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New Debut Novels April 2022 |
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The return of Faraz Ali
by Aamina Ahmad
When his powerful father installs him as head of the Mohalia police station, charging him with covering up the violent death of a child prostitute, Faraz, for the first time in his career, defies orders as he chases down the truth in Lahore's notorious red-light district.
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Pay dirt road
by Samantha Jayne Allen
Lured into the family businessa private investigation firmby her supposed-to-be-retired grandfather, Annie McIntyre, while looking into the disappearance of waitress, finds herself identifying with the victim in increasingly, unsettling ways and must confront her own past to survive this case.
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Hope and Glory
by Jendella Benson
Leaving her glamorous life in LA, Glory Akindele returns to London to mourn her father's death and discovers that her previously close family has fallen apart and decides to stay and try to reunite them.
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The Caretakers
by Amanda Bestor-siegal
In 2015 Paris, a young au pair is arrested after the sudden death of her young charge and finds herself caught in the middle of turbulent dynamics of her host family's household, in this novel told from six women's point of view, all of whom know the truth.
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Probably Ruby : a novel
by Lisa Bird-Wilson
Spanning time and multiple points of view, a new voice in indigenous fiction introduces us to Ruby, a bold, complex and unapologetic woman who, adopted by white parents, goes in search of her identity as her life spins wildly out of control.
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The atlas six
by Olivie Blake
Chosen to compete for five spots within The Alexandrian Society, the protectors and benefactors of the world's greatest source of knowledge, six powerful, young magicians must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to win one of the coveted spots.
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The blood trials
by N. E. Davenport
After her grandfather is assassinated, Ikenna, bent in revenge, pledges herself to the Praetorian Trials where she subjects herself to racism to hide the power that, if found out, would lead to her execution.
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Lessons in chemistry : a novel
by Bonnie Garmus
In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.
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Never been kissed
by Timothy Janovsky
"Wren Roland has never been kissed, let alone been in love, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his twenty-first birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. He didn't expect a response from Derick Haverford, Wren's #1 pre-coming-out-crush...but now that they're working together at their hometown's vintage drive-in theater, maybe that perfect-kiss-before-the-credits is finally within reach"
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Post-traumatic : a novel
by Chantal V. Johnson
A dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients, Vivian, contending with the memories and aftereffects of her own bad childhood, makes a bold move during a family reunion that leaves her alone in new and terrifying ways, causing her to unravel.
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Portrait of a thief : a novel
by Grace D. Li
A Chinese American art history major at Harvard, Will Chen is offered a (very illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless treasures China lost centuries ago and assembles a team of fellow students, chosen for their skills and loyalty, to help him on his mission, and make history.
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A woman of endurance
by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
A deeply spiritual African woman is captured and sold to a Puerto Rican plantation to breed future slaves and is almost destroyed by the dehumanization of her circumstances but embarks on a journey of healing and love.
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Cover story : a novel
by Susan Rigetti
During a summer internship at a magazine, an aspiring writer strikes up a friendship with the contributing editor and enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul, who convinces her to drop out of NYU and become her ghostwriter.
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Blood sugar
by Sascha Rothchild
Although she did kill three people, an animal-loving Miami therapist with a successful practice is accused of murdering her husband, who she actually did not kill, in a new novel from an Emmy-nominated screenwriter of GLOW and The Bold Type.
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Memphis
by Tara M. Stringfellow
Told over the course of 70 years, this spellbinding debut novel traces three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter, who, channeling her rage into art, discovers with the power of her paint brush, she can change her family's legacy.
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Nobody but Us
by Laure Van Rensburg
When Ellie, a brilliant NYU grade, student, and her boyfriend, a wealthy and privileged professor, are stranded together during a romantic getaway, they realize that neither of them is quite who they say they areand that one of them won't escape the weekend alive.
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Four treasures of the sky
by Jenny Zhang
A Chinese girl struggles to find her place in the 1880s American West after being kidnapped and smuggled, working at a calligraphy school and a San Francisco brothel as anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country.
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