Recreation

New Titles Fiction April 2018 (arrived in March 2017)

ADVENTURE

Nobody gets hurt, RJ Bailey.
Bodyguard Sam Wylde has had her British licence revoked. She is now operating in Europe, running security on a swanky motor yacht during the Historic Grand Prix race. At the same time she trawls for news of her ex-husband and daughter.
The deceivers: a John Wells novel, Alex Berenson.
The Russians don't just want to influence American elections; they want it all. It was supposed to be a terrorist sting. The guns were supposed to be disabled. Then why was there so much blood?
The rising sea: a novel from the NUMA files, Clive Cussler
The world's sea levels are rising at an alarming rate, too quickly to be caused by glacier melt. A risk so big it sends Kurt Austin, Zoe Zavala and the NUMA team rocketing around the world in search for answers. Their hunt takes them from the shark-filled waters of Asia to the high-tech streets of Tokyo to a forbidden secret island, but it's in the East China Sea that a mysterious underwater mining operation is discovered.
The Prince and the Whitechapel murders, Saul David.
George has fought his way through wars in Africa and Afghanistan, won the VC and married his sweetheart, but he's also a gambler, short of money and in no position to turn down the job of 'minder' to Prince Albert Victor, second in line to the throne. George is to befriend the charming young cavalry officer and keep him out of trouble - no easy task, given that the Prince is a known target for Irish nationalist assassins, while his secret sexual orientation leaves him open to blackmail and scandal.
Once a pilgrim, James Deegan.
John Carr has recently left the SAS, after a long and distinguished career, and is now working for a Russian oligarch in the murky world of private security. But an incident from his past, in which three terrorists were brutally killed, suddenly comes back to haunt him. Tracked by a hitman out for revenge, John Carr is forced to step over the line to defend himself and his family.
Lenin's roller coaster, David Downing.
As a generation of Europe's young men perish on the Eastern and Western fronts, British spy Jack McColl is assigned a sabotage mission deep in the heart of Central Asia, where German influence is strong and where he'll be in completely unfamiliar territory. Despite his uncanny ear for foreign languages, there is much he doesn't know about the cities he's to infiltrate, or the people he's to meet there. As he quickly realizes, the mission only becomes more dangerous the closer he gets to its heart.
London rules, Mick Herron.
London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one: Cover your arse. At MI5 headquarters Regent's Park, First Desk Claude Whelan is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he's facing attack from all directions himself.
This is what happened, Mick Herron.
Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Maggie is just the kind of person who could vanish from the face of the earth without anyone taking notice. Or just the kind of person MI5 needs to infiltrate the establishment and thwart an international plot that puts all of Britain at risk.
A German requiem, Philip Kerr.
In the bitter winter of 1947 the Russian Zone is closing ever more tightly around Berlin. So when an enigmatic Russian colonel asks Bernie Gunther to go to Vienna, where his ex-Kripo colleague Emil Becker faces a murder charge, Bernie doesn't hesitate for long. Despite an unsavory past, Gunther is convinced that the shooting of an American Nazi-hunter is one crime Becker didn't commit.
Smiley's people, John Le Carré.
The murdered man had been an agent, once, long ago. But George Smiley's superiors at the Secret Service want to see the crime buried, not solved. Smiley will not leave it at that, not when it might lead him all the way to Karla, the elusive Soviet spymaster.
The Kremlin's candidate: a novel, Jason Matthews.
Vladimir Putin is planning the covert assassination of a high-ranking US official with the intention of replacing him with a mole whom Russian intelligence has cultivated for more than 15 years. Catching wind of this plot, Dominika, Nate, and their CIA colleagues must unmask the traitor before he or she is able to reveal that Dominika has been spying for years on behalf of the CIA.
Blind spot, Dani Pettrey.
FBI agent Declan Grey is in the chase of his life, but isn't sure exactly what he's chasing after. Threatened by a terrorist that 'the wrath is coming,' Grey fears something horrible is about to be unleashed on American soil. When his investigation leads him to a closed immigrant community, he turns to Tanner Shaw to help him.
Cold shot, Dani Pettrey.
In college, Griffin McCray and his three best friends had their lives planned out. Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore PD. Declan Gray would head to the FBI and Parker Mitchell would go on to graduate school as a crime scene analyst. But then Luke vanished before graduation and their world, and friendships, crumbled.
Still life, Dani Pettrey.
Blacklisted in the photography business over a controversial shot, Avery Tate answered an ad for a crime scene photographer. She expected to be laughed at, but crime scene analyst Parker Mitchell hired her outright, and changed her life. But six months ago, when her feelings for Parker became too strong, she left his employ to sort out her heart.
The agency, James Phelan.
Jed Walker is about to learn that in the murky world of espionage, the rules of war do not apply. It's 2005 and Jed Walker has just joined the CIA. As a ten-year veteran of Air Force Special Operations, Walker is used to being at the pointy end of things. But normally the front line is much further from home.
Dead on arrival: a novel, Matt Richtel.
An airplane touches down at a desolate airport in a remote Colorado ski town. Shortly after landing, Dr. Lyle Martin, a world-class infectious disease specialist, is brusquely awakened to shocking news: Everyone not on the plane appears to be dead. The world has gone dark.
Global strike, Chris Ryan.
Charles Street was once a highly-respected agent working for MI6, until a terrible mistake cost him his job. Now he's a desperate man, living on past glories and struggling to make ends meet. Until he makes a discovery that has the power to bring down the new President of the United States.
Besieged, A. J. Tata.
It starts with the unthinkable. A school under siege. A shooter in the classroom. A nightmare scenario that has become all too common in today's United States. But this time, former Delta Captain Jake Mahegan is there when it happens.
Three minutes to midnight, A.J. Tata.
One Army geologist is kidnapped on U.S. soil. Two nuclear plants are attacked in a matter of days. No American is safe from the next, and final, wave of terror.
A darker state, David Young.
The body of a teenage boy is found weighted down in a lake. Karin M++ller, newly appointed Major of the People's Police, is called to investigate. But her power will only stretch so far, when every move she makes is under the watchful eye of the Stasi.

FANTASY

Senlin ascends, Josiah Bancroft.
The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya, in the overwhelming swarm of tourists, residents, and miscreants. Senlin is determined to find Marya, but to do so he'll have to navigate madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters.
Olympus bound, Jordanna Max Brodsky.
Summer in New York, but a dark time for Selene: she's lost her home and the man she loves. A cult hungry for ancient power has kidnapped her father and targeted her friends. Now Selene must face the past she's been running from a past that stretches back millennia, to when the faithful called her Huntress. Moon Goddess. Artemis.
Cold magic, Kate Elliott.
The Wild Hunt is stirring and the dragons are finally waking from their long sleep. Cat Barahal was the only survivor of the flood that took her parents. Raised by her extended family, she and her cousin, Bee, are unaware of the dangers that threaten them both.
Prince of the spear, David Hair.
With the Leviathan Bridge critically damaged and its towers unable to control the skies between Yuros and Antiopia, the East has invaded the West. A vast windfleet, constructed in secret, is winging across the Pontic Sea. The Rondian Empire is divided and weak.
A choice of crowns, Barb Hendee.
Olivia Geroux knew her king was reluctant to marry her, whatever the negotiations had arranged. But she never expected to find handsome, arrogant King Rowan obsessed with his stepsister instead. And before she can determine what course to take, she overhears her greatest ally plotting to murder the princess.
The Midnight Front, David Mack.
On the eve of World War Two, Nazi sorcerers come gunning for Cade but kill his family instead. His one path of vengeance is to become an apprentice of The Midnight Front the Allies' top-secret magickal warfare program and become a sorcerer himself. Unsure who will kill him first–his allies, his enemies, or the demons he has to use to wield magick Cade fights his way through occupied Europe and enemy lines.

FICTION

The dark blue winter overcoat & other stories from the North, Sjón Hodgkinson.
This anthology collects together the very best fiction from across the Nordic region. Travelling from cosmopolitan Stockholm to the remote Faroe Islands, and from Denmark to Greenland, this unique and compelling volume displays the thrilling diversity of writing from these northern nations.
One station away, Olaf Olafsson.
An overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment. An elusive dancer whose fiancé is desperate to untangle her untimely death. A mysterious patient who is comatose after a violent accident.
Brave deeds: a novel, David Abrams.
Spanning eight hours, the novel follows a squad of six AWOL soldiers as they attempt to cross war-torn Baghdad on foot to attend the funeral of their leader, Staff Sergeant Rafe Morgan.
Island of sweet pies and soldiers, Sara Ackerman.
The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested. Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing their lives together one year after the disappearance of her husband. As rumours swirl and questions about his loyalties surface, Violet believes Ella knows something.
The Lebs, Michael Mohammed Ahmad.
'Bani Adam thinks he's better than us!' they say over and over until finally I shout back, 'Shut up, I have something to say!' They all go quiet and wait for me to explain myself, redeem myself, pull my shirt out, rejoin the pack. I hold their anticipation for three seconds, and then, while they're all ablaze, I say out loud, 'I do think I'm better.'
Bachelor girl: a novel, Kim Van Alkemade.
When the owner of the New York Yankees baseball team, Colonel Jacob Ruppert, takes Helen Winthrope, a young actress, under his wing, she thinks it's because of his guilt over her father's accidental death and so does Albert Kramer, Ruppert's handsome personal secretary. Helen and Albert develop a deepening bond the closer they become to Ruppert, an eccentric millionaire who demands their loyalty in return for his lavish generosity.
We own the sky, Luke Allnutt.
Rob Coates can't believe his luck. There is Anna, his incredible wife, and most precious of all, Jack, their son, who makes every day an extraordinary adventure. Rob feels like he's won the lottery of life. Or rather, he did. Until the day it all changes when Anna becomes convinced there is something wrong with Jack.
Swansong, Kerry Andrew.
Polly Vaughan is trying to escape the ravaging guilt of a disturbing incident in London by heading north to the Scottish Highlands. As soon as she arrives, this spirited, funny, alert young woman goes looking for drink, drugs and sex. She also finds a fresh kind of fear, alone in this eerie, myth-drenched landscape. Increasingly prone to visions or visitations; floating white shapes in the waters of the loch or in the woods, she is terrified and fascinated by a man she came across in the forest on her first evening, apparently tearing apart a bird.
A good heart is hard to find, Trisha Ashley.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man of over forty is in possession of a major defect. Cassandra Leigh has woken as if from a bad dream; forty-four, childless and twenty-plus years into an affair with a married man. Cass is desperate for a baby and running out of time.
Hotel silence, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Jónas Ebeneser is a handy DIY kind of man with a compulsion to fix things, but he can't seem to fix his own life. On the cusp of turning fifty, divorced, adrift, he's recently discovered he is not the biological father of his daughter, Gudrun Waterlily, and he has sunk into an existential crisis, losing all will to live. As he visits his senile mother in a nursing home, he secretly muses on how, when, and where to put himself out of his misery.
The boat people, Sharon Bala.
A debut novel about a thirty-five-year-old Sri Lankan refugee who has survived the harrowing experiences of civil war, a prison camp, and a perilous ocean voyage to Canada but his journey has only begun, as he and his young son navigate the morass of the refugee system.
Home, Amanda Berriman.
Jesika is four and a half. She lives in a flat with her mother and baby brother and she knows a lot. She does not know that their landlord is threatening to evict them and that Toby's cough is going to get much worse. Or that Paige, her new best friend, has a secret that will explode their world.
Miranda, Elaine Blick.
Miranda is a black ex-slave, now the owner of a sugar plantation in Jamaica in the late 18th century. Her battle to overcome prejudice and to raise the status of African slaves by teaching them to read and write makes compelling reading.
Daphne, Will Boast.
Daphne suffers from a rare medical condition; her body shuts down when she feels strong emotions. As a result she has built strong walls between herself and the world, avoiding passion, anger, disappointment and surprise. But when she meets Ollie.
The Tuscan child, Rhys Bowen.
In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal.
White chrysanthemum, Mary Lynn Bracht.
Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation. As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, she enjoys an independence that few other Koreans can still claim. Until the day Hana saves her younger sister from a Japanese soldier and is herself captured and transported to Manchuria.
Coming home, Fern Britton.
Ella comes back to the beautiful Cornish coast to heal her heart after the death of her beloved grandmother, Adela. There she finds her home again and discovers a new life, but she also opens a treasure trove of secrets. Twenty years ago Ella's mother Sennen ran away from Cornwall. Sennen had been a young single mum and, unable to cope, had left their children with her mother Adela, and a part of her with them.
In my brother's shadow, Peter D Campbell.
An absorbing and skillful story, exploring the attitudes of a younger brother who has grown up overawed by the image of his elder brother. His life changes when he goes to Bosnia and Serbia to explore the land that took his brother's life. Set in the unforgiving world of post Soviet Yugoslavia and Russia, the hero is forced to re-examine the basis of morality, the nature of war and peace, love and hate, and violence and submission.
The man who would not see, Rajorshi Chakraborti.
As children in Calcutta, Ashim and Abhay made a small mistake that split their family forever. Thirty years later, Ashim has re-entered his brother's life, with blame and retribution on his mind. It seems nothing short of smashing Abhay's happy home will make good the damage from the past.
Going for a beer: selected short fictions, Robert Coover
These stories are riven with paradox, ambivalence, strangeness, unrealized ambitions and desires, uncertainty, complexity, always seeking the potential for insight, for comedy.
Halsey Street, Naima Coster.
Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father. She's accepted that her future won't be what she'd dreamed, but now, as gentrification has completely reshaped her old neighborhood, even her past is unrecognizable. Old haunts have been razed, and wealthy white strangers have replaced every familiar face in Bed-Stuy.
The melody, Jim Crace.
Alfred Busi, famed and beloved in his town for his music and songs, is now in his sixties, mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days alone in the large villa he has always called home. The night before he is due to attend a ceremony at the town's avenue of fame, Busi is attacked by a creature he disturbs as it raids the contents of his larder. Busi is convinced that the thing that attacked him was no animal, but a child, 'innocent and wild'.
Song of a captive bird: a novel, Jasmin Darznik.
All through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh Farrokhzad is told that Persian daughters should be quiet and modest. She is taught only to obey, but she always finds ways to rebel-gossiping with her sister among the fragrant roses of her mother's walled garden, venturing to the forbidden rooftop to roughhouse with her three brothers, writing poems to impress her strict, disapproving father, and sneaking out to flirt with a teenage paramour over café glacé.
As you wish, Jude Deveraux.
Sixty-year-old Olivia's first marriage was long and unhappy, but now she is a newlywed, thrilled to finally be starting her life with the man she's always truly loved; even if they are getting a late start. Kathy is in her forties and married to a handsome, successful businessman. Theirs would be a fairy-tale romance if it weren't for one problem: he's passionately in love with someone else!
On a beautiful day, Lucy Diamond.
It's a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch. But then they witness a shocking accident just metres away which acts as a catalyst for each of them. For Laura, it's a wake-up call to heed the ticking of her biological clock.
The pope of Palm Beach, Tim Dorsey.
No one worships the Sunshine State as much as Serge A. Storms. Perpetually hunting Floridian arcana and lore, he and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, are on the road again. This time they're on a frenzied literary pilgrimage that leads them back to Riviera Beach, the cozy seaside town where the boys spent their formative years.
In the Garden of the Fugitives, Ceridwen Dovey.
Almost twenty years after forbidding him to contact her, Vita receives an email from Royce. Once, he was her benefactor and she was one of his brightest protegees. Now Royce is ailing and Vita's career has stalled, and both have a need to settle accounts.
I love you too much, Alicia Drake.
I knew I was in Paris, I knew that was the Seine beneath me, the sky above, but when I looked around for help, the grand apartment buildings of the Quai Voltaire stared back at me, indifferent. In the sixth arrondissement everything is perfect and everyone is lonely. This is the Paris of thirteen-year-old Paul.
This water: five tales, Beverly Farmer.
A collection of five tales, three of them novella length, each a fragmentary love story with a nameless woman at the centre, and a mythic dimension (Greek or Celtic, folklore or fable) rooted in the power of nature.
A country escape, Katie Fforde.
Fran has always wanted to be a farmer. And now it looks as if her childhood dream is about to come true. She has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds, currently owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers.
The well travelled road: short stories & poems, Brian Grehan.
An accountant by profession, in a varied career at home and overseas, Brian Grehan here presents an eclectic mix of short stories and poems reflecting some of his life experiences, interests, and passions; including the Middle East, the West of Ireland, and Cricket.
Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday.
In New York, Alice, a young editor, begins an affair with Ezra Blazer, a world-famous, much older writer. At Heathrow airport, Amar, an Iraqi-American economist en route to Kurdistan, finds himself detained for the weekend. What draws these characters together, and how do their lives connect?
Under the table, David Hargreaves.
Dominic da Silva, in his late fifties, has terminal cancer. This diagnosis prompts him to return to the diaries he kept from his boarding school years into his early thirties. These notebooks conjure lost tableaux of Britain in the 1960s, 70s and early 80s: with the emotional repression and genteel rural poverty of his youth, through to upbeat accounts of later joyful excess and profound friendship.
Paris in the present tense, Mark Helprin.
Jules Lacour; a maitre at Paris-Sorbonne, cellist, widower, veteran of the war in Algeria, and child of the Holocaust, must find a balance between his strong obligations to the past and the attractions and beauties of life and love in the present. In the midst of what should be an effulgent time of life, days bright with music, family, rowing on the Seine, Jules is confronted headlong and all at once by a series of challenges to his principles, livelihood, and home, forcing him to grapple with his complex past and to find a way forward.
The family next door, Sally Hepworth.
From the outside, Essie's life looks idyllic: a loving husband, a beautiful house in a good neighbourhood, and a nearby mother who dotes on her grandchildren. But few of Essie's friends know her secret shame: that in a moment of maternal despair, she once walked away from her newborn, asleep in her carriage in a park. Disaster was avoided and Essie got better, but she still fears what lurks inside her, even as her daughter gets older and she has a second baby.
Last of the summer Moët, Wendy Holden.
Top reporter Laura Lake has struck journalistic gold. She's discovered a super-exclusive English village where the rich and famous own weekend retreats. Where film stars, Turner-prize winners and Cabinet ministers park their helicopters outside the gastropub and buy one hundred pounds of sourdough loaves from the deli.
Dancing over the hill, Cathy Hopkins.
Cait and Matt have been married for 30 years. They are rock solid. An inspiration to others. Stuck together like glue. But Cait can't shake off the feeling that something is missing. The whole world should be their oyster now that Matt has retired, so why does she feel shut up like a clam?
The secret lives of the Amir sisters, Nadiya Hussain
The four Amir sisters Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae are the only young Muslims in the quaint English village of Wyvernage. On the outside, despite not quite fitting in with their neighbours, the Amirs are happy. But on the inside, each sister is secretly struggling.
Speak no evil: a novel, Uzodinma Iweala.
On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer; an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents.
The largesse of the sea maiden, Denis Johnson.
A collection of stories contemplates subjects ranging from old age and mortality to the unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe manifest, depicting haunted characters trying to atone for the past, remember departed loved ones, or come to terms with lifelong obsessions.
Dustfall: a novel, Michelle Johnston.
Dr Filigree, running away from a disastrous medical career, mistakes an unknown name on a map for the perfect refuge. He travels to the isolated town of Wittenoom and takes charge of its small hospital, a place where no previous doctor has managed to stay longer than an eye blink. Instead of settling into a quiet, solitary life, he discovers an asbestos mining corporation with no regard for the safety of its workers and no care for the truth.
An American marriage: a novel, Tayari Jones.
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined.
No good brother, Tyler Keevil.
Tim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed younger brother tracks him down at the shipyards in Vancouver, Tim senses trouble. Jake is a drifter, a dreamer, an ex-con, and now he needs help in repaying a debt to the notorious Delaney gang.
The year that changed everything, Cathy Kelly.
Three women celebrate their birthdays. 30. 40. 50. But their milestone birthdays mark the start of a year that will change everything.
The driest season: a novel, Meghan Kenny.
As her Wisconsin community endures a long season of drought and feels the shockwaves of World War II, fifteen-year-old Cielle endures a more personal calamity: the unexpected death of her father. On a balmy summer afternoon, she finds him hanging in the barn; the start of a dark secret that threatens her family's livelihood.
The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club, Katie May.
Only the truly devoted manage to swim every day at Whitstable, because the sea's only deep enough at high tide. So when Deb (ageing bikini, sunglasses) and Maisie (black wetsuit, swimming shoes, goggles) keep meeting on Reeves Beach, they strike up an unlikely friendship.
Look at me, Mareike Krügel
Katharina's husband isn't coming home for the weekend again so she's on her own. When their chaotic daughter Helli has a nosebleed, Kat has to dash off to school to pick her up. Then their son, Alex, announces he's bringing his new girlfriend home for the first time.
Hearts of resistance, Soraya M. Lane.
When Hazel is given the chance to parachute into Nazi-occupied France, she seizes the opportunity to do more for the British war effort than file paperwork. Alongside her childhood friend, French-born Rose, she quickly rises up the ranks of the freedom fighters. For Rose, the Resistance is a link to her late husband, and a way to move forward without him.
Voyage of the heart, Soraya Lane.
Along with hundreds of other war brides, Betty, Madeline, Alice, and June set sail for New York to be with the men they love. In the days they spend at sea, the four young women become firm friends and vow to stay in touch no matter what their new lives bring.
Wives of war, Soraya M. Lane.
Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and to prove to her family and to herself that she's stronger than everybody thinks. Nursing is in Ellie's blood, but her humble background is vastly different from Scarlet's privileged upbringing.
Awesome applesauce: indies Down Under, S.K. Lessner
Two Indie Authors, slinging our shit in every group, blog, and post we could find. That's how we met. That's how we became virtual besties. It didn't matter that we lived on opposite sides of the world.
Her mother's secret, Rosanna Ley.
For many years Colette has avoided returning to her homeland, the magical island of Belle-île-en-Mer in Southern Brittany, afraid to confront the painful memories she left behind. She is living on the Cornish coast when she hears about her mother Thea's failing health and realises that the time has come for her to go home. But can Colette ever forgive Thea for what she has done?
The everlasting Sunday, Robert Lukins.
During the freezing English winter of 1962, seventeen-year-old Radford is sent to Goodwin Manor, a home for boys who have been 'found by trouble'. Drawn immediately to the charismatic West, Radford soon discovers that each one of them has something to hide. Life at the Manor offers only a volatile refuge, and unexpected arrivals threaten the world the boys have built.
Crystal reign, Kelly Lyndon.
Former Navy Lieutenant Commander and MMA instructor David Johnson has it all: an amazing wife, three beautiful kids and a great job. He's the man who can handle anything, and anyone - until his wife Chrissie is introduced to methamphetamine at a friend's New Year's Eve party. Slowly but surely, everything David has worked for and believed in is dramatically eroded as Chrissie's addiction takes hold.
Her body & other parties, Carmen Maria Machado.
Contains short stories about the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies.
The young widower's handbook: a novel, Tom McAllister.
For Hunter Cady, meeting Kait was the greatest thing that ever happened to him. Otherwise unmotivated, he spent roughly half his twenty-nine years accomplishing very little, which makes him about fifteen in terms of real-life experience. But he's the luckiest man on earth when it comes to his wife.
What the light reveals, Mick McCoy.
Conrad is falsely accused of passing military secrets to the Russians. His life and that of his family is turned upside down by discrimination and fear. Unemployed, misrepresented by the media, betrayed by relatives and threatened by strangers, Conrad sees no choice but to uproot his family from their homeland to start a new life in Moscow.
The cement garden, Ian McEwan.
In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves.
Radio free Vermont: a fable of resistance, Bill McKibben.
As the host of Radio Free Vermont; "underground, underpowered, and underfoot", seventy-two-year-old Vern Barclay is currently broadcasting from an "undisclosed and double-secret location." With the help of a young computer prodigy named Perry Alterson, Vern uses his radio show to advocate for a simple yet radical idea: an independent Vermont, one where the state secedes from the United States and operates under a free local economy.
This could hurt: a novel, Jillian Medoff.
Rosa Guerrero beat the odds as she rose to the top of the corporate world. An attractive woman of a certain age, the longtime chief of human resources at Ellery Consumer Research is still a formidable presence, even if her most vital days are behind her. A leader who wields power with grace and discretion, she has earned the devotion and loyalty of her staff.
The passage of love, Alex Miller.
Sitting in a New York park, an old man holds a book and tries to accept that his contribution to the future is over. Instead, he remembers a youthful yearning for open horizons, for Australia, a yearning he now knows inspired his life as a writer. Instinctively he picks up his pen and starts at the beginning.
Dyschronia, Jennifer Mills.
One morning, the residents of a small coastal town somewhere in Australia wake to discover the sea has disappeared. One among them has been plagued by troubling visions of this cataclysm for years. Is she a prophet? Does she have a disorder that alters her perception of time? Or is she a gifted and compulsive liar?
The last of the Greenwoods, Clare Morral.
In a field outside Bromsgrove, two elderly brothers live in adjoining railway carriages. No one visits and they never speak to each other. Until the day Zohra Dasgupta, a young postwoman, delivers an extraordinary letter from a woman claiming to be the sister they thought had been murdered fifty years earlier.
The queen of bloody everything, Joanna Nadin.
Have you ever wished for a different mother? Dido has. Dido Sylvia Jones is six years and twenty-seven days old when she moves from a London squat to suburban Essex and promptly falls in love with Tom Trevelyan, the boy next door. It's not just Tom that Dido falls for, though: it's also his precocious sister, Harry, and their fastidious, controlling mother, Angela.
The lark, E. Nesbit
It's 1919 and Jane and her cousin Lucilla leave school to find that their guardian has gambled away their money, leaving them with only a small cottage in the English countryside. In an attempt to earn their living, the orphaned cousins embark on a series of misadventures in a bid to secure their independence.
Beautiful days: stories, Joyce Carol Oates.
Oates explores the most secret, intimate, and unacknowledged interior lives of characters not unlike ourselves, who assert their independence in acts of bold and often irrevocable defiance.
Best practice, Penny Parkes.
Dr Alice Walker has become accomplished at presenting a facade to the world; to anyone watching, she is the epitome of style, composure and professionalism. But perhaps it was to be expected that the cracks might begin to show at some point. Thankfully Grace is on hand to offer both friendship and support when it's needed most.
Trying, Emily Phillips.
A hugely funny, searingly honest comedy about to expect when you're not expecting. Olivia and Felix are trying for a baby. They even moved to the suburbs in anticipation of their future family. But despite approaching her cycle and their sex life with military precision, there's still no sign of what felt like the sure next step, whilst friends' broods seem to be growing by the week.
Things we nearly knew, Jim Powell.
There's a bar at the crossroads on the way out of town. Marcie and her husband have run it for years. They had children once, but not any more. After thirty years of marriage, there aren't many secrets left. Couples often tell themselves that, although it's not always true.
Anna: one love, two stories, Amanda Prowse.
There are two sides to every love story. This is Anna's. Anna Cole grew up poor, but her mother's love made her feel rich every day. Then her mother died, and Anna was sent to a care home. As a teenager, Anna vowed that one day, she would have children of her own, and create the happy, noisy family life she always craved.
Fire sermon, Jamie Quatro.
Maggie is entirely devoted to her husband Thomas, their two beautiful children, and to God. But then what begins as innocent letter writing with poet James starts to become something far more erotically charged, there meeting of minds threatening to become a meeting of bodies.
The unmapped country: stories and fragments, Ann Quin
This new collection of rare and unpublished writing by the cult 1960s author explores the risks and seductions of going over the edge. The stories cut an alternative path across innovative twentieth-century writing, bridging the world of Virginia Woolf and Anna Kavan with that of Kathy Acker and Chris Kraus.
The night child: a novel, Anna Quinn.
Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl's face appears above the students' desks and terror rushes through Nora's body. Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again.
Human trees, Matthew Revert.
Following news of a mysterious condition threatening to take their parents' lives, two brothers are thrust into one another's reluctant company. Within the disquieting absurdity of Kubler Hospital, time loses meaning and reason dissolves. As their wait continues and unattended patients die around them, the brothers are forced to confront the confusing abuse of their past.
The divorce papers: a novel: from the files of Sophie Diehl, Esq., Susan Rieger.
Twenty-nine-year-old Sophie Diehl is a criminal law associate at an old-line New England firm. Everyone at Traynor, Hand knows she abhors face-to-face contact, but with all the big partners away, Sophie must handle the intake interview for the daughter of the firm's most important client.
Before I let you go, Kelly Rimmer.
As children, Lexie and Annie were incredibly close. Bonded by the death of their beloved father, they weathered the storms of life together. When Lexie leaves home to follow her dream, Annie is forced to turn to her leather-bound journal as the only place she can confide her deepest secrets and fears.
Miss Julia inherits a mess, Ann B. Ross.
When Miss Julia hears that Miss Mattie Freeman has taken a fall and is in the hospital, she wishes she'd spent more time getting to know the woman–and not just because she's last to hear about the accident! So when the tumble proves fatal, the last thing Miss Julia expects is a phone call from Ernest Sitton, Attorney at Law.
Miss Julia weathers the storm, Ann B. Ross.
Miss Julia's sweet and generous husband, Sam, has decided to take a big group trip to the beach, inviting family and friends. While Miss Julia prepares for the big trip, her longtime friend LuAnne comes to her with a horrifying discovery her husband may be cheating on her.
Indelible: a novel, Adelia Saunders.
Magdalena has an unsettling gift. She sees the truth about people written on their skin; names, dates, details both banal and profound, and her only relief from the onslaught of information is to take off her glasses and let the world recede. Mercifully, her own skin is blank.
The book of chocolate saints, Jeet Thayil.
Francis Newton Xavier has lived a life of excess in pursuit of an uncompromising aesthetic vision. His paintings and poems, which embody a flamboyant and decadent jeu d'esprit, are to be celebrated at a final show, and party, in New Delhi. Approaching late middle-age, in a body ravaged by hard living, Xavier leaves Manhattan with his partner Goody Lol, and his journey to India becomes a delirious voyage into the past.
State of emergency: a novel, Jeremy Tiang.
A woman finds herself questioned for a conspiracy she did not take part in. A son flees to London to escape from a father, wracked by betrayal. A journalist seeks to uncover the truth of the place she once called home. A young wife leaves her husband and children behind to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya.
An unsuitable match, Joanna Trollope.
Rose Woodrowe is getting married to Tyler Masson; a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn't the first time for either of them, and their five grown-up children have strong opinions on the matter.
The refrigerator monologues, Catherynne M. Valente
Meet the Hell Hath Club. They're the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who's ever been "refrigerated": comic book women who are killed, raped, brainwashed, driven mad, disabled, or had their powers taken so that a male superhero's storyline will progress.
Call me Zebra, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi.
Zebra is the last in a line of anarchists, atheists, and autodidacts. When war came, her family didn't fight; they took refuge in books. Now alone and in exile, Zebra leaves New York for Barcelona, retracing the journey she and her father made from Iran to the United States years ago.
Anatomy of a scandal, Sarah Vaughan.
Sophie's husband James is a loving father, a handsome man, a charismatic and successful public figure. And yet he stands accused of a terrible crime. Sophie is convinced he is innocent and desperate to protect her precious family from the lies that threaten to rip them apart.
The Break, Katherena Vermette.
Stella, a young Metis mother, lives with her family by the Break, an isolated strip of land on the edge of their small Canadian town. Glancing out of her window one winter's evening Stella spots someone in trouble; horrified, she calls the police. But when they arrive, no one is there, scuff marks in the compacted snow the only sign anything may have happened.
Don't skip out on me: a novel, Willy Vlautin.
Horace Hopper has spent most of his life on a Nevada sheep ranch, but dreams of something bigger. Mr. and Mrs. Reese, the aging ranchers, took him in and treated him like a son, intending to leave the ranch in his hands. But Horace, ashamed not only of his half-Paiute, half-Irish heritage, but also of the fact his parents did not want him, feels as if he doesn't belong on the ranch, or anywhere.
The story of our lives, Helen Warner.
Four friends. Twenty years. One powerful secret. As history has moved on around them, they have seen each other through everything. But could a lie that spans just as long tear them apart?
The Courtyard, Marcia Willett.
Henry Morley can only wonder at the good fortune that has given him a vivacious wife and a beloved family home called Nethercombe. When he remodels a cluster of cottages known as the Courtyard, he is delighted to welcome a group of charming tenants. But soon disaster strikes, and everyone must come together to face the crises head on.
The shepherd's hut, Tim Winton.
Jaxie dreads going home. His mum's dead. The old man bashes him without mercy, and he wishes he was an orphan. But no one's ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful what he wishes for. In one terrible moment his life is stripped to little more than what he can carry and how he can keep himself alive.
Red clocks: a novel, Leni Zumas.
Abortion is illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. In a small Oregon fishing town Ro, a single high-school teacher, is trying to have a baby on her own. Mattie is the adopted daughter of doting parents and one of Ro's best students, who finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn.

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Scalped. Book one, Jason Aaron.
Mycroft Holmes. [1], Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Genius. Volume 2, Cartel, Marc Bernadin.
John Constantine, Hellblazer. [18], The gift, Mike Carey.
Michael Chabon's the Escapist: amazing adventures, Kyle Baker.
Harley Quinn. Vol. 1, Die laughing, Amanda Conner.
Harley Quinn. Vol. 3, Red meat, Amanda Conner.
The Baker Street Four. Vol. 4, J. B. Djian.
Kakegurui. 2, Homura Kawamoto.
Kakegurui. 4, Homura Kawamoto.
Dept. H. [3], Decompressed, Matt Kindt.
X-O Manowar. [Vol. 3], Emperor, Matt Kindt.
The walking dead. Volume 29, Lines we cross, Robert Kirkman.
In the pines: 5 murder ballads, Erik Kriek..
Overlord. 5, Kugane Maruyama.
Harley Quinn. Vol. 2, Joker loves Harley, Jimmy Palmiotti.
Harley Quinn. Vol. 4, Surprise, surprise, Jimmy Palmiotti.
Deadly class. Volume 1, Reagan youth, Rick Remender.
Deadly class. Volume 2, Kids of the black hole, Rick Remender.
Deadly class. Volume 3, The snake pit, Rick Remender.
Deadly class. Volume 4, Die for me, Rick Remender.
Deadly class. Volume 5, Carousel, Rick Remender.
Deadly class. Volume 6, This is not the end, Rick Remender.
Rashomon: a commissioner Heigo Kobayashi case, Victor Santos.
Thanos. Infinity abyss, Jim Starlin.
She-Hulk. [2], Let them eat cake, Mariko Tamaki.

HISTORICAL

The revolution of the moon, Andrea Camilleri.
From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, Anielo de Guzmán y Carafa, marquis of Castle Rodrigo, names his wife, Doña Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora de Moura is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail.
The coffin path, Katherine Clements.
Maybe you've heard tales about Scarcross Hall, the house on the old coffin path that winds from village to moor top. They say there's something up here, something evil. Mercy Booth isn't afraid. The moors and Scarcross are her home and lifeblood.
The pearler's wife, Roxane Dhand.
It is 1912, and Maisie Porter stands on the deck of the SS Oceanic as England fades from view. Her destination; Buccaneer Bay in Australia's far north-west. Her destiny; marriage to her cousin Maitland, a wealthy pearling magnate, and a man she has never met.
The toymakers, Robert Dinsdale.
Across the city, when children wake to see ferns of white stretched across their windows, or walk to school to hear ice crackling underfoot, the whispers begin: the Emporium is open! Christmas is coming, and the goose is getting fat. It is 1917, and London has spent years in the shadow of the First World War.
Sudden death, Alvaro Enrigue.
A brutal tennis match in Rome. Two formidable opponents: the wild Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and the loutish Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo. Galileo, Saint Matthew and Mary Magdalene heckle from the sidelines.
Rome's sacred flame, Robert Fabbri.
Vespasian has been made Governor of Africa. Nero, Rome's increasingly unpredictable Emperor, orders him to journey with his most trusted men to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 200 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom.
The mermaid and Mrs Hancock: a history in three volumes, Imogen Hermes Gowar.
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaid.
Only killers and thieves: a novel, Paul Howarth.
It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival.
The opal dragonfly: a tale of Sydney, Julian Leatherdale.
Miss Isobel Clara Macleod, youngest of the seven children of Major Sir Angus Hutton Macleod, Surveyor-General of the colony of New South Wales, had the singular misfortune to know that at seven o'clock that morning her father was going to die. September, 1851. Sydney, city of secrets and gossip. Seventeen-year-old Isobel Macleod is determined to save her father because she loves him.
The sealwoman's gift, Sally Magnusson.
In 1627 Barbary pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted some 400 of its people, including 250 from a tiny island off the mainland. Among the captives sold into slavery in Algiers were the island pastor, his wife and their three children. Although the raid itself is well documented, little is known about what happened to the women and children afterwards.
Beyond the rice fields, Naivo.
Fara and her father's slave, Tsito, have been close since her father bought the boy after his forest village was destroyed. Now in Sahasoa, amongst the cattle and rice fields, everything is new for Tsito, and Fara at last has a companion.
The traitor's wife: the woman behind Benedict Arnold and the plan to betray America: a novel, Allison Pataki.
Socialite Peggy Shippen is half Benedict Arnold's age when she seduces the war hero during his stint as military commander of Philadelphia. Blinded by his young bride's beauty and wit, Arnold does not realize that she harbors a secret: loyalty to the British. Nor does he know that she hides a past romance with the handsome British spy John André.
The wanderers, Tim Pears.
Leo is on a journey. Aged thirteen and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood, he travels through Devon, grazing on berries and sleeping in copses. Behind him lies the past, and before him the West Country, spread out like a tapestry.
The drowned court, Tracey Warr.
Henry I finally reigns over England, Normandy and Wales, but his rule is far from secure. He faces a series of treacherous assassination attempts, and rebellion in Normandy is scuppering his plans to secure a marriage for his son and heir. With the King torn between his kingdoms and Nest settled with her Norman husband, can she evade Henry's notice or will she fall under his control once more?

MYSTERY

The shadow killer, Arnaldur Indriðason.
Reykjavík, August 1941. When a travelling sales rep is found murdered in a Reykjavík flat, killed by a bullet from a Colt 45, the police initially suspect a member of the Allied occupation force. The British are in the process of handing over to the Americans and the streets of Reykjavík are crawling with servicemen whose relations with the local women are a major cause for concern.
Death of an honest man: a Hamish Macbeth murder mystery, M.C. Beaton.
Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan. "I speak as I find," he bragged. Voices saying, "I could kill that man," could be heard from Lochdubh to Cnothan. And someone did.
Consent, Leo Benedictus.
This book is an experiment. We're experimenting together. You are part of the experiment, if you'll agree to it. Normally I don't let my subjects choose to be subjects. If you know you're being watched, you cease to be you. But I want you to read this.
The undertaker's daughter, Sara Blaedel.
Already widowed by the age of forty, Ilka Nichols Jensen, a school portrait photographer, leads a modest, regimented, and uneventful life in Copenhagen. Until unexpected news rocks her quiet existence: Her father, who walked out suddenly and inexplicably on the family more than three decades ago, has died. And he's left her something in his will: his funeral home.
The grave's a fine and private place: a Flavia de Luce novel, Alan Bradley.
In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic.
The last good place, Robin Burcell.
Sgt. Al Krug and his younger, college-educated partner Casey Kellog are investigating a string of strangulation killings when another victim is found at the Presidio but a surprising, violent incident at the crime scene makes them wonder if everything is what it seems.
Gallery of the dead, Chris Carter.
'Thirty-seven years in the force, and if I was allowed to choose just one thing to erase from my mind, what's inside that room would be it.' That's what a LAPD Lieutenant tells Detectives Hunter and Garcia of the Ultra Violent Crimes Unit as they arrive at one of the most shocking crime scenes they have ever attended.
Thirteen, Steve Cavanagh.
They were Hollywood's hottest power couple. They had the world at their feet. Now one of them is dead and Hollywood star Robert Solomon is charged with the brutal murder of his beautiful wife.
The memory chamber, Holly Cave.
An afterlife of your own design, what could go wrong? You are going to die. You can preserve a handful of special memories for ever. Which ones would you choose? True death is a thing of the past. Now you can spend the rest of eternity re-living your happiest memories: that first kiss, falling in love, the birth of your children, enjoyed on loop for ever and ever.
Life of crime, Kimberley Chambers.
Dragged up on a council estate, Jason Rampling was determined to change his lot. Jason's a chancer, shameless with his good looks and his gift for earning a few quid. Life is easy when the money rolls in.
The devil's cup: a Hawkenlye mystery, Alys Clare.
Sir Josse d'Aquin is summoned to assist the beleaguered King John in the 17th–and final–Hawkenlye mystery. September, 1216. A foreign army has invaded England. The country is divided. Some support the rebel barons and Prince Louis of France; others remain loyal to the king.
A murder to die for, Stevyn Colgan.
When hordes of people descend on the picturesque village of Nasely for the annual celebration of its most famous resident, murder mystery writer Agnes Crabbe, events take a dark turn as the festival opens with a shocking death.
The merry misogynist, Colin Cotterill.
When the corpse of a rural beauty turns up in Dr. Siri's morgue, his curiosity is piqued. The victim was tied to a tree and strangled, but she had not, as the doctor had expected, been raped. On a trip to the hinterlands, Siri learns that many women have been killed this way, and he soon discovers that not only pretty maidens are at risk.
Mystery in the channel, Freeman Wills Crofts.
The Chichester is making a routine journey across the English Channel on a pleasant afternoon in June, when the steamer's crew notice something strange. A yacht, bobbing about in the water ahead of them, appears to have been abandoned, and there is a dark red stain on the deck. Two bodies later, with no sign of a gun, there certainly is a mystery in the channel.
The Collector, Fiona Cummins.
Jakey escaped with his life and moved to a new town. His rescue was a miracle but his parents know that the Collector is still out there, watching, waiting. Clara, the girl he left behind, is clinging to the hope that someone will come and save her.
The extremist, Nadia Dalbuono.
On a hot summer's morning in Rome, three public places; a McDonald's, a preschool, and a cafe, come under siege from a group of terrorists who appear to be Islamic extremists. When word comes through that the terrorists will only negotiate with Detective Leone Scamarcio, no one is more surprised than Scamarcio himself.
The missing masterpiece: a Dorothy Martin mystery, Jeanne M. Dams.
When Dorothy Martin goes to France she worries about her ability to get along in a language she barely speaks, and in a country she hasn't seen for over fifty years. But by the time Alan joins her a week later, Dorothy has found herself embroiled in one mystery after another.
The cat of the Baskervilles: a Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery, Vicki Delany.
Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker Street, owner Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He is long past his prime and an old drunk to boot.
The mechanical devil, Kate Ellis.
When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a long-buried mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined to discover the truth behind the bizarre find. Soon, however, the village becomes the focus of press attention when two people are found shot dead in nearby Manor Field.
The bad daughter: a novel, Joy Fielding.
A hostile relationship with her sister and a complicated past with her father's second wife have kept Robin estranged from her family for many years. But when her father's new family is attacked in their house, with her father, his wife, and young daughter in critical condition in the hospital, she returns home to await their fate and hopefully mend fences.
The woman in the window, A.J. Finn.
Anna Fox lives alone a recluse in her New York City home, drinking too much wine, watching old movies and spying on her neighbours. Then the Russells move next door: a father, a mother, their teenaged son. But when Anna sees something she shouldn't, her world begins to crumble and its shocking secrets are laid bare.
Fall, Candice Fox.
If Detective Frank Bennett tries hard enough, he can sometimes forget that Eden Archer, his partner in the Homicide Department, is also a moonlighting serial killer. Thankfully their latest case is proving a good distraction. Someone is angry at Sydney's beautiful people, and the results are anything but pretty.
The punishment she deserves, Elizabeth George.
When a Member of Parliament shows up at New Scotland Yard requesting an investigation into the suicide of the son of one of his constituents in the beautiful town of Ludlow, the Assistant Commissioner sees two opportunities in this request: the first is to have an MP owing him a favour, and the second is to get rid of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, whose career at the Met has been hanging by a thread for quite some time.
The dark angel, Elly Griffiths.
Dr Ruth Galloway is flattered when she receives a letter from Italian archaeologist Dr Angelo Morelli, asking for her help. He's discovered a group of bones in a tiny hilltop village near Rome but doesn't know what to make of them. It's years since Ruth has had a holiday, and even a working holiday to Italy is very welcome!
A death in Live Oak: a Jack Swyteck novel, James Grippando.
When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the preeminent black fraternity at Florida's flagship university, is discovered hogtied in the stygian swamps of the Suwanee River, his death sets off a firestorm. And when a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime, the fire threatens to rage out of control.
Drinking gourd: a Benjamin January novel, Barbara Hambly.
Benjamin January is called up to Vicksburg, deep in cotton-plantation country, to help a wounded 'conductor' of the Underground Railroad the secret network of safe-houses that guide escaping slaves to freedom. When the chief 'conductor' of the 'station' is found murdered, Jubal Cain the coordinator of the whole Railroad system in Mississippi is accused of the crime.
Murder in July: a Benjamin January novel, Barbara Hambly.
When British spymaster Sir John Oldmixton offers Benjamin January a hundred dollars to find the murderer of an Englishman whose body has been found floating in the New Basin Canal, Benjamin turns him down immediately.
An unjust judge: a Burren mystery, Cora Harrison.
It was a macabre ending for an unjust judge: his throat slit by a sharp knife; his body stuffed into a lobster pot and left beneath a powerful jet of water shooting up through the cliffs from the turbulent Atlantic. When Mara, Brehon of the nearby kingdom of the Burren, comes to investigate, she knows that her first suspects have to be the five young men who had received such savage sentences for minor crimes.
A whisper of bones, Ellen Hart.
Britt Ickles doesn't remember much from her only visit to her mother's childhood home when she was a kid, except for playing with her cousin Timmy and the eruption of a sudden family feud. That's why, when she drops by unannounced after years of silence, she's shocked when her aunts tell her Timmy never existed, that she must be confusing him with someone else.
The hush, John Hart.
It's been ten years since the events that changed Johnny Merrimon's life and rocked his hometown to the core. Since then, Johnny has fought to maintain his privacy, but books have been written of his exploits; the fascination remains. Living alone on six thousand acres of once-sacred land, Johnny's only connection to normal life is his old friend, Jack.
The squirrel on the train, Kevin Hearne.
Oberon the Irish wolfhound is off to Portland to smell all the things with canine companions wolfhound Orlaith and Boston terrier Starbuck, and, of course, his human, ancient Druid Atticus O'Sullivan. The first complication is an unmistakable sign of sinister agendas afoot: a squirrel atop the train. But an even more ominous situation is in store when the trio plus Atticus stumble across a murder upon arrival at the station.
Lock 13: a Chris Honeysett mystery, Peter Helton.
Henry Blinkhorn drowned when his boat capsized in the Severn estuary. So how come his photograph appears to show him happily fishing in The Angler six years later?
The wife between us, Greer Hendricks.
When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous wife and her obsession with her replacement. You will assume you are reading about a woman about to enter a new marriage with the man she loves. Assume nothing.
The woman left behind, Linda Howard.
Levi Butcher is singularly devoted to his work. As team leader for the GO-Team, his unwavering focus is on the mission. Levi knows all too well that one minor distraction can hold deadly consequences.
Killer choice, Tom Hunt.
To save the one you love, is there any price you wouldn't pay? His wife is sick. He needs $200,000 to save her. A mysterious man offers to give him the money with just one catch: He has to murder someone to get it.
Claws for concern, Miranda James.
Charlie Harris is busy enjoying his new grandson when a mysterious man with a connection to Charlie's family starts visiting the library, bringing with him troubling questions about an unsolved murder.
The dime, Kathleen Kent.
Dallas, Texas is not for the faint of heart. Good thing for Betty Rhyzyk she's from a family of take-no-prisoners Brooklyn police detectives. But her Big Apple wisdom will only get her so far when she relocates to The Big D, where Mexican drug cartels and cult leaders, deadbeat skells and society wives all battle for sunbaked turf.
The language of secrets, Ausma Zehanat Khan.
Detective Esa Khattak heads up Canada's Community Policing Section, which handles minority-sensitive cases across all levels of law enforcement. Khattak is still under scrutiny for his last case, so he's surprised when INSET, Canada's federal intelligence agency, calls him in on another potentially hot button issue.
The girl in the woods, Camilla Lackberg.
When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods just outside Fjällbacka, the community is horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing from the exact same spot, and was later discovered, murdered.
Poison: a novel, John Lescroart.
Dismas Hardy is looking forward to cutting back his work hours and easing into retirement after recovering from two gunshot wounds. He is determined to spend more time with his family and even reconnect with his distant son, Vincent. But Dismas just can't stay away from the courtroom for long and soon he is pulled into an intense family drama with fatal consequences.
Bury the past: a Detective Penley mystery, James L'Etoile.
Sacramento Police Detectives John Penley and Paula Newberry are enlisted to investigate a case involving the trafficking of stolen street drugs. But they quickly find it's more difficult than they first imagined when the crime is being committed by a group of corrupt cops undermining the system.
Dark chapter, Winnie M. Li.
Vivian is a cosmopolitan Taiwanese-American tourist who often escapes her busy life in London through adventure and travel. Johnny is a fifteen year old Irish teenager, growing up in a family where crime is customary, violence is necessary, and everything and anyone is yours for the taking. Their paths collide one afternoon in West Belfast, culminating in a horrific act of violence.
The innocent wife, Amy Lloyd.
Twenty years ago, Dennis Danson was arrested and imprisoned for the brutal murder of a young girl in Florida's Red River County. Now he's the subject of a true-crime documentary that's whipping up a frenzy online to uncover the truth and free a man who has been wrongly convicted.
The third victim, Phillip Margolin.
A woman stumbles onto a road; she tells a horrific tale of being tortured, battered, and bound. She's the lucky one two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead. Evidence found at the scene, Alex Mason's summer home, is damning.
White bones, Graham Masterton.
One wet November morning, a field on Meagher's Farm gives up the dismembered bones of 11 women. In this part of Ireland, unmarked graves are common, but these bones date to 1915, long before the Troubles. What's more, these bones bear the marks of a meticulous executioner.
The long deception: a novel, Mary McCluskey.
Instead of streaking her hair purple, dreaming of becoming an artist, and sneaking cigarettes in her friend Sophie's basement, Alison has a career in advertising in Los Angeles, and attends black-tie dinners with her executive husband. She fears that she is fast becoming the type of person she once despised. When Alison receives the news that Sophie has died of a drug overdose, leaving behind a slew of unanswered questions, she must go back home.
Flesh and blood, Nigel McCrery.
Josie could see a faint light seeping down from the top of the stairs. She rang the bell again and knocked sharply. Still nothing. 'Brenda, it's me! Josie Dall-'. Her last word was cut-off and muffled as a hand from behind clamped a piece of cloth hard over her mouth.
The rúin, Dervla McTiernan.
Young Garda Cormac Reilly is called to a scene he will never forget. Two silent, neglected children - fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack - are waiting for him at a crumbling country house. Upstairs, their mother lies dead.
Name of the dog, Élmer Mendoza.
It's Christmas in Culiacan and Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta can't believe his luck. An old flame has returned with a teenage son he knew nothing about. Happiness seems to finally beckon for our careworn hero. The only snag is that Jason Mendieta wants to follow in his father's footsteps-even as Mexico's drug war descends a slippery slope toward chaos.
Holy ceremony, Harri Nykänen.
A woman's body scrawled with religious texts is found in a Helsinki apartment. Jewish homicide inspector Ariel Kafka investigates. What begins as an investigation of Christian religious lunatics shifts into a hunt for a perpetrator who is more damaged than dangerous, the victim of institutionally countenanced pedophilia at a boarding school.
The gathering dark, James Oswald.
A truck driver loses control in central Edinburgh, ploughing into a crowded bus stop and spilling his vehicle's toxic load. The consequences are devastating. DI Tony McLean witnesses the carnage. Taking control of the investigation, he soon realises there is much that is deeply amiss and everyone involved seems to have something to hide.
The other side of everything: a novel, Lauren Doyle Owens.
Bernard White is a curmudgeonly widower who has lived in Seven Springs, Florida for decades and has kept to himself since his wife passed. When his neighbor is murdered, he emerges from his solitude to reconnect with his fellow octogenarians.
Like lions, Brian Panowich.
Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and last surviving member of the brutal and blood-steeped Burroughs clan. It's been a year since a rogue government agent systematically crippled the family's criminal empire, leaving two of his brothers dead and Clayton broken and haunted by wounds that may never heal.
Closer than you know: a novel, Brad Parks.
Disaster, Melanie Barrick was once told, is always closer than you know. It was a lesson she learned the hard way growing up in the constant upheaval of foster care. But now that she's survived into adulthood with a loving husband, a steady job, and a beautiful baby boy named Alex she thought that turmoil was behind her. Until one Tuesday evening when she goes to pick up Alex from childcare only to discover he's been removed by Social Services.
17th suspect, James Patterson.
A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a methodical yet unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant's tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department itself.
The bomb maker, Thomas Perry.
A threat is called into the LAPD Bomb Squad, a team dispatched to a house whose owner is away, and a bomb disguised inside photography equipment exploded in the kitchen. But it is a second bomb hidden in the basement that has devastating consequences half of the entire Bomb Squad is obliterated within seconds.
Hell Bay, Kate Rhodes.
DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance. After ten years working for the murder squad in London, a traumatic event has left him grief-stricken. He's tried to resign from his job, but his boss has persuaded him to take three months to reconsider.
The burial society: a novel, Nina Sadowsky.
Catherine, no last name, doesn't bury the dead. She rescues the living; from intolerable, abusive, dangerous lives. Her darknet-based witness protection program, the Burial Society, is the last hope for people who desperately need to disappear.
Everywhere that Mary went: a Rosato & Associates novel, Lisa Scottoline.
Mary DiNunzio has been slaving away for the past eight years trying to make partner in her cutthroat Philadelphia law firm. She's too busy to worry about the crank phone calls she's been getting, until they fall into a sinister pattern. The phone rings as soon as she gets to work, then as soon as she gets home.
Legal tender: a Rosato & Associates novel, Lisa Scottoline.
Benedetta "Bennie" Rosato is a maverick lawyer who prosecutes police misconduct and excessive-force cases, and business at her firm has never been better. Then, without warning, a savage murder tears the firm apart. All evidence points to Bennie, who has motive aplenty and an unconfirmable alibi.
Mistaken identity, Lisa Scottoline.
When a new client who's been accused of murder; and who bears an astonishing resemblance to Bennie Rosato, asks the crusading criminal defense attorney to take her case, Bennie finds herself entangled in a sticky web of murder, corruption, and violence that threatens to reveal the shocking truth about her own past.
Tips for living: a novel of suspense, Renée Shafransky.
On the day Nora discovered that her husband, Hugh, had gotten another woman pregnant, she made a vow: I will come back to life no matter how long it takes. It's taken Nora three years.
Fallow, Daniel Shand.
Paul and Mikey are on the run, apparently from the press surrounding their house after Mikey's release from prison. His crime; child murder, committed when he was a boy. As they travel, they move from one disturbing scenario to the next, eventually involving themselves with a bizarre religious cult.
Little secrets, Anna Snoekstra.
An arsonist is on the loose in Colmstock, Australia, most recently burning down the town's courthouse and killing a young boy who was trapped inside. The clock is ticking for Rose Blakey. With nothing but rejections from newspapers piling up, her job pulling beers for cops at the local tavern isn't nearly enough to cover rent. Rose needs a story, a big one.
The confession, Jo Spain.
Late one night a man walks into the luxurious home of disgraced banker Harry McNamara and his wife Julie. The man launches an unspeakably brutal attack on Harry as a horror- struck Julie watches, frozen by fear. Just an hour later the attacker, JP Carney, has handed himself in to the police.
Fallen five, Erica Spindler.
Detectives Micki Dare and Zach Harris are called in to investigate when a millionaire developer leaps from atop his luxury hotel on the night of its grand opening. After Micki receives a mysterious package from her long-dead mentor, and Zach suspects something supernatural is working against them, they realize this is no ordinary case.
Tales: short stories featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford, Charles Todd.
Now published together for the first time: Charles Todd's absorbing short stories:'The Kidnapping,' 'The Girl on the Beach,' 'Cold Comfort,' and 'The Maharani's Pearls', featuring everyone's favorite Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge and intrepid battlefield nurse Bess Crawford.
The seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton.
'Somebody's going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won't appear to be a murder and so the murderer won't be caught. Rectify that injustice and I'll show you the way out.' It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed.
Unbound, Stuart Woods.
Former CIA operative Teddy Fay now a successful Hollywood film producer known as Billy Barnett loses his beloved wife to a drunk driver, the wife of a powerful man who was able to shield her from punishment. Taking a leave of absence to grieve, Teddy lands in Santa Fe in the company of his friends Stone Barrington and Ed Eagle.

New Zealand Fiction

Keep your head up, my girl, Suzanne Clark.
In 1910 Peggy's mother earns a living in Nelson by sewing and prostitution. Peggy's father, a gold prospector, drowns in the Buller River and her mother dies soon after giving birth to Billy. To prevent her brother's placement in an orphanage, thirteen-year-old Peggy seizes the newborn baby and flees on horseback into the night.
Tāne's war, Brendaniel Weir.
For a Māori boy, early 1890s Auckland can be a harsh place. Tāne flees his home, the law and family shame, taking a merchant ship to London. But he cannot escape the war sweeping Europe, and after enlisting in the army, he develops a relationship with another soldier that must stay hidden.

ROMANCE

Falling for his convenient queen, Therese Beharrie.
King Zacchaeus's plan to marry Princess Nalini is purely to secure an alliance between their kingdoms, but his bride has an ulterior motive! Nalini has no intention of settling for anything less than love, and she'll enjoy every second of challenging this reluctant King to open his heart.
Dancing with destiny, Stacey Broadbent.
"Another year, another clash at the Nationals. Ricki and Maddi have teamed up with some friends to compete this year, only this time Ricki has some secrets up his sleeves. The only problem is, he's not very good at keeping things from Maddi.
Never judge a book, Stacey Broadbent.
Jess: When I pictured my future, I never imagined I would be pregnant and on my own, but this is my reality. I had my baby to think about, and being with a lying, cheating man-child suddenly didn't hold as much appeal. Turning back to the one thing that has always grounded me, I immersed myself in books; the local library, my playground. That's where I met him.
Rich rancher's redemption, Maureen Child.
When Jesse Navarro meets single mom Jillian Norris, she makes him feel everything. But he's carrying the guilt of a past tragedy and knows he can't take her for his own. Still, denying their sizzling attraction and ignoring Jillian, vulnerable and dedicated to her little girl, isn't an option.
Redemption of a ruthless billionaire, Lucy Ellis.
Nik's not a Voronov by blood, but he's ferociously protective of his adoptive family. So when he believes single mother Sybella Parminter is taking advantage of his grandfather he ruthlessly strips her of her job!
Falling for his best friend, Emily Forbes.
When nurse Kitty Nelson becomes a surrogate for her sister, her best friend paramedic Joe Harkness is right there for her. But as Kitty's pregnancy blossoms Joe begins to see her in a very different light!
Paper, scissors, rock, Nicole S. Goodin.
Do you want a date with a rock star? "This is Shelly Corbett, reporting to you live for HDN news, I'm outside 'The Jett' nightclub where we have reports coming in left, right and centre that serial womaniser, 'the world's gift to music' - Parker Sloan, has set his sights on a mystery redhead.
The secret Valtinos baby, Lynne Graham.
Personal assistant Merry Armstrong couldn't resist Angel Valtinos's sensual charisma. The Greek awakened her with his touch and left her pregnant! When Angel discovers his heir, duty compels him to act.
The one night stand: a Players novel, Elizabeth Hayley.
Gabriel Torres thought his life after Major League Baseball would be simple and quiet, or at least quieter. However, as he takes over running the exclusive Players Club, he finds himself continually embroiled in scandal and drama.
Shock heir for the crown prince, Kelly Hunter.
Prince Casimir of Byzenmaach can't shake the memory of Anastasia Douglas. With her, he forgot his royal duties in a moment of wild abandon. Seven years later he must wed, but in seeking out the unforgettable Anastasia he discovers a secret: she had his daughter!
The Greek's ultimate conquest, Kim Lawrence.
Reeling from his best friend's death, Greek shipping magnate Nik Latsis found oblivion in the arms of a stunning stranger. Since then, her innocence has haunted his dreams. And now Nik knows only another taste will rid him of his burning desire.
If only it were true: a novel, Marc Levy.
What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet, particularly when she's surprised that you can even see her, and she can disappear and reappear at whim? What if she then tells you that her body is actually in a coma on the other side of town? Should you have her see a psychiatrist or should you consult one yourself?
Claiming his nine-month consequence, Jennie Lucas.
It's the last thing he wanted, but Greek billionaire Ares Kourakis is going to be a father. He'll do his duty and keep pregnant Ruby by his side; he'll even marry her.
A surgeon to heal her heart, Janice Lynn.
With two jobs, a sick mum and a broken heart, nurse Carly Evans has no time for romance. Until gorgeous surgeon Stone Parker gets right under her skin and gives her a glimpse of a new life.
The Spanish millionaire's runaway bride, Susan Meier.
When heiress Morgan Monroe realises that nothing about her wedding is her own choice, including the groom!, she runs. But her father's associate Spanish millionaire Riccardo Ochoa is hot on her heels, under orders to bring her home!
Reunited with her Parisian surgeon, Annie O'Neil.
Brooding surgeon Dr Raphael Boucher finds his way to Sydney and the one woman he has never been able to forget. As they work together, it's clear that Maggie Louis is the only person who can make him feel alive again.
Bought with the Italian's ring, Tara Pammi.
CEO Raphael Mastrantino has absolute power, until a shock heir to his billion-dollar empire emerges! He initiates a calculated seduction to rob Pia Vito of her inheritance, and inescapable hunger soon engulfs them.
The doctor's wife for keeps, Alison Roberts.
Seeing paediatrician Kate Saunders again, Luke can feel the chemistry that still sizzles between them. But, bruised from his failed marriage, he doesn't believe in happy-ever-afters any more.
Twin surprise for the Italian doc, Alison Roberts.
Paramedic Georgia Bennett has never forgotten the night with no strings she shared with delectable Matteo, but she never expected that it wouuld lead to the most surprising of consequences.
For the sake of his heir, Joanne Rock.
Gabe McNeill is done being manipulated. By everyone from his ex-wife who abandoned him and their baby to the grandfather forcing him to remarry. Now the only way Gabe can ensure his son's inheritance is if Brianne Hanson agrees to be his bride.
Stranded with her Greek tycoon, Kandy Shepherd.
After the demise of her marriage, Hayley fled to nurse her broken heart. Now she's back, to ask her husband Cristos Theofanis for a divorce - but he has other ideas!
Reunited with her Italian billionaire, Nina Singh.
Brianna's marriage to Italian tycoon Marco Dirici was for the sake of their unexpected baby. But Brianna needs the one thing she's realised Marco can never give her; love. Fleeing to New York with her young son, Brianna tries to forget the magic of her husband's touch.
A bride at his bidding, Michelle Smart.
Billionaire Andreas Samaras is nobody's fool. And his beautiful new employee Carrie Rivers, an undercover journalist, is playing a dangerous game. He'll keep her at his command until he can expose her deception.
A proposal to secure his vengeance, Kate Walker.
Imogen O'Sullivan is horrified when charismatic tycoon Raoul breaks up her engagement and makes her his own convenient bride!
Tailor-made, Yolanda Wallace.
Before Grace Henderson began working as a tailor in her father's bespoke suit shop in Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn, she established a hard and fast rule about not dating clients. The edict is an easy one for her to follow, considering the overwhelming majority of the shop's clients are men. But when Dakota Lane contacts her to commission a suit to wear to her sister's wedding, Grace finds herself tempted to throw all the rules out the window.
From bachelor to daddy, Meredith Webber.
Paramedic Marty Graham doesn't do commitment; he knows all too well how damaging family life can be. But single mum Dr Emma Crawford is different, and she's looking for a dad for her adorable twin boys.

SAGA

The silver music box, Mina Baites.
For Paul, with love. Jewish silversmith Johann Blumenthal engraved those words on his most exquisite creation, a singing filigree bird inside a tiny ornamented box. He crafted this treasure for his young son before leaving to fight in a terrible war to honour his beloved country; a country that would soon turn against his own family. A half century later, Londoner Lilian Morrison inherits the box after the death of her parents.
Ambulance girls under fire, Deborah Burrows.
Celia Ashton has driven ambulances throughout the Blitz for the Bloomsbury Auxiliary Ambulance Depot. Cool under fire, she revels in her exciting and extremely dangerous job. When her husband, a known Nazi supporter, is released from prison, Celia refuses to return to her unhappy marriage. Instead she joins forces with Simon Levy, a man who appears to despise her, to help a young Jewish orphan.
Lizzie's secret, Rosie Clarke.
Lizzie Larch is a twenty-year-old hatmaker in London's East End. She is happy and popular, but she carries a secret. Seven years ago she was viciously attacked, and recovered in a private sanatorium where she miscarried a child. Lizzie has no memory of the night of the attack, but secrets cannot stay secret for too long.
High country hero, Holly Ford.
Having brokered a fragile peace with his demons at last, ex-Afghan War pilot Mitch Stuart isn't in the market for redemption. But when he steps outside his comfort zone to help a stranger in a country pub, he inadvertently opens the door to the ghosts of a woman and a white dog he thought he'd left behind him long ago.
A mother's grace, Rosie Goodwin.
Pious young Grace Kettle escapes the world of her unsavoury and bullying father to train to be a nun. But when she meets the dashing and devout Father Luke her world is turned upside down. Her faith is tested and she is driven to make a scandalous and life-changing choice; one she may well spend the rest of her days seeking forgiveness for.
Hidden lives, Judith Lennox.
Following her grandmother's death, Rose Martineau inherits The Egg, an extraordinary house nestling in the Sussex countryside. She discovers that the mysterious house originally belonged to her grandmother's younger sister, Sadie, who Rose never knew existed. In her search to uncover why the sisters grew apart, Rose is drawn back into the glamorous and decadent world of the 1930s.
The passengers, Eleanor Limprecht.
A war bride and her granddaughter are on a cruise from San Diego, California to Sydney, Australia. The grandmother, Sarah, was born in Australia and has not returned since she left in 1946, after she married an American serviceman during World War II and travelled to the US after the war on the 'Bride Ship' the USS Mariposa to start life with her new husband.
Sisters of gold, Annie Murray.
Sisters Margaret and Annie lost their mother years ago; they long for her every day. Their frightfully protective father keeps the girls close, but he can't protect them forever. When a scandal rocks the family, the girls are forced to leave their home.
The masterpiece, Francine Rivers.
A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want; money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman's past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view.

SCIENCE FICTION

Robots vs fairies, Dominik Parisien.
It's the ultimate death match between the mechanical and the magical! When the lasers cease firing and the fairy dust settles, who will triumph in these epic battles between the artificial and the supernatural? Choose a side.
Spring tide, Chris Beckett.
From stories about first love, to a man who discovers a labyrinth beneath his house, to an angel left alone at the end of the universe, Beckett displays both incredible range and extraordinary subtlety as a writer. Every story is a world unto itself; each one beautifully realised and brilliantly imagined.
Immortal life: (a soon to be true story), Stanley Bing.
Immortal life. A fantasy. An impossible dream. For now, maybe. But as we speak the moguls of Big Tech are pouring their mountain of wealth into finding a cure for death. Don't tell them they won't succeed.
Iron Gold, Pierce Brown.
Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and are closer than ever to abolishing the color-coded caste system of Society for good. But new foes will emerge from the shadows to threaten the imperfect victory Darrow and his friends have earned.
Scales of empire, Kylie Chan.
Corporal Jian Choumali on the mission of a lifetime; security officer on one of Earth's huge generation ships, fleeing Earth's failing ecosystem to colonise a distant planet. The ship encounters a technologically and culturally advanced alien empire, led by a royal family of dragons.
Emergence: a Foreigner novel, C.J. Cherryh.
Alpha Station, orbiting the world of the alien Atevi , has taken aboard five thousand human refugees from a destroyed station in a distant sector of space. With supplies and housing stretched to the breaking point, it is clear that the refugees must be relocated down to the planet, and soon.
Star's end, Cassandra Rose Clarke.
The Corominas family own a small planet system which consists of one gaseous planet and four terraformed moons, nicknamed the Four Sisters. Phillip Coromina, earned his riches though a company he started as a young man, which began as a terraforming and mining business and then later expanded into weapons manufacture, namely the production of genetically engineered soldiers, which are sold to the various mercenary groups available for hire across the galaxy.
You should come with me now: stories of ghosts, M. John Harrison.
From gelatinous aliens taking over the world's financial capitals, to the middle-aged man escaping the pressures of fatherhood by going missing in his own house, these are weird stories for weird times.
The punch escrow, Tal M. Klein.
It's the year 2147. Joel Byram spends his days training artificial-intelligence engines to act more human and trying to salvage his deteriorating marriage. He's pretty much an everyday twenty-second century guy with everyday problems, until he's accidentally duplicated while teleporting.
Into the fire, Elizabeth Moon.
When Admiral Kylara Vatta and a ship full of strangers were marooned on an inhospitable arctic island, they uncovered secrets that someone on Ky's planet was ready to kill to keep hidden. Now, the existence of the mysterious arctic base has been revealed, but the organisation behind it still lurks in the shadows, doing all it can to silence her.
The gone world, Tom Sweterlitsch.
Shannon Moss is part of a clandestine division within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In Pennsylvania she is assigned to solve the murder of a Navy SEAL's family and locate his vanished teenage daughter. The SEAL was an astronaut aboard the spaceship U.S.S. Libra– a ship assumed lost to the currents of Deep Time.
Breathe, Douglas A. Van Belle.
Zoey is an ambitious young botanist and it looks like joining the founding crew of the first human colony beyond the asteroid belt is going to pay off, until Karl's insane little scheme to win her affections backfires spectacularly. Not only does he accidentally expose her affair with the base commander, he has unleashed a chain of events that leads to the catastrophic failure of the station.
A call to vengeance: a novel of the Honorverse, David Weber.
After the disastrous attack on the Manticoran home system by unknown forces, the Royal Manticoran Navy stands on the brink of collapse. A shadowy enemy seek to conquer the Star Kingdom from without while from within, forces from Manticore's own government seek to discredit and weaken the Navy for their own political gain.