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New Fiction - October 2024 |
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Absolution
by Jeff VanderMeer
Describes the first mission into the Forgotten Coast, before Area X was given its name, and reveals those who were complicit in creating the abandoned coastal area in the fourth novel of the series following Acceptance.
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Blood Test
by Charles Baxter
Brock Hobson, an insurance salesman and Sunday-school teacher, confronts life-altering revelations from a cutting-edge, predictive blood test that affect everyone in his life, from his girlfriend to his ex-wife and their two teenagers who are beginning to explore their sexuality.
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The Book of George
by Kate Greathead
From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a razor-sharp but big-hearted excavation of millennial masculinity.
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Clean
by Alia Trabucco Zerâan
Estela, a maid interrogated after a young girl's death, recounts her seven years witnessing the unraveling of a wealthy family, revealing their secrets, betrayals and tensions in a gripping tale of power, domesticity and betrayal.
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Curdle Creek
by Yvonne Battle-Felton
Forced into a test of allegiance, Osira, a middle-aged widow, navigates a surreal journey through time and realms when she is exiled to space and where she confronts her community's dark secrets and oppressive traditions.
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Don't Be a Stranger
by Susan Minot
Fifty-two-year-old Ivy Cooper's life is transformed by Ansel Fleming, a charismatic musician half her age recently out of prison, whose magnetism ignites a passionate, clandestine affair that fractures her existence into warring sides of responsibility and forbidden desire.
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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.
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The Fabled Earth
by Kimberly Brock
Southern mythology and personal reckoning collide in this A A sweeping story inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island when a once-in-a-century storm threatens the natural landscape.
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Fat Girls Dance
by Cathleen Meredith
Determined to fight society's body shaming, three friends, Liv, Reese and Faith join forces to launch FatGirlsDance, an online sensation challenging norms with weekly choreographed performances, risking their friendship and futures in pursuit of empowerment and acclaim.
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Feast While You Can
by Mikaella Clements
In the sleepy, conservative mountain town of Cadenze, Angelina Sicco tries to be content with her mundane existence until an ancient evil infiltrates her life and only the touch from the handsome Jagvi can repel it.
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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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Libby Lost and Found
by Stephanie Booth
Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, author Libby Weeks, known as F.T. Goldhero to the fans of her fantasy series, realizes she needs help finishing her long anticipated final book, and turns to an unlikely source for support.
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Like Mother, Like Mother
by Susan Rieger
Populated by unforgettable, complex characters, a novel about three generations of strong-willed women shaped by the secrets buried in their family's past is a portrait of family, marriage, ambition, power, the stories we inherit and the lies we tell to become the people we believe we're meant to be.
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Love After Midnight
by Sister Souljah
In the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Life After Death, Winter Santiaga, after suffering a soul stirring death experience, faces a dilemma that every person faces: how to respond to the Fear of God and the awareness of heaven and hell while pursuing sex, fun, love, money, revenge and fame.
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Love Can't Feed You
by Cherry Lou Sy
Queenie, her younger brother and their elderly Chinese father arrive in the U.S. to reunite with her mother who has been working as a nurse in this chronicle of a Filipino-American family's struggle to rebuild their lives in Brooklyn.
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The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
A heartwarming story explores how love and healing can be found in unexpected places—and how a bit of magic in each can go a long way.
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Marigold Mind Laundry
by Chæong-æun Yun
The enigmatic owner of a magical laundromat that erases people's painful memories must learn to find her own peace before she can truly help others.
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The Mighty Red
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.
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My Three Dogs
by W. Bruce Cameron
A new novel from the #1 bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose looks features humankind's best, most loyal friends, and a wonderful adventure of love and finding home.
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Our Evenings
by Alan Hollinghurst
Peeks in on the orbit of Dave Win—the son of a British dressmaker and a Burmese man he's never met—after he receives a scholarship to a prestigious English boarding school and how the relationships he made affect his struggles with class and race, art and sexuality, love and violence.
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Pearly Everlasting
by Tammy Armstrong
Set during the Great Depression, an atmospheric novel about a girl and a bear raised as sister and brother in a remote logging camp examines the lengths to which they'll go to protect each other.
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Shock Induction
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.
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Shred Sisters
by Betsy Lerner
Spanning two decades, an intimate and bittersweet story explores the fierce complexities of sisterhood, mental health, loss and love, showing that for all that threatens their sibling bond, Amy and Ollie Shred cannot escape or deny the inextricable sister knot that binds them.
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The Third Realm
by Karl Ove Knausgêard
In a world suddenly affected by a mysterious new star, nine characters encounter shapeshifters, unsolved murders, black metal bands, and a bank of dreams, as they grapple with the star's global impact and its existential implications.
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This Motherless Land
by Nikki May
From the acclaimed author of Wahala, comes a retelling of Mansfield Park, exploring identity, culture, race and love.
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Triangle
by Danielle Steel
A Paris art gallery owner finds herself in danger when a mysterious man begins leaving her messages.
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What Does it Feel Like?
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.
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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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Betrayal at Blackthorn Park
by Julia Kelly
Evelyne Redfern's first spy assignment at Blackthorn Park turns perilous when she and her handler, David Poole, must solve the murder of the chief engineer to protect a critical wartime facility, in the follow-up to A Traitor in Whitehall.
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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.
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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.
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The Boyfriend
by Freida Mcfadden
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in NYC, has terrible luck with dating until she meets the utterly perfect, charming, handsome doctor Tom, but when a woman is brutally murdered and the suspect is a mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them, Sydney can't shake her own horrifying suspicions.
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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.
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Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
by Benjamin Stevenson
A fan of mystery novels investigates a real-life murder when the benefactor of a world-famous magician turns up dead in the days leading up to Christmas and all the suspects are masters of illusion and misdirection.
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The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
by Alexander McCall Smith
Precious Ramotswe takes on an interesting but sensitive case and learns valuable lessons along the way.
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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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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.
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In Too Deep
by Lee Child
Waking up handcuffed in a dark hospital room with no memory, Jack 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.
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Karla's Choice: a John le Carré novel
by Nick Harkaway
George Smiley, John le Carré's most famous spy, is drawn out of retirement in 1963 to investigate a missing man tied to a Russian defector, leading him back into the perilous world of espionage and his most cunning adversary's secrets.
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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.
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The Last One at the Wedding
by Jason Rekulak
A father tries to save his daughter from a life-altering decision that will put everything he loves on the line.
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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.
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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.
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The Mistletoe Mystery: a Maid Novella
by Nita Prose
A Secret Santa gift exchange raises questions about who Molly the Maid can and cannot trust, in a story about the true spirit of the season
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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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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.
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Murder Takes the Stage
by Colleen Cambridge
When three people connected to London's Theatre District are found murdered, Phyllida Bright—amateur sleuth and Agatha Christie's esteemed housekeeper—steps up to help with the investigation.
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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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The President's Lawyer
by Lawrence Robbins
Follows a Washington, D.C. litigator who is hired to defend his best friend, the former President of the United States, against a murder charge.
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The Puzzle Box
by Danielle Trussoni
The world's greatest puzzle master sets out to solve the most dangerous enigma of his life—or die trying. By the New York Times bestselling author of The Puzzle Master.
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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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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.
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The Seventh Floor
by David Mccloskey
Six CIA officers, both dear friends and cherished enemies, have stolen other people's secrets for a quarter century, but now they must steal each other's.
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Society of Lies
by Lauren Ling Brown
When her sister Naomi, about to graduate from Princeton, is found dead on campus, Maya, believing it was no accident, discovers Naomi joined the same underground society she did years ago and now every clue is leading her back to the past—and to the secrets she's kept all these years.
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This Girl's a Killer
by Emma C. Wells
Cordelia is a serial killer who kills unscrupulous men, and she never had a problem with it, until she starts to become not so sure about the new man her best friend, Diane, is dating.
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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.
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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.
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Best Hex Ever
by Nadia El-fassi
Dina Whitlock, a talented kitchen witch running a London café with magic-infused treats, grapples with a love curse while preparing for her best friend's upcoming wedding where she unexpectedly hits it off with the best man.
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A Christmas Duet
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.
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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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Fang Fiction
by Kate Stayman-London
A hotel manager and fantasy novel enthusiast is thrust into a surreal adventure when the fictional world of her favorite book becomes real, forcing her to confront her past traumas and navigate a dangerous romance with a vampire.
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Lightning in her Hands
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Teal Flores is desperate for two things-control over her gift of weather, and a date to her ex's wedding. The first isn't possible until she finds her long-lost mother, but the second has a very handsome last-ditch solution: Carter Velasquez. Together, Teal and Carter embark on a quest to find her mother and the answers she's searching for. But along the way, they'll discover something even better: a love that can weather any storm.
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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.
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Swordcrossed
by Freya Marske
Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage.
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The Wedding Witch
by Erin Sterling
The New York Times best-selling author of The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse brightens up the Winter Solstice with another spooky novel following Bowen Penhallow and the girl he feels strangely drawn to—especially when she becomes his only hope of salvation after a strong spell sends them to a Yuletide celebration more than 50 years in the past.
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Window Shopping
by Tessa Bailey
Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin, and Stella is standing alone outside a famous department store when a charming man asks her opinion on the décor.
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Wish I Were Here
by Melissa Wiesner
Opposites attract when a buttoned-up professor and a carefree doorman team up to restore a missing identity.
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American Rapture
by CJ Leede
A sheltered Catholic teen confronts her faith and sexuality when a mysterious flu outbreak transforms her community into a chaotic, lust-driven hellscape, forcing her to fight for survival and question her beliefs.
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The Ancients
by John Larison
A richly imagined, sweeping novel set in the climate-changed world of our own descendants. A young boy and his older sisters find themselves suddenly and utterly alone, orphaned in an abandoned fishing village. Their food supplies dwindling, they set out across a breathtaking yet treacherous wilderness in search of the last of their people. THE ANCIENTS weaves a multilayered narrative about human resilience, hope, and stewardship of our world for future generations.
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Bloodguard
by Cecy Robson
In Old Erth, elves reign supreme, controlling all other races with an iron fist, but they are not all-powerful; unable to propagate their race, they depend on using humans as livestock, mating them with elven women to further themselves.
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Blood of the Old Kings
by Sung-il Kim
In an Empire fueled by necromancy, Arienne, hearing a dead sorcerer's voice, and Loran, armed with a dragon-fang sword, must fight for a future beyond imperial chains, while Cain seeks vengeance for his mentor's murder.
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Blood Over Bright Haven
by M. L. Wang
After achieving her dream of becoming the first female highmage, Sciona faces hostility from her colleagues and an unexpected alliance with her janitor, a former nomadic hunter, as they uncover a secret that could revolutionize magic.
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The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister
In West Virginia, the Haddesley siblings confront long-buried family secrets and supernatural bargains linked to their ancestral cranberry bog when it fails to produce the expected “bog-wife,” leading them to question their traditions and face unknown futures amidst internal conflict and a troubled past.
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The City in Glass
by Nghi Vo
A Hugo Award-winning author introduces a beguiling fantasy city.
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This Cursed House
by Del Sandeen
A young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: they're under a curse, and they think she can break it.
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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.
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The Great When
by Alan Moore
The author of The League of Extraordinary Gentleman presents the first book in a new fantasy series about murder, magic and madness in post-WWII London.
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The House at Watch Hill
by Karen Marie Moning
A #1 New York Times bestselling author is back with a new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets.
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I'll Be Waiting
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.
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Memorials
by Richard Chizmar
A group of students encounter a supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia.
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Model Home
by Rivers Solomon
Turns the haunted-house story on its head, unearthing the dark legacies of segregation and racism in the suburban American South.
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A Song to Drown Rivers
by Ann Liang
Inspired by the legend of Xishi, weaves a tale about a woman who uses her beauty as a weapon to infiltrate an enemy kingdom, seeking revenge while facing love and sacrifice amidst the politics of ancient China.
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The Stone Witch of Florence
by Anna Rasche
Follows a young woman who harnesses the strange, ancient magic of gemstones to investigate a series of shocking crimes in plague-stricken Florence, all the while proving she is more physician than witch. A first novel.
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The Witches of El Paso
by Luis Jaramillo
A lawyer and her elderly great-aunt use their supernatural gifts to find a lost child.
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