desire to create something lasting and beautiful, and of course, the species-long partnership between Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris.
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How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?
by Anna Montague
Magda, a therapist grieving her best friend, embarks on a cross-country road trip with her friend's ashes, confronting her past and discovering new possibilities for her life and identity in her seventies.
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Lady Macbeth
by Ava Reid
Marrying a Scottish warrior, Lady Macbeth must use all her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive his hostile, suspicious court but unbeknownst to her, he has occult secrets of his own and a prophecy that girds him like armor, making her magic even more dangerous as it threatens the order of the world.
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The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali
When Homa, a girl from her childhood, reappears in her privileged world, Ellie, amidst Iran's political turmoil, joins her in pursuing their goals for meaningful futures until one earth-shattering betrayal has far-reaching consequences, altering the course of both their lives.
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The Secret War of Julia Child
by Diana R. Chambers
Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General "Wild Bill" Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services. The wartime journey takes her to South Asia's remote front lines, where she finds purpose, adventure, self-knowledge – and love with mapmaker Paul Child. The spotlight has rarely shone on this fascinating period of time in the life of Julia Child, and this lyrical story allows us to explore the unlikely world of a woman in a World War II spy station who has no idea of the impact she'll eventually impart.
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Tell Me Everything
by Elizabeth Strout
While defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother, town lawyer Bob Burgess falls into a deep and abiding friendship with acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, and together they meet the iconic Olive Kitteridge and spend afternoons in Olive's apartment, telling each other stories, which imbues their lives with meaning.
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Trial by Fire
by Danielle Steel
Fifty-six-year-old CEO of a family perfume business, Dahlia de Beaumont faces unexpected consequences and personal challenges after aiding Napa Valley fire victims during a routine business trip to San Francisco, leading to profound changes in her life and relationships.
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What Does It Feel Like?
by Sophie Kinsella
Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumor growing in her brain.As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again, she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights, and always buying that dress when she sees it. Recounted in brief anecdotes, each one is an attempt to answer the type of impossible questions recognizable to anyone navigating the labyrinth of grief.
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Women's Hotel
by Daniel M. Lavery
In a funny and poignant debut novel about the Beidermeier, a women's hotel in 1960s New York City, residents Katherine, Lucianne, Kitty, Ruth, and Pauline are aware that their days as an institution are numbered, and they'd better make the most of it while it lasts.
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Beginning of Forever
by Catherine Bybee
Tasting wine is not enough: sommelier Giovanni D’Angelo wants to create it. To put his family first, he’s always deferred his dreams—a vineyard to run, a woman to marry. But a three-week vineyard tour in Italy could set him back on track.For Emma Rutledge, wine is in her blood. Intent to run the family wine business one day, she finds that the men in her family are only intent to push her out of it. But that’s fine—she’s got a plan. As Emma works to cement her family legacy while dealing with this unexpected challenge, Gio tries to convince her that their future isn’t just wine.It’s each other.
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The Cottage on Pelican Bay
by Brenda Jackson
Returning to the small Louisiana town of Catalina Cove to care for his aging parents, Saint is shocked when he comes face to face with“Angel,” the no-strings woman of his dreams with whom he had an unforgettable one-night stand, discovering her brother is his new boss.
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Jenny James Is Not A Disaster
by Debbie Johnson
After a very bad day in which her cozy home slides off a cliff into the sea, single mom Jenny James and her son find themselves living the vagabond lifestyle in their reclusive but attractive neighbor's camper.
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Mistakes We Never Made
by Hannah Brown
Frenemies Emma and Finn are reunited for a mutual friend's wedding, but when the bride goes missing, they must embark on an adventure-filled road trip in hopes of saving someone else's happily-ever-after but find themselves crossing more than just state lines as old feelings spark once more.
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A Novel Love Story
by Ashley Poston
When her car breaks down traveling to her annual book club retreat, a superfan of romance novels finds herself stranded in the quaint, but fictional town of Eloraton, the site of her favorite series, looking for her own story.
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Who is Mary?: An Amish Romance
by Linda Byler
With her copper red hair and inquisitive personality, Mary is an anomaly in her Amish community in western New York. She tries to join in the fun with the other youth as they gather for hymn singings and games, but she finds it all rather dull. None of the young men are interested in her and she's even less interested in them. With each passing year, she feels more and more out of place and stifled by life as a misfit in a rural Amish community. One thing is sure. Before she can even think about dating, she needs to figure out who she is and where she belongs. And that might require a boldness she didn't know she possessed.
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The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
by Alexander McCall Smith
In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi take on an intriguing new case and uncover surprising truths.
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Into the Sunset
by Mary Connealy
To finally escape the clutches of her controlling husband and the threat of being recommitted to an asylum, Ginny Rutledge enlists the help of her friends, Maeve O'Toole and Dakota Harlan. Fleeing their own tumultuous pasts, the group embarks on a journey to prove Ginny's sanity. However, as they confront the shadows they wish they could forget, danger looms from unexpected places.
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The Sweet Blue Distance
by Sara Donati
In 1857, young midwife Carrie Ballentyne travels west to the New Mexico Territory for a nursing position, but while helping women give birth in Sante Fe, she discovers her employer is keeping secrets and must ferret out the truth to save his young daughter whom she's come to love.
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A Truth Revealed
by Tracie Peterson
Laura Evans returns home from boarding school, navigating the clash between her deep faith and her father's opposing beliefs. But her world shifts when she crosses paths with a devoted preacher, Wilson Porter.
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Christmas With the Queen
by Hazel Gaynor
Queen Elizabeth II navigates her first Christmas broadcast in 1952, while old friends Olive, an aspiring BBC reporter, and Jack, a widowed chef, reunite at Sandringham, finding purpose and love amidst evolving traditions and hidden secrets.
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The December Market
by RaeAnne Thayne
The magic of Christmas—and a second shot at romance—is in the air in Shelter Springs this holiday season.
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A Killer Christmas
by Jessica Fletcher
Jessica Fletcher must uncover the truth after a real estate dispute in Cabot Cove results in the murder of the prospective buyer, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Murder Backstage.
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The More the Terrier
by David Rosenfelt
Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter is excited to be back in Paterson, New Jersey, after a week-long family vacation in the Adirondacks, until he finds out the 16-year-old son of a family whom he fostered a dog for was arrested for murder, and something about the arrest just doesn't sit right with him.
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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?
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Waiting for Christmas
by Lynn N. Austin
In a Gilded Age Christmas novella by a best-selling author, the year is 1901 and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is descending on New York's Fifth Avenue.
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The Author's Guide To Murder
by Beatriz Williams
At Castle Kinloch in the Scottish Highlands, literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley is found dead under strange circumstances, leading Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh to investigate three American novelists—each with their own motives and secrets—as he uncovers connections between Presley's murder and the castle's dark history.
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Dog Day Afternoon
by David Rosenfelt
A retired lawyer and dog rescue operator investigates after one of his recent adopters is implicated in a mass shooting at his workplace in the latest addition to the series following ‘Twas the Bite Before Christmas.
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Fondant Fumble
by Jenn McKinlay
Helping professional football players Keogh and Tyler open a Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery franchise, Mel, when the two athletes are accused of murdering the owner of their team, must prove their innocence before it's game-over for the new bakers.
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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.
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The House of Cross
by James Patterson
In Washington, DC, as the president-elect prepares for her inauguration, Detective Alex Cross is thrust into a high-stakes investigation when multiple Supreme Court candidates are murdered; tasked with delving into the mind of a cunning killer, Cross must confront the most dangerous aspects of his work for the sake of his family, city, and nation.
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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.
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The Night We Lost Him
by Laura Dave
As Nora and her estranged brother Sam form an uneasy alliance to unravel the mystery of their father's death, they start putting together the pieces of their father's past and uncover a family secret that changes everything.
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Now or Never
by Janet Evanovich
With her personal life in turmoil, New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum navigates danger and intrigue in a high-stakes case that could change her life.
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Peg and Rose Play the Ponies
by Laurien Berenson
While in Kentucky to sell her Thoroughbred broodmare's offspring at a high-stakes yearling sale, rival sisters-in-law Peg and Rose discover something seems off about Six Oaks farm, and when the yearling manager with serious anger issues is murdered, the ladies enter the ring to expose the culprit.
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Raised by Wolves
by James Patterson
After ransacking a local grocery store, feral siblings Kai and Holo are taken in by a small-town police chief and his wife, but their mysterious past attracts dark forces to Kokanee Creek, threatening the town and challenging their adaptation to human society.
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Return to Wyldcliffe Heights
by Carol Goodman
While transcribing the sequel to Veronica St. Clair's 1993 hit phenomenon, The Secret of Wyldcliffe Heights, Agnes discovers the true—and terrifying—events that inspired the original novel and must set free the stories of all the women traumatized and victimized by Wyldcliffe Heights, a former psychiatric hospital for wayward women.
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Trouble is Brewing
by Vicki Delany
When bride-to-be Hannah unwraps a gift containing a beheaded Raggedy Ann doll at her shower, which is already tense, Cape Cod tearoom owner Lily Roberts finds things going from bad to worse when the groom's father is found dead and must discover if all the family drama led to a fatality.
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Unforgotten
by Shelley Shepard Gray
Even though Bethanne Hostetler has found some peace seven years after an attempted assault and the accidental death of Peter Miller, she is still haunted by the memory. When her Englisher cousin, Candace reveals that she has a stalker, all of Bethanne's old fears come rushing back.As Candace's stalker becomes bolder, Officer Ryan Mulany becomes her escort to various events. And when everyone's worst fears are realized, they must work together to prevent another tragedy before time runs out and another innocent person is hurt.
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Desolation Code
by Graham Brown
While investigating a mass stranding of marine life, Austin and Zavala uncover a mystery involving stolen findings, cryptic messages and a battle against a brilliant machine plotting a global catastrophe in the twentieth book of the series following Condor's Fury.
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The Inmate
by Freida McFadden
A new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan has already broken the rules due to her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates, because her testimony put him there and he will never forget.
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A Killing on the Hill: A Thriller
by Robert Dugoni
An ambitious, rookie reporter in Depression-era Seattle stumbles upon the suspicious death of a fallen prizefighter on Profanity Hill and his investigation leads him into the city's underbelly where he attracts the attention of the mobster club owner.
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Locked Door
by Freida McFadden
A successful surgeon—and daughter of a serial killer, Nora Davis keeps her past hidden until one of her patients is murdered, killed in the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims—and realizes someone wants her to take the fall.
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Love Letters To a Serial Killer
by Tasha Coryell
Writing to William, a handsome lawyer accused of murdering 4 women, 30-something Hannah, using this an outlet for pent-up frustration and rage, is consumed by obsession when he writes back, and when he's acquitted, she moves in with him while secretly investigating him for serial murder.
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One by One
by Freida McFadden
Forced to hike to their hotel after their minivan breaks down, a group of friends finds themselves hopelessly lost in the woods and soon they are each struck down mysteriously one by one, making them wonder if an animal is hunting them—of if the hunter is one of them.
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Storm Child
by Michael Robotham
When the bodies of 17 migrants wash up on shore, Evie, who, as a child, was discovered hiding in a secret room where a man had been tortured to death, discovers, with the help of psychologist Cyrus Haven, she is linked to this tragedy that could unlock the secrets of her past.
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You Will Never Be Me
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
When cracks start forming in an influencer’s curated life, she finds out that jealousy is just as viral as a video in this riveting suspense novel by bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto.
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Cher: The Memoir, Part One
by Cher
With her trademark honesty and humor, Cher: The Memoir traces how this diamond in the rough succeeded with no plan and little confidence to become the trailblazing superstar the world has been unable to ignore for more than half a century. Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.
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Citizen: My Life After the White House
by Bill Clinton
The former president chronicles his post-presidential journey with personal insights, details his humanitarian work, reflects on major twenty-first-century events and highlights his enduring commitment to public service, family and democracy.
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Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
by Katie Ledecky
In this candid and inspiring memoir of a true competitor, a three-time Olympian, a seven-time gold medalist and a world record-holder in individual swimming events charts her life in swimming, from discovering the joy of the pool to developing a champion's mindset that has allowed her to persevere.
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My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future
by Alice Randall
The first black woman to cowrite a #1 country hit, Trisha Yearwood's“XXX's and OOO's,” offers a lyrical, introspective and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of black country music, in this celebration of the radical joy in realizing the power of black influence on American culture.
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Sociopath: A Memoir
by Patric Gagne
With emotions like fear, guilt and empathy eluding her, the author, trying to replace the nothingness with something, realizes, after connecting with an old flame, if she's capable of love, it must mean she isn't a monster and sets out to prove the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren't all monsters either.
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We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine
by Jordan B. Peterson
A study of foundational biblical narratives, exploring their psychological and cultural significance, aiming to provide insights into human nature, societal structures, and arguing for the potential for personal growth and transformation through an understanding of these ancient tales.
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