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Voyage of the damned
by Frances White
"For a thousand years, Concordia has maintained peace between its provinces. To mark this incredible feat, the emperor's ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage to the sacred Goddess's Mountain. Aboard are the twelve heirs of the provinces of Concordia, each graced with a unique and secret magical ability known as a Blessing. All except one: Ganymedes Piscero--class clown, slacker and all-around disappointment. When a beloved heir is murdered, everyone is a suspect. Stuck at sea and surrounded by powerful people and without a Blessing to protect him, Ganymedes's odds of survival are slim. But as the bodies pile higher, Ganymedes must become the hero he was not born to be. Can he unmask the killer and their secret Blessing before this bloody crusade reaches the shores of Concordia? Or will the empire as he knows it fall?"
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City of secrets
by P. J. Tracy
LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan investigates what appears to be a fatal car-jacking, but uncovers details about the victim that suggests there's more going on, in the fourth novel of the series following The Devil You Know. 50,000 first printing
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Madwoman
by Chelsea Bieker
Looks at motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive.
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The Axeman's Carnival
by Catherine Chidgey
Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. "If it keeps me awake," says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, "I'll have to wring its neck." But with Tama come new possibilities for the couple's future. Tama can speak, and his fame is growing. Outside, in the pines, his father warns him of the wickedness wrought by humans. Indoors, Marnie confides in him about her violent marriage. The more Tama sees, the more the animal and the human worlds--and all the precarity, darkness and hope within them--bleed into one another. Like a stock truck filled with live cargo, the story moves inexorably towards its dramatic conclusion: the annual Axeman's Carnival.
Part trickster, part surrogate child, part witness, Tama the magpie is the star of this story. Though what he says aloud to humans is often nonsensical (and hilarious), the tale he tells us weaves a disturbingly human sense. The Axeman's Carnival is Catherine Chidgey at her finest--comic, profound, poetic and true.
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The murders in Great Diddling : a novel
by Katarina Bivald
Moving to a run-down Cornwall village, author Berit Gardner, when a man blows up during a tea party, decides to snoop around to both help the police and gain ideas for her new book, discovering the villagers are using this murder as an opportunity to attract tourists to Great Diddling. Original.
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Dear Hanna : a novel
by Zoje Stage
Despite extensive therapy and a seemingly normal life as a phlebotomist with a husband and step-daughter, Hanna's dark past resurfaces when her carefully curated existence is threatened by the teenager's changes, leading her to revert to old, sociopathic habits.
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A sorceress comes to call
by T. Kingfisher
Raised by an evil sorceress, Cordelia must choose between her controlling mother and the kindness of a stranger to save innocent lives, in a dark retelling of The Goose Girl by the Brothers Grimm. 150,000 first printing.
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Zero stars do not recommend : a novel by M J WassmerWhen the apocalypse plunges the world into darkness during their vacation at an all-inclusive resort, professional underachiever Dan Foster and his girlfriend, as the island falls under martial law, find a way to escape, but Dan has second thoughts about abandoning the burgeoning revolution he might-have-kind-of-sort-of single-handedly started. Original.
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Out of the Dark
by Caro Ramsay
A young woman is missing, but has she run away - or been captured? A dying cop asks DCI Christine Caplan to fulfil her last wish: to investigate a cold case that's still preying on her mind. The naked body of a young man that was found in a lonely wood, dismissed as a down and out by her superiors. Caplan connects the case to other victims left to die in the bleak Scottish forests, injured and unable to escape. As the scent grows stronger, the cold cases suddenly seem dangerously hot. In this thrilling hunt for the missing girl, Caplan must trace where love and control get out of hand, and question where power lies in any relationship. Meanwhile, the dark nights of Scotland conceal a terrifying game of cat and mouse . . .This gripping Scottish police procedural meets twisted psychological thriller, featuring a complex and fascinating female protagonist, is a perfect choice for fans of tartan noir and authors Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and William McIlvanney.
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A great marriage : a novel
by Frances Mayes
Dara and Austin begin a whirlwind romance and engagement after meeting at a New York City gallery, only to have their love shattered by a life-altering family secret that forces the cancellation of their big day.
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Freedom Is a Feast
by Alejandro Puyana
In 1964, idealistic Stanislavo joins the leftist movement in Venezuela's jungles, where he meets Emiliana, sparking a tumultuous romance that resurfaces almost forty years later in Caracas, leading to a fateful reckoning amidst the chaos of political upheaval.
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A kid from Marlboro Road : a novel
by Edward Burns
A twelve-year-old aspiring writer reflects on his larger-than-life grandfather's wake and recounts his life on Long Island surrounded by a diverse crowd that shapes his Irish American identity and foreshadows his life's journey in the debut novel from the actor-filmmaker.
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The Queen City Detective Agency : a novel
by Snowden Wright
Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, a Southern noir unravels the greed, corruption and racism at the heart of the American Dream.
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Arkangel
by James Rollins
Sigma Force is summoned to help search for a missing trove of ancient books after a Vatican archivist is murdered near the Kremlin, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Tides of Fire. 250,000 first printing.
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Hum
by Helen Phillips
After losing her job to artificial intelligence, May, in a city populated by intelligent robots called “hums,” takes her family on a three-night respite to the Botanical Garden, a rare green refuge, where her children come under threat and she is forced to trust a hum to save them.
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The Last Shield
by Cameron Johnston
The ancient forest realm of Sunweald is bordered on two sides by far mightier nations - a precarious situation. At its centre, the Sunweald Palace is home to the Lord Regent and the heir to the throne, together with numerous precious and powerful artefacts. The Palace is protected by the realm's elite Shields, dedicated to guarding the royal line against all foes.
A group of vicious brigands called the Wildwood Reivers have been stealing arcane artefacts and smuggling them across the borders, out of Sunweald. And the objects they most desire are stored in the mystical Wyrm Vault, hidden away deep in the bones of the earth, within the walls of the Palace itself.
As political and religious tensions mount, Sunweald's druids prepare to enact rituals for the Summer Solstice - but the Wildwood Reivers and their treacherous allies have other plans. It falls to Briar, the commander of the Shields, to defend the ancient corridors and secret tunnels of the Palace. The odds may be against her, but she'll see every enemy head adorning a spike or she'll die trying...
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Small rain : a novel
by Garth Greenwell
A poet's near-death experience brings him to the ICU and face-to-face with the impenetrable American health care system—and with the human connections that keep him alive. By the author of Cleanness. 50,000 first printing.
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Long Live Evil
by Sarah Rees Brennan
To seize a second chance at living, Rae makes a magical bargain and, entering the world of her favorite fantasy series, discovers she's not the heroine but the villainess, and assuming evil leadership over her fellow villains, vows to change their fate?—?if she can survive long enough. Original.
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The enchanted lies of Câeleste Artois
by Ryan Graudin
In 1900s Paris, forger and con artist Céleste Artois makes an irresistible deal with a mysterious and beautiful stranger: the gift of time in exchange for her forging talents, but soon discovers there's more to this devil's bargain than meets the eye as a powerful and deadly magic blankets the city.
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Confounding oaths by Alexis J. HallJohn Caesar helps his sister Mary navigate 1815 London society until a very literal wish granted by a malicious fairy godmother sets in motion a forbidden romance with a war hero, in the follow up to Mortal Follies. Original.
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The crimson crown
by Heather Walter
To prove herself to her coven, who are hiding from the White King and his brutal war against witchcraft, Ayleth arrives at the White Palace, a decadent world of drama and deceit, where she must find the strength to transform into someone she never imagined she could be?—?the wickedest witch of them all.
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I'll have what he's having
by Adib Khorram
A romance about mistaken identities, a no-strings fling and the way one night—and one person—can change your life forever, by the best-selling author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay.
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How to fall for a scoundrel
by Kate Bateman
Secretly proving women can solve crimes just as well as men, Eleanor Law, the founding member of London's most successful private investigation firm, meets her match in a charming con man who is the key to solving her new case?—?an investigation that draws them deeper into danger and desire. Original.
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The Full Moon Coffee Shop : a novel
by Mai Mochizuki
In Japan, in an enchanting coffee shop run by talking cats, every person who visits there, including a down-on-her-luck screenwriter and a technologically challenged website designer, feels lost and these feline guides set them back on their fated paths, for there is a very special reason the shop appeared to each of them.
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Black butterflies
by Priscilla Morris
Zora, an artist and teacher, sends her husband and elderly mother safely to England but stays in Sarajevo to fight and rebuild as the city fractures along ethnic lines during the Balkan conflict in 1992.
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The volcano daughters
by Gina Maria Balibrera
Spending years under the cruel dictator El Gran Pendejo's regime in El Salvador, sisters Graciela and Consuelo, when genocide strikes the community from which they hail, and each believing the other to be dead, flee across the globe, reinventing themselves until fate brings them back together in the most unlikely of ways.
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There are rivers in the sky : a novel
by Elif Shafak
Sweeping across centuries, and stretching from Mesopotamia to London, this stunning novel follows a trio of characters living in the shadows of one of the greatest epic poems of all time?—?Nineveh and its Remains?—?as they become entwined by a single drop of water.
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Colored television
by Danzy Senna
A dark comedy looks at second acts, creative appropriation and the racial identity–industrial complex
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Invisible Girl
by Lisa Jewell
Young Saffyre Maddox spent three years under the care of renowned child psychologist Roan Fours. When Dr. Fours decides their sessions should end, Saffyre feels abandoned. She begins looking for ways to connect with him, from waiting outside his office to walking through his neighborhood late at night. She soon learns more than she ever wanted to about Roan and his deceptively perfect family life. On a chilly Valentine's night, Saffyre disappears, taking any secrets she has learned with her.
Owen Pick's life is falling apart. In his thirties and living in his aunt's spare bedroom, he has just been suspended from his job as a teacher after accusations of sexual misconduct--accusations he strongly denies. Searching for professional advice online, he is inadvertently sucked into the dark world of incel forums, where he meets a charismatic and mysterious figure.
Owen lives across the street from the Fours family. The Fours have a bad feeling about their neighbor; Owen is a bit creepy and their teenaged daughter swears he followed her home from the train station one night. Could Owen be responsible? What happened to the beautiful missing Saffyre, and does her disappearance truly connect them all?
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Someone to Watch Over Me
by Lisa Kleypas
A temptingly beautiful woman awakens in a stranger's bed, rescued from the icy waters of the Thames, her memory gone. Told that she is Vivien Rose Duvall, one of London's most scandalous beauties, she finds herself under the protection of enigmatic, charming Grant Morgan. Her life is in his hands. Deep in her heart, she knows he has mistaken her for someone else...
He was the only man she could trust...
As one of London's most eligible and unattainable catches, Grant Morgan is a man who has known every kind of woman. And the one in his arms now seems so innocent, so vulnerable, that he can't help but be enchanted. And as his love for this mysterious beauty grows, he's determined to unravel the secrets of her past and discover the truth -- no matter what.
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Good duke gone wild
by Bethany Bennett
When Caroline Danvers, the intriguing bookseller he hires to liquidate his late wife's library, finds love letters revealing an affair, the Duke of Holland is drawn into a mystery alongside irresistible lady, but, unbeknownst to him, she has a secret that, if revealed, could bring about both their ruin. Original.
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Long Island compromise : a novel
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
In denial that they're all still affected by their wealthy businessman father's kidnapping back in 1980, the Fletcher siblings, as they hover at the delicate precipice of another kind of survival, must face desperate questions about how much their family's wealth has played a part in both their successes and failures.
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The hidden book : a novel
by Kirsty Manning
In a novel based on a true story of clandestine courage in World War II, prisoners of war risk their lives to secure evidence of Nazi atrocities. By the author of The French Gift.
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The faculty lounge : a novel
by Jennifer Mathieu
When an elderly substitute teacher at Baldwin High School is found dead in the faculty lounge, the teachers spontaneously scatter his ashes on the school grounds, setting in motion a year that can only be described as wild, bizarre, tragic, mundane, beautiful and humorous all at once.
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Daydream
by Hannah Grace
Academic superstar and fellow junior, Halle Jacobs, befriends Henry Turner when he accidentally crashes her book club and the pair work together to overcome their collegiate challenges in the third novel of the series following Wildfire. Original.
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You're the problem, it's you : a novel
by Emma R. Alban
The enemies-to-lovers queer Victorian romance follow-up to Don't Want You Like a Best Friend, in which a young lord and a second son clash but find themselves thrust together again and again by their meddling cousins. Original.
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The dark wives
by Ann Cleeves
When a man's body is found by a care home for troubled teens?—?a murder linked to the disappearance of a 14-year-old resident?—?DI Vera Stanhope is called in to investigate and when second connected body is found near the Three Dark Wives monument in the Northumberland countryside, superstition and folklore collide with fact.
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Fatal intrusion : a novel
by Jeffery Deaver
To stop a ruthless serial killer who is threatening his sister, a by-the-books Homeland Security agent, Carmen Sanchez, grudgingly teams up with a brilliant but unorthodox private security expert to unravel a sinister web of secrets.
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Everything we never had
by Randy Ribay
"Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships"
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Two-step devil : a novel
by Jamie Quatro
Two societal outsiders find their lives converging in the contemporary American South, in a novel by the author of Fire Sermon.
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What she's having
by Laura Moher
A big, strong blond with a heart the size of her whole town, July Tate, when the man who broke her heart returns home, finds that with Joe around, she's suddenly making mistakes right and left, and if she falls again, this time her beloved town could go down with her. Original.
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Sacrificial animals : a novel
by Kailee Pedersen
Exploring the violent legacy of inherited trauma and the total collapse of a family in its wake, this supernatural horror debut follows Nick Morrow who is summoned home by his ailing father where he has an affair with his brother's wife Emilia, who has sinister, and even ancient, motivations.
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Spirit crossing : a novel
by William Kent Krueger
As a huge manhunt is launched to find a local politician's daughter, Cork O'Connor. and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police, when the body of a young Ojibwe woman is found, uncover a connection to the missing teenager?—?one that places his own grandson in the crosshairs of a killer.
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Queen of Dreams
by Kit Rocha
Three lovers—Ash, who must protect everything he loves; Zanya, who commands the Endless Void; and Sachi, whose connection to the Dream leads her behind the veil of reality—join forces against the greatest evil in the world—the Betrayer, who, coveting the power they possess, wants to destroy them all. Original.
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The instrumentalist
by Harriet Constable
A novel of music, intoxication and betrayal is inspired by the true story of Anna Maria della Pietà, a Venetian orphan and violin prodigy who studied under Antonio Vivaldi and became his star musician—and biggest muse. A first novel.
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Second tide's the charm
by Chandra Blumberg
Spending the summer on a shark research boat, which is owned by her ex-boyfriend, a shark expert who has risen to internet fame, marine biologist Hope Evans finds herself in uncharted waters when they, navigating past hurts, decide to chart a new course. Original.
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Where the Forest Meets the River
by Shannon Bowring
It's been five years since Bridget Theroux's death shocked the small town of Dalton, Maine, leaving behind husband Nate and daughter Sophie, now a vibrant young child. Nate doesn't always know how to answer her questions, but he is intent on raising her with joy--and shielding her from her grandmother, Annette, who remains dangerously locked away in her grief.
After his first year away at college, Greg Fortin is back in town for the summer to work at the family store. It's expected he'll take over the hardware business eventually, but finding the words to tell them no--and the truth about who he is--has become his own Everest. Rose's abusive ex, Tommy finally disappeared a few years ago, though sometimes his presence in the eyes of her oldest son unnerves her. She and Nate are finding themselves drawn together by their children's playdates, and into a delicate balance between friendship and the possibility of more.
And Trudy and Bev, always so sure of their love for each other, find themselves rocked when Trudy's husband Richard suffers a heart attack, bringing into focus all the guilt she has felt about their empty marriage for years.
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By any other name : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Across centuries two women, Melina Green and Emilia Bassano, one a modern playwright and the other her Elizabethan ancestor, each fight societal expectations to have their voices heard on the stage in a world that silences female playwrights.
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This is why we lied
by Karin Slaughter
While on their honeymoon at McAlpine Lodge, GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton must solve a murder when the Lodge's manager is found dead, and investigating the McAlpine family and other guests, they realize everyone here is lying?—?lying about their past, lying to their family, lying to themselves.
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Mystery lights : stories
by Lena Valencia
"An influencer attempts to derail a viral TV marketing campaign with her violent cult following. A marriage between two ghost hunters is threatened when one of them loses her ability to see spirits. The lives of a famous painter in the twilight of her career and a teenage UFO enthusiast converge when a mysterious glowing orb appears in their small desert town. And a slasher-flick screenwriter looking for inspiration escapes a pack of wild dogs only to find herself locked in an SUV with a strange man beside her. From the all-too-real horror of a sexual predator on a college campus to a lost sister transformed by cave-dwelling creatures, Lena Valencia's debut collection of stories, Mystery Lights, grapples with terrors both familiar and fantastic"
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Wordhunter : a novel
by Stella Sands
In a detective story, a woman uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes. Original.
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Hearts on thin ice : a novel
by Katie Kennedy
"Nick Sorensen had once been one of the fastest men in hockey-until the devastating plane crash that took the lives of his best friends, leaving him the only survivor. Now he's physically ready to get back on the ice, but his coach is concerned Nick isn't doing as well mentally as he says he is. Case in point: Nick's apartment is completely empty, apart from a single chair and a mattress on the floor. To prove he's fine, really, Nick hires Alyssa Compton, an up-and-coming interior designer, to decorate his space. Alyssa's thrilled at the chance to prove herself to her demanding boss-with job security at last, maybe she can finally put down roots and create a home for herself too. But Nick turns out to be infuriatingly stubborn and impossible to work with, and just when Alyssa decides to throw in the towel on the whole thing, Nick shows up for her in a way she never could have expected. The icy path ahead of these two lost souls may be slippery and cracking, but when it comes to love, sometimes all you need is someone on your team"
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Heavy hitter : a novel
by Katie Cotugno
"The beloved New York Times bestselling author of Birds of California hits it out of the park with this smart, sexy, thrilling take on the celebrity-athlete story-a funny, sizzling, ripped-from-the-headlines romance between an international pop star and a major league baseball player who thought his best days were behind him"
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