Recreation

New Titles Fiction August 2019 (arrived in July)

ADVENTURE

One good deed, David Baldacci.
In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he's wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer. After his wartime experiences in Italy and a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Archer is looking for a fresh start and a peaceful life.
The exiled, David Barbaree.
A.D. 79. Parthia is gripped by civil war. One king vying for the throne, desperate for help, welcomes an alliance from an unlikely source: a man claiming to be Nero, the dethroned Roman emperor.
Game or gambit, Graham Boxall.
Years after his grandfather's MI6 foray into Eastern Europe, twenty-something British researcher George Fairbrother takes up the offer of an expenses-paid South American holiday to search for a long-lost Nazi flag. He meets an alluring German woman and their adventures test their budding relationship.
Collusion: a novel, Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley.
Valerie Mayberry is the FBI's counterintelligence expert on domestic terrorism. Brett Garrett is a dishonorably discharged ex-Navy SEAL, now a gun for hire, working as a security contractor in Eastern Europe. When a high ranking Kremlin official must be smuggled out of Russia, Mayberry and Garrett are thrown together to exfiltrate him and preempt a deadly poisonous strike.
Brigantia, Adrian Goldsworthy.
Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. Now he's been summoned to Londinium by the governor, but before he sets out an imperial freedman is found brutally murdered in a latrine at Vindolanda fort and Ferox must find the killer.
Red metal, Mark Greaney
A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three Rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control for generations over the world's hi-tech sector.
Joe country, Mick Herron.
In Slough House memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process.
The Ottoman secret, Raymond Khoury.
As a respected special investigator for the state police, Kamal Agha is committed to keeping the empire safe from threats inside and out. But these are dangerous times. Under the sultan's autocratic regime, no one is beyond suspicion.
Deep past, Eugene Linden.
If nature could invent intelligence of our scale in a blink of geologic time, who's to say it hasn't been done before. A routine dig in Kazakhstan takes a radical turn for thirty-two-year- old anthropologist Claire Knowland when a stranger turns up at the site with a bizarre find from a remote section of the desolate Kazakh Steppe.
Angel in the shadows, Walter Lucius
After investigating what appeared to be a simple hit-and-run, journalist Farah Hafez became caught up in a web of crime and corruption that led to her kidnap. Detained in Russia, she was forced to pledge her allegiance to a terrorist group on camera. Now sought by international security and members of the criminal class alike, Farah flees to Jakarta to continue her investigation while her friends and allies attempt to clear her name from across the globe.
Tom Clancy Enemy contact, Mike Maden.
Jack Ryan, Jr's race to stop an international criminal conspiracy is intertwined with the fate of an old friend. The CIA's deepest secrets are being given away for a larger agenda that will undermine the entire Western intelligence community. Director of National Intelligence Mary Pat Foley wants it stopped but doesn't know who, how or why.

FANTASY

The October man, Ben Aaronovitch.
Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth.
The soul of power, Callie Bates.
Sophy Dunbarron has always felt like an imposter. Separated from her birth mother, raised by parents mourning the loss of their true daughter and unacknowledged by her absent father, Sophy only desires one thing: a place and family to call her own.
Beneath the twisted trees, Bradley P. Beaulieu.
Ceda was an elite warrior in service to the kings of Sharakhai. She has been an assassin in dark places. A weapon poised to strike from the shadows. A voice from the darkness, striving to free her people. No longer. Now she's going to lead. The age of the Kings is coming to an end.
The spider, Leo Carew.
Roper, the Black Lord of the northern people, may have vanquished the Suthern army at the Battle of Harstathur. But the greatest threat to his people lies in the hands of more shadowy forces.
The ice house, Tim Clare.
War doesn't end. It sleeps. Delphine Venner is an old woman now. She is old, but she remembers everything. She remembers what it is to be a child of war, she remembers fighting for her life and she remembers what the terrifying creatures from another world took from her all those years ago.
Magic for liars, Sarah Gailey.
Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life: her almost-sustainable career as a private investigator, an empty apartment, and a slight drinking problem. She doesn't wish she was like her estranged twin sister, magically gifted professor Tabitha. But when she's hired to investigate the gruesome murder of a faculty member at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages, Ivy begins to call into question everything she has ever believed.
Night fall, Simon R. Green.
The Droods are all about control, making people do what they're told for a greater good. The Nightside is all about choice: good and bad and everything in between. The Droods want to make the world behave; the Nightside wants to party. They were never going to get along.
Perfunctory affection, Kim Harrison.
Meg wants a normal life. Her new artistic style, born in the depression of her mother's death, is poised to take the art world by storm, if she could just overcome the debilitating anxiety caused by the car accident that scarred her boyfriend, Austin. Encouraged by her therapist, Meg pushes outside her comfort zone to befriend Haley, a guest instructor at the university where Meg teaches.
Holy Sister, Mark Lawrence.
The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor's armies are in retreat. Nona faces the final challenges that must be overcome if she is to become a full sister in the order of her choice.
Knight of stars, Tom Lloyd.
Lynx, Toil and the rest of the Mercenary Deck have a new mission on the Mage Isles, an archipelago filled with wild magic, powerful wizards, rare treasures and flying lizards. OK, dragons. They're dragons. It's a quick and simple job, far away from all the enemies they've been making recently, but the Mage Isles are a volatile place.
Crowfall, Ed McDonald.
A sorceress cataclysm has hit the Range, the final defensive line between the Republic and the immortal Deep Kings. Tormenting red rains sweep the land, new monstrosities feed on fear in the darkness, and the power of the Nameless, the gods who protect the Republic, lies broken.
The master of dreams, Mike Resnick.
Eddie Raven isn't quite sure what's happening to him, and he's in a race to find out before it kills him. His adventures begin with a shooting in a very strange shop in Manhattan but soon he finds himself the owner of a very familiar bar in Casablanca.
Obsidian, Suzie Wilde.
Bera, the Viking seer, has darkening visions. During the hard birthing of her daughter, she feels the earth convulse, an upheaval that somehow links the black head of her necklace to the precious stone: Obsidian.

FICTION

America was hard to find: a novel, Kathleen Alcott.
Ecuador, 1969: An American expatriate, Fay Fern, sits in the corner of a restaurant, she and her young son Wright turned away from the television where Vincent Kahn becomes the first man to walk on the moon. Years earlier, Fay and Vincent meet at a pilots' bar in the Mojave Desert. Both seemed poised for reinvention; the married test pilot, Vincent, as an astronaut; the spurned child of privilege, Fay, as an activist. Their casual affair ends quickly, but its consequences linger.
Days by moonlight, André Alexis
Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip through Southwestern Ontario by his parents' friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip.
In the country: stories, Mia Alvar.
Vivid, character-driven stories about Filipinos from every walk of life. Mia Alvar's stunning debut gives us a vivid, insightful picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America, and, sometimes, turning back.
Meltwater, Suzanne Ashmore.
'Meltwater' is a homage to the power of storytelling. Of a woman's unique journey to find her 'self'. A journey made difficult by the fact that Elizabeth has thirteen different 'selves', all part of her, all created to bury shocking memories of abuse.
Bunny, Mona Awad.
Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort; a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight they become one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon."
Diana, herself: an allegory of awakening, Martha Beck.
Maybe, once or twice in your life, you've experienced a surge of destiny so strong it made you believe in miracles. Such bolts from the blue seem to hit when weariness or ill fortune have plowed through the ground of reason, breaking it up so magic can take root. What follows is so perfect that to call it accidental defies belief.
Mistress of the Ritz: a novel, Melanie Benjamin.
In March 1940, the Nazis sweep Paris and immediately take up residence in one of the city's most iconic sites: The Hotel Ritz. There, under a roof legendary for its unprecedented luxury and for its fabled residents, including Coco Chanel, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Cole Porter, Hemingway, Balanchine, Doris Duke, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and now Hermann Göering, the Nazis rule over a paralyzed city. But two residents of the Ritz refuse to be defeated.
While you were reading, Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus.
Meet Beatrix Babbage; 29-year-old dog-earer of books and accidental destroyer of weddings. After ruining her best friend's nuptials, Bea relocates to the other side of the country in search of a fresh start, including meeting new people, living life to the fullest and finally pulling off balayage. But after a few months, life is more stagnant than ever.
Diary of a somebody, Brian Bliston.
Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part coruscating description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is the most original novel you will read this year.
A lifetime of impossible days, Tabitha Bird.
On one impossible day in 1965, eight-year-old Willa receives a mysterious box containing a jar of water and the instruction: 'One ocean: plant in the backyard.' So she does and somehow creates an extraordinary time-slip that allows her to visit her future selves.
A summer reunion, Fanny Blake.
Amy, Anne, Kate and Jane were best friends at school. But now, as they approach their sixtieth birthdays, their lives have taken them in different directions. Successful, dissatisfied, seeking something different in equal measure, they know that life is not always easy. So when Amy invites the other three to her beautiful villa in Majorca for a long celebratory reunion weekend, each of them is drawn by curiosity and each has a reason for wanting to get away from home for a while.
The forgotten sister, Caroline Bond.
Cassie and Erin are sisters. They are close; in age, looks and personality, but there is one crucial difference: Cassie is adopted. At seventeen, Cassie sets out to find her birth mother. She is hungry for the truth, but she discovers her adoption was far more complicated than even she could have imagined.
Fleishman is in trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
Finally free from his nightmare of a marriage, Toby Fleishman is ready for a life of online dating and weekend-only parental duties. But as he optimistically looks to a future that is wildly different from the one he imagined, his life turns upside-down as his ex-wife, Rachel, suddenly disappears.
Madeleine, Euan Cameron.
Family history has always been a mystery to Will Latymer. His father flatly refused to talk about it, and with no other relatives to consult, it seems that a mystery it shall always remain. Until of course, Will meets Ghislaine, his beautiful French cousin, in a chance encounter that introduces him to his grandmother, Madeleine, shut away in a quiet Breton manor with her memories and secrets.
Proud: a tale of rampant ludicrousness, Alastair Carthew.
This tale is a parody, a 'tour de force' glimpse into New Zealand's long history of cultural tolerance and integration, Māori mystique, technological innovation, adventurism, their world-famous rugby teams, the anti-nuclear policy, the pervasiveness of sex and alcohol; the artfulness, treachery, and perfidy of politicians.
The braid, Laetitia Colombani
A moving novel of hope and renewal, The Braid is a celebration of womanhood and the power of connection and perseverance.
Lux, Eilzabeth Cook.
David wants Bathsheba. Henry too must have what he wants. He wants Ann, a divorce, a son. He looks up at his tapestry of David and sees a mighty predecessor who defended his faith and took what he liked. But he leaves it to others to count the costs.
Allegra in three parts, Suzanne Daniel.
Eleven-year-old Allegra shuttles between her grandmothers who live next door to one another but couldn't be more different. And then there's Rick who lives in a flat out the back and finds distraction in gambling and solace in surfing. He's trying to be a good father to Al Pal, while grieving the woman who links them all but whose absence tears them apart.
Pride, prejudice, and other flavors: a novel, Sonali Dev.
Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco's most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that's not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules: never trust an outsider, never do anything to jeopardize your brother's political aspirations, and never, ever, defy your family.
An honest man, Ben Fergusson.
In West Berlin in 1989, eighteen-year-old Ralf has just left school and is living a final golden summer with his three best friends. They spend their days swimming, smoking and daydreaming about the future, oblivious to the storm gathering on the other side of the Berlin Wall. But an unsettling discovery about his family and a meeting with the mysterious Oz shatters everything Ralf thought he knew about love and loyalty.
Edge of the blue, Darry Fraser.
Big Oil is trying to muscle in and drill in the Great Australian Bight. Pristine ocean and coastline is at risk if there's a spill, and Australis Island off the south coast of Australia in the Southern Ocean would be right in its path. There's a dedicated group of people on the island fighting for inhabitants of land and sea, and they're not taking 'no' for an answer.
The guardian of lies, Kate Furnivall.
1953, the South of France. The fragile peace between the West and Soviet Russia hangs on a knife edge. And one family has been torn apart by secrets and conflicting allegiances. Eloise Caussade is a courageous young Frenchwoman, raised on a bull farm near Arles in the Camargue. She idolises her older brother, Andre, and when he leaves to become an Intelligence Officer working for the CIA in Paris to help protect France, she soon follows him.
Half a world away, Mike Gayle.
Kerry Hayes is single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaning houses she could never hope to afford. Taken into care as a child, Kerry cannot ever forget her past. Noah Martineau is a successful barrister with a beautiful wife, daughter and home in fashionable Primrose Hill. Adopted as a child, Noah always looks forward, never back. When Kerry reaches out to the sibling she lost on the day they were torn apart as children, she sets in motion a chain of events that will have life-changing consequences for them both.
Gun Island, Amitav Ghosh.
Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta's world upside down. A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way.
The nowhere: a novel, Chris Gill.
Every day's the same on the farm. Seventeen-year-old Seb rides his quad bike alongside his dad and cattle dog, dreaming about a different life. A life that doesn't require him to spend all day in the blistering sun. Where the nearest town isn't a forty-minute drive away with a population of fewer than three hundred people. Where he can talk to someone who isn't his little brother or short-tempered father. So when new neighbours move into the derelict farm on the opposite side of the shrub, Seb hopes his luck is finally about to change.
Donna has left the building: a novel, Susan Jane Gilman.
Forty-five-year-old Donna Koczynski is an ex-punk rocker, a recovering alcoholic, and the mother of two teenagers whose suburban existence detonates when she comes home early from a sales conference in Las Vegas to the surprise of a lifetime. As her world implodes, she sets off on an epic road trip to reclaim everything she believes she's sacrificed since her wild youth.
Honestly, we meant well, Grant Ginder.
Sue Ellen Wright has what she thinks is a close-to-perfect life: terrific career as a Classics professor, a loving husband, and a son who is just about to safely leave the nest. But then disaster strikes. Her husband is cheating, and their son has made a complete mess of his life.
The friends we keep, Jane Green.
Evvie, Maggie, and Topher have known each other since university. Their friendship was something they swore would last forever. Now years have passed, the friends have drifted apart, and none of them ever found the lives they wanted; the lives they dreamed of when they were young and everything seemed possible..
Travelers: a novel, Helon Habila.
A Nigerian graduate student who has made his home in America knows what it means to strike out for new shores. When his wife proposes that he accompany her to Berlin, where she has been awarded a prestigious arts fellowship, he has his reservations: "I knew every departure is a death, every return a rebirth. Most changes happen unplanned, and they always leave a scar."
Confession with blue horses, Sophie Hardach.
Set in Berlin during the dying days of communism, this is an exploration of a family cruelly torn apart, and the consequences that seep through generations. Tobi and Ella's childhood in East Berlin is shrouded in mystery. Now adults living in London, their past in full of unanswered questions. Both remember their family's daring and terrifying attempt to escape, which ended in tragedy; but the fall-out from that single event remains elusive.
Montauk, Nicola Harrison.
Montauk, Long Island, 1938. For three months, this humble fishing village will serve as the playground for New York City's wealthy elite. Beatrice Bordeaux was looking forward to a summer of reigniting the passion between her and her husband, Harry. Instead, tasked with furthering his investment interest in Montauk as a resort destination, she learns she'll be spending twelve weeks sequestered with the high society wives at The Montauk Manor; a two-hundred room seaside hotel, while Harry pursues other interests in the city.
The Rigel affair, L.M Hedrick
Abandoned by his part-Cherokee Ma, Charlie Kincaid escapes servitude with his uncle. Charlie sets sail for Auckland aboard the USS Rigel. And there she is, the girl of his dreams. Mattie is everything that Roxy isn't– sophisticated, tender, and patient. But the war intervenes…
Summer of '69, Elin Hilderbrand.
Every year the Levin children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic island home, but this year it's not to be. Thirteen-year-old Jessie, the youngest of them all, suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother who is hiding secrets of her own.
The gifted school, Bruce Holsinger.
Crystal, Colorado. Four young families juggle the stresses of parenthood, careers, and marriage. As the kids head for middle school, the families are still tight. But when an exclusive magnet school for 'gifted children' is being built, cracks begin to form in their relationships. As the parents go to great lengths to ensure their child is accepted, relationships turn toxic and secrets are exposed.
Expectation, Anna Hope.
Hannah, Cate and Lissa are young, vibrant and inseparable. Living on the edge of a common in East London, their shared world is ablaze with art and activism, romance and revelry and the promise of everything to come. They are electric. They are the best of friends. Ten years on, they are not where they hoped to be.
The subjects, Sarah Hopkins.
Daniel is a sixteen-year-old drug dealer and he's going to jail. Then, suddenly, he's not. A courtroom intervention. A long car ride to a big country house. Other 'gifted delinquents'; the elusive, devastating Rachel, and Alex, so tightly wound he seems about to shatter. So where are they?
The daughters of Temperance Hobbs: a novel, Katherine Howe.
Connie Goodwin is an expert on America's fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she's earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America; especially women's home recipes and medicines, and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret:
Miracle on Cherry Hill, Sun-Mi Hwang
This is the story of a man named Kang Dae-su. His whole life is a miracle, rising from poverty to running a successful construction company. In his twilight years, Kang is diagnosed with a brain tumour. He returns to his childhood home of Cherry Hill. He acquires a crumbling old house in which to retreat from the world, yet the residents of the town have other plans.
Have you seen Luis Velez?: a novel, Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn't belong. Not with his mother's new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father's wife. Not at school, where he's an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he's tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who's introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez?
A nice cup of tea, Celia Imrie.
The beautiful town of Bellevue-sur-Mer, tucked between glitzy Monte Carlo and the plush red carpets of Cannes, is home to Theresa, Carol, William, Benjamin and Sally: five retired expats who have pooled their resources to set up La Mosa'que, a divine little restaurant. But there is trouble in paradise.
The Fell, Robert Jenkins.
In an unspecified time and location, an unnamed boy is living what he feels to be an idyllic life in the faded and peeling Lido where his father is a lifeguard. He idolises his father; never more so than when he saves the life of a suicidal man, and he comes to believe that heroism is all. The arrest of his sister Lilly later that summer brings the halcyon days to an abrupt end, and his family is torn apart.
A random act of kindness, Sophie Jenkins.
Fern is too busy making sure other people feel good about themselves to give much thought to her own happiness. But somehow, without her noticing, life has run away from her. Suddenly, Fern realises her vintage clothes business is struggling, and the casual relationship she'd always thought she was happy in doesn't look so appealing.
The bells of Little Woodford, Catherine Jones.
The town of Little Woodford seems peaceful and picture-postcard beautiful, with its marketplace, ancient church and immaculate allotments. But behind the tranquil facade, troubles are brewing.
The iron age, Arja Kajermo
On her family's austere farm, the Girl learns stories and fables of the world around her; of Miina, their sleeping neighbour; how people get depressed if pine trees grow too close to the house; that you should never turn away a witch at the door; and why her father was unlucky not to die in the war. The family crosses from Finland to Sweden, from a familiar language to a strange one, from one unfriendly home to another.
Crossings, Alex Landragin.
A Parisian bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript containing three stories, each as unlikely as the other.The first, 'The Education of a Monster', is a letter penned by the poet Charles Baudelaire to an illiterate girl. The second, 'City of Ghosts', is a noir romance set in Paris in 1940 as the Germans are invading. The third, 'Tales of the Albatross', is the strangest of the three: the autobiography of a deathless enchantress. Together, they tell the tale of two lost souls peregrinating through time.
The spitfire girls, Soraya M. Lane.
Three skilled aviators determined to help win the war. Three brave women who know their place is not at home. At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils of their new job don't end on the tarmac.
The president's hat, Antoine Laurain
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. After the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand's black felt hat has been left behind. Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir, and as he leaves the restaurant, he begins to feel somehow different.
Here Kitty Kitty: a novel, Jardine Libaire.
Lee is at a tender and dangerous breaking point: she's not a kid anymore but still acting like one. She wants to be an artist, but her rent-paying SoHo restaurant job has taken over, and the late nights at strip clubs and afterhours joints have gone from joyful and crazy to just plain crazy. She's not alone among the chaotic souls of late-90s Williamsburg, Brooklyn; we root for her to grow up but she avoids reality, burying her fears in vintage Dior dresses, bad cocaine, cheeseburgers, and whiskey.
The most fun we ever had, Claire Lombardo.
When Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, they are blithely ignorant of all that's to come. By 2016, their four radically different daughters are each in a state of unrest: Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator-turned-stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt when the darkest part of her past resurfaces; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects. Above it all, the daughters share the lingering fear that they will never find a love quite like their parents'.
When we were rich, Tim Lott.
An estate agent in a property boom, Frankie is focused simply on getting rich. But can he survive the coming crash? And what will become of his friends; and his marriage, as they are scoured by the winds of change?
My house is falling down, Mary Loudon.
For Lucy, marriage to Mark provided an anchor after several years of drifting casually across countries, into jobs and out of relationships. Now forty-two, her anchor is working loose. Bewildered by the demands of motherhood and dissatisfied by her work, she has also grown understandably resentful of her husband: Mark. en Lucy falls in love with Angus, a pianist in his sixties, her shock is extreme. Adamant that she will not deceive her husband, she instead asks his advice…
After the end, Clare Mackintosh.
Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They're best friends, lovers; unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can't agree. They each want a different future for their son. What if they could have both?
This green and pleasant land, Ayisha Malik.
Accountant Bilal Hasham and his journalist wife Mariam plod along contentedly in the sleepy, chocolate box Dorset village they've lived in for ten years. Then Bilal is summoned to his mother's bedside in Birmingham. Mrs Sakheena Hasham knows she is not long for this world. She has a final request. Instead of whispering her prayers in her dying moments, she instructs her son: You must go home to your village, and you must build a mosque.
Deep river: a novel, Karl Marlantes.
Layered with fascinating historical detail, this is a novel that breathes deeply of the sun-dappled forest and bears witness to the stump-ridden fields the loggers, and the first waves of modernity, leave behind. At its heart, Deep River is an ambitious and timely exploration of the place of the individual, and of the immigrant, in an America still in the process of defining its own identity.
Maggsie McNaughton's second chance, Frances Maynard.
Small and dyslexic, with a short fuse, bad teeth, a prison record and something to prove, Marguerite McNaughton Maggsie doesn't need anybody or anything, thank you very much. She's more than capable of looking after herself. She's also about to discover that everyone needs someone, sometimes.
Secrets and seashells at Rainbow Bay, Ali McNamara.
Amelia is a single mother, doing her very best to look after her young son, Charlie but money is tight and times are tough. When she first hears that she is the last descendent of the Chesterford family and that she has inherited a Real-Life Castle by the sea, Amelia can't quite believe her ears. But it's true!
The birthday party, Roisin Meaney.
Another summer is in full swing on the island of Roone, and preparations are underway for a big birthday party at the local hotel. But beneath the air of celebration, many of the islanders have their own struggles to contend with. During six weeks of summer, love and friendships are tested, and, as the day of the party approaches, the various truths will out in unexpected ways.
Moonlight sonata, Eileen Merriman.
"It's the annual New Year family get-together. Molly is dreading having to spend time with her mother, but she is pleased her son will see his cousins and is looking forward to catching up with her brothers . . . Joe in particular. Under the summer sun, family tensions intensify, relationships become heightened and Molly and Joe will not be the only ones with secrets that must be kept hidden"
The carer, Deborah Moggach.
James is getting on a bit and needs full-time help. So Phoebe and Robert, his middle-aged offspring, employ Mandy, who seems willing to take him off their hands. But as James regales his family with tales of Mandy's virtues, their shopping trips, and the shared pleasure of their journeys to garden centres, Phoebe and Robert sense something is amiss.
The summer guests, Mary Alice Monroe.
When a hurricane threatens the coasts of Florida and South Carolina, an eclectic group of evacuees flees for the farm of their friends Grace and Charles Phillips in North Carolina:They bring with them only the few treasured possessions they can fit in their vehicles. Strangers to all but the Phillips, they must ride out the storm together. During the course of one of the most challenging weeks of their lives, relationships are put to the test as the evacuees are forced to confront the unresolved issues they have with themselves and with each other.
The islanders: a novel, Meg Mitchell Moore.
Anthony Puckett was a rising literary star. The son of an über-famous thriller writer, Anthony's debut novel spent two years on the bestseller list and won the adoration of critics. But something went very wrong with his second work. Now Anthony's borrowing an old college friend's crumbling beach house on Block Island in the hopes that solitude will help him get back to the person he used to be.
The ghost clause, Howard Norman.
It's been several months since Simon Inescort had a heart attack and keeled over the rail of a Nova Scotia-bound ferry. His widow, Lorca Pell, sold their farmhouse to newlyweds Zachary and Muriel after revealing that the deed contains a 'ghost clause,' an actual legal clause, not unheard of in Vermont, allowing for reimbursement if a recently purchased home turns out to be haunted.
The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant, Kayte Nunn.
1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. 2017. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Meanwhile, in London, Eve is helping her grandmother, a renowned mountaineer, write her memoirs. When she is contacted by Rachel, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to reveal secrets kept buried for more than sixty years.
My life as a rat: a novel, Joyce Carol Oates.
Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one's family ever justified? Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? My Life as a Rat follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of an African-American boy by her older brothers.
Henry, himself, Stewart O'Nan.
Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, he's always believed in logic, sacrifice, and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by.
You'll never see me again, Lesley Pearse.
Young Betty dreams of settling down to an ordinary life in Hallsands with her fisherman husband. But when he returns broken and haunted from the Great War, she finds herself persecuted by his distraught mother and yearns to escape. It is only when a storm devastates the village that Betty sees her chance. Fleeing to Bristol and changing her name to Mabel Brook, she seeks a new life, only to discover destiny has other plans.
Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips.
One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the north-eastern edge of Russia, two sisters are abducted. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. Set on the remote Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth draws us into the world of an astonishing cast of characters.
Nima: a novel, Adam Popescu.
Nima is a young Sherpa woman living in the foothills of the Himalayas, a range so immense and a place so isolated it is impossible to imagine anything existing beyond it. Nima and her sister are both betrothed to Norbu, a local Sherpa, but when Norbu stuns both families by only wanting to marry Nima, Nima flees her father's wrath and the destiny that had been arranged for all of them.
The travelers, Regina Porter.
Written with piercing humor, exacting dialogue, and a beautiful sense of place, Regina Porter's debut is both an intimate family portrait and a sweeping exploration of what it means to be American today.
An unravelling, Elske Rahill.
A novel about four generations of women and the violent tensions and loving devotion, envy and self sacrifice that family life embodies.
The girl at the door, Veronica Raimo
Miden is a society built from the ground up. Commissions dedicated to fairness, equality, and mindful living have been created following "the Crash," and Miden, an island apart from the wreckage, has risen from the ashes of society as we know it. While on vacation in this oasis, a seemingly aimless woman meets an attractive man, and soon after she moves to the island to start a new life with him.Six months pregnant and just beginning to feel comfortable in her lover's space, she feels as though she may have finally found ownership of her life until the day the girl arrives.
The behaviour of love: a novel, Virginia Reeves.
Doctor Ed Malinowski believes he has realized most of his dreams. A passionate, ambitious behavioural psychologist, he is now the superintendent of a mental institution and finally turning the previously crumbling hospital around. He also has a home he can be proud of, and a fiercely independent, artistic wife Laura, whom he hopes will soon be pregnant. But into this perfect vision of his life comes Penelope, a beautiful, young epileptic who should never have been placed in his institution and whose only chance at getting out is Ed.
Something to live for, Richard Roper.
Andrew works with death for a living. Searching for people's next of kin and attending the funerals if they don't have anyone, he's desperate to avoid the same fate for himself. Which is fine, because he has the perfect wife and 2.4 children waiting at home for him after a long day. At least, that's what he's told people. The truth is, his life isn't exactly as people think, and the little white lie he once told is about to catch up with him.
The road to Grantchester, James Runcie.
1938. Young Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert's birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war. Seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military Cross and lost his best friend on the battlefields of Italy. Sidney, carrying a terrible, secret guilt, must decide what to do with the rest of his life.
Orange world and other stories, Karen Russell.
From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell's extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination.
The spies of Shilling Lane: a novel, Jennifer Ryan.
Mrs. Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself dethroned, despised, and dismissed following her husband's selfish divorce petition. Never deterred, the threat of a family secret being revealed sets her hot-foot to London to find the only person she has left her clever daughter Betty, who took work there at the first rumbles of war. But when she arrives, Betty's landlord, the timid Mr. Norris, informs her that Betty hasn't been home in days with the chaos of the bombs, there's no telling what might have befallen her.
Walking on the ceiling, Aysegül Savas.
After her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city.
Let's hope for the best, Carolina Setterwall
In her debut novel, Let's Hope for the Best, Carolina Setterwall recounts the intensity of falling in love with her partner Aksel, and the shock of finding him dead in bed one morning.She unpacks with forensic intensity the small details of life before tragedy, eager to find some explanation for the bad hand she's been dealt. When new romance rushes in, Carolina finds herself assuming the reticent role Aksel once played. She's been given the gift of love again. But can she make it work?
10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world, Elif Shafak.
Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory; growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works.
Burnt shadows, Kamila Shamsie.
August 9th, 1945, Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka steps out onto her veranda, taking in the view of the terraced slopes leading up to the sky. Wrapped in a kimono with three black cranes swooping across the back, she is twenty-one, in love with the man she is to marry, Konrad Weiss. In a split second, the world turns white. In the next, it explodes with the sound of fire and the horror of realisation.
The summer cottage, Viola Shipman.
Adie Lou Kruger's ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Cozy Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home; complete with its own set of rules for relaxing, that she's inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she's facing a broken marriage and empty nest, and middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope.
The electric hotel, Dominic Smith.
A sweeping work of historical fiction,shimmering between past and present as it tells the story of the rise and fall of a prodigious film studio and one man's doomed obsession with all that passes in front of the viewfinder.
Alice's island: a novel, Daniel Sánchez Arévalo.
Alice Dupont's perfect marriage was a perfect lie. When her husband, Chris, dies in a car accident, far from where he should have been, Alice's life falls apart. After the police close the case, she is left with more questions than answers. While learning to cope with her loss and her new identity as a single mother of two, Alice becomes obsessed with unraveling the mystery surrounding her husband's death and decides to start her own investigation.
A universe of sufficient size, Miriam Sved.
Budapest, 1938. In a city park, beneath a bleakly looming statue, five Jewish mathematicians gather to share ideas, trade proofs and whisper sedition. Sydney, 2007. Illy has just buried her father and now, the day after his funeral, Illy's mother has gifted her a curious notebook. Its faded pages are a mix of personal stories and mathematical discovery, all recounted by a young woman seemingly blind to Europe's coming storm. A woman very different to the mother and grandmother everybody knows.
Surfside sisters: a novel, Nancy Thayer.
A woman from Nantucket returns home to find that reunions aren't always so simple. Growing up, Lara always dreamed of leaving Nantucket to become a writer. Now that she's a bestselling novelist living in New York City, she realizes that success isn't what she thought it would be.
Are we nearly there yet?, Lucy Vine.
Alice is turning thirty and is stuck in a rut. Her friends are all coupling up and settling down, while she's still working as a temp, trying (and failing) not to shag her terrible ex, getting thrown out of clubs, and accidentally sexting her boss. She decides to throw caution to the wind and jets off on a round-the-world adventure to #FindTheFun and find herself.
The fox & Dr. Shimamura, Christine Wunnicke
The Fox and Dr. Shimamura toothsomely encompasses Japan and Europe, memory and actuality, fox-possession myths and psychiatric mythmaking. The novel begins near the story's end, in Dr. Shimamura's retirement.

GRAPHIC NOVEL

JoJo's bizarre adventure. Part 4, Diamond is unbreakable. 1, Hirohiko Araki
In April 1999, Jotaro Kujo travels to a town in Japan called Morioh to find a young man named Josuke Higashikata, the secret love child of his grandfather, Joseph Joestar.
Redlands. Volume two, Water on the fire, Jordie Bellaire
The witches of Redlands find themselves divided and challenged by the power that created them. Through chaos and blood, they will rebuild their coven and set in motion the ultimate revenge fantasy that ensures their true freedom from all beasts and killers yet they'll never escape each other.
Injustice. Gods among us. Year three. Volume 2, Brian Buccellato
Superman has beaten back Batman and the resistance's forces at every turn. With his back against the wall, Batman asks the one person he would never trust for help; John Constantine! But even with the might of the dark mage's power, will it be enough against the primal and eternal forces of magic that oppose Batman and his allies?
Astro city. Aftermaths, writer, Kurt Busiek
The final run of Astro City comics (for now) includes the tale of G-Dog. He's half man, half dog but who's running the show? The answers will change a life, reveal another hero's deepest secrets, and possibly, just possibly, save the world.
BTTM FDRS, written by Ezra Claytan Daniels
Once a thriving working class neighbourhood on Chicago's south side, the 'Bottomyards' is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer named Darla and her image-obsessed friend, Cynthia, descend upon the neighbourhood in search of cheap rent, they soon discover something far more seductive and sinister lurking behind the walls of their new home.
The Hobbit: an illustrated edition of the fantasy classic, J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit, embarks on a grand and dangerous adventure when he joins the wizard Gandalf and a group of dwarves on their quest to reclaim a stolen treasure.
Cemetery Beach, Warren Ellis
Welcome to giant toilet planet. Professional pathfinder Mike Blackburn breaks out of a torture cell, bringing murderous young dissident Grace Moody with him, to kick off his worst day ever; escaping on foot across a sprawling and secret off-world colony established a hundred years ago and filled with an army of lunatics. Utopia is murdery.
Die, Volume 1. Fantasy heartbreaker, writer, Kieron Gillen
DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly horror they only just survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush, he describes it as "Goth Jumanji", but that's only the tip of this obsidian iceberg.
Is this how you see me?, Jaime Hernandez.
Best friends Maggie and Hopey leave their significant others at home and reluctantly take a weekend road trip to attend a punk rock reunion in their old neighbourhood.
East of West. [9], writer, Jonathan Hickman
The penultimate trade collecting the fan-favourite story of love at the end of the world.
Blackbird. Book 1, The great beast, writer, Sam Humphries
Nina Rodriguez knows a hidden magical world run by ruthless cabals is hiding in Los Angeles. When a giant magic beast kidnaps her sister, Nina must confront her past (and her demons) to get her sister back and reclaim her life.
Tokyo ghoul: re. 10, Sui Ishida
Haise Sasaki is no more. In his place, Ken Kaneki has emerged and accepted the role of the One-Eyed King. He sees a vision of the future where Ghouls and humans can coexist. But a faction at the CCG wants to prevent that peace by any means necessary, and the inevitable death toll means nothing to them.
Kakegurui. 10, Homura Kawamoto
As YourTube pop sensation Yumemi Yumemite cheerfully ropes Yumeko into a publicity stunt for the student council presidential election, Kawaru Natari; a famous Hollywood actress and Yumemi's one true idol, suddenly shows up at Hyakkaou Private Academy! Doused from head to toe in celebrity magic, she has everything Yumemi desires.
Doctor Star and the kingdom of lost tomorrows, writer, Jeff Lemire
An aged crime fighter desperately wants to reconnect with his estranged son, who he hoped would one day take the mantle of Doctor Star. Over the course of the story we learn his World War II-era origin, how he got his powers, his exciting astral adventures, and more in this heartbreaking superhero tale about fathers and sons.
Gideon Falls. 1, The black barn, Andrea Sorrentino
The legend of the Black Barn tells of an otherwordly buidling that has appeared and reappeared throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake. Now its mystery ensnares and entwines the lives of two very different men. One: a young recluse, obsessed with finding hidden clues within the city's trash. The other: a washed-up Catholic priest.
Gideon Falls. 2. Original sins, Jeff Lemire
The mystery deepens. As the reclusive and troubled young man Norton becomes more immersed in his quest for the secret of the legendary Black Barn, washed-up Catholic priest Father Fred unravels the secret behind a series of grisly murders.
The magic order. [1], Mark Millar
We live in a world where we've never seen a monster, and The Magic Order is the reason we sleep safely in our beds. Magic meets the Mob in The Magic Order, as five families of magicians, sworn to protect our world for generations, must battle an enemy who's picking them off one by one.
Golden kamuy. 10, story and art by Satoru Noda
After the 7th Division captures Shiraishi, Sugimoto and Hijikata join forces in an uneasy alliance to rescue him. With the help of Choan Kumagishi, one of the Abashiri convicts, they put a risky plan to free Shiraishi into action. Of course, Lieutenant Tsurumi isn't about to let these old foes get the better of him, setting the stage for another dangerous confrontation.
Tyler Cross. Angola, writer, Fabien Nury
What seemed like a risk-free gig that should have got him some easy cash turns into a fast-track to Hell for Tyler Cross. A hell called "Angola," the biggest high- security prison in the United States, surrounded by swamps and crushed by the sweltering Louisiana sunshine. And then just to put the cherry on the cake, the Scarfo clan has put a price on his head, and there are a whole load of Sicilians among Tyler's fellow inmates.
John Wick, John Wick
When a young John Wick emerges from prison and embarks upon his first epic vendetta, he comes up against a strange, powerful community of assassins and must learn how to master the Book of Rules that guides their lethal business. What are the Three Bills? Who is Calamity? And who was John Wick before he became the Baba Yaga?
Weapon H. [2], War for weirdworld, Greg Pak
The bizarre adventures of Weapon H an all-new hero with the Hulk's raw strength and Wolverine's Adamantium claws continue here! As if Wendigo, Brood and Man-Thing weren't enough, our favorite ex-mercenary must now face the Skrullduggers!
Ice Cream Man. Volume three, Hopscotch mélange, W. Maxwell Prince
Ice Cream Man continues with four more strange and sad one-shot stories. Plus: more is revealed about the mischievous Ice Cream Man and his history with the dark cowboy, Caleb.
The perineum technique, Ruppert & Mulot
JH meets Sarah on a dating site. They connect on a regular basis and bring each other to mutual on-screen orgasm. Their exchanges, brief and solitary, eventually obsess JH, who tries to convince Sarah to meet him in person. A strange game of seduction is established between them that compels JH to meet the one sexual challenge; abstinence, that might set something into motion with Sarah.
American gods. [2], My Ainsel, by Neil Gaiman
Shadow and Wednesday leave the House on the Rock and continue their journey across the country where they set up aliases, meet new gods, and prepare for war.
The dreaming. Volume one, Pathways and emanations, written by Simon Spurrier
One of four books expanding Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Sandman Universe. There is a place where gods are born and stories are spun. Today its walls lie slashed and bleeding. Twenty-three years after he was anointed as its master, the lord of dreams has inexplicably abandoned his domain.
Rat queens. Volume six, The infernal path, Kurtis J. Wiebe
The further adventures of the booze guzzling, death dealing battle maidens-for-hire in the business of killing all the gods' creatures for profit. Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric, Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief and Braga the Orc Princess.

HISTORICAL

A bend in the stars, Rachel Barenbaum.
An epic love story and heart-pounding journey across WWI-era Russia, about a brilliant young scientist racing against Einstein to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.
The devil's slave, Tracy Borman.
Frances Gorges has already survived the accusation of witchcraft. But if her torturers at the court of King James knew of her love for Tom Wintour, one of the executed members of the gunpowder plot, it would mean certain death. Pregnant with Tom's child, hiding under the reluctant protection of her spiteful and ambitious brother, Frances lives in fear, until she is offered the chance to make a respectable, if loveless, marriage and return to court.
The confessions of Frannie Langton: a novel, Sara Collins.
All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, accused of the brutal double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being tried at the Old Bailey. The testimonies against Frannie are damning. She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore.
The convert, Stefan Hertmans
A brilliant reconstruction of an incredible journey across medieval Europe to Egypt, and an untold story of forbidden love.
The orphan's song, Lauren Kate.
1736. Violetta has a secret: When she climbs out of her window at The Hospital of the Incurables, the revered music school and orphanage that has always been her home, she can look out over the city and dream. But when she stumbles upon Mino, a violinist from the boy's hall who also seeks solace in the skyline, she feels a surprising connection. The two begin a passionate duet that will transform their lives.
Lady Osbaldestone and the missing Christmas carols, Stephanie Laurens.
With four grandchildren as guests at Harrington Manor in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Therese, Lady Osbaldestone, is happy to have them busy themselves with the mystery of the village's missing book of Christmas carols as well as playing Cupid for the church's organist.
Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas goose, Stephanie Laurens.
Three years after being widowed, Therese, Lady Osbaldestone finally settles into her dower property of Hartington Manor in the village of Little Moseley. However, she questions whether life in a small village will generate sufficient interest to keep her amused during those months when she is not in London or visiting friends.
Shadowplay, Joseph O'Connor.
1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another.
The Damascus Road: a novel of Saint Paul, Jay Parini.
A novel of the Apostle Paul, whose tireless and epic preaching of the message of Jesus brought Christianity into existence and changed human history. In relating Paul's epic journeys, both geographical and spiritual, the author unfolds a vivid panorama of the ancient world on the verge of epochal change.
The serpent's mark, S. W. Perry.
London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby, physician and reluctant spy, returns to his old haunts on London's lawless Bankside. But, when the queen's spymaster Robert Cecil asks him to investigate the dubious practices of a mysterious doctor from Switzerland, Nicholas is soon embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not just the life of an innocent young patient, but the overthrow of Queen Elizabeth herself.
An unquiet heart: a poet in love and revolution: a novel, Martin Sixsmith.
1917. Russia is dying amid war, revolution and terror. The birth pains of the new world are a foretaste of the cruellest century. At their heart is Sergei Yesenin, 22, a poet, lover, wounded veteran, beautiful and afraid. Damaged by childhood abandonment, Sergei fears the world, drinks, brawls and womanises. He battles life's hurt with the charm of poetry and the drug of fame. But love is the validation he seeks.

HORROR

Ghost stories: classic tales of horror and suspense, Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger.
In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James.
Hellhole: an anthology of subterranean terror, Lee Murray.
Legends tell of a hollow earth. A world beneath our own. A world filled with wonders and danger. But what if the legends are true? Delve into dark worlds in hellhole. Where death lurks around every corner, and come face to face with creatures from your worst nightmares in this collection of dark thrillers.
The Auguries, F.G. Cottam.
The sudden sinking of a Thames passenger craft with no survivors is seen simply as freak, unexplained accident. But when the male statues of London start crying blood and a choking fog descends causing a passenger plane to crash into the Thames Barrier, the country panics. Is London under a terrorist attack or is something else at work?
Tide of stone, Kaaron Warren.
The Time-Ball Tower of Tempuston houses the worst criminals in history. Given the option of the death penalty or eternal life, they chose eternal life. They have a long time to regret that choice.

MYSTERY

An unthymely death and other garden mysteries, Susan Wittig Albert.
Now readers can join China Bayles in ten puzzling cases and get a taste of her world.
Wherever she goes, Kelley Armstrong.
"Few crimes are reported as quickly as a snatched kid." That's what the officer tells single mother Aubrey Finch after she reports a kidnapping. So why hasn't anyone reported the little boy missing?
Big sky, Kate Atkinson.
Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an ageing Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's picturesque, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, is fairly standard-issue, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network and back across the path of someone from his past.
The body lies, Jo Baker.
When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of her new life and the demands of single motherhood, her nerves continue to jangle.
Dear wife, Kimberly Belle.
For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for this day. A day some people might call any other Wednesday, but Beth prefers to see it as her new beginning, one with a new look, new name, and a new city. Beth has given her plan significant thought, because one small slip and her violent husband will find her.
The dance of death, Oliver Bottini
One wet and misty weekend in October, the Niemann family find a stranger in their garden. He is armed and tries to force his way into the house, but disappears as soon as the police are alerted. That night he's back with an impossible ultimatum.
Fake like me, Barbara Bourland.
After a fire decimates her studio, a young, no-name painter is left with an impossible task: recreate her art in three months or ruin her fledgling career. Homeless and desperate, she begs her way into an exclusive retreat in upstate New York famous for its outrageous revelries and glamorous artists. And notorious as the place where brilliant young artist Carey Logan drowned in the lake.
The assassin of Verona, Benet Brandreth.
Venice, 1586. William Shakespeare is disguised as a steward to the English Ambassador. He and his actor friends, Oldcastle and Hemming, possess a deadly secret: the names of the Catholic spies in England who seek to destroy Queen Elizabeth.
The killer in the choir, Simon Brett.
Although she hadn't known Leonard Mallett very well, nor liked him particularly, Carole Seddon feels duty bound to attend her fellow committee member's funeral. As she suspected, the hymns, readings and sermon are all very predictable not unlike Leonard himself. What she couldn't have predicted was that the deceased's daughter would use the occasion to publicly accuse her stepmother of murder.
Deadly secrets, Robert Bryndza.
On an icy morning, a mother wakes to find her daughter's blood-soaked body frozen to the road. Who would carry out such a killing on the victim's doorstep? Straight off her last harrowing case, Detective Erika Foster is feeling fragile but determined to lead the investigation.
The canary keeper, Clare Carson.
In the grey mist of the early morning a body is dumped on the shore of the Thames by a boatman in a metal canoe. The city is soon alive with talk of the savage Esquimaux stalking Victorian London and an eye witness who claims the killer had an accomplice: a tall woman dressed in widow's weeds.
Date with poison, Julia Chapman.
Spring is in the air in Bruncliffe. But not everyone is filled with the joys of the season. Implicated in the murder of a man in Leeds, the Dales Detective Agency's Samson O'Brien is facing tough questions from the police, while his business partner Delilah Metcalfe is facing criticism from her family and friends for her loyalty to the town's black sheep.
The body in question: a novel, Jill Ciment.
The place: central Florida. The situation: a sensational murder trial involving a rich, white teenage girl; a twin, on trial for the horrific murder of her toddler brother, and the sequestered jury deciding her fate.
The woman who spoke to spirits, Alys Clare.
London, 1880. 'I'm dreadfully afraid someone is threatening to kill my wife.' When accounts clerk Ernest Stibbins approaches the World's End investigation bureau with wild claims that his wife Albertina has been warned by her spirit guides that someone is out to harm her, the bureau's owner Lily Raynor and her new employee Felix Wilbraham are initially skeptical.
The book club, C. J. Cooper.
Having said goodbye to her old life in London, and the disastrous affair that sent her packing, twenty-something Lucy Shaw decides to move to the picture-perfect Cotswolds village of Willowcombe. When newcomer Alice Darley moves into the cottage next door, Lucy's new friends are very welcoming, especially when Alice suggests setting up a book club. But there's something about Alice that doesn't sit well with Lucy .
Black summer, M. W. Craven.
Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Charismatic. Psychopath. He's currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe. So when a young woman staggers into a remote police station with irrefutable evidence that she is Elizabeth Keaton, Poe finds himself on the wrong end of an investigation.
The heart keeper, Alex Dahl.
What would you do to get your daughter back? It's been three months since Alison's world fell apart when her six-year-old daughter, Amalie, died in an accident. Across town, Iselin's life is finally looking up. Her seven-year-old daughter, Kaia, has survived a life-changing operation. After years of doctors, medication and hope, they can now start thinking about the future. These two mothers couldn't be more different, but fate will bring them together. And when it does, the consequences will be devastating.
A dagger before me, Jeanne M. Dams.
Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan have been invited to rural Suffolk to take part in the christening of the newest member of the aristocratic Montcalm family. But on arriving at Dunham Manor, they discover the household in turmoil as the ceremonial dagger, used in Montcalm family christenings for generations past, has gone missing.
Sanctuary, Luca D'Andrea
Marlene Wegener is on the run. She has stolen something from her husband, something priceless, irreplaceable. But she doesn't get very far. When her car veers off a bleak midwinter road she takes refuge in the remote home of Simon Keller, a tough mountain man who lives alone with his demons.
Some choose darkness, Charlie Donlea.
The truth is easy to miss, even when it's right in front of us. As a forensic reconstructionist, Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father's law office a week after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case come to life once more.
If she returned, S.A. Dunphy.
David Dunnigan comes home from Greenland to discover a young woman who may be his niece, Beth, being cared for by his friend and mentor, Father Bill Creedon. Is this damaged shell of a person the girl he has spent the last eighteen years searching for?
The cutting room: a novel, Ashley Dyer.
Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver race to stop a serial killer who makes his victims into centerpieces of macabre works of art. While Britain is obsessed with the newest hit true-crime television show, Fact, or Fable?, detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver are tormented by a fiendish flesh-and-blood killer on the loose.
A nearly normal family, M.T. Edvardsson
Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?
Spiraled, Kendra Elliot.
FBI Special Agent Ava McLane solves crimes; she doesn't witness them. When she's trapped in a mall without her weapon as a shooter picks off victims, she hides with a wounded teen and prays for her survival. But that's only the beginning. An epidemic of mass shootings has swept across Oregon. The young shooters terrify the public, committing random murders before taking their own lives.
Stone cold heart: a novel, Caz Frear.
After a brief stint in the Mayor's Office, DC Cat Kinsella is back at the London Metropolitan Police, wisecracking with her partner Luigi Parnell and trying to avoid the wrath of the boss, DI Kate Steele. But for Cat and Parnell, it's serious business when a young Australian woman turns up dead after a party thrown by her new boss.
Never look back, Alison Gaylin.
When website columnist Robin Diamond is contacted by true crime podcast producer Quentin Garrison, she assumes it's a business matter. Quentin's podcast, Closure, focuses on a series of murders in 1970s California, committed by teen couple April Cooper and Gabriel LeRoy. It seems that Quentin has reason to believe Robin's own mother may be intimately connected with the killings.
A king alone, Jean Giono
Deep in winter, inhabitants of the village begin mysteriously to disappear, and Langlois is sent to investigate. A manhunt begins and Langlois brings the case to what appears to be a successful conclusion. Some years later, again in winter, Langlois returns to the village, now having been promoted to the position of captain of the brigade that protects the inhabitants and their property from wolves.
Death of an art collector: a Nero Wolfe mystery, Robert Goldsborough.
No matter how fabulously he's being courted, infamously dour "art hog" Arthur Wordell isn't keen on favoring the new Guggenheim Museum with his extensive collection. Even at the urging of his beloved daughter, Nadia. Then, the night after the museum's fête, Arthur takes a twenty-story plunge from the window of his Times Square office. Nadia thinks it's no mere coincidence. Eccentric, yes. Suicidal, no.
The battered badge: a Nero Wolfe mystery, Robert Goldsborough.
When wealthy and popular crusader and reformer Lester Pierce is gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department. As the deceased was highly critical of Inspector Lionel Cramer, the longtime head of homicide is temporarily relieved of his badge. But it seems Cramer was not just a scapegoat:
The hard stuff: a novel, David Gordon.
Still reeling from a particularly difficult operation, and having plummeted back into the drug and alcohol addiction that got him kicked out of the military as a result, Joe has just managed to detox at the clinic of a Chinese herbalist when the mob bosses phone: they need Joe to help them swindle a group of opioid dealers (of all things). But these are no typical drug-ferrying gangsters.
Forgotten murder, Dolores Gordon-Smith.
When an old schoolfriend of Jack's wife Betty witnesses a disturbing vision in the garden of a smart suburban house, Jack is intrigued. Just what did Jenny Langton see beneath the cedar tree at Saunder's Green that frightened her so much she fainted on the spot?
The murderer's apprentice, Ann Granger.
It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant.
After she's gone, Camilla Grebe
Out of the frozen depths of a forest in Omberg, Sweden, a woman stumbles onto the road. Her arms are covered with scratches, her feet are bare, and she has no memory of what has happened. Local police identify her as psychological profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schoen who, together with her partner, had been helping them investigate a cold case of a young woman's murder.
Dark storm, Karen Harper.
Forensic psychologist Claire Markwood has experienced her share of disaster. But nothing could prepare her for her sister, Darcy, going missing. Claire rushes to the butterfly sanctuary where Darcy has been working, prepared to do what she does best; work the clues.
Hudson's kill, Paddy Hirsch.
New York, 1803. The expanding city is rife with tension, and violence simmers on every street as black and Irish gangs fight for control. When a young girl is found brutally murdered, Marshal Justy Flanagan must find the killer before a mob takes the law into their own hands.
Curtain call, Graham Hurley.
Thirty-nine-year-old Enora Andresson is a successful actress and a woman in her prime. But for how long? Tests have revealed an aggressive brain tumour that could kill her. Already struggling with the wreckage of her marriage and a strained relationship with her teenage son, Malo, she hasn't anticipated the appearance of investigative journalist Mitch Culligan on her doorstep.
And then you were gone: a novel, R. J. Jacobs.
After years of learning how to manage her bipolar disorder, Emily Firestone finally has it under control. Even better, her life is coming together: she's got a great job, her own place, and a boyfriend, Paolo, who adores her. So when Paolo suggests a weekend sailing trip, Emily agrees, wine, water, and the man she loves? What could be better? But when Emily wakes the morning after they set sail, the boat is still adrift and Paolo is gone.
The accusation, Wendy James.
Who to believe: the distressed girl who says she was kidnapped or the middle-aged woman with no alibi and a chequered past? After 17-year-old Ellie Canning is found shivering on a country road, dressed only in ill-fitting pyjamas, her story of kidnap and escape enthrals the nation. A middle-aged woman with a crazy old mother has held her in a basement, chained to a bed with a blue-striped quilt, given her drinks from an old baby's sippy cup. But who and why?
Stone mothers, Erin Kelly.
Marianne was never supposed to return to town, the town where she grew up in the shadow of the Nazareth Mental Hospital. Her mother may be suffering from dementia nearby, but she had thought she'd left that place, and its dark secrets, behind her.
A dangerous crossing, Ausma Zehanat Khan.
The Syrian refugee crisis becomes personal for Inspector Esa Khattak and Sergeant Rachel Getty when they are called in to search for a missing Canadian volunteer. Nathan Clare's sister, Audrey, has vanished from the Greek islands, where she was working to fast-track refugees to Canada. What's more, she's implicated in the double murder of a French Interpol agent and a young man who'd fled to Greece from the devastated city of Aleppo.
A deadly divide, Ausma Zehanat Khan.
In the aftermath of a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec, the local police apprehend Amadou Duchon; a young Muslim man at the scene helping the wounded, but release Etienne Roy, the local priest who was found with a weapon in his hands. The shooting looks like a hate crime, but detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty sense there is more to the story.
The unquiet dead, Ausma Zehanat Khan.
Detective Esa Khattak is in the midst of his evening prayers when he receives a phone call asking that he and his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, look into the death of a local man who has fallen off a cliff. At first Christopher Drayton's death; which looks like an accident, doesn't seem to warrant a police investigation, but it soon comes to light that Drayton might have been living under an assumed name, and he may not have been the upstanding Canadian citizen he appeared to be.
Tell me your secret, Dorothy Koomson.
Pieta has a secret. Ten years ago, Pieta was kidnapped from outside a London nightclub by a man who said he wouldn't kill her if she kept her eyes closed for 48 hours. Pieta survived the weekend but was left emotionally and physically scarred by the experience. Now living in Brighton, she is a mother and journalist with a good life; until she is tasked with interviewing Callie, a woman who has the same story and scars as she does.
If she wakes, Michael Koryta.
Tara Beckley is a college senior assigned to chaperone a visiting engineer to a conference. On the road, she is the victim of a brutal accident that kills the engineer but leaves Tara in a vegetative state; or, at least, so her doctors think. Really, Tara is the prisoner of locked-in syndrome, fully alert, but unable to move a muscle. Trapped in her body, she discovers that someone powerful wants her dead.
I'll find you, Liz Lawler.
Emily Jacobs, a nurse, is in hospital for a minor operation. When she wakes in the night, woozy with anaesthetic, she sees the doctor frantically trying to resuscitate the woman in the bed next to her. In the morning, she is told that she must have had a nightmare. The bed has been empty all along. When Emily returns to work she discovers a bracelet that she believes belonged to the missing woman.
Save me from dangerous men, S.A. Lelchuk.
Nikki Griffin isn't your typical private investigator. In her office above her bookstore's shelves and stacks, where she luxuriates in books and the comfort they provide, she also tracks certain men. Dangerous men. Men who have hurt the women they claim to love. And Nikki likes to teach those men a lesson, to teach them what it feels like to be hurt and helpless.
The stories you tell, Kristen Lepionka.
A late-night phone call is never good news, especially when you're Roxane Weary. This one is from her brother Andrew whose evening was interrupted by a visit from Addison, a hip young DJ he knows from the hotel bar where he works. She was drunk, bloody, and hysterical, but she wouldn't say what was wrong. After using his phone, she left as quickly as she appeared, and Andrew is worried.
Killing with confetti, Peter Lovesey.
The daughter of career criminal mastermind Joe Irving is getting hitched to the son of Deputy Chief Constable George Brace. A more uncomfortable group of in-laws would be hard to imagine, but worse, charismatic and incorrigible Joe Irving - only just released from a long stint in prison - has many enemies on the outside.
A line of forgotten blood, Malcolm Mackay.
PC Vinny Reno discovers his ex-wife, Freya, has disappeared, he turns to private detectives Darian Ross and Sholto Douglas. Their search will lead them to a collision between Freya and a wealthy banking family. But it also leads to more questions.
The bear pit, S.G. MacLean.
London, 1656: Captain Seeker is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin preparing to strike at the heart of Oliver Cromwell's Republic. The Commonwealth is balanced on a knife edge. Royalists and disillusioned former Parliamentarians have united against Oliver Cromwell, now a king in all but name.
The nanny, Gilly Macmillan.
Seven-year-old Jocelyn loves her nanny more than her own mother. When her nanny disappears one night, Jo never gets over the loss. How could she vanish without saying goodbye? Thirty years on, Jo is forced to return to her family home and confront her troubled relationship with her mother. When human remains are discovered in the grounds of the house, Jo begins to question everything.
The mausoleum, David Mark.
1967. In a quiet village in the wild lands of the Scottish borders, disgraced academic Cordelia Hemlock is trying to put her life back together. Grieving the loss of her son, she seeks out the company of the dead, taking comfort amid the ancient headstones and crypts of the local churchyard. When lightning strikes a tumbledown tomb, she glimpses a corpse that doesn't belong among the crumbling bones.
The winker, Andrew Martin.
London, 1976. In Belgravia in the heat of summer, Lee Jones, a faded and embittered rock star, is checking out a group of women through the heavy cigarette smoke in a crowded pub. He makes eye contact with one, and winks. After allowing glances to linger for a while longer, he finally moves towards her. In that moment, his programme of terror; years in the making, has begun.
Six minutes, Petronella McGovern.
How can a child disappear from under the care of four playgroup mums? One Thursday morning, Lexie Parker dashes to the shop for biscuits, leaving Bella in the safe care of the other mums in the playgroup. Six minutes later, Bella is gone.
Conviction, Denise Mina.
The day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life exploded started off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes downstairs with an announcement, and Anna is suddenly, shockingly alone.
The last house guest: a novel, Megan Miranda.
Littleport, Maine is an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors. For almost a decade, visitor Sadie Loman and Littleport resident Avery Greer are inseparable in the summer; until Sadie is found dead. While the police rule the death a suicide, Avery feels there are those in the community who blame her.
Blood relations, Jonathan Moore.
Who is Claire Gravesend? So wonders PI Lee Crowe when he finds her dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce, in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself.
Knife, Jo Nesbø
Harry is in a bad place- Rakel has left him, he's working cold cases and notorious rapist and murderer Svein Finne is back on the streets. Harry is responsible for the many years Finne spent in prison but now he's free and ready to pick up where he left off. When Harry wakes up with blood on his hands, and no memory of what he did the night before, he knows everything is only going to get worse.
Out of the ashes, Vicky Newham.
When a flash mob on Brick Lane is interrupted by a sudden explosion, DI Maya Rahman dashes to the scene. A fire is raging through one of the city's most infamous streets, the sight of Maya's childhood home. And the discovery of two charred bodies in the burnt-out building transforms an arson attack into a murder case.
The whisper man, Alex North.
Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the sleepy village of Featherbank, looking for a fresh start. But Featherbank has a dark past. Fifteen years ago a twisted serial killer abducted and murdered five young boys. Until he was finally caught, the killer was known as 'The Whisper Man'. Of course, an old crime need not trouble Tom and Jake as they try to settle in to their new home. Except that now another young boy has gone missing.
First tracks, Catherine O'Connell.
When experienced ski patroller Greta Westerlind awakes in hospital having almost been killed in an avalanche, she is devastated to learn that her close friend, bond trader Warren McGovern, perished in the slide. With no memory of the incident, Greta is at a loss to explain why the two of them were skiing in such lethal terrain in the first place. As she struggles to unlock her memories as to what really happened that day, a series of strange and menacing incidents convinces Greta that someone means to harm her.
Unsolved, James Patterson & David Ellis.
FBI researcher Emma Dockery is back with a vengeance. Obsessed with finding a link between a string of deaths across several different states, she is convinced that there's a pattern. And where there's a pattern, there's a serial killer to put a stop to.
Beyond all reasonable doubt: a novel, Malin Persson Giolito
Thirteen years ago a fifteen-year-old girl was murdered. Doctor Stig Ahlin was sentenced to life in prison. When Sophia Weber discovers critical flaws in the murder investigation, she decides to help Ahlin. But Sophia doing her utmost to get her client exonerated arouses many people's disgust. And the more she learns, the more difficult her job becomes.
Necessary people: a novel, Anna Pitoniak.
Stella and Violet are best friends. Beautiful, privileged, and reckless Stella lives in the spotlight. Hardworking, laser-focused Violet stays behind the scenes, always ready to clean up the mess that Stella inevitable leaves in her wake. After graduation, Violet lands a job in cable news and works her way up from intern to producer. Stella, envious of Violet's new life, gets hired at the same network in front of the camera and becomes the face of all Violet's work. As Violet and Stella strive for success, each reveals how far she'll go to get what she wants.
White hot silence, Henry Porter.
Private investigator and fixer Paul Samson hasn't spoken to his erstwhile friend Denis Hisami in over a year. He just has accepted a dangerous assignment searching for a missing American businessman in Russia when he receives a call from Hisami asking him for a meeting. Hisami has a bombshell to drop.
Heart of barkness: a Chet & Bernie mystery, Spencer Quinn.
Chet and Bernie are working the most puzzling case of their career, a case that takes them back in time in search of old border-town secrets, and into present-day danger where powerful people want those secrets to stay hidden.
The perfect plan: a novel, Bryan Reardon.
Liam Brennan teeters on the edge. Early one morning, he snaps, kidnapping a young woman who works for Drew Brennan, Liam's older brother and the upstart candidate in a heated election. This sudden, vicious attack appears to be the beginning of an unthinkable spiral. But when it comes to the Brennan brothers, nothing is what it seems.
The anarchists' club, Alex Reeve.
It's been a year since Leo Stanhope lost the woman he loved, and came close to losing his own life. Now, more than ever, he is determined to keep his head down and stay safe, without risking those he holds dear. But Leo's hopes for peace and security are shattered when the police unexpectedly arrive at his lodgings: a woman has been found murdered at a club for anarchists, and Leo's address is in her purse.
Tightrope, Marnie Riches.
Having lost everything after a failed marriage, Beverley Sanders now lodges in the basement flat of a house owned by her best friend Sophie and husband, Tim. With her former marketing career in the gutter, she begins to do investigative work for other wronged women. Beverley takes on the case of Sophie's friend, Angela who is seeking to uncover grounds for divorce from her husband. She takes the case but soon discovers that she isn't the only one who doing the investigating, and Beverley has a secret history she doesn't want coming out.
Your life is mine: a novel, Nathan Ripley.
Blanche Potter never expected to face her past again but she can't escape it. Blanche, an up-and-coming filmmaker, has distanced herself in every way she can from her father, the notorious killer and cult leader, Chuck Varner. Now, Blanche learns that her mother has been murdered. She returns to her childhood home, where she soon discovers there's more to the death than police are willing to reveal.
Heart of the city, Robert Rotenberg.
Greene gets a job on a construction site for one of Toronto's many new condos. It seems he has finally found peace as he settles into a new career and new role as father, helping Alison adjust to life in Canada. But when Greene stumbles upon the corpse of hated developer Livingston Fox, he is plunged back into the life he tried so hard to leave behind.
Strangle-hold, Robert Rotenberg.
It's just after Labour Day and the city is kicking back into gear. All eyes are on the hotly contested election for Toronto's next mayor and crime is the big issue. Greene is no stranger to the worst of what the city has to offer, but even he is unprepared for what happens next when he stumbles upon a horrific homicide.
Stray bullets, Robert Rotenberg.
Outside a busy downtown doughnut shop, gunshots ring out and a young boy is critically hurt. Soon Detective Ari Greene is on scene. How many shots were fired? How many guns? How many witnesses? With grieving parents and a city hungry for justice, the pressure is on to convict the man accused of this horrible crime.
Gone too long: a novel, Lori Roy.
On the day a black truck rattles past her house and a Klan flyer lands in her front yard, ten-year-old Beth disappears from her Simmonsville, Georgia, home. Armed with skills honed while caring for an alcoholic mother, she must battle to survive the days and months ahead.
All the lost things: a novel, Michelle Sacks.
Dolly is thrilled when her Dad picks her up to go on a trip of a lifetime. The first days on the road are incredibly exciting, for the first time, she has her father's attention all to herself. But as they travel further south, into a country Dolly no longer recognizes, her dad's behaviour grows increasingly erratic. He becomes paranoid and irresponsible, even a little scary.
A long way down: a Ryan DeMarco mystery, Randall Silvis.
Ryan DeMarco would rather not go home. Not now, maybe not ever. But when his estranged wife attempts suicide, he has no choice but to return to western Pennsylvania, and all the memories that wait for him there. Unfortunately, it's not only ghosts from the past waiting to greet DeMarco upon his return.
The last widow, Karin Slaughter.
A routine family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but in the end they find nothing. A month later, on a sleepy Sunday afternoon, medical examiner Sara Linton is at lunch with her boyfriend Will Trent, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, when the serenity of the summer's day is broken by the wail of sirens.
The boy who fell, Jo Spain.
In the garden of an abandoned house, Luke Connolly lies broken, dead. The night before, he and his friends partied inside. Nobody fought, everybody else went home safely. And yet, Luke was raped and pushed to his death. His alleged attacker is now in custody. DCI Tom Reynolds is receiving the biggest promotion of his career when a colleague asks him to look at the Connolly case, believing it's not as cut and dried as local investigators have made out.
Blood in Eden, Peter Tremayne.
Ireland, AD 671. The hamlet of Cloichín is said to be a veritable Eden, with its prosperous farms and close-knit, friendly community. But after a local farmer, his wife and two sons are murdered, a fanatical new priest orders the villagers to lynch the man accused of the crime.
Who killed Ruby?, Camilla Way.
You never know what's going on behind closed doors. If you passed it on the street, you'd see an ordinary London townhouse. You might wonder about the people who live there, assume they're just like you. But inside a family is trapped in a nightmare. In the kitchen, a man lies dead on the blood-soaked floor. Soon the police will come, and they'll want answers.
Such a perfect wife: a novel, Kate White.
On a sunny fall morning, Shannon Blaine sets off on a jog along the rural roads near her home in Lake George, New York. It's her usual routine after dropping the kids off at school except on this day she never returns. The residents in the idyllic town are stunned. Could Shannon have just taken off, overwhelmed with the pressures of being the perfect wife and mother? Did a stranger snatch her? Or is her husband responsible?

New Zealand Fiction

The costumier's gift, Vicky Adin.
1903: Jane is the talented principal costumier at Auckland's Opera House in its Edwardian heyday. She thrives in this place where she can hide from her pain and keep her skeletons to herself - until the past comes back to haunt her. Brigid, her beloved foster mother, and her best friend Gwenna are anchors in her solitary yet rewarding life. As the decades go by, the burden of carrying secrets becomes too great, and Jane must pass on the hidden truths.
Death of an agent, David McGill.
This is the fourth outing for the former police detective and spy-catcher, who investigated a Nazi threat to a New Zealand scientist, an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Peter Fraser and the West Auckland theft of a religious icon with international ramifications.
Invasion: New Zealand, 1942, Don E. McGregor.
New Zealand staggers under the impact of a surprise Japanese invasion and occupation that seem unstoppable. Hasty defensive measures are taken by the authorities. Many kiwis "go hush" and form a resistance movement of sorts. Women step in and join the fight at home...
Dreamers = nga Kaimoemoea: stories of the Hokianga, Susy Pointon.
The Hokianga Harbour on New Zealand's Far North West Coast has been a magnet for dreamers ever since the first Polynesian explorer, Kupe, followed a long-tailed cuckoo into the southern ocean in the hope that he would find land. These stories are about the dreamers that have followed him since.
Turn of the tide = Te Huringa o te tai: more stories of the Hokianga, Susy Pointon
In these stories, a millennial couple on a Tinder date turn up in search of Local Colour and get more than they bargained for, a broken cowboy is persuaded to enter one last race, a good mate tries to support his friend as he freefalls after a lapse in sobriety. A grieving teacher believes his wife has returned to her garden in the form of a skylark.
Warm milk: a New Zealand childhood... and beyond, Susy Pointon.
A childhood in 1950s and '60s New Zealand leads the author on a global search for a sense of belonging and a place to call Home.
In fifteen minutes you can say a lot: selected fiction, Greville Texidor
In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say a Lot begins with Texidor's most fully achieved piece of work, 'These Dark Glasses'. The stories which follow range from Spain and England to New Zealand, where she writes unsentimentally and unerringly of the environment of the time.

ROMANCE

Demanding his hidden heir, Jackie Ashenden.
A sizzling weekend. Changes the Italian's life for ever! Enzo Cardinali has never known a passion like the one he shared with Matilda St George during their red- hot Caribbean fling. Beautiful, irresistible Matilda made brooding Enzo crave something more for the first time.
Someone to honour, Mary Balogh.
Abigail Westcott's dreams for her future were lost when her father died and she discovered her parents were not legally married. But now, six years later, she enjoys the independence a life without expectation provides a wealthy single woman. Indeed, she's grown confident enough to scold the careless servant chopping wood outside without his shirt on in the proximity of ladies. But the man is not a servant.
Married in name only, Jules Bennett.
Here comes the blackmailed bride groom! Paisley Morgan just discovered that Texas's most infamous billionaire could be her real father. Now she needs the help of her infuriating and incredibly sexy ex, investigator Lucas Ford.
A week with the best man, Ally Blake.
One week. With the guy she's desperate to resist! Returning home isn't something buttoned-up businesswoman Harper Addison does often. She's too focused on earning money to support her family. Now she's back to be her sister's maid of honour which means spending a lot of time with the best man, her teenage crush Cormac Wharton.
Red hot rancher, Maureen Child.
His dreams were shattered as she chased her own. Not this time. One look at Emma Williams and rich rancher Caden Hale knows he hasn't forgiven her for leaving Montana. She's back with a baby - the family Caden thought would be theirs. Has Emma really changed?
His two royal secrets, Caitlin Crews.
From heiress in the shadows to his pregnant princess! For one passionate night, in a stranger's arms, Pia felt beautiful and free free from being the lonely, overlooked heiress to her family's millions. And then Pia learns she's carrying the Crown Prince of Atilia's twins!
Saved by their one-night baby, Louisa George.
Can a shock baby. Redeem this damaged doctor? In this SOS Docs story, the last person paediatrician Ethan Reid expects to see on board the rescue boat during his latest humanitarian mission is nurse Claire Durand. The woman he once shared an electrifying anonymous encounter with is now his newest colleague!
A nurse and a pup to heal him, Kate Hardy.
A nurse, her puppy? And the family he never thought he'd have? After losing his wife and baby to his best friend, guarded GP Ben Mitchell has sworn off love. But nurse Toni Butler and her adorable therapy dog Archie are drawing him out of his shell.
Infinity + one, Amy Harmon.
When two unlikely allies become two unwitting outlaws, will two unforgettable lovers defy unbeatable odds? Bonnie Rae Shelby is a superstar. She's rich. She's beautiful. She's impossibly famous. And Bonnie Rae Shelby wants to die. Finn Clyde is a nobody. He's broken. He's brilliant. He's impossibly cynical. And all he wants is a chance at life.
The army doc's baby secret, Charlotte Hawkes.
Since losing his leg on a mission, soldier Zeke Jackson has worked hard and come a long way. Now a multi-millionaire, he's committed to helping others. But nothing can prepare him for the moment when his wife, army doctor Tia Farringdale, walks back into his life and reminds him just how powerful their connection still is.
Pregnant by the single dad doc, Louisa Heaton.
Working with her ex. Leads to unexpected consequences! Turning her life around after a crushing loss, medical student Ellie Jones is shocked to discover her new mentor is Dr Logan Riley who broke her heart years earlier!
The idea of love, Patti Callahan Henry.
When Hunter and Ella meet in Watersend, South Carolina, it feels like something close to fate. In Ella, Hunter finds the perfect love story, the stuff of epic films. In Hunter, Ella finds possibility, an opportunity to live out a fantasy. So what' a little white lie between strangers?
Evvie Drake starts over, Linda Holmes.
One morning, Eveleth 'Evvie' Drake got up, packed her suitcase, and got ready to leave her life, and her perfect husband, behind. But before she walked out of the door, she received a phone call asking her to come to the hospital. That day, Evvie's new life as a widow began.
The friend zone, Abby Jimenez.
Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen; especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland.
Bought bride for the Argentinian, Sharon Kendrick.
The Argentinian returns. With a shocking proposal! Alejandro Sabato, the unforgettable man from her past, has hired PR executive Emily Green to redeem his playboy reputation. She suggests he take a convenient wife to show he's changed. What she doesn't expect is Alejandro's insistence that she take on the role!
Cinderella and the billionaire, Marion Lennox.
From different worlds. To the perfect family? Entrusted to take his late colleague's young son to his grandmother, Manhattan financier Matt McLellan hires down- on-her-luck skipper Meg O'Hara to take them across Australia's Bass Strait. He might be a billionaire, but on board Meg's boat she's the boss!
A nurse to heal the ER doc, Janice Lynn.
Their connection is undeniable. Will it last for ever? Nurse Taylor Hall is finally putting her life back together post-divorce. And a fling with sexy playboy Dr Jack Morgan when they're both working at a music festival is the perfect way to move on.
Redeeming her brooding surgeon, Sue MacKay.
In this SOS Docs story, haunted by the fact that he couldn't save his best friend, brooding surgeon Chase Barrington dedicates himself to saving lives. He won't get close to anyone again, but he's blindsided by a passionate kiss with stunning ex-army doc Kristina Morton.
Window on the bay: a novel, Debbie Macomber.
Jenna Boltz's life is at a crossroads. After a messy divorce nearly twenty years ago, she raised her two children on her own, juggling motherhood with her beloved job as a Seattle intensive care nurse. Now that Paul and Allie have gone to college and moved out, Jenna can't help but wonder what her future holds.
Secrets of Silvergum, Mandy Magro.
When a horrible twist of fate leaves teenage friends Emma Kensington and Zane Wolfe reeling in the wake of a fatal accident, the two are driven apart for decades. As a professional bull rider in America for the past sixteen years, Zane has stayed a sensible distance from the one woman he's always loved but could never have.
The desert midwife, Fiona McArthur.
What if the love of your life forgot who you were? When outback midwife Ava May meets Zac on a flight to Alice Springs, they tumble into a whirlwind affair. But an exciting adventure leads to a terrible accident, with shattering consequences. The couple who had so much going for them now find themselves with everything to lose.
Red, white & royal blue, Casey McQuiston.
First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz, with his sister and the Veep's genius granddaughter, are the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. Then photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids. The plan for damage control: stage a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince.
An innocent to tame the Italian, Tara Pammi.
To discover the truth. He'll keep his beautiful adversary close! For brooding tech billionaire Massimo Brunetti, a cyber-attack on his company is unacceptable. Tracking down the savvy Manhattan hacker, he's stunned to find gorgeous genius Natalie Crosetto.
Pregnant on the Earl's doorstep, Sophie Pembroke.
The Earl's reputation is everything. But scandal's knocking on his door! On his brother's death Cal Bryce has assumed the role of Earl, also becoming guardian to his young niece and nephew. Knowing nothing about children, he's saved when sweet teacher Heather Reid agrees to be their nanny.
Under currents, Nora Roberts.
From the outside, the house in Lakeview Terrace looks perfect and the Bigelows seem like the perfect family: the respected surgeon father, the glamorous, devoted mother and two beautiful children. A perfect family, in a perfect house living their perfect lives. But perfect surfaces can hide dark undercurrents and behind closed doors lies a very different story.
Reclaimed by the powerful Sheikh, Pippa Roscoe.
The past will never be forgotten. And his request won't be denied. Ten years ago Mason McAulty was swept into an overwhelming affair with Prince Danyl Al- Arain which ended tragically. Now Danyl has arrived at her struggling Australian farm with a million-dollar demand to attend his royal gala.
The me I used to be: a novel, Jennifer Ryan.
After serving time for a crime she didn't commit, Evangeline returns home to a cold welcome. Her mother blames her for her father's death, and her brothers want her out of their way. When Evangeline learns she's solely responsible for their failing ranch, putting her family's future squarely on her shoulders, she'll have to find a creative way to save their home before they lose it all. Her only ally: the cop who sent her away.
Wed for the Spaniard's redemption, Chantelle Shaw.
He'll give her five million reasons. To marry him! Infuriatingly, the only way Rafael Mendoza-Casillas can become CEO of the Casillas Group is if he marries. Yet this notorious Spanish playboy isn't the commitment kind! Until penniless single mother Juliet Lacey confides in him that she's about to lose everything.
Swept away by the Venetian millionaire, Nina Singh.
The trip of a lifetime. Leads to the man of her dreams! In this Destination Brides story, Maya Talbot's taking a romantic vacation - alone! Betrayed by her ex, she's indulging her love for art and travel. But she finds a new passion in the arms of mysterious millionaire sculptor Vito Rameri!
The Greek's pregnant Cinderella, Michelle Smart.
'You will go to the ball.' And be seduced by a billionaire. Hotel maid Tabitha is stunned to be gifted a ticket to an elite ball hosted by Greek tycoon Giannis Basinas. It's meant to be a night of pure luxury, but this untouched Cinderella ends up in Giannis's bed utterly pleasured!
Something in the wine, Tricia Stringer.
Reserved high school teacher Keely Mitchell is more than ready for her holiday on the west coast of Australia, so when a medical emergency turns over all her plans and an intervention by a kind stranger finds her recovering in a Margaret River vineyard, she is at first downcast. Keely had wanted to put recent traumatic events out of her mind, and recuperating alone in a stranger's house won't help that.
The bookish life of Nina Hill, Abbi Waxman.
Raised by a single mother, Nina Hill has a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. Then the father she never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews. They all live close by! They're all excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers.
His shock marriage in Greece, Jane Porter.
A merciless groom. A not-so-convenient bride! Scarred by his dark past, Damen Alexopoulos does not let emotion dictate anything especially his choice of wife. So when his convenient society bride is switched at the altar for her innocent younger sister, Kassiani Dukas, Damen is adamant their marriage will remain strictly business.

SAGA

The Cornish dressmaker, Nicola Pryce.
Cornwall, 1796. Seamstress Elowyn Liddicot's family believe they've secured the perfect future for her, in the arms of Nathan Cardew. But then one evening, Elowyn helps to rescue a dying man from the sea, and everything changes. William Cotterell, wild and self-assured, refuses to leave her thoughts or her side but surely she can't love someone so unlike herself?
Lost and found, Danielle Steel.
What might have been? This tantalizing question propels a woman on a cross-country adventure to reunite with the men she had loved and let go. Madison Allen is a renowned, career-driven photographer. Sifting through old photos in her fashionable New York fire-house apartment, she reflects on what could have been. She'd had three men in her life who were very important to her in different ways, but it was the fourth love, her job, which always won in the end.

SCIENCE FICTION

Andromeda rising, Jay Allan.
The Gut. An industrial hell. The foulest and most decrepit slum on Parsephon. A nest of human misery, where hope is word long forgotten, and the dead are carted away every day. It is the worst pit in the Confederation's great industrial machine known as the Iron Belt.
The stars my destination, Alfred Bester.
Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge.
Stranger Things. Suspicious minds, Gwenda Bond.
A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth behind Eleven's mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down in this thrilling prequel to the hit show Stranger Things.
Triumphant, Jack Campbell.
A young fleet officer and a Marine must stand together to defend their neighbors and their colony in this return to the powerful and action-packed Genesis Fleet saga from New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell.
The hive, Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.
A coalition of Earth's nations barely fought off the Formics' first scout ship. Now it's clear that there's a mother-ship out on edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth's warring nations and corporations put aside their differences and mount an effective defense?
Guardian of empire, Kylie Chan.
Earth has joined the Galactic Empire, a vast interstellar society ruled by dragon-like aliens where everybody is immortal. Pain, famine and disease have been eradicated, but this doesn't mean the end of conflict. A cruel alien Republic has been watching from afar and wants to take the Empire's progress for its own.
Stranger things. Darkness on the edge of town, Adam Christopher.
Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper's protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked "New York" out of the basement and the tough questions begin.
Recursion: a novel, Blake Crouch.
Memory makes reality. That's what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome; a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.
Star Wars. Alphabet Squadron, Alexander Freed.
The Emperor is dead. His final weapon has been destroyed. The Imperial Army is in disarray. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters' shantytown. Then she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron, cobbled together from an eclectic assortment of pilots and starfighters.
Abandoned, W. Michael Gear.
On the planet Donovan, resources are dwindling, technology failing. Supervisor Kalico Aguila has bet everything on a fragile settlement far south of Port Authority, carving a farm and mine out of wilderness. Then a murderous peril descends out of Donovan's sky; one that will leave Kalico bleeding and shattered.
Outpost, W. Michael Gear.
A ghost ship, the Freelander, appears in orbit. Missing for two years, she arrives with a crew dead of old age, and reeks of a bizarre death-cult ritual that deters any ship from attempting a return journey. But maybe it's worth the risk, for a brutal killer is stalking all of them as Donovan plays its own complex and deadly game.
Pariah, W. Michael Gear.
Corporate assassin Tamarland Benteen's last hope is the survey ship Vixen. With a load of scientists aboard under the supervision of Dr. Dortmund Weisbacher, Vixen is tasked with the first comprehensive survey of the newly discovered planet called Donovan.
My name is Monster, Katie Hale.
After the Sickness has killed off her parents, and the bombs have fallen on the last safe cities, Monster emerges from the arctic vault which has kept her alive. When she washes up on the coast of Scotland, everyone she knows is dead, and she believes she is alone in an empty world. Monster begins the long walk south, scavenging and learning the contours of this familiar land made new.
Terminal uprising, Jim C. Hines.
Human civilization didn't just fall. It was pushed. The Krakau came to Earth in the year 2104. By 2105, humanity had been reduced to shambling, feral monsters. In the Krakau's defense, it was an accident, and a century later, they did come back and try to fix us. Sort of.
Last tango in cyberspace, Steven Kotler.
Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn is the first of his kind; an empathy tracker, an emotional soothsayer, with a felt sense for the future of the we. In simpler terms, he can spot cultural shifts and trends before they happen. It's a useful skill for a certain kind of company.
Girl in landscape, Jonathan Letham.
A novel on a planet whose inhabitants are part human, part animal and part vegetable. The planet is described through the eyes of a family of immigrants from a post- apocalyptic Earth.
Octavia gone, Jack McDevitt.
After being lost in space for eleven years, Gabe finally makes his triumphant return to reunite with Alex and Chase and retrieve a possibly alien artifact which may lead them to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of their careers.
The obsoletes: a novel, Simeon Mills.
A coming-of-age novel about two human-like teen robots navigating high school, basketball, and potentially life-threatening consequences if their true origins are discovered by the inhabitants of their intolerant 1980s Michigan hometown.
Vessel: a novel, Lisa A. Nichols.
After astronaut Catherine Wells's ship undergoes a catastrophic event and loses contact with NASA, the entire world believes her to be dead. Miraculously, and mysteriously, she survives, though everyone else on the mission is lost, as are most of Catherine's memories of her time in space.
Bandwidth: an analog novel, Eliot Peper.
A rising star at a preeminent political lobbying firm, Dag Calhoun represents the world's most powerful technology and energy executives. But when a close brush with death reveals that the influence he wields makes him a target, impossible cracks appear in his perfect, richly appointed life.
Borderless: an analog novel, Eliot Peper.
Exiled from Washington after a covert operation gone wrong, Diana is building a new life as a freelance spy, though her obsessive secrecy is driving away the few friends and allies she can count on. When she's hired to investigate the world's leading techno capitalist, she unknowingly accepts an assignment with a dark ulterior purpose.
Breach: an analog novel, Eliot Peper.
When you've betrayed your revolutionary cadre, an off-grid fight club on a remote tropical island is a good place to hide or die. For notorious ex-hacker Emily Kim, the outcome of each fight makes little difference. Black-market blood sport is the perfect self-imposed penance.
Everything you ever wanted, Luiza Sauma.
Sometimes you don't get out of bed at all. Then you hear about Life on Nyx, a programme that allows 100 lucky winners the chance to escape it all, move to another planet and establish a new way of life. One with meaning and purpose. One without Instagram and online dating. There's one caveat: if you go, you can never come back.
Hell divers. V, Captives, Nicholas Sansbury Smith.
After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny habitable zone where thousands of people live by fishing and farming. But this 'paradise' is really a violent warrior society ruled by the cannibal king el Pulpo.
The lesson: a novel, Cadwell Turnbull.
An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath.
Across the void: a novel, S.K. Vaughn.
Commander Maryam "May" Knox awakes from a medically induced coma alone, adrift in space on a rapidly failing ship, with little to no memory of who she is or why she's there. Slowly, she pieces together that she's the captain of the ship, Hawking II; that she was bound for Europa; one of Jupiter's moons, on a research mission; and that she's the only survivor of either an accident; or worse.
The Gordian protocol, David Weber & Jacob Holo.
Doctor Benjamin Schroder was a history teacher until a psychotic episode turned his world upside down. Benjamin now had memories, not just of his own life, but of an entire ghastly world where millions of civilians had been systematically slaughtered in 'extermination camps,' there is still a Soviet Union, the Korean Peninsula is divided, thousands of nuclear warheads spread their threat across Earth and the Middle East was a festering sore of bloodshed, fanaticism and terrorism.
Knight: a chronicle of the Sibyl's War, Timothy Zahn.
Nicole Hammond was just trying to survive on the streets of Philadelphia, then she and her partner Bungie were abducted by a race of mysterious moth- like aliens and taken to a strange ship called the Fyrantha. Now she is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with the aliens and their ship, and no one is happy.