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New Fiction February 2024

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Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
When he stumbles upon the ultra-wealthy’s newest mark—California’s Department of Corrections, Martin Hench, a self-employed forensic accountant, discovers they will stop at nothing to extract money from the government and the hundreds of thousands of prisoners they have at their mercy. Martin Hench No. 2


The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
After one of her favorite customers dies right in front of her, bookshop employee Cassie Andrews discovers that the book her was reading was far from ordinary.


The Book of Love by Kelly Link
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
Brought back to life by their high school music teacher, Laura, Daniel and Mo, desperate to reclaim their lives, agree to perform a series of magical tasks, but when their resurrection attracts the notice of supernatural figures, they must solve the mystery of their deaths to save everything they love.


An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson
An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson
A dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood.


Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
A romantic fantasy about an enchanted library, two handsome fae and one human who brings them all together.


Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
In a thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown and dangerous territory to find a new home for their close-knit Northern Ontario Indigenous community more than a decade after a world-ending blackout.


Plastic by Scott Guild
Plastic by Scott Guild
Erin, a figurine who sells wearable tech that allows full, physical immersion in a virtual world free from war, governmental monitoring and eco-terrorists, finally experiences hope when she meets Jacob, a blind figurine, until a crack in her carefully constructed façade threatens to expose her very real vulnerability.


Projections by S. E. Porter
Projections by S. E. Porter
After murdering the young woman he couldn't have, a sorcerer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied—or suffer a fate worse than death.


Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely Lares
Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely Lares
In 16th-century New Spain, Lady Leonora, with witchcraft punishable by death, masquerades as Pantera, who uses her magic to fight the tyranny of Spanish rule—and who is doomed to a short life, and must fight to the end when an ancient prophecy of destruction threatens to come true.


The Tainted Cup by Robert Jack Bennett
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jack Bennett
Investigating a seemingly impossible death, detective Ana Dolabra, whose brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities, and her new magically altered assistant, Din, who is trying to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect, uncover a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself.


Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan
Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan
Collecting nine enchanting stories set in the Immortal Realm—a world of gods, magic and legendary creatures—the beautifully illustrated volume, told from the perspectives of multiple characters, is filled with magic, mythology, friendship and love.


The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddie’s supposed death in combat, while Freddie, unable to return to the killing fields, takes refuge with a mysterious man who has the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.

 

General Fiction

Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks
Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks
A single mother is surprised when her family blocks her from uncovering her family’s ancestry, past and secrets while trying to prove she was descended from slaves in order to participate in the nation’s first federal reparations program.


The Adversary by Michael Crummey
The Adversary by Michael Crummey
When his wedding to the daughter of a rival merchant to cement his hold on the shore is sabotaged, Abe Strapp, in an isolated outport on Newfoundland’s northern coastline, seeks revenge on the person he despises most in the world, dividing the community with devastating consequences.


The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad
The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad
A harrowing novel is set in an alternate United States—a world of injustice and bondage in which a young black woman becomes the concubine of a powerful white government official and must face the dangerous consequences.


Chasing Endless Summer by V. C. Andrews
Chasing Endless Summer by V. C. Andrews
Forced to live with her cruel grandfather and untrustworthy cousin in a gloomy and expansive mansion, Caroline hopes for a new and normal life after her estranged father resurfaces in the second novel of the series following Losing Spring.


Daybreak by Matt Gallagher
Daybreak by Matt Gallagher
Haunted by a combat mistake, an American veteran joins an army friend to travel to Ukraine to help fight against the Russian invasion but also hopes to look up a former love in Lviv to help right a past wrong.


Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen
Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen
A former Olympic-level runner working as a school psychologist abandons his family and students to join his brother on a quest to be the first black American men to summit Mount Everest, resulting in a tragedy that shatters his life.


A Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
A Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
As a wildfire threatens to engulf Berkeley, California, the city’s residents, both rich and poor, are forced to confront the social and economic inequities that plague their community in the new novel from a former climate journalist.


The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
A coming-of-age story about class, reinvention and destiny, set against the backdrop of two mysterious deaths.


Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston
During the pandemic, a group of Manhattan neighbors gather nightly on a rooftop to tell stories in a collaborative novel where each character was secretly written by a major literary voice, including Margaret Atwood and Celest Ng.


Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
A brother and sister navigate queerness, multiracial identity and the dramas big and small of their entangled, unconventional family, all while flailing their way to love.


The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson by Ellen Baker
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson by Ellen Baker
A multigenerational novel of survival, love, and the families we make.


Leaving by Roxana Robinson
Leaving by Roxana Robinson
Former college sweethearts reconnect decades later after each has married, raised a family and forged careers and embark on an intense affair that forces them to confront the moral responsibilities of their love for their families and each other.


The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah Tomlinson
The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah Tomlinson
A novel looks at three rock & roll icons, two explosive tell-all memoirs and one ghostwriter caught in the middle.


Love and Hot Chicken by Mary Liza Hartong
Love and Hot Chicken by Mary Liza Hartong
A spicy and humorous Tennessee story about family, friendship, fried chicken and two girls in love.


Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
In 1970s Australia, single mother and writer Nora, when she falls in love with the flighty Javo, is drawn into his world of addiction, and as their fragile relationship disintegrates, she struggles to wean herself off a love that feels impossible to live without.


The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by MZ
The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by MZ
A contemporary novel marries fantasy with the everyday, in a story about a Maine lobstering town whose local myths come to life.


The Other Profile by Irene Graziosi
The Other Profile by Irene Graziosi
Hired to work for Gloria, an 18-year-old influencer in Milan with millions of followers, 26-year-old Maia, exposed to the tricks and hypocrisy of social media, is unable to avoid confronting the lies she’s been telling herself as she and Gloria’s intense relationship threatens her very sense of self.


The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil, 16-year-old Odile, who lives in an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, discovers her friend Edme is about to die, and sworn to secrecy to preserve the timeline, instead finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, imperiling her entire future.


Ours by Phillip B. Williams
Ours by Phillip B. Williams
Sweeping through 1830s Arkansas to rescue enslaved people, Saint, a fearsome conjuror, creates a town magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours, but, over time, as the town becomes vulnerable to intruders, some people wonder whether the community’s safety might by yet another form of bondage.


Redwood Court by Délana R. A. Dameron
Redwood Court by Délana R. A. Dameron
Mika Tabor, the baby of the family, learns important lessons from the people who raise her: her hardworking parents, her older sister, her retired grandparents and the community on Redwood Court, who are committed to fostering joy and love in an America so insistent on seeing Black people stumble and fall.


Set for Life by Andrew Ewell
Set for Life by Andrew Ewell
While visiting his and his wife's closest friends, John and Sophie, a creative writing professor sleeps with Sophie, but instead of succumbing to his failures as a teacher, writer and husband, he believes a love affair could be the answer to earning everything he needs to be set for life.


Significant Others by Zoë Eisenberg
Significant Others by Zoë Eisenberg
Sharing an intimate, decades-long friendship, Jess and Ren, who are each other's person, must adjust to the unexpected when a one-night stand with a tourist leaves Ren pregnant —and leaves both women wondering if this is one more thing they'll do together or if this will in fact change everything.


The Summer Book Club by Susan Mallery
The Summer Book Club by Susan Mallery
In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore’s summer book club—devoted entirely to romance novels—and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you’ve always wanted to be.


The Things We Didn't Know by Elba Iris Pérez
The Things We Didn't Know by Elba Iris Pérez
In the 1950s, 9-year-old Andrea Rodriguez and her brother leave Woronoco, Massachusetts, for the mountain villages of Puerto Rico and then, months later, are brought back to the tiny factory town where everything has changed and must navigate the rifts between their family's values and all-American culture as they journey into adulthood.


The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill
The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill
In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.


Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Tracing the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 to the aftermath of Orvil Red Feather's shooting, Opal tries to hold her family together while Orvil becomes emotionally reliant on prescription medications, and his younger brother, suffering from PTSD, secretly enacts blood rituals to connect to his Cheyenne heritage.


Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors to her circle, builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write their own stories.


What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
When they arrive at the Easton family hunting lodge in Gallicia, Alex Easton, Angus and Miss Potter find the caretaker dead and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence, and feel something is not quite right in their home—or in their dreams.


The Woman by Kristin Hannah
The Woman by Kristin Hannah
In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words “Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.

Historical Fiction

All My Secrets by Lynn Austin
All My Secrets by Lynn Austin
When her husband's unexpected death bestows his fortune on a male heir, Sylvia tries to marry her daughter off to a wealthy husband to maintain their lifestyle, but is stopped by her mother-in-law who wants more for her granddaughter.


The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Ady, when she’s separated from her mother, meets Lenore, a free black woman who invites her to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters, setting her on a journey toward liberation and imagining a new future.


Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
An Eton graduate is conscripted as a servant of the British Empire to oversea local policemen in Burma, forcing him to navigate social , racial and class politics in the new novel by the acclaimed author of The Mosquito Coast.


The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
In 1908 Manchuria, Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the identity of a dead courtesan, while a secretive woman named Snow, seeking vengeance for her lost child, navigates the myths and misconceptions of fox spirits to find a murderer.


Medea by Eilish Quin
Medea by Eilish Quin
Hearing the reviled sorceress Medea’s side of the story through a feminist lens, this beautifully written novel follows Medea as she travels the treacherous seas with the her husband, the hero Jason, and the Argonauts, battles inconceivable demons and falls in love with the man who may ultimately be her downfall.


Mrs. Gulliver by Valerie Martin
Mrs. Gulliver by Valerie Martin
In 1954, on Verona Island, Lila Gulliver, the proud owner of a high-end brothel, takes in Carità, a young, destitute and beautiful blind force of nature, who catches the eye of the scion of the wealthiest family on the island, setting in motion a passionate chain of events that changes all their lives.


No Better Time by Sheila Williams
No Better Time by Sheila Williams
In early 1945, Dorothy and 800 African American WACs arrive at their post in England where they are tasked with processing mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces, and with their outlooks changed forever, return to the U.S. as the catalysts for change in America.


The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.


Queens of London by Heather Webb
Queens of London by Heather Webb
In 1925 London, brilliant criminal mastermind Alice Diamond, the queen of an all-girl gang with plans on building a dynasty the likes of which no one has ever seen, must outwit and outsmart Britain’s first female policewoman who is determined to prove herself by putting Alice out of business—permanently.


The Road from Belhaven by Margot Livesey
The Road from Belhaven by Margot Livesey
In late-nineteenth-century Scotland, Lizzie Craig, gifted with the ability to see into the future, is courted by Louis, but when she follows him from Belhaven Farm to Glasgow, she learns the limits of his devotion, forcing her to make a terrible mistake until her second sight allows her a second chance.


A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh
A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh
Inspired by a true story, describes the life of Ellen Lark, a deaf woman who became a favorite student of Alexander Graham Bell while he raced against Western Union to cast a human voice over wires.


The Trouble with You by Ellen Feldman
The Trouble with You by Ellen Feldman
In NYC in the aftermath of World War II, Fanny Fabricant takes a job as a secretary to the "queen" of radio serials and stumbles on the blacklist that is destroying careers and wrecking lives, forcing her to decide between playing it safe as she's always done or doing what she knows is right.

The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West by Sara Ackerman
The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West by Sara Ackerman
In 1987, when she inherits a piece of land, Emma finds a small plane in disrepair and her great uncle's journal that tells the story of Livy Jones, the woman who piloted his plane when he fell ill, and, with new purpose, works to secure Livy's place in the aviation hall of fame.


We Are Only Ghosts by Jeffrey L. Richards
We Are Only Ghosts by Jeffrey L. Richards
In 1968 New York City, headwaiter Charles Ward, when Berthold Werden, the Nazi officer who was both his savoir and his tormentor, walks into Café Marie, is forced to revisit the pain and the brief, undeniable pleasures of the life he once knew.


A Wild and Heavenly Place by Robin Oliveira
A Wild and Heavenly Place by Robin Oliveira
After a bank failure, a young man from Glasgow travels to Seattle in the Washington Territory to search for his lost love, but finds himself caught up in the city’s secrets and the challenges of the Pacific Northwest.

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Mystery & Detective Fiction

The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller
The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller
A former antique hunter investigates a suspicious death at an isolated English manor, embroiling her back in the dangerous world of tracking stolen artifacts. A first novel.


The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong
The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong
In a well-hidden refuge for those who need to disappear, Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, when the town’s youngest resident claims a bear with human eyes is stalking a hiking party and then a dead body turns up, must find out what they’re up against. Haven’s Rock No. 2


Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
A noirish detective novel set in the 1920s reimagines how American history would be different if, instead of being decimated, indigenous populations had thrived.


A Catered Quilting Bee by Isis Crawford
A Catered Quilting Bee by Isis Crawford
When one of their members is discovered dead, the members of the Longley Sip and Sew Quilting Circle don’t accept the police’s determination of suicide, in the seventeenth novel of the series following A Catered Book Club Murder. A Mystery with Recipes No. 17


Death of a Spy by M. C. Beaton
Death of a Spy by M. C. Beaton
Scottish Highland village Sergeant Hamish Macbeth introduces as his new assistant officer, James Bland, an American who is secretly investigating a Russian spy ring, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Death of a Traitor. Hamish MacBeth No. 36


Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay
Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay
Attending a conference in Chicago, library directory Lindsey Norris discovers under her chair a rare, first edition book inscribed to Alfred Hitchcock and tied to a murder, in the 14 novel of the series following The Plot and the Pendulum. Library Lover's Mystery No. 14


The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace
The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace
The first book in a cozy mystery series starring an autistic, hyperlexic book editor who inherits a crumbling English estate, only to find herself at the center of a murder investigation when a family portrait vanishes and a dead body shows up in the manor.


The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a new mystery in the follow-up to the cozy space-opera detective mystery The Mimicking of Known Successes. Mossa & Pleti No. 2


The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
Down a quiet Kyoto backstreet, “food detectives” Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the proprietors of the Kamogawa Diner, through ingenious investigations, recreate dishes from a person’s treasured memories, which hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness.


King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis
King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis
Reimagines the life of Anna Filing Fort, wife of the most famous researcher of “anomalous phenomena” as she searches for three missing girls and encounters a ghost in the woods on Prosper Island at the estate of an eccentric millionaire.


The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King
The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King
Discovering an old journal written in a nearly impenetrable code that is linked to a zoetrope whose images dance with the lantern’s spin, Mary Russell, when secrets of the past appear to be reaching into the present, must figure out how these items are related to Damian—and possibly to Sherlock Holmes himself. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes No. 18


The Last Word by Gerru Lewis
The Last Word by Gerru Lewis
An obituary writer finds one of her neighbors dead before her time. A debut novel. Deadly Deadlines Mysteries No. 1


Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O’Connor
Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O’Connor
Taking a holiday by the sea to eat enough fish and chips to support the struggling business of the aptly named Mrs. Chipper, newlyweds Siobhan and Macdara Flannery instead find the proprietor murdered and place their long-delayed honeymoon on hold to catch a slippery killer. Irish Village Mystery No. 10


Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough
Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O’Connor
In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer’s dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia. A debut novel.


Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath
Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath
When her young nephew is the latest child to go missing, Lorraine Henry, a records clerk at the Masterton police station, with the cops dragging their heels, launches her own investigation—one that exposes all the good and all the bad in her small town.


A Pie to Die For by Gretchen Rue
A Pie to Die For by Gretchen Rue
Este March, owner of the Lucky Pie Diner in Northern Michigan, where certain customers are granted their greatest wishes upon eating her family's magical pies, investigates after an unpopular new produce vendor is found murdered on his boat. Lucky Pie Mystery No. 1


Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita
Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita
When shocking clues emerge, revealing her husband and son were possibly murdered, potentially connected to a string of other deaths and disappearances, Detective Cara Kennedy will stop at nothing to find the truth, placing her own life and the lives of those around her in mortal danger. Cara Kennedy No. 2

Romance

Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita
Misery Lark, daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest must leave her life of anonymity among the humans and uphold a historic alliance with the Weres by marrying their Alpha, Lowe Moreland.


Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
Once golf’s fastest rising star, Wells Whitaker’s career craters before his eyes, despite the ongoing support of a beautiful redhead who always cheers him on from the sidelines, who he eventually invites to be his new caddy. Big Shots No. 1


Green Dot by Madelaine Gray
Green Dot by Madelaine Gray
A love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises nothing.


A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Leaving behind her socialite family in Atlanta, Ricki Wilde moves to New York to open a flower shop as the Harlem Renaissance swirls around her, in the new novel from the author of Seven Days in June.


The Messy Life of Jane Tanner by Brenda Novak
The Messy Life of Jane Tanner by Brenda Novak
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Bookstore on the Beach, comes the third and final book in the Coyote Canyon trilogy following Talulah's Back In Town and The Talk of Coyote Canyon. Coyote Canyon No. 3


Simply the Best by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Simply the Best by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
When Brett, the hottest sports agent in the business, and Rory, the sister of his superstar client, meet and have a disastrous one-night stand, resulting in murder, they find things getting messy, dangerous, heartbreaking and sexy as they struggle with themselves, each other and love. Chicago Stars No. 10


Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Told from the viewpoint of Miss Willa herself, this comprehensive companion guide for background, history, reader-favorite information, art and reference materials contains original short stories and scenes from some of the world’s most beloved characters.

Story Collections

Float Up, Sing Down by Laird Hunt
Float Up, Sing Down by Laird Hunt
A collection of fourteen interwoven short stories from the author of Zorrie, each of which takes place on the same day, in the same close-knit, small-town community in Indiana, each told from the perspective of a different resident.


The Lady in Glass and Other Stories by Anne Bishop
The Lady in Glass and Other Stories by Anne Bishop
This enchanting volume collects the shorter works of the New York Times best-selling fantasy author, from her earliest writing to the Realms of the Blood, from darker fairytale retellings to the Landscapes of Ephemera and from standalone stories of space exploration to the World of the Others.


Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver
Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver
Filled with unforgettable characters dealing with the dangers of Jim Crow racism, this powerful story collection paints incisive and intimate portraits of African American families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments.


Owning Up by George Pelecanos
Owning Up by George Pelecanos
Drawn together by themes of strife, violence and humanity, this searing collection of four stories introduces characters who defy the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil as they grapple with consequence, random chance and the many paths a life can take.

Suspense & THRILLERS

The Atlas Maneuver by Steve Berry
The Atlas Maneuver by Steve Berry
When he unwittingly becomes caught in a war between the world’s oldest bank and the CIA, one that directly involves the Black Eagle Trust and a legendary treasure worth billions, retired Justice Department operative Cotton Malone, must stop cryptocurrency from being weaponized to attack the world’s financial systems. Cotton Malone No. 18


The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney
The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney
Coming out of hiding when someone starts killing leading experts on robotics and intelligence, Gray Man, the world’s deadliest assassin, must elude his enemies to uncover a sinister global plot. Gray Man No. 13


Crosshairs by James Patterson and James O. Born
Crosshairs by James Patterson and James O. Born
NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer, in the 16th novel of the series following Obsessed. Michael Bennett No. 16


The Deepest Kill by Lisa Black
The Deepest Kill by Lisa Black
When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts’ increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who—and what—is at the heart of the crime.


End of Story by A. J. Finn
End of Story by A. J. Finn
Invited by a reclusive mystery novelist to help draft his life story, a longtime correspondent and detective fiction expert finds herself in a real whodunnit when she learns the writer's first wife and son mysteriously vanished.


Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander
After fleeing as the lone surviving witness to horrific, gruesome events at her graduate school, Charlie Colbert disappeared and rebuilt her life only discover that the events of that night are being adapted into a film.


The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman
The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman
Consulting on the baffling double murder of a playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire and his married lover, brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis are led to L.A.’s darkest side as they contend with one of the most shocking cases of their careers.


The Guest by B. A. Paris
The Guest by B. A. Paris
When their friend Laure moves in after her husband reveals he’s had a child with another woman, Iris and Gabriel, with Laure acting increasingly unhinged and broken relationships and hidden motives linked to a recent tragedy piling up around them, must reckon with whether their happy life has been an illusion.


Hard Girls by J. Robert Lennon
Hard Girls by J. Robert Lennon
Two estranged twin sisters hunt down their elusive mother—and face down the darkness they tried to escape.


Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom
Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom
Discovering that his troubled adult daughter has been kidnapped, a washed-up movie star with no money to pay the ransom turns to his closest friends, a legendary Hollywood stunt man and a disgraced former LAPD detective, to get her back.


Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa
Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa
Amara, the daughter of a 19th century Sri Lankan village’s demon-priest is accused of witchcraft and must clear her and her father’s names after someone or something begins mysteriously attacking men in the jungle.


Kingpin by Mike Lawson
Kingpin by Mike Lawson
Washington DC “troubleshooter” Joe DeMarco investigates the suspicious death of an intern for the Speaker of the House who was on the verge of releasing a report detailing political bribes, in the 17th novel of the series following Alligator Alley. Joe DeMarco No. 17


Last Night by Luanne Rice
Last Night by Luanne Rice
During a blizzard in Rhode Island, a renowned artist is found murdered and her young daughter gone missing, plunging Detective Conor Reid, his brother Tom and the woman's grieving sister into a chilling investigation.


Leave No Trace by A.J. Landau
Leave No Trace by A.J. Landau
After an explosion brings down the Statue of Liberty, Special Agent Michael Walker of the National Park Service is sent to New York to investigate where he finds a young survivor with an important piece of information. National Parks No. 1


Like a Mother by Mina Hardy
Like a Mother by Mina Hardy
In the wake of her husband Adam’s death, Sarah, with a daughter and a baby on the way – and left with no money, moves in with Adam’s mother, whom he always said was dead, but soon discovers why Adam lied as she becomes trapped in a house with a madwoman.


Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz
Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz
Orphan X helps a little girl find her missing dog and finds himself battered between feuding AI technocrat billionaires and a female assassin called the Wolf in the ninth novel of the series following. Orphan X No. 9


My Name Was Eden by Eleanor Barker-White
My Name Was Eden by Eleanor Barker-White
When her daughter Eden, after surviving a drowning incident, comes home from the hospital and starts calling herself Eli, the name she’d reserved for Eden’s unborn twin, Lucy knows something’s very wrong with Eden as her disturbing behavior escalates.


Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra
Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra
Hiding her children in a tiny, secret room concealed behind a wall to keep them safe from an intruder, a mother struggles to remain calm, but when she catches a glimpse of the man who is terrorizing them, she realizes she knows exactly who he is and what he wants.


One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
Two young women vanish in a seaside town, and, at the cliff's edge, nobody is who they seem.


One Wrong Word by Hank Phillippi Ryan
One Wrong Road by Hank Phillippi Ryan
With just two weeks to save her career and reputation, crisis management expert Arden Ward takes on the case of a Boston real estate mogul recently acquitted in a fatal drunk driving accident and soon discovers she is protecting a murderer—and one wrong word can kill.


Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about their past.


Original Sins by Erin Young
Original Sins by Erin Young
With a serial killer known as the Sin Eater stalking women on the streets of Des Moines, Iowa, Riley Fisher, an FBI agent on her first assignment, while investigating a death threat against the newly elected female state governor, discovers a connection between this case and the hunt for the Sin Eater.


The Price You Pay by Nick Petrie
The Price You Pay by Nick Petrie
When they discover someone has stolen notebooks full of incriminating secrets about his closest friend Lewis’s long-ago crimes, Peter and Lewis, to get them back, face ruthless and violent enemies at each turn, forcing them decide how far they’ll go to save the people they love most.


The Resort by Sara Ochs
The Resort by Sara Ochs
Taking her students out for their first dive off the breathtaking coast of Koh Sang, Thailand’s world-famous party island, scuba diving instructor Cass, when things quickly spiral out of control, leaving one person dead and another critically injured, realizes someone has discovered her secret.


The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen
The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen
When a reporter Anne Lemire's story about Nazi propaganda intersects with Special Agent Devon Mulvey's investigation into the death of a factory worker, they are led down a dangerous trail of espionage, organized crime and domestic fascism, which threatens to engulf the city in violence.


The Split by Kit Frick
The Split by Kit Frick
When her sister Esme leaves her high-society husband and needs a ride, Jane Conner imagines one reality where she tells Esme to crash with a friend and then 24 hours later she disappears, and another reality where she brings Esme back to Connecticut where they must reckon with an explosive secret from their past.


A Step Past Darkness by Vera Kurian
A Step Past Darkness by Vera Kurian
Twenty years after a group of misfit kids working on a capstone project in 1995 uncovered sinister secrets within their local mines, one of them turns up dead sending the others racing back to finish what they started.


Three-Inch Teeth by C. J. Box
Three-Inch Teeth by C. J. Box
When the outlaw he locked up years ago is released from prison, determined to exact revenge on the six people who sent him away, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, with a grizzly bear on a rampage, soon discovers he’s one of those six people.


Union Station by David Downing
Union Station by David Downing
Living a comfortable life in 1953 Los Angeles with his family, English journalist John Russell, a former double agent for Soviet and American intelligence, starts researching a World War II conspiracy, bringing him face-to-face with the dangerous instability of a post-Stalin Berlin that was once their home.


The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
A Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, Kane journeys to the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, where violence is the only way to survive, to exfiltrate a man with vital information, but instead meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction.