Recreation

New Titles Fiction March 2019 (arrived in February)

ADVENTURE

A long night in Paris, Dov Alfon.
When one Israeli citizen disappears from Charles de Gaulle airport with a woman in a red dress you can put it down to youthful indiscretion. When a second from the same flight has disappeared from his hotel room with a girl with a gun, you might just have a diplomatic crisis on your hands.
The priests' code, B. B. Balthis.
Benoit Balthis, a French catholic priest and expert translator working in the Cotswolds, thinks his latest commission is just another interesting distraction. He is wrong. Parchments relating to the time of Christ, and entries written in an old diary, draw him into a world of secrets, lies, and murder.
A conspiracy of tall men, Noah Hawley.
Linus Owen is a young professor of conspiracy theory at a small college just outside San Francisco. His marriage is foundering and his wife, Claudia, has gone to Chicago to visit her mother. But if Claudia is in Chicago, how is it that two FBI agents show up at Linus' office and inform him that Claudia has been killed in a plane crash on her way from New York to Brazil?
A bond undone, Jin Yong.
In the Jin capital of Zhongdu, Guo Jing learns the truth of his father's death and finds he is now betrothed, against his will, to two women. Torn between following his heart and fulfilling his filial duty, he journeys through the country of his parents and becomes drawn into the struggle for the supreme martial text, the Nine Yin Manual.
Marked for death, Tony Kent.
Michael Devlin. a criminal barrister, is determined to prove the innocence of his own client, and is at first oblivious to the return of the murderous figure from his past, until tragedy strikes closer to home.
Last man standing, Stephen Leather.
Friendships forged in the heat of combat can be stronger than anything. So when SAS trooper Matt Standing is told that the former Navy SEAL who saved his life has been accused of killing a man, he doesn't hesitate to go to his aid.
Spores: don't even breathe, Douglas Parker.
The people of small town Fulton are dying in a horror of bleeding and hallucination. It is up to the town's Chief of Police, Marion Quirke, and it's only doctor, Shona Price, to find the truth and become caught up in a world of conspiracy and deception as the media; politicians and big business all manipulate the fate of Fulton for their own ends.
Tear it down, Nick Petrie.
Iraq war veteran Peter Ash is restless in the home he shares with June Cassidy in Washington State. June knows Peter needs to be on the move, so she sends him to Memphis to help her friend Wanda Wyatt, a photographer and war correspondent who's been receiving peculiar threats. When Peter arrives in Memphis, however, he finds the situation has gone downhill fast.
The night agent: a novel, Matthew Quirk.
FBI Agent Peter Sutherland is tapped to work in the White House Situation Room. A phone call thrusts Peter into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making, involving a Russian mole at the highest levels of the government. Anyone in the White House could be the traitor.
Red strike, Chris Ryan.
Six years ago, high-ranking Russian foreign intelligence officer Nikolai Volkov fled the country, accused of selling state secrets to MI6. Defecting to the UK, Volkov went into hiding. But nine weeks ago, Volkov was found slumped on a park bench in Swindon, poisoned with a lethal nerve agent the victim of a botched assassination attempt and now he has been kidnapped from a remote safe house by a Russian snatch squad.
Battle sight zero, Gerald Seymour.
Andy Knight is a young truck driver and an undercover officer. Andy has befriended Zeinab, a young Muslim student from a small Yorkshire town who is a central part of a murderous, extremist plot. Connections have been made through a veteran Manchester gangster with a source of AK47s in the impoverished, drug-ridden, high rise estates of Marseilles.
Anti Lebanon, Carl Shuker.
It is the Arab Spring and the fate of the Christians of the Middle East is uncertain. When Hezbollah flex their muscles in a takeover of west Beirut, amid the old shell-scarred sandstone villas, the echoing gunfire, a young Christian wandering the emptied streets is entrapped in an act of violence that will awaken monsters from the civil war and beyond.
Liars' paradox, Taylor Stevens.
From earliest memory twins Jack and Jill have been taught to hide, to hunt, to survive. Clare, their mother, has trained them in the art of espionage, tested their skills in weaponry, surveillance, and sabotage, and sharpened their minds with nerve-wracking psychological games. When Clare's off-the-grid safehouse explodes and she goes missing, they're forced to believe the unthinkable: their mother's paranoid delusions have been real all along.
Daughter of war: a Pike Logan thriller, Brad Taylor.
Hot on the trail of a North Korean looking to sell sensitive US intelligence to the Syrian regime, Pike Logan and the Taskforce stumble upon something much graver: the sale of a lethal substance called Red Mercury. Unbeknown to the Taskforce, the Syrians plan to use the weapon of mass destruction against American and Kurdish forces.

FANTASY

The Hod king, Josiah Bancroft.
Fearing an uprising, the Sphinx sends Senlin to investigate a plot that has taken hold in the ringdom of Pelphia. Alone in the city, Senlin infiltrates a bloody arena where hods battle for the public's entertainment. But his investigation is quickly derailed by a gruesome crime and an unexpected reunion.
The dream gatherer: a green rider novella and other stories, Kristen Britain.
A visit with the eccentric Berry sisters turns dangerous when an arcane device is discovered in their house that can summon dreamers through their dreams, and one of them is a nightmare.
The wolf in the whale, Jordanna Max Brodsky.
A young Inuit shaman's epic quest for survival in the frozen lands of North America in 1000 AD. Born with the soul of a hunter and the language of the gods, Omat is destined to become a shaman like her grandfather. To protect her people, she invokes the spirits of the sky, the sea, and the air. But the gods have stopped listening, the seals won't come, and Omat's family is starving.
Dark forge, Miles Cameron.
Only fools think war is simple or glorious. On the magic-drenched battlefield, information is the lifeblood of victory, and Aranthur is about to discover that carrying messages, scouting the enemy, keeping his nerve, and passing on orders is more dangerous, and more essential, then an inexperienced soldier could imagine...especially when everything starts to go wrong.
The kingdom of copper, S.A. Chakraborty.
With Daevabad entrenched in the dark aftermath of the battle that saw Dara slain at Prince Ali's hand, Nahri must forge a new path for herself, without the protection of the guardian who stole her heart or the counsel of the prince she considered a friend.
Dragon heart, Peter Higgins.
The great war ended with the death of the legendary dragon Vespertine. The last gambit failed the wizards lost, and now a final sickness leaks into the earth. There is no stopping it. it unfolds south as a bruise upon the sky, and forces Castrel and Shay from their small home days before their baby arrives. Now they wander, seeking food, seeking shelter, always trying to keep their daughter Hope safe.
Black leopard, red wolf, Marlon James.
Tracker is engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, He breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard.
Summoned to thirteenth grave, Darynda Jones.
Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She's been kicked off the earthly plane for eternity; which is exactly the amount of time it takes to make a person stark, raving mad. But someone's looking out for her, and she's allowed to return after a mere hundred years in exile. Is it too much to hope for that not much has changed?
The ruin of kings, Jenn Lyons.
Kihrin grew up on tales of long-lost princes and grand quests, despite being raised in a brothel, making money as a musician and street thief. One day he overreaches by targeting an absent noble's mansion, hunting for jewels. There he witnesses a prince performing a terrifying dark-magic ritual. Kihrin flees but he's marked by a demon and his life will never be the same again.
Endgames, L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Solidar is in chaos. Charyn, the young and untested ruler of Solidar, has survived assassination, and he struggles to gain control of a realm in the grip of social upheaval, war, and rioting. Solidar cannot be allowed to slide into social and political turmoil that will leave the High Holders with their ancient power and privilege, and the common people with nothing.
Salvation's fire, Justina Robson.
The Tzarkomen necromancers sacrificed a thousand women to create a Bride for the Kinslayer so he would spare them in the war. But the Kinslayer is dead and now the creation intended to ensure his eternal rule lies abandoned by its makers in the last place in the world that anyone would look for it. Which doesn't prevent someone from finding her by accident.
Rattlesnake wind: a novel, Lilith Saintcrow.
Dez Thompson's family; now without their domineering patriarch, is busy creating a new life on Wyoming's plains. To Dez, magic hides in the grass, and especially in the wind and she is about to find out that magic is real, bloody, and on the hunt for the perfect victims.
Edgedancer, Brandon Sanderson.
Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older; a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner -Darkness, court life is suffocating the free-spirited Lift, who can't help heading to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless Darkness is there hunting people like her with budding powers.
The revolution trade, Charles Stross.
Miriam Beckstein has said goodbye to her comfort zone. The transition from journalist to captive in an alternative timeline was challenging to say the least. As was discovering her long-lost family, the Clan, were world-skipping assassins. Now civil war rages in her adopted home, she's pregnant with the heir to their throne and a splinter-group want her on their side of a desperate power struggle.
The traders' war, Charles Stross.
Miriam was an ambitious business journalist in Boston. Until she was fired, then discovered, to her shock, that her lost family comes from an alternate reality. And although some of them are trying to kill her, she won't stop digging up secrets. Now that she knows she's inherited the family ability to walk between worlds, there's a new culture to explore.

FICTION

Golden child: a novel, Claire Adam.
Rural Trinidad: a family, quietly surviving, just trying to live a decent life. Clyde and Joy have twin sons who are thirteen years old. When Paul goes walking in the bush one afternoon and doesn't come home, Clyde begins to understand Paul's fate, his world shatters--leaving him faced with a decision no parent should ever have to make.
When you read this: a novel, Mary Adkins.
For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping clients perfect their brands. But Iris has died at only thirty-three. Her friend and colleague, Smith, discovers discover that Iris created a blog filled with sharp and often funny musings on the end of a life not quite fulfilled. She also made one final request: for Smith to get her posts published as a book.
Professor Chandra follows his bliss, Rajeev Balasubramanyam.
P.R. Chandrasekhar, the celebrated professor of economics at Cambridge, is at a turning point. He has sacrificed his family for his career, but his conservative brand of economics is no longer in fashion, and yet again he has lost the Nobel Prize to a rival. His American doctor instructs him to change his workaholic ways and "follow his bliss", and so he does, right to the coast of California, and into the heart of his dysfunctional family. .
The only woman in the room, Marie Benedict.
Hedy Kiesler's marries a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. At Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. Desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands in Hollywood, where she becomes Hedy Lamarr, screen star. She is also keeping a secret that she is a scientist and has an idea that might help the country.
The last wave, Gillian Best.
The sea has always been Martha's escape; first from the sadness and strife of her childhood home, then from the drudgery of life as a wife and mother, but she can never quite escape the pull of love and family, despite her desire for freedom.
The spirit of science fiction, Roberto Bolaño.
Set in Mexico in the 1970s, the novel charts the literary and romantic escapades of two Chilean aspiring writers, employing a range of genres, from epistolary novel to science fiction to satire.
Small blessings, Emily Brewin.
Rosie Larson's violent ex-boyfriend, Joel, is out of jail and she's determined he won't find her or their eleven-year-old son. For Isobel Hutchins, the cost of success is beginning to prove too high. When tragedy strikes, Rosie and Isobel are thrown together despite their differences.
The house of second chances, Esther Campion.
Can a house heal heartache? From coastal Australia to the rugged beauty of Ireland, an enchanting novel of starting over. Ellen and Aidan O'Shea are keen to bring their grandmother's old stone cottage neglected property back to its former glory and enlists the help of her dear friend and one of Ireland's top interior designers, Colette Barry.
The things we don't say, Ella Carey.
Nearly sixty years ago, renowned London artist Patrick Adams painted his most famous work: a portrait of his beloved Emma Temple, a fellow bohemian with whom he shared his life. Years after Patrick's death, ninety-year-old Emma still has the painting hanging over her bed at their country home as a testament to their love. To Emma's granddaughter, Laura, the portrait is also a symbol of so much to come.
The night tiger, Yangsze Choo.
Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother's Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for.
Louis & Louise, Julie Cohen.
If you could look at one life in two different ways, what would you see? Louis and Louise are separated by a single moment in time, a strike of chance that decided their future. In one, Louis David Alder is born a male. In the other, Louise Dawn Alder is born a female. They they have the same best friends, the same parents, the same dream of being a writer. But because of their gender, everything looks different.
The last romantics: a novel, Tara Conklin.
When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that reverberates through time.
Baxter's requiem, Matthew Crow.
Mr Baxter is ninety-four years old when he falls down his staircase and grudgingly finds himself resident at Melrose Gardens Retirement Home. Baxter is many things; raconteur, retired music teacher, rabble-rouser, bon viveur, but 'good patient' he is not. He had every intention of living his twilight years with wine, music and revelry; not tea, telly and Tramadol. Indeed, Melrose Gardens is his worst nightmare, until he meets Gregory.
Deviation, Luce D'Eramo.
Lucie was brought up by bourgeois parents as a passionate young fascist. At the age of eighteen, the headstrong protagonist decides to volunteer in the Nazi labour camps in Germany. Wishing to disprove what she sees as the lies that are being told about Nazi-Fascism, she instead encounters the horrors of life there and is changed completely.
How to be second best, Jessica Dettmann.
Going from one child to two is never all that easy for a family, but when Emma's husband simultaneously fathers a third child three doors up the street, things get very tricky, very fast.
Lightning rods, Helen DeWitt.
Joe is a down-and-out salesman who spends most of his time sitting around his trailer in Florida fantasizing about women. But one afternoon a particularly strange fantasy turns into a life-changing epiphany. Suddenly he knows how to curtail sexual harassment in the office and increase productivity.
Something to tell you, Lucy Diamond.
When Frankie stumbles upon an unopened letter from her late mother, she's delighted to have one last message from her; until she reads the contents and discovers the truth about her birth. Brimming with questions, she travels to York to seek further answers from the Mortimer family, but her appearance sends shockwaves through them all.
The summer list: a novel, Amy Mason Doan.
Laura and Casey were inseparable, dreaming about the future and teaming up for the wild scavenger hunts in their small California lakeside town. Until one summer night when a shocking betrayal sent Laura running into a new life, leaving Casey and a first love in her wake.
No sunscreen for the dead, Tim Dorsey.
Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. This time, Serge's interest is drawn to one of the largest retirement villages in the world; also known as the site of an infamous sex scandal between a retiree and her younger beau that rocked the community.
Love in no man's land, Duo Ji Zhou Ga.
The Changthang Plateau lies in the centre of Tibet. It is home to seven-year-old Gongzha and his family who live. It is1967 and the Cultural Revolution is seeping across China. As the Red Guard systematically loot and destroy Tibet's monasteries, Gongzha helps hide two treasures belonging to his local temple.
Slack-tide, Elanor Dymott.
It is four years since the loss of a child broke her marriage, and Elizabeth is fiercely protective of her independence. She meets Robert; exuberant, generous, apparently care-free, and they fall in love with breath-taking speed.
Tell me a secret, Jane Fallon.
Holly is feeling on top of the world; celebrating a new promotion and dying to pop the champagne with her best friend Roz. But is Holly just imagining things, or is Roz, who supported her every step of the way, not as happy for her as she should be? Something about Roz's behaviour doesn't add up.
Phoebe's light, Suzanne Woods Fisher.
Phoebe Starbuck has always adjusted her sails and rudder to the whims of her father. Now, for the first time, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves on her grand adventure, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for.
The Olive Garden Choir, Leah Fleming.
On the beautiful island of Santaniki, close to Crete, it's not all white sands and sunshine. When retired bookseller Ariadne Blunt suggests the English residents form a choir, there are groans of resistance. After a little persuasion, the group gather in Ariadne's olive garden to rehearse, but each member of this choir has their own anxieties and secrets.
American hippo, Sarah Gailey.
In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is a story of Winslow Houndstooth and his crew, thir fortunes and his revenge.
Annelies, David R. Gillham.
What if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust? The year is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps but lost her mother and sister along the way, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated Amsterdam. But it's not easy to fit the pieces of their life back together.
When all is said, Anne Griffin.
At the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He's alone, as usual; though tonight is anything but. Pull up a stool and charge your glass, because Maurice is finally ready to tell his story. Over the course of this evening, he will raise five toasts to the five people who have meant the most to him.
Late in the day: a novel, Tessa Hadley.
Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later, Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summer's evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia: she is at the hospital. Zach is dead. In the wake of this profound loss, the three friends find themselves unmoored.
The ragged edge of night, Olivia Hawker.
Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage; in name only, to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too; atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis.
Blast from the past, Cathy Hopkins.
On a trip of a lifetime to India, Bea is given an unexpected fiftieth birthday present; an hour with a celebrated clairvoyant. Unlucky in love, Bea learns that her true soulmate is still out there and that he's someone she knew in a past life. Returning home, Bea revisits the men in her life and can't resist looking up a few old lovers.
Farewell, my orange, Iwaki Kei.
In Australia, an immigrant from Nigeria and an immigrant from Japan meet in an English class and form a friendship that sustains them through tragedy.
The lost girls of Paris, Pam Jenoff.
1946, Manhattan. One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs, each of a different woman.
Josephine Baker's last dance: a novel, Sherry Jones.
Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker--actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world--in Josephine Baker's Last Dance. An illuminating biographical novel.
For the good times, David Keenan.
Sammy and his three friends live in the Ardoyne, an impoverished, predominantly Catholic area of North Belfast that has become the epicentre of a country intent on cannibalising itself. They dream of a Free State, and their methods for achieving this are uncompromising, even as they fully indulge in the spoils of war.
The great wide open, Douglas Kennedy.
It's 1980s New York. Alice Burns, a young book editor, is deep into a manuscript about the morass of family life. The observations resonates, perhaps because she has just watched her own family implode. As she reads she wonders: when did the sadness start? And could it be that unhappiness is a choice?
Talk to me, John Kenney.
It's a story that Ted Grayson has reported time and time again in his job as a network TV anchor: the public downfall of those at the top. He just never imagined that it would happen to him. After his profanity-laced tirade is caught on camera, his reputation and career are destroyed, leaving him without a script for the first time in years.
I owe you one, Sophie Kinsella.
Fixie Farr has always lived by her father's motto: 'Family first.' But ever since her dad passed away, leaving his charming kitchen supply store in the hands of his children, Fixie spends all her time picking up the slack from her siblings instead of striking out on her own. The way Fixie sees it, if she doesn't take care of her father's legacy, who will?
99 nights in Logar, Jamil Jan Kochai.
Twelve-year-old Marwand's memories from his previous visit to Afghanistan six years ago centre on his contentious relationship with Budabash, the terrifying but beloved dog who guards his extended family's compound in Logar. Eager to find an ally in this place that's meant to be "home," Marwand approaches Budabash the way he would any dog on his American suburban block, and the results are disastrous.
The Wall, John Lanchester.
Kavanagh begins his life patrolling the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years of this. But somewhere, in the dark cave of his mind, he thinks: wouldn't it be interesting if something did happen, if they came, if you had to fight for your life?
Comemadre, Roque Larraquy.
In a sanatorium in Temperley, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires in 1907, Doctor Quintana falls in love with Menéndez, the head nurse of whom he knows almost nothing. Motivated by this love, money, and the promise of transcendence, he carries out a cruel and misguided experiment that investigates the threshold between life and death.
Diamonds and rats, Bill Leonard.
What happens when a mysterious little teenager and her even more mysterious family join forces with a high-flying vegan baseball team in the heat of a Louisiana summer? Linda Leigh Hughes, surrounded by 20 avid men for an entire summer, sometimes has a hard time keeping her mind in the game while leading her teammates through the world of animal-liberation activism toward a big crescendo.
Good riddance, Elinor Lipman.
Daphne Maritch doesn't quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother, who held this relic dear. The late June Winter Maritch was the teacher to whom the class of '69 had dedicated its yearbook, and in turn she went on to attend every reunion, scribbling notes and observations after each one, not always charitably.
Hark: a novel, Sam Lipsyte.
In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse, and spiritual confusion, people are searching for peace, salvation, and, perhaps most immediately, just a little damn focus. Enter Hark Morner, an unwitting guru whose technique of "Mental Archery"; a combination of mindfulness, mythology, fake history, yoga, and archery, is set to captivate the masses and raise him to near-messiah status.
The wartime sisters, Lynda Cohen Loigman.
Two estranged sisters, raised in Brooklyn and each burdened with her own shocking secret, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of WWII. While one sister lives in relative ease on the bucolic Armory campus as an officer's wife, the other arrives as a war widow and takes a position in the Armory factories as a "soldier of production." Resentment festers between the two, and secrets are shattered when a mysterious figure from the past reemerges in their lives.
The red address book, Sofia Lundberg.
Doris, a 96-year-old woman lives alone in her Stockholm apartment. When Doris was a girl she was given an address book by her father, and ever since she has carefully documented everyone she met and loved throughout the years. Looking through the little book now, Doris is struck by the urge to put pen to paper. Writing down the stories of her colorful past, can she help Jenny, her grand-neice, unlock the secrets of their family and finally look to the future?
Wanderer, Sarah Léon.
Hermin, a composer and instructor, leads a secluded life near the Bourbonnais Mountains in France, composing a homage to Schubert. On a bitter January night, this studious peace is broken when his former pupil, Lenny, a piano prodigy, mysteriously knocks at his door. The two men must confront the ghosts of their past, somewhere between musical harmony, erotic tension, and revelation.
The happiness list, Annie Lyons.
Life is about to change forever. Heather is finally back on Hope Street after running from the memories for so long. She hasn't bumped into many neighbours yet, but with her upcoming wedding to plan there's plenty to keep her busy!
Maybe this time, Jill Mansell.
Mimi isn't looking for love when she spends a weekend in Goosebrook, the Cotswolds village her dad has moved to. And her first encounter with Cal, who lives there too, is nothing like a scene in a romantic movie, although she can't help noticing how charismatic he is. But Cal's in no position to be any more than a friend, and Mimi heads back to her busy London life.
Bowlaway: a novel, Elizabeth McCracken.
Bertha Truitt was discovered unconscious in a cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century. She marries and starts a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. The bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her heretofore-unheard-of son arrives, claiming Truitt Alleys. This begins generations of inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills.
Paradise postponed, John Mortimer.
When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways.
A season on Earth, Gerald Murnane.
Lost to the world for more than four decades, A season on Earth is the essential link between two acknowledged masterpieces by Gerald Murnane: the lyrical account of boyhood in his debut novel, Tamarisk Row, and the revolutionary prose of The Plains. which have never been in print. A hilarious tale of a lustful teenager in 1950s Melbourne.
Saving you, Charlotte Nash.
Mallory Cook and her five-year-old son, Harry, are a little family unit who weather the storms of life together. Money is tight after Harry's father, Duncan, abandoned them to expand his business in New York. So when Duncan fails to return Harry after a visit, Mallory boards a plane to bring her son home any way she can.
The single ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village, Joanna Nell.
The life of 79-year-old pensioner Peggy Smart revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor. Following a very minor traffic accident, things have turned frosty with her grown-up children and she is afraid they are trying to take away her independence. Noticing her memory isn't what it used to be, Peggy is taking ever more inventive steps to cover up her dwindling faculties.
An orchestra of minorities, Chigozie Obioma.
A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. His life is set off course when he sees a woman who is about to jump off a bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, he hurls two of his prized chickens off the bridge. The woman, Ndali, is stopped in her tracks.
My Coney Island baby, Billy O'Callaghan.
Michael and Caitlin escape their unhappy marriages to keep an illicit rendez-vous. Once a month, for the past quarter of a century, Coney Island has been their haven. These precious, hidden hours are their only nourishment. But now, amid the howling of an angry snowstorm, the shut-down, out-of-season resort feels like the edge of the world. And their lives, suddenly, are on the brink; with news of serious illness on one side, and a move to the Midwest on the other.
The freedom artist, Ben Okri.
In a world uncomfortably like our own, a young woman called Alamantis is arrested for asking a question. Her question is this: Who is the Prisoner? When Alamantis disappears, her lover Karnak goes looking for her. He searches desperately at first, then with a growing realization. To find Amalantis, he must first understand the meaning of her question.
Into the fire, Sonia Orchard.
A year after her best friend died in a house fire, Lara can't come to terms with the loss. Logic says there was no more she could have done to save the mercurial and unhappy Alice, but Lara can't escape the feeling that she is somehow to blame for the tragedy.
Little fish, Casey Plett.
Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her late grandfather, a devout Mennonite farmer, might have been transgender as well. At first she dismisses the revelation, but as she and her friends struggle to cope with the challenges of their increasingly volatile lives Wendy is drawn to the lost pieces of her grandfather's past.
At the wolf's table, Rosella Postorino.
Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer's parents are gone and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines. Impoverished and alone in war-torn Berlin, she makes the fateful decision to seek refuge with her in-laws in the countryside. But one morning the SS arrive to inform her she has been conscripted as one of Hitler's food tasters.
Fusion, Kate Richards.
Sea and Serene live isolated in the Australian alpine wilderness, together with Wren; the young man who helps care for them. Each have found peace in this wild, fierce landscape, and they live in harmony, largely self-sufficient. One day Wren discovers a woman on the road nearby, badly injured and unconscious. He brings her back to the cottage, and he and the twins nurse her back to health. But the arrival of this outsider shatters the dynamic within, with unforeseen consequences.
The latecomers, Helen Klein Ross.
After her sweetheart dies of fever during the crossing from Ireland in 1908, sixteen-year-old Bridey gives up their baby for adoption. She takes a position as maid for the Hollingsworth family, caring for the children as if they were her own. Over the decades, the secrets of Bridey's past haunt the family. In the present day, a connection is made that brings these dark ghost stories into the light.
You know you want this: "cat person" and other stories, Kristen Roupenian.
We cast a shadow: a novel, Maurice Carlos Ruffin.
In a near-future Southern city, everyone is talking about a new experimental medical procedure that boasts unprecedented success rates. In a society plagued by racism, segregation, and private prisons, this operation saves lives with a controversial method by turning people white.
More than words, Jill Santopolo.
Nina Gregory has been raised by her father, owner of New York City's glamorous Gregory Hotels, She was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. When Nina's father dies, he leaves behind a secret that shocks Nina to her core. As her world falls apart, Nina begins to see the men in her life; her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her boss, Rafael, in a new light.
The age of light, Whitney Scharer.
In 1929, Lee Miller left behind her life in New York and a successful modelling career at Vogue to pursue her dream of becoming a photographer. She soon catches the eye of renowned Surrealist artist Man Ray and convinces him to hire her as his assistant. Man is an egotistical, charismatic force, and as Lee becomes both his muse and his protege, they embark upon a passionate affair.
Old Newgate Road, Keith Scribner.
Old Newgate Road runs through the tobacco fields of northern Connecticut that once drove the local economy. It's where Cole Callahan spent his youth, in a historic white colonial that his family was devoted to restoring; painstakingly, relentlessly, pointlessly. But the famous claim that you can't go home again falls far short in this instance.
The Rosie result, Graeme Simsion.
Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they're about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in, so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs?
Katalin Street, Magda Szabó.
In prewar Budapest three families live side by side on Katalin Street, their lives closely intertwined. Their lives are torn apart in 1944 by the German occupation, which only the Elekes family survives intact. The postwar regime relocates them to a cramped Soviet-style apartment and they struggle to come to terms with social and political change, personal loss, and unstated feelings of guilt over the deportation of the Held parents and the death of little Henriette, who had been left in their protection.
The girl they left behind, Roxanne Veletzos.
Inspired by a true story, this haunting tale of love and survival spans two decades of war and revolution, from war-torn Romania in 1941 to New York in 1960. In January 1941, a little Jewish girl is found on the steps of an apartment building in Bucharest. The girl is placed in an orphanage and eventually adopted by a wealthy childless couple who name her Natalia. As she assimilates into her new life, she all but forgets the parents who were forced to leave her behind.
The orchardist's daughter, Karen Viggers.
Sixteen-year-old Mikaela has grown up isolated and homeschooled on an apple orchard in southeastern Tasmania, until an unexpected event shatters her family. Eighteen months later, she and her older brother Kurt are running a small business in a timber town. Miki longs to make connections and spend more time in her beloved forest, but she is kept a virtual prisoner by Kurt, who leads a secret life of his own.
Godsend, John Wray.
In California her name was Aden Grace Sawyer. In Pakistan she must choose a different name, Suleyman, and take on a new identity as a young man. She has travelled a long way to begin her new life, and she'll travel further to protect her secret. But once she is on the ground, Aden finds herself in more danger than she could have dreamed.

GRAPHIC NOVEL

The graphic canon. Volume 1, From the epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous liaisons, Russ Kick.
Volume 1 takes us on a visual tour from the earliest literature through the end of the 1700s. Along the way, we're treated to eye-popping renditions of the human race's greatest epics: Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Beowulf, and The Arabian Nights, plus later epics The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales, Paradise Lost, and Le Morte D'Arthur. Also included are two of ancient Greece's greatest plays, religious literature, the Tao te Ching, Rumi's Sufi poetry, Hinduism's Mahabharata, and the Mayan holy book Popol Vuh.
John Constantine, Hellblazer. [20], Systems of control, Mike Carey.
When a mysterious worldwide plague starts putting millions of people into deadly comas, Earth's foremost expert on the bizarre, John Constantine, steps in with the "cure," After traveling from the dreary alleys of London to the glittering boulevards of L.A., Constantine realizes that a cadre of wicked demons and hellish monsters is behind the outbreak, and he'll have to sacrifice more than himself to put an end to the nightmare.
The beauty. Volume four, Jeremy Haun.
Corporate espionage, government secrets, and private military contracts are uncovered as an investigative journalist looks deep into Abericorp, the most powerful pharmaceutical company in the world.
The beauty. Volume one, Jeremy Haun.
Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover it comes at a terrible cost.
The beauty. Volume three, Jeremy Haun.
The Beauty returns, merging characters and storylines from earlier arcs into a twisting tale of vanity, power, and the quest to obtain both at any cost. In a world where achieving pure beauty means dying for it, the question of what life is actually worth becomes more important than ever.
The beauty. Volume two, Jeremy Haun.
Before the Beauty, the world was blissfully unaware but far from innocent. The second volume of The Beauty introduces new characters who encounter the disease before the full truth of what it meant to contract it was known.
Postal. Volume 1, Bryan Hill.
The townsfolk of Eden, Wyoming wake up to the first official murder the town has seen in 25 years. Their reaction to this isn't normal and there's a reason for that. Eden operates as a haven for fugitive criminals who remain here while new identities, often including facial reconstruction, are created for them. There is zero tolerance for any illegal activity that might draw attention to the town and an "official murder" is the last thing they want.
Postal. Volume 2, Bryan Hill.
With the reappearance of Eden's near-mythic found, and its first recorded murder in over twenty years, something dangerous is bubbling underneath the town's surface. The town's postmaster, and son of the mayor, Mark Shiffron, stands at the center of a small world teetering on the edge of collapse and from a startlng encounter with a new age cult, to the town's annual, cathartic "barn brawl".
Postal. Volume 3, Bryan Hill.
A new FBI agent has come to Wyoming, intent on understanding Eden's secrets, starting with Mark Shiffron's fugitive father: Isaac Shiffron. Mark's father has plans that will push Mark beyond the threshold of good and evil, changing him forever.
Postal. Volume 4, Bryan Hill.
Does everyone deserve redemption? As the FBI tightens its noose around Eden, Mark and his mother Laura must either choose to let one of their own suffer at the hands of revenge, or help him take a stand against his enemies; the Aryan Brotherhood.
Postal. Volume 5, Bryan Hill.
The forces of change are shifting in and around Eden. A renegade FBI agent has made it a personal quest to unlock the secrets of the town, despite the conspiracy that protects it.
Postal. Volume 6, Bryan Hill.
Isaac Shiffron has found his tool of revenge against Laura and the town that betrayed him: The FBI. Agent Bremble is Isaac's willing tool, seeking to punish both Eden and the corrupt FBI agents that protect it. In order to protect their town, Laura, Mark, Maggie, and Molly have to work together because Bremble's strike team is headed their way, and the end of Eden is coming with it.
The Incal, Alexandro Jodorowsky.
John Difool, a low-class detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called 'The Incal.' Difool's adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy's greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope.
Black hammer. [3], Age of doom. Part I, Jeff Lemire.
Lucy Weber has become the new Black Hammer and right as she's about to reveal to our heroes how they got stuck on the farm and can escape she vanishes. Now our new Black Hammer finds herself trapped in a gritty world filled with punk rock detectives, emo gods, anthropomorphic humans, absurdist heroes, and many more weirdos, in mad world in which there is no escape!
Skin & earth. Volume 1, Lights.
Skin & Earth is a story of a girl looking for hope in a hopeless world. Caught between romance and cults, gods and mortals, and just trying to find a good borscht, Enaia Jin is lead down a dark path by new lovers that reveal a twisted fantasy world and her own true nature. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where corporations rule, this is an adventurous tale of loneliness, deceit and self-discovery.
A bride's story. 10, Kaoru Mori.
Karluk has left home to become a man! For four months, he's off to learn falconry from Amir's brothers, living with them at their winter camp. As his training commences, what will Karluk learn about himself, and Amir, in the process?
After hours. 3, Yuhta Nishio.
Emi, Kei and their friends have successfully planned the rave of their dreams, and the experience has filled Emi with an electric need to keep striving. But will Emi's newfound focus and determination falter when Kei, her mentor and girlfriend, goes AWOL?
Golden kamuy. 7, Satoru Noda.
As Sugimoto and his friends continue their journey to the northernmost reaches of Hokkaido and the infamous Abashiri prison, they meet the enigmatic and beautiful Ainu soothsayer, Inkarmat, in an Ainu village along the way. Shiraishi jumps at the chance to get rich off Inkarmat's predictions, though Asirpa doesn't have much use for them.
Weapon X. [1], Weapons of mutant destruction prelude, Greg Pak.
An all-new Weapon X program unleashes an army of cyborgs dedicated to the eradication of mutants, causing Old Man Logan into an uneasy alliance with Sabretooth to take down the program.
X-Men: grand design. [2], Second genesis, Ed Piskor.
Witness Wolverine, Thunderbird, Colossus, Storm, and Sunfire suit up as X-Men for the very first time all over again. And then the Shi'ar, the Brood, The Starjammers. Watch as Marvel's merry mutants take to the stars.
Revival. Volume [eight], Stay just a little bit longer, Tim Seeley.
Police Officer Dana Cypress has solved the mystery of the murder of her sister, but now she must decide whether too seek justice or help the perpetrator save the town of Wausau from eating itself alive.
Revival. Volume [seven], Forward, Tim Seeley.
Now, with Dana and her Reviver sister on the run from the law and an Amish assassin, acting Military Governor, General Cale unleashes her plan for the citizens of Wausau.
Revival. Volume [six], Thy loyal sons & daughters, Tim Seeley.
For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In the aftermath of a terrorist attack, Dana must protect her sister from a killer while she's interred in a federal camp for the 'recently revived'!
Revival. Volume five, Gathering of waters, Tim Seeley.
As the pregnant Em searches for the missing father of her child, Dana is embroiled in a conspiracy to contain Revivers that ends in fire.
Revival. Volume four, Escape to Wisconsin, Tim Seeley.
Now, as Dana closes in on the bizarre murderer of her Reviver sister, she's swept up in a conspiracy that will bring her from rural Wisconsin to New York City!
Revival. Volume one, You're among friends, Tim Seeley.
In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.
Revival. Volume three, A faraway place, Tim Seeley.
After the dead come back to life in her small Wisconsin town, Officer Dana Cypress must investigate the murder of her sister, if only her sister would stay out of her way.
Revival. Volume two, Live like you mean it, Tim Seeley.
In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Dana must content with paranoia, murder, black market organ dealers, and a sister who may be losing more of her humanity with each new day.
Ten count. Volume 6, Rihito Takarai.
Shirotani and Kurose continue to grow ever closer as a couple. One day, while out on a date with Kurose, Shirotani runs into Ueda, the woman responsible for triggering his germophobia. The encounter causes emotions Shirotani has long buried to surface. Will this be the catalyst that drives Shirotani to once and for all allow number ten on his list?
The saga of Tanya the Evil. 05, Carlo Zen.
An attack on Dacia has been ordered by the Empire, and the fearsome power of the new mage battalion is deployed. Determined to unleash the power of modernity upon the enemy, Tanya prepares her freshly polished human shields for an all-out battle. There's no holding back with a resume-worthy achievement on the line!!

HISTORICAL

That Churchill woman: a novel, Stephanie Barron.
The Paris Wife meets PBS's Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history's most remarkable women: Winston Churchill's scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome. Wealthy, privileged, and fiercely independent New Yorker Jennie Jerome took Victorian England by storm when she landed on its shores.
The victory garden, Rhys Bowen.
As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a "land girl," tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate.
The woman in the green dress, Tea Cooper.
1853 Mogo Creek, NSW. Della Atterton, live on the Hawkesbury in New South Wales. Happiest following the trade her father taught her, taxidermy, Della has no wish to return to Sydney. But the unexpected arrival of Captain Stefan von Richter on a quest to retrieve what could be Australia's first opal, precipitates Della's return to Sydney and her Curio Shop of Wonders, where she discovers her enigmatic aunt, Cordelia, is selling more than curiosities to collectors.
Emperor of Rome, Robert Fabbri.
Rome, AD 68. Vespasian is tasked with the impossible. Should he quell the revolt in Judaea, as Nero the emperor has instructed, or must he resort to the unthinkable and sabotage his own campaign? If his conquest succeeds, he risks becoming the sole object of the mad emperor's jealousy. If he fails, then his punishment will be severe. The fate of his men and his beloved son, Titus, all hang in the balance.
Bear no malice, Clarissa Harwood.
Beaten and left for dead in the English countryside, clergyman and reformer Tom Cross is rescued and nursed back to health by Miranda and Simon Thorne, reclusive siblings who seem to have as many secrets as he does.
Miss Marley: a seasonal tale of kindness and goodwill, Vanessa Lafaye.
Orphans Clara and Jacob Marley live by their wits, scavenging for scraps in the poorest alleyways of London, in the shadow of the workhouse. Every night, Jake promises his little sister tomorrow will be better' and when the chance to escape poverty comes their way, he seizes it despite the terrible price.
Triumph in dust, Ian Ross.
Ferocity, heroism, and savage bloodshed: the next gripping instalment in the Twilight of Empire series. When the simmering conflict between Rome and Persia threatens once again to ignite into open war, there is only one man the Emperor Constantine can trust to hold the eastern frontier.
The Queen's colonial, Peter Watt.
1845 in a village outside Sydney Town, humble blacksmith Ian Steele dreams of a life in uniform, serving in Queen Victoria's army. 1845, Puketutu, New Zealand. Second Lieutenant Samuel Forbes, a young poet from an aristocratic English family, wants to run from the advancing Maori warriors and discard the officer's uniform he never sought. When the two men cross paths in the colony of New South Wales, they are struck by their brotherly resemblance and quickly hatch a plan for Ian to take Samuel's place in the British army.

HORROR

Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex sea-devils, James Lovegrove.
Now retired from detective work, Sherlock Holmes is called on once again to do battle with occult forces. Members of the Diogenes Club are being killed systematically, among them Holmes's own brother Mycroft.

MYSTERY

No exit: a novel, Taylor Adams.
Darby Thorne is a college student stranded by a blizzard at a highway rest stop in the middle of nowhere. Then she stumbles across a little girl locked inside one of their parked cars. There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, no way out because of the snow, and she doesn't know which one of the other travelers is the kidnapper.
Watcher in the woods, Kelley Armstrong.
Watcher in the Woods is the next gripping installment of the Casey Duncan series. The secret town of Rockton has seen some rocky times lately; understandable considering its mix of criminals and victims fleeing society for refuge within its Yukon borders. Even Casey Duncan, the town's only detective, didn't think it would be possible for an outsider to locate the town and cause trouble in the place she's come to call home.
The wolves of Leninsky Prospekt, Sarah Armstrong.
Escaping failure as an undergraduate and a daughter, not to mention bleak 1970s England, Martha marries Kit - who is gay. Having a wife could keep him safe in Moscow in his diplomatic post. As Martha tries to understand her new life and makes the wrong friends, she walks straight into an underground world of counter-espionage.
Kindred spirits, Jo Bannister.
A kidnap attempt outside the school gates in broad daylight convinces Gabriel Ash that his renegade wife is trying to steal their sons from him. Only the intervention of his friend Constable Hazel Best kept them safe. It's a simple if alarming explanation, but is it the truth? Hazel uncovers disturbing information about another crime, the repercussions of which are still threatening innocent lives seventeen years later.
My name is Anna, Lizzy Barber.
Anna has been taught that virtue is the path to God. But on her eighteenth birthday she defies her Mamma's rules and visits Florida's biggest theme park. She has never been allowed to go, so why, when she arrives, does everything seem so familiar? And is there a connection to the mysterious letter she receives on the same day?
The suspect, Fiona Barton.
When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared?
Blotto, Twinks and the intimate revue, Simon Brett.
A quick trip to the capital goes horribly wrong when Blotto and Twinks get accidentally involved in London's criminal underworld. It starts innocently enough at the intimate review 'absolutely everyone is talking about', Light and Frothy.
A whispered name: a Father Anselm thriller, William Brodrick.
Father Anselm is deeply dismayed when a mysterious visitor to the monastery raises an allegation against Father Herbert Moore, the recently deceased founding father of the Priory and the man who shaped Anselm's own vocation. The claim is inconceivable, but Anselm soon learns that Herbert did indeed have long-buried secrets from his past, when he was known as Captain Moore.
Don't turn around, Amanda Brooke.
Ten years ago, Jen's cousin Meg killed herself after failing to escape an abusive relationship. Now, Meg's ex is back and Jen's domestic abuse helpline has started getting frightening calls from a girl who knows things about Meg; details that only the dead girl or the man who hurt her could have known.
The overnight kidnapper, Andrea Camilleri.
After a hectic morning, Inspector Montalbano arrives in his office ready to find out what's troubling Vigta this week. What he discovers is unnerving. A woman on her way home from work has been held up at gunpoint, chloroformed and kidnapped, but then released just hours later unharmed and with all her possessions into the open countryside.
The missing pieces of Sophie McCarthy, B. M. Carroll.
Sophie is the victim. But is she so innocent? The day Sophie McCarthy met Aidan Ryan changed everything for her. One tragic, violent act left her hospitalized, hanging by a thread. One year on, Aidan is determined to fix the mess he made of Sophie's life.
The sting, Kimberley Chambers.
Best friends Tommy Boyle and Scratch always had each other's backs. Dragged up in care, and cruelly betrayed by everyone they trusted, they made a pact to fight their way out of the gutter; together. Now they're on opposite sides of the law.
As long as we both shall live, JoAnn Chaney.
Matt frantically tells park rangers that he and his wife, Marie, were hiking when she fell off a cliff into the raging river below. They start a search, but they aren't hopeful: no one could have survived that fall. It was a tragic accident. But Matt's first wife also died in suspicious circumstances. And when the police pull a body out of the river, they have a lot more questions for Matt.
The angel in the glass, Alys Clare.
1604. When the emaciated body of a vagrant is found on the edge of the moor, it's the verdict of physician Gabriel Taverner that the man died of natural causes, but is all as it seems? Who was the dead man, and why had he come to the small West Country village of Tavy St Luke's to die cold, sick and alone? Then a discovery found buried in a nearby field throws a strange new light on the case.
The flower girls, Alice Clark-Platts.
Three children went out to play. Only two came back. The Flower Girls. Laurel and Primrose. One convicted of murder, the other given a new identity. Now, nineteen years later, another child has gone missing, and the Flower Girls are about to hit the headlines all over again.
Nemesis, Rory Clements.
In a great English house, a young woman offers herself to one of the most powerful and influential figures in the land, but this is no ordinary seduction. She plans to ensure his death.
Kill shot, Garry Disher.
A corporate crook, notorious Ponzi schemer, set to face court and certain jail time. He's about to skip bail the old-fashioned way: on a luxury yacht with a million dollars in cash. Wyatt thinks it sounds like something he should get into. He's not alone.
Dead man's lane, Kate Ellis.
Strangefields Farm is notorious for its sinister history ever since serial killer Jackson Temples lured young women to the premises, and the girls never left alive. Now, decades later, Strangefields is being transformed into a holiday village, but the developer's hopes of its dark past being forgotten are ruined when a skull is found on the site.
Judgment: a novel, Joseph Finder.
It was nothing more than a one-night stand. Juliana Brody, a judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumoured to be in consideration for the federal circuit, maybe someday the highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago hotel, she meets a gentle, vulnerable man and has an unforgettable night with him. They part with an explicit understanding that this must never happen again. But back home in Boston, it becomes clear that this was no random encounter.
A bad, bad thing, Elena Forbes.
Haunted by her past, which she keeps carefully hidden, London homicide detective Eve West has buried herself in her work for many years. But when she stumbles into the midst of a covert police operation, with catastrophic consequences, she is suspended from duty, her reputation in tatters. Help comes from an unexpected source when John Duran, a murderer whom she put behind bars some years earlier, offers to provide proof that she was set up.
Gone by midnight, Candice Fox.
They left four children safe upstairs. They came back to three. On the fifth floor of the White Caps Hotel, four young boys are left alone while their parents dine downstairs. But when one of the parents checks on the children at midnight, they discover one of them is missing. The boys swear they stayed in their room. CCTV confirms that none of them left the building. No trace of the child is found. Now the hunt is on to find him, before it's too late.
Kill [redacted], Anthony Good.
When a grieving man searches for culpability in the death of his wife, a passenger on trains blown up by terrorists, he settles on a politician. The bombers, to his mind, were only the end point in a long chain of proximate causes. The ultimate cause, he believes, is the politician whose policies and practices have had profound and violent impact abroad.
The perfect liar, Thomas Christopher Greene.
A seemingly perfect marriage is threatened by the deadly secrets husband and wife keep from each other.
The stone circle: a Dr Ruth Galloway mystery, Elly Griffiths.
DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but also because the letters are somehow familiar even though they are anonymous
The lost man, Jane Harper.
Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties in outback Queensland. They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old, no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last chance for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he lose hope and walk to his death?
The boy, Tami Hoag.
In the sleepy Lousiana town of Bayou Breaux, the police arrive to find Genevieve Gauthier cradling her seven-year-old son in her arms as he bleeds to death. The scene is chaotic, but as Detective Nick Fourcade moves through the house, he sees no evidence of a robbery.
Out of the dark, Gregg Hurwitz.
As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from the orphanage he called home and inducted into a top secret Cold War programme. Trained as a lethal weapon, he and his fellow recruits were sent round the world to do the government's dirty work. But the programme was rotten to the core. And now the man responsible needs things to be nice and clean. All evidence must be destroyed. That includes Evan.
The last, Hanna Jameson.
Breaking: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington. Breaking: London hit, thousands feared dead. Breaking: Munich and Scotland hit. World leaders call for calm. Historian Jon Keller is on a trip to Switzerland when the world ends. As the lights go out on civilization, he wishes he had a way of knowing whether his wife, Nadia and their two daughters are still alive.
The current: a novel, Tim Johnston.
When two young women leave their college campus in the dead of winter for a 700-mile drive north to Minnesota, they suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives in the icy waters of the Black Root River, just miles from home. One girl's survival, and the other's death; murder, actually, stun the citizens of a small Minnesota town, thawing memories of another young woman who lost her life in the same river ten years earlier, and whose killer may yet live among them.
The rumour, Lesley Kara.
When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there's no going back. Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea.
To catch a killer, Emma Kavanagh.
How do you solve a puzzle when there are no pieces? When an attractive, well-dressed woman is found dying on a Chelsea street, it seems clear to DS Thea Walsh that this murder will be one that is wrapped up quickly.
The edge, Jessie Keane.
With a mind sharper than a razor blade it was only a matter of time before Ruby Darke fought her way to the top. From humble beginnings she became the queen of London's retail, but she didn't get there by obeying the law. Now with her son Kit and daughter Daisy finally by her side she's ready to start a new chapter in her life, but, unknown to all of them, enemies are circling.
The wedding guest, Jonathan Kellerman.
LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis is a fine homicide detective, but when he needs to get into the mind of a killer, he leans on the expertise of his best friend, the brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. While Sturgis has a knack for piecing together the details of a crime, Delaware can decipher the darkest intents driving the most vicious of perpetrators.
The memory watcher, Minka Kent.
Haunted by memories of the daughter she gave up at fifteen, Autumn Carpenter never fully moved on. Instead, she lives a life of relative seclusion, content to watch from a distance as the picture-perfect McMullen family raises her daughter as their own. In time though she realises that pictures lie.
The perfect roommate, Minka Kent.
I know how she takes her tea, how she organizes her closet. I know when she goes to bed each night, what she eats for breakfast, the passcode on her phone. I know she calls her mother on Mondays, takes barre on Thursdays, and meets her friends for drinks on Fridays. But more important than any of that; I know what she did.
Darkest truth, Catherine Kirwan.
When solicitor Finn Fitzpatrick is approached by a man to investigate the death of his daughter, her first instinct is to refuse. He is grieving, and unable to accept that his daughter committed suicide. And yet something about the man's story chimes with Finn. Why did a bright, confident, beautiful young girl suddenly drop out of school?
The rule of law: a novel, John Lescroart.
Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his trusted secretary, Phyllis. Her out-of-character behaviour and sudden disappearances concern Hardy, especially when he learns that her convict brother; a man who had served twenty-five years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder, has just been released.
The last of the Stanfields, Marc Levy.
When London journalist Eleanor-Rigby Donovan receives an anonymous letter alluding to a crime committed by her deceased mother, her life is turned upside down. It points her to a bar on the Baltimore Harbor, where she finds a stranger who has received the same mysterious letter about his own mother. Together they embark on a quest through the shadowy past of the Stanfields, a moneyed Maryland family full of unimaginable secrets.
Gallowstree Lane, Kate London.
When a teenage boy steps out of the shadows of Gallowstree Lane and asks a passer-by for help, it's already too late. His life is bleeding out on the London street. The murder threatens to derail Operation Perseus, a covert police investigation into the Eardsley Bluds, an organised criminal network. Detective Kieran Shaw can't and won't allow that to happen.
Two girls down: a novel, Louisa Luna.
When two young sisters disappear from a strip mall parking lot in a small Pennsylvania town, their devastated mother hires an enigmatic bounty hunter, Alice Vega, to help find the girls.
Out of season: a novel, Antonio Manzini.
It's the bitterly cold spring season in alpine Aosta, and a girl has been kidnapped. Chiara Berguet, daughter of the owners of a local construction firm, was targeted thanks to the sizeable debt her parents owe. But like many a best-laid plan, a blown tire causes the crime to go haywire as the kidnappers' van skids off the road and crashes.
Cold bones, David Mark.
It's the coldest winter in Hull for years. When McAvoy is told by a concerned stranger that an elderly woman hasn't been seen for a few days, he goes to check on her; only to find her in the bath, encased in ice: the heating off; the windows open; the whole house frozen over. It could be a macabre accident, but McAvoy senses murder.
Village of the lost girls, Agustín Martínez.
Five years after their disappearance, the village of Monteperdido still mourns the loss of Ana and Lucia, two eleven-year-old friends who left school one afternoon and were never seen again. Now, Ana reappears unexpectedly inside a crashed car, wounded but alive and next to the body of a man. The case reopens and a race against time begins to discover the identity of the dead man and who was behind the girls' kidnapping.
The night Olivia fell, Christina McDonald.
Abi Knight is startled awake in the middle of the night to a ringing phone and devastating news that her teenage daughter, Olivia, has been in a terrible accident. Abi is told that Olivia slipped and fell from a bridge into the icy water below, and now she lies silent, dependent on life support. Abi sees the angry bruises around Olivia's wrists and learns that her sensible daughter is in fact three months pregnant.
The silent patient, Alex Michaelides.
Alicia Berenson shoots her husband in the head five times, and then never speaks again. Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber must find a way to get Alicia Berenson to talk if he wants to treat her. Only then can he unravel the shocking events of that night five years before.
The wolf and the watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag.
The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption.
The sisters, Rosalind Noonan.
Twelve years ago, Glory abandoned her two daughters; four-year-old Ruby and baby Aurora, at a fire station, running off to a man who promised love and protection. Though the refuge she hoped for turned out to be a sham, she believes Ruby and Aurora are better off without her.
Cold as the grave, James Oswald.
Her mummified body is hidden in the dark corner of a basement room which seems to have been left untouched for decades. As a rowdy demonstration makes its slow and vocal way along Edinburgh's Royal Mile, Detective Chief Inspector Tony McLean's team are on stand-by for any trouble. The newly promoted McLean is distracted, inexplicably drawn to a dead-end mews street... and a door, slightly ajar, which leads to this poor girl's final resting place.
February's son, Alan Parks.
Bodies are piling up with grisly messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control of Glasgow's underworld and it seems that Cooper, McCoy's oldest gangster friend, is tangled up in it all.
Ruin beach, Kate Rhodes.
The island of Tresco holds a dark secret. Ben Kitto has become the Scilly Isles' Deputy Chief of Police. As the island's lazy summer takes hold, he finds himself missing the excitement of the murder squad in London. But when the body of professional diver Jude Trellon is discovered, anchored to the rocks of a nearby cave, his investigative skills are once again needed.
Connections in death, J. D. Robb.
Homicide cop Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband, Roarke, are building a brand-new school and youth shelter. They know that the hard life can lead kids toward dangerous crossroads and with this new project, they hope to nudge a few more of them onto the right path. For expert help, they hire child psychologist Dr. Rochelle Pickering, whose own brother pulled himself out of a spiral of addiction and crime with Rochelle's support.
Say you're sorry, Karen Rose.
Special Agent Gideon Reynolds has tried hard to put his past behind him. He escaped the violence of his cult upbringing when he was just thirteen, and since then routine and discipline have been his way of making sense of the world. But when a petite blonde woman crashes into his life, he begins to realise that a little bit of chaos might not be so bad.
The woman in the dark, Vanessa Savage.
For Sarah and Patrick, family life has always been easy. But when Sarah's mother dies, it sends her into a downwards spiral. Knowing they need a fresh start, Patrick moves the family to the idyllic, beach-side house he grew up in. But there is a catch: while for Patrick their new home carries only happy memories, to everyone else it's 'the Murder House'; named for the family killed there.
No mercy, Joanna Schaffhausen.
Police officer Ellery Hathaway is on involuntary leave from her job because she shot a murderer in cold blood and refuses to apologize for it. Forced into group therapy for victims of violent crime, Ellery immediately finds higher priorities than "getting in touch with her feelings." For one, she suspects a fellow group member may have helped to convict the wrong man for a deadly arson incident years ago.
Not bad people, Brandy Scott.
It's New Year's Eve. Three thirty-something women; Aimee, Melinda and Lou, best friends for decades, let off sky lanterns filled with resolutions: for meaning, for freedom, for money. As the glowing paper bags float away, there's a bright flare in the distance. It could be a sign of luck, or the start of a complete nightmare that will upend their friendships, families and careers.
The woman inside: a novel, E. G. Scott.
Rebecca didn't know love was possible until she met Paul, a successful, charismatic, married man with a past as dark as her own. Their pain drew them together with an irresistible magnetism; they sensed that they were each other's ideal match. But twenty years later, Paul and Rebecca are drowning as the damage and secrets that ignited their love begin to consume their marriage.
Blood & sugar, Laura Shepherd-Robinson.
June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock; horribly tortured and branded with a slaver's mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham; a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career, is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry.
Fight back, Anna Smith.
Kerry Casey is now a fully-fledged gangland boss. With her business partner Sharon and her wily lawyer Marty at her side, she is busy ridding her organisation of the drug-dealing, people-trafficking scum her dead brother Mickey got them involved with. Her plan to turn her organisation around hinges on building a property empire in Spain. But Kerry has some deadly rivals in Glasgow, on the Costa del Sol, and even further afield.
Dirty little secrets, Jo Spain.
Death stalked the Vale. Six neighbours, six secrets, six reasons to want Olive Collins dead.In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people's lives appear as perfect as their beautifully manicured lawns. Money, success, privilege, the residents have it all. Life is good. There's just one problem. Olive Collins' dead body has been rotting inside number four for the last three months.
The lost girls, Jennifer Spence.
What would you do if you had the chance to change a pivotal moment from your past? How far would you go to save someone you loved? These are just two of the fateful choices a woman must face in this highly original and hauntingly evocative detective story of love and loss.
Fugitive Red: a novel, Jason Starr.
Jack has quit booze, but his music career ended abruptly, and he isn't doing much better as a real estate agent. Maria is doing well at her corporate job, but she travels frequently. While they both love their son, they don't seem to have much else in common. When a friend tells Jack about a new extramarital dating app, Jack and Sophia have a steamy online affair. But when Jack agrees to meet Sophia in person, he discovers her dead.
Keep your friends close, June Taylor.
When Karin is taken on a romantic break by her loving partner Aaron, she can't wait for him to propose. But her surprise weekend quickly becomes a nightmare from which she may never escape.
Flowers over the inferno, Ilaria Tuti.
In a quiet village surrounded by the Italian Alps, a series of brutal assaults take place. Police inspector Teresa Battaglia is called in when the first body is found: soon more victims are discovered, and when a new-born baby is kidnapped, Teresa's investigation becomes a race against the clock.
It should have been me, Susan Wilkins.
A miscarriage of justice could have deadly consequences in this taut and pacey psychological thriller. She thought she knew everything about her sister. It seems she was wrong.

New Zealand Fiction

Every five minutes, Bronwyn Elsmore.
A book about the colour cornflower blue, a white dog, a woman called Gina, beaches, parks, city streets, exotic places, coffee, flowers, polished stones, a unicorn and a swan, words, theatre, movies, music, and love. Most of all its about a woman and a remarkable man.
These islands here: short stories of the South Pacific, Bronwyn Elsmore.
Pearly Gates: a novel, Owen Marshall.
Pat `Pearly' Gates has achieved a lot in his life and evinces considerable satisfaction in his achievements. He has a reputation as a former Otago rugby player and believes he would have been an All Black but for sporting injuries. He runs a successful real-estate agency in a provincial South Island town, of which he is the second-term mayor. But will his pride and complacency come before a fall?
Himal gold: murder and intrigue in the high mountains, Raymond A. Porter.
In 1953, English journalist Graham Peters is sent to Nepal to cover the attempt to conquer Mt Everest. Kathmandu is full of foreigners, including two textile merchants, who upon reading of the successful ascent do some exploring of their own. Unfamiliar with the area, they misread their map and get lost. Stumbling through a valley, they find fragments of wreckage from a crashed plane, a German cargo plane.
Corrie's gold, Kate Stirling.
When Angus Corrie made his commitment to a small boy, he had no idea how challenging it would become. Corrie's Gold is set between the black sands of the Taranaki West Coast and the rocks of Northland's volcanoes.
Long Acre, Kate Stirling.
Velia List learned early that her world was not quite the same as others. While some enjoyed the experience and others found it disturbing, to all it was different and challenging. Long Acre is set on and around the banks of the mighty Waikato river just after WWII, at a time of great changes in both politics and history.

ROMANCE

Secret millionaire for the surrogate, Donna Alward.
It's wedding photographer Harper's job to capture other people's happy-ever-afters, but she doesn't believe in one for herself until she meets ruggedly gorgeous best man Drew. Having offered to be a surrogate for her best friend, Harper tries to fight their instant chemistry, but Drew sneaks past her defences.
Awakening his innocent Cinderella, Natalie Anderson.
Soft-hearted Gracie James is mortified when Rafael Vitale finds her accidentally trespassing on his luxurious Italian estate! She can't refuse Rafe's teasing demand that she attend an exclusive party with him. From the dangerous intensity in his eyes virgin Gracie knows she's playing with fire.
Bombshell for the boss, Maureen Child.
Just as Sadie Matthews is giving notice, Ethan Hart, CEO of his family's chocolate business, receives surprise guardianship of a baby girl. Now he needs his trusted assistant more than ever. Sadie can't leave Ethan in the lurch. But sharing close quarters means the hidden spark between them just might ignite!
One night with the forbidden princess, Amanda Cinelli.
Hired to secure a palace, the last thing billionaire bodyguard Roman Lazarov expects to find is a princess scaling the castle walls! Facing an arranged marriage, runaway Princess Olivia pleads with him to allow her just one week of freedom. Reluctantly he agrees, but secluded on his private Spanish island, Roman realizes his mistake. His attraction to Olivia is forbidden, but also explosively undeniable!
Resisting her English doc, Annie Claydon.
In this Single Dad Docs story, dancer Fleur Miller, recovering from career-ending injuries, is impatient to get off Maple Island. But handsome new arrival English doctor Rick Fleming seems determined to push her buttons!
My bought virgin wife, Caitlin Crews.
I've never wanted anything like I want heiress Imogen Fitzalan. I married her to secure my empire, but my untouched wife has ignited an undeniable hunger in me. Desire beyond reason wasn't my plan, yet now I have a new aim: to strip away her obedience, and replace it with a fierce passion to match my own.
Resisting the Italian single dad, Katrina Cudmore.
As a sleep consultant, Carly Knight has had many strange requests; but none quite as unusual as accompanying a client to a Lake Como wedding! Widower billionaire Max Lovato has hired her to help his daughter yet, spending time with him amid the champagne and confetti, Carly realises that little Isabella isn't the only one hiding a wealth of pain.
A dangerous engagement, Melanie Dickerson.
Just as merchant's daughter Felicity Mayson is spurned once again because of her meager dowry, she receives an unexpected invitation to Lady Blackstone's country home. Being introduced to the wealthy Oliver Ratley is an admitted delight, as is his rather heedless yet inviting proposal of marriage.
Magnolia summer, Melanie Dickerson.
Truett Beverly's hometown needed a doctor, so after finishing medical school, he returned to Bethel Springs. Celia Wilcox arrives in Bethel Springs, Alabama, in June of 1880. She's come from Nashville to help her sister care for their younger siblings. The lovely Celia catches Truett's eye, and he finds himself wanting to impress her. But she flatly refuses to flirt with him or to fall for his charm.
The tycoon's shock heir, Bella Frances.
Restoring his family's legacy is all that's important to Italian tycoon Matteo Rossini. Until captivating ballerina Ruby Martin tempts him to abandon his pursuit for a night of fiery pleasure!
A nurse to heal his heart, Louisa George.
Joe Thompson's priorities are his daughter and his patients. That might have earned this GP a brooding reputation, but since losing his wife romance has been off- limits until he meets locum nurse Rose McIntyre!
Her brooding Scottish heir, Ella Hayes.
A cottage in the Scottish Highlands seems like the perfect retreat for artist Milla O'Brien. Only, running from the memories of her broken engagement, she arrives during a lavish wedding on the estate! Milla finds a kindred spirit in the bride's brother and brooding heir, Cormac Buchanan.
Their unexpected babies, Louisa Heaton.
After her best friend agrees to be her surrogate, Dr Leah Hudson's dream of being a mum is finally coming true! But throwing caution to the wind for one night with sexy Dr Ben Willoughby has shocking consequences.
The secret kept from the Italian, Kate Hewitt.
Looking up from the table she's serving, waitress Maisie Dobson is horrified to meet the intense gaze of Antonio Rossi, merciless billionaire and father of her child! Rejected after one mind-blowing night, Maisie kept her unexpected pregnancy a secret.
Ayesha at last, Uzma Jalaluddin.
Ayesha Shamsi is a secular Muslim who lives with her extended family in Toronto. She wants to be a famous spoken word poet, but dreams won't support family or pay off debts. So she takes the stable path of substitute teaching. When she begins working with Khalid, a conservative, handsome young Muslim man, on a fundraiser for the mosque, she has to deal with both her attraction to him and her irritation with his complacency.
The book of love, Fionnuala Kearney.
One love. Two people. Twenty years. From the moment their eyes met across the room at a house party, Erin and Dom were meant to be. If only it could be so simple. Over the years, the highs and lows of life conspire to keep them apart. But a notebook can bring them together.
Untouchable, Jayne Ann Krentz.
Quinton Zane is back. Jack Lancaster, consultant to the FBI, has always been drawn to the coldest of cold cases, the kind that law enforcement either considers unsolvable or else has chalked up to accidents or suicides. After particularly grisly cases, Winter Meadows, a meditation therapist, can lead Jack back to peace. But as long as Quinton Zane is alive, Jack will not be at peace for long.
The conspiracy, Kat Martin.
Harper Winston's brother has disappeared. Pursuing his dream of sailing the Caribbean, Michael hasn't responded to texts or emails in days. When even the Coast Guard can't find him, Harper is forced to take desperate measures. Which means going to Chase Garrett, once her brother's best friend, now the only man she can trust or so she hopes.
The surgeon's one night to forever, Ann McIntosh.
ER doctor Liz Prudhomme is stunned that nomadic ex-army doc Cort Smith is her hospital's new trauma surgeon. Instantly she's transported back to that amazing night when he showed her unimaginable pleasure! Their passion is quickly reignited, and Cort realigns Liz's career-focused world. Before he moves on again can she help this sexy but damaged doc realise they have something worth staying for?
A diamond for the single mum, Susan Meier.
In this Manhattan Babies story, Seth McCallan is committed to being a bachelor; until his best friend's widow Harper crashes into his world. Discovering Harper's been left with nothing, Seth resolves to put things right. Even if that means Harper, and her baby daughter, moving in and awakening a dangerous longing to stand by her side, now and always?
Claimed for the billionaire's convenience, Melanie Milburne.
When headlines mistakenly announce florist Holly Frost's engagement to ruthless celebrity divorce lawyer Zack Knight, she's stunned. His lethal charisma may have ignited a fire in her blood, but she's finished with fairytales. Yet Zack seems determined to turn this scandal, and their red-hot attraction, to their mutual advantage.
Tempted by her single dad boss, Annie O'Neil.
In this Single Dad Docs story, physiotherapist Maggie Green's instant attraction to her buttoned-up new boss Dr Alex Kirkland might be against the rules, but since becoming an amputee she's determined to live life to the full, including embarking on a fling! As their chemistry intensifies, Alex and his adorable son's acceptance of Maggie for who she is makes her long for something she never thought possible; a family.
Carrying the sheikh's baby, Heidi Rice.
When shy academic Cat Smith is hired as a researcher by Sheikh Zane she's thrilled, and completely dazzled by their overwhelming chemistry! Cat knows a fling could compromise her professional credibility, but resisting Zane's sensual caress feels utterly impossible.
Twins on her doorstep, Alison Roberts.
After the heartbreak of losing her husband and baby, GP Sophie Bradford donated her eggs, hoping to bring happiness to another couple. Now Dr Finn Connelly has arrived on her doorstep with his orphaned nieces; her biological twin girls! Sophie has vowed never to risk creating another family, but Finn and her adorable little daughters start to melt the ice around her heart.
The rancher's bargain, Joanne Rock.
James Harris needs a nanny for his nephew; now! So when Lydia Walker's sister reneges on an extravagant bachelor-auction bid, the Texas Cattleman's Club president has an idea. He'll cover the debt, and Lydia will care for the baby. Neither is prepared for the passion that blindsides them. But is a permanent personal arrangement more than they bargained for?
The Spaniard's untouched bride, Maisey Yates.
Camilla Alvarez refuses to abandon her beloved horses when formidable tycoon Matias Navarro acquires her family's renowned rancho. Instead, she disguises herself as his stable-boy! But when Camilla's charade is discovered Matias offers her an even more shocking role; as his wife!

SAGA

Ambulance girls at war, Deborah Burrows.
Young Maisie Halliday has escaped the grinding poverty of the northern town where she was born to live in the glittering world of professional dancing. At the outbreak of the Second World War, she volunteers as an ambulance driver. Maisie is at the Cafe de Paris nightclub when it is bombed. In the chaos, she attempts to help an injured man, and by this charitable act she becomes mixed up in what may well be a murder.
The bonbon girl, Linda Finlay.
In a tumbledown Cornish cottage, with an alcoholic father, Colenso Carne works with the Serpentine stone from the local mine. When she catches the eye of the new factory manager, her father insists she rejects her beloved Kitto in order to marry Fenton. Forced to flee the village when Fenton turns nasty, she is taken under the wing of wise woman Mara and travels to local fairs.She never gives up hope of being reunited with Kitto.
A mother's love, Katie Flynn.
For fifteen-year-old Ellie Lancton, that time has come all too soon. The death of her mother and the increase in air raids leaves Ellie alone and in grave danger. It's not long before she is forced to leave her beloved Liverpool behind and cross the Mersey to seek refuge in the countryside. But as the war takes comforts away, so too does it bring new opportunities; for work, new friendships, and perhaps a little love.
Lawson's bend, Nicole Hurley-Moore.
In the hot summer of 2008, Henny Bolton loses her best friend on a night they should have been celebrating their futures. It's a loss about which she remains grief- stricken. Right after the accident, Henny flees the small country town and true to her word, she's not been back. But sometimes things change.
One minute later, Susan Lewis.
Vivi Shager is living her dream. Raised with drive and ambition by a resolutely single mother, Vivi has a thriving law career, a gorgeous apartment in London, and a full calendar that keeps her busy at work and at play. Then on the day of her twenty-seventh birthday, an undiagnosed heart condition sends Vivi's prospects for the future into a tailspin.
The silversmith's daughter, Annie Murray.
1915. Margaret and Philip Tallis are happily married, have a thriving business and have three children. At 20, their daughter Daisy is an impassioned, headstrong girl, determined to follow her parents' footsteps in Birmingham's jewellery trade. While studying at the college for silversmiths she meets an old rival of her father's. James Carson is married, but Daisy finds herself dangerously drawn to him.
An orphan's courage, Cathy Sharp.
St Saviour's children's home in London's East End has provided a safe refuge for local children for decades and Sister Beatrice and her team are as busy as ever. New staff member Jinny is glad to escape the lewd advances of her drunken and slovenly mother's rotten boyfriends, but can she prove she isn't a chip off the old block?
A cloud in the shape of a girl: a novel, Jean Thompson.
A poignant novel about three generations of the Wise family; Evelyn, Laura, and Grace, as they hunt for contentment amid chaos of their own making. Evelyn set aside her career to marry, late. Her daughter Laura felt this acutely and wants desperately to marry, but she soon discovers her husband Gabe to be a man who expects too much of everyone in his life, especially his musician son. Grace has moved out from Laura and Gabe's house, but can't seem to live up to her potential.
A store at war, Joanna Toye.
Even in wartime the customer comes first at Marlow's department store. It's 1941 and young Lily Collins is starting work in Midlands department store Marlow's, whose gleaming facade has fascinated her since childhood. As the air raid sirens blare, Lily learns the ropes from her boss Miss Frobisher alongside fellow junior Gladys. But her friendship with young salesman Jim draws her into a swirl of secrets within the store.

SCIENCE FICTION

The coming storm, Mark Alpert.
New York City, 2023: Rising seas and superstorms have ravaged the land. Food and electricity are scarce. A dangerous Washington regime has terrorized the city, forcing the most vulnerable and defenseless people into the flood-ravaged neighborhoods. The new laws are enforced by an army of genetically enhanced soldiers, designed to be the fiercest and cruelest of killers.
Scratchman, Tom Baker.
The Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane Smith arrive at a remote Scottish island, when their holiday is cut short by the appearance of strange creatures hideous scarecrows, who are preying on the local population. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. But it doesn't go to plan the time travellers have fallen into a trap, and Scratchman is coming for them.
Devil's wake: a novel, Steven Barnes.
The eeriness of Devil's Wake begins a week after tomorrow. An unprecedented infection has swept across the world, bringing an epidemic of mindless biting attacks from the infected that leave their victims "changed." Society has broken down. The victims are more than mindless zombies. They are the result of a sinister alien life-form in the wake of the aliens' insidious plot.
Domino Falls: a novel, Steven Barnes.
An apocalyptic disease spread by a race of aliens turns its victims into zombies and begins an infection that threatens to overwhelm the Earth. It began on Freak Day; that day no one could explain, when strangers and family members alike went crazy and started biting one another.
Rewrite: loops in the timescape, Gregory Benford.
2002: Charlie Moment, a professor of history going through an unpleasant divorce, gets into a car accident and wakes up, fully aware as his adult mind, in his sixteen-year-old body in 1968. He takes what he remembers of the future and uses it for himself in his present, becoming a screenwriter. In a 1980s life of excess, he dies, and wakes up again in his bedroom at sixteen in 1968.
Here and now and then, Mike Chen.
Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142. Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-traveler's brain.
Land under England, Joseph O'Neill.
While searching for his missing father, Anthony Julian embarks on a terrifying journey into the Earth's interior. There he discovers a subterranean world, where descendants of the Roman Army suffer under a totalitarian regime in which individualism is completely obliterated by telepathic means.
Shadow captain, Alastair Reynolds.
Two sisters ran away from home to join the crew of a spaceship. They took on pirates, faced down monsters and survived massacres and now they're in charge. Captaining a fearsome ship of their own, adventures are theirs for the taking and there's hoards to loot and treasures to find in the darkest reaches of space.
Hell divers. II, Ghosts, Nicholas Sansbury Smith.
Ten years ago, Hell Diver Xavier "X" Rodriguez fell to Earth. Those he left behind went on without him aboard the airship he once called home. Michael Everhart; the boy once known as Tin, has grown into a man and the commander of Hell Diver Raptor Team. While Michael dives to help keep the Hive in the air, Captain Leon Jordan rules with an iron fist at the helm of the ship. But unrest stirs under his strict leadership as a prophecy of hope sweeps the lower decks.
An unkindness of ghosts, Rivers Solomon.
Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.
Unholy land, Lavie Tidhar.
Lior Tirosh is a semi-successful author of pulp fiction, an inadvertent time traveler, and an ongoing source of disappointment to his father. Tirosh has returned to his homeland in East Africa. Palestina, a Jewish state founded in the early 20th century has grown dangerous. Unrest in Ararat City is growing and Tirosh's childhood friend, trying to deliver a warning, has turned up dead in his hotel room.
Through fiery trials, David Weber.
Those on the side of progressing humanity through advanced technology have finally triumphed over their oppressors.The unholy war between the small but mighty island realm of Charis and the radical, luddite Church of God's Awaiting has finally come to an end. However, even though a provisional veil of peace has fallen over human colonies, many secrets of Safehold's past still remain unearthed.

WESTERN

Tracking Apache Joe, George Arthur.
A small band of renegade Apache led by Broken Hand have captured the daughters of a preacher and are headed for Mexico. After them are Anson Hawkstone and Black Feather, scouting for the army, plus the preacher with four gunmen, and a cavalry patrol that cannot cross the Mexican border. Added to that, Apache Joe and his Choctaw squaw are trading smallpox and typhoid blankets to Apache villages throughout the territories.
The battle for the Bar-Q, Will Black.
Mitch Evans is riding to his brother's small ranch after receiving a telegram saying there was trouble brewing. But Cal Morgan, a ranch hand for the Bar-Q, has been forced by his ruthless foreman, Latham Parry, to ambush Mitch before he can get to his brother's ranch, the Bar-B.
Boyde rode alone, Matt Cole.
Alvin Boyd was a killer, not a bad man, but when he tried to escape his past, he found he stood alone. After Alvin's death, his brother, Asa, rode into town looking to avenge him. What he found was a white-hot range war. Quickly finding job as the town's deputy, Asa found it to be a tough job in this hard-fighting trail town and Asa found new enemies that included a murderous land baron and a deadly gunfighter.
Massacre at Maple Bluff, Brent Larssen.
When Cade Kellerman and his gang bungled their robbery of a train and killed more than twenty passengers, they could not have known that the husband of one of those killed was himself a former bandit, who would stick at nothing to revenge himself on those he blamed for the loss of his wife. Together with an idealistic law student, Ben Walters sets out to track down and bring to justice the Kellerman Gang; even if he should lose his own life in the attempt.
Ambush at Skyline Ranch, Thomas McNulty.
Pinkerton Agent Cameron Scott arrives at the crossroads town of Willow Branch Creek seeking answers to a series of train robberies. He gets more than he bargained for when he befriends the lovely Becky Drake when defending her son from one of rancher Jim Gilson's cowpunchers. To complicate matters, an old enemy has come to town, Larry Strickland, who did prison time thanks to Cam, and now wants revenge.