libwebteam@ccc.govt.nz (Digital Library Web Team) libwebteam@ccc.govt.nz (Digital Library Web Team) en-nz http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/NewTitles/RSS/fiction_for_rss.xml New fiction at Christchurch City Libraries 2021 Christchurch City Libraries Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:50:02 +1300 Thu, 02 Jan 2021 09:00:00 +1300 http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/ http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/assets/images/logos/CCL-logo-Colour.gif http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/ All Systems Red: On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid ? a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and r.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842055037 When Lieutenant Lauren Kelly is exiled to the Homicide Cold Case Unit at the DA's office, she knows her superiors are sticking her there as punishment until she can quietly retire.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830016037 Molly Harris hasn't taken a real breath since her grandmother died so when her Manhattan boss forces her onto a month-long sabbatical, she does the one thing she's been avoiding for a year: she flies .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829998037 Maggie Brandt, a third-generation farmer, is cultivating a few acres of organic vegetables in rural Colorado a place where industrial farming reigns supreme when the Great Recession hits.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830018037 AD 653. Albion. Returning from a dangerous mission to Rome, warlord Beobrand looks forward to peace at home, but bloodshed remains his constant companion.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1818293037 From a father reflecting on the daughter whose lesbianism he cannot accept, to two people who were once young together stumbling over the foundations of their past, inside are twelve portraits of hear.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841762037 After another horrendous first date, Lizzie is done with the apps. No more swiping. No more small talk.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829997037 Who is the mysterious Billy Bat? Fifty years ago, he reunited two lovers in New York City. Sixty years ago, he roamed the darkest night of the postwar era.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833215037 "Pa, no go. Him burn." When baby Nannie utters these prophetic words in 1936, she marks herself as cursed.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830748037 Miquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's house in the Pyrenees, the house she had been returning to on the day she died.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832894037 There isn't much that happens in the Appalachian Mountains that Private Investigator Annie Gore hasn't seen.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830749037 They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835181037 In 1834 Afong Moy was brought to New York by two merchants as a live exhibit.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1834096037 To save my kingdom, someone must die...Every hundred years, a curse descends on Faerie. For the last two millennia, the Summer Court princess has ended it.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842063037 When Summer Preston's professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an unexpected collision course with hockey captain Aiden Crawford.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841350037 Desperate for help, Selena and her friends are forced into a dangerous bargain with the Unseelie King. To survive it, they must beat him at his own game.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1834354037 Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows nothing is simple when you're thirty-fifth in line for the British crown.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840859037 Tension simmers across the Nine Lands. In the capital, the people of Lordsgrave seethe with resentment after the horrors of the greyblood attack. Clan Adatali is in open rebellion against the king.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829579037 Bait doesn't remember a time before the dungeon. Before the dragon stole her from her cot.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829617037 Lettle is on a quest to uncover the truth. Along with the human Alder, the last of his kind, she sets off on an arduous journey of discovery.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1825003037 Phillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artefacts that wash up from the Channel. It's been years since the crisis changed everything, but its exact nature remains obscured.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1822725037 Zoe Wilder has the unflashy, solitary life of an academic, studying ciphers in literature at a California university.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830015037 When lightning strikes, these two enemies are about to become closer than they anticipated. Nora Claremont and Corey Flemmington have hated each other since that first day of Finance class.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829590037 Be afraid. Someone's watching. At fifteen, Amy witnessed her father brutally murder his secret lover. Her testimony sealed her father's fate.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1822400037 It is said that opposites attract. And in the case of werewolves Anna Latham and Charles Cornick, they mate.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835182037 The best way for Hazel Hartley, physiotherapist for the Vancouver Storm hockey team, to get back at her horrible ex? Fake date his new teammate, Rory Miller: her ex's rival, the top scorer in the leag.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835185037 Behind closed doors, everyone has something to hide. Sebastian Beauchamp is found savagely attacked in his own home the assault is intimate and deeply personal. Someone wanted him to suffer.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840871037 In an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War on Climate Change rather than a War on Terror.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839539037 1939: when the Second World War breaks out, the courage of two women will be tested to the limit.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1821297037 "In Fugitive Telemetry, when Murderbot discovers a body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842056037 It might look idyllic, but the secrets buried there are deadly.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840872037 Hannah is dying for a cure. After a decade subsumed by a cancer diagnosis, Hannah is now thirty, existing in a hinterland between life and death.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829623037 Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put to sea again, to escort a vital supply convoy heading for Murmansk.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840445037 Samuel Thomas, a man of uncertain parentage, is a young magician convinced that he is destined for greatness in a far-off land.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829593037 Hope Wills is a force to be reckoned with.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839895037 Rose and Solange are lifelong friends, growing up together in the Basque region of France in the 1980s.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829599037 Anna Latham didn't know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835183037 1864: Suddenly left as the head of the family, Kitty McKenzie must find her inner strength to keep her family together against the odds.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840985037 1604. Pirate raiders terrorise the coasts of Europe, seeking slaves to sell in the markets of North Africa.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829612037 In a world of shadow, can one hero shine? When scandal and disgrace fall upon the Order of the Conclave, Bastian and his Order are forced to hide who they are proud to be.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840884037 A first-person diary of a prisoner's final day before being executed for an unspecified crime, Victor Hugo's poignant tale vividly conveys the mental anguish of a man confronted with the intransigent .https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1820110037 Long considered the greatest epic series in Japanese comics, The Legend of Kamui delicately balances the largest cast ever in manga while managing to make every character distinct.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835043037 New York City, 1925. A night of high-stakes gambling at the Empire Club ends in gunfire and Jack Crawford is found at the center of the carnage covered in blood, gun in hand.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839549037 April, 1945. Hamburg is a city on the brink of collapse, and Liesel Heinemann is caught in the storm of war.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829993037 Jack Audley has been a highwayman. A soldier. And he has always been a rogue.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1816107037 South Korea, 1929. Arisa Jo, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is the most eligible bachelorette in all of Gyeongsung (the capital city).https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839616037 Tensions rise as a harmless play date for Mikey turns into a fierce confrontation between Gabriel and an opposing mafia family, which has Davina reflecting on the extent of Mikey's security protocol.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832489037 When Clara and Seb meet in a quiet corner of London, it's the start of something. She wants to be a director. He's an actor, unsure what he wants from life. Their connection is magnetic.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1827073037 By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad's cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps. Of course, she doesn't know this yet.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840895037 New Orleans, 1944. Odette has always been one of the Honore sisters, glamorous and admired in their Creole community.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836264037 "You are someone who will look the impossible in the face and tell it to sit down and shut up. The world needs that. The world needs you." A thousand strangers receive the invitation.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1826409037 For years, Mr Sidhu's post office has been a place of small rituals and quiet mercies: news exchanged, kindnesses remembered, a haven for all.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839523037 After learning of a suspicious attempt to burn down a beloved old pub, The Crooked Horse, amateur detective Libby Sarjeant and her friend Fran reluctantly agree to investigate.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840184037 An investigation into the sale of a plot of land takes a darker turn when a body is found on a cliffside. Libby Sarjeant and her friend Fran reluctantly agree to investigate the case.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840183037 June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland, living in comfort at the grand Downland House in Sussex.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842061037 Hopeless romantic and romance editor Elle Thompson lives for happy endings but real-life love? Not so much. Still, she's totally thrilled when her best friend gets engaged. Really. Not jealous at all.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830806037 "In Claw Haven, Alaska, monsters are real--but fated mates? Bookseller Vi Harper doesn't believe, and it's up to one smitten orc to prove otherwise in this sweet and spicy romance.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842057037 While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young gets a disaster alert on her phone.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830808037 Aspiring writer Savannah's scheme to meet superstar horror novelist Bennett Bryson turns out better than she ever imagined: not only does her charming and handsome literary idol offer to read her work.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829594037 With Quacky, Woodring adopts the format of 1930s Big Little Books to deliver a text story with illustrations, in which the typically nonplussed Frank's reactions are told to us explicitly, through nar.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831950037 Step into the mystical world of the Isle of Skye, where legends come to life, goddess and gods walk the mortal earth, and the Queen of Shadow holds court. But Scathach is no ordinary queen.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829999037 Sandwiched between caring for her mother and rebuilding the relationship with her estranged daughter, Emma, Rosie Lucas's life is full. In the best way.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839542037 Ransom for his secret son: Sheriff Brody Walker's late wife knew fertility treatments risked her life. Brody blamed her best friend, PI Remi Cross, for not telling him.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829244037 Lucy wants her life to be extraordinary. But this desire never seems to graft easily onto the smallness of her world.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829588037 Perfectionist and former pageant girl Nikki Bennet is looking forward to relaxing at her family's lake house in Georgia for the Fourth of July.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832749037 When two convicted rapists walk free on appeal, the town of Deception Bay splits down the middle. The men swagger onto a packed cricket ground on Australia Day to a hero's welcome.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836262037 After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841397037 "Science fiction's favorite antisocial A.I.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842054037 Devon, 1937.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829603037 Aelie can break runes with her bare hands, shattering the magic at the heart of fae society. They hate her for it, fear her for it, and, when they finally capture her, sentence her to die for it.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829609037 My name's Azure. I kill rich idiots for a living. All completely legal, of course, even if it does still make the old-fashioned crowd a bit uncomfortable.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833150037 Writer Caroline Lash falls for coastal Greenheadand Van Whittaker, whose complicated circle includes his pregnant ex.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1827001037 Sasaki's rivalry with Kawakami over Tayama stirs up an unexpected realization as well as doubt for the overworked office drone.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836136037 1919: Frankie O'Massey has always been the black sheep of isolated Boone's Ferry, Vermont. Her uncle, Dr.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830819037 A fake relationship between a tennis pro and a Hollywood celeb who happen to be sworn enemies slowly simmers into something more in this romance from the author of the viral Booktok book, Picking Dais.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830013037 Darien. The singular event at the end of the 17th century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other side of the world. And most of us know next to nothing about it.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830827037 Summer, 1923. Six-year-old Catherine Carolan grows restless on her parents' farm. It's already clear that her intellect will soon outgrow the two-room schoolhouse across the fields.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1829606037 In the shadow of the London Blitz, artist Elsie Turner clings fiercely to her canvases, refusing to let war dim the colours that define her.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1835067037 1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841408037 Zoe Copeland and her daughter Florence need a new start. The only problem is, she can't really afford one.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833458037 When Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain at eighteen, he had no plans of returning.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830831037 The cattleman's English rose: Southern Cross Ranch is the last place Charity Denham thought she'd end up searching for her missing brother - but she won't leave until she discovers where he is...https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842064037 Locker Loyed, once a deadly sniper, lost his vision and his job on a mission gone wrong.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839621037 Rishi thinks she knows the answer as she arrives on campus for her first year at Stanford.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831032037 Can a true crime podcaster track down a killer hiding in plain sight? Bella Davies is cooking dinner for her family when she hears a voice she hasn't heard in a long time. She collapses in shock.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1830001037 Upward Bound is not a place anyone dreams of spending their days. The dreary adult daycare center for Los Angeles's disabled community is, for many of its clients and staff, a place of last resort.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1839524037 Cy wants nothing more than to be useful, raise his utility score, and receive the next update for his operating system.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1836265037 She is a telepathic priestess, determined to rise the ranks of her temple.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842065037 Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1841412037 Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1842066037 Maria Birch is seventy years old and, for her, every week is the same. On Monday, she does her weekly shop. On Tuesday, she goes for a blow-dry. On Wednesday, she visits the laundrette.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1840181037 The wicked queen's story did not end with a happily ever after. And she wouldn't have it any other way.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1831299037 Amara was once a beloved daughter, until her father's death plunged her family into penury.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1825792037 When Mona moved into her glorified broom closet in a broken-down apartment block, she didn't mean to stay long.https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1832909037