Recreation

New Titles Fiction March 2020 (arrived in February 2020)

ADVENTURE

Cross of fire, David Gilman
The Hundred Years War still rages on and the French army thirsts for Thomas Blackstone's blood. Blackstone battles to strengthen Edwards III's claim to the throne and confronts the might of the French army. But, when his friend turns assassin, Blackstone is faced with an impossible choice: to save the English prince or sacrifice his son.
Aftershock, Adam Hamdy
Having survived the lethal Pendulum conspiracy, photographer John Wallace atones for his past mistakes. DI Patrick Bailey clings to the hope that he can, at last, return to a normal life in London. FBI investigator, Christine Ash, alone and paranoid, hunts down the remaining members of the ruthless fanatical Foundation.
Black 13, Adam Hamdy
The world is changing beyond recognition. Radical extremists are rising and seek to enforce their ideology globally. Governments, the military and intelligence agencies are being outmanoeuvred at every step. Borders are breaking down. Those in power are puppets.The old rules are obsolete. To fight this war a new doctrine is needed.
The runner, Stephen Leather
Sally Page is an MI5 'footie', a junior Secret Service Agent who maintains 'legends': fake identities or footprints used by real spies. One day she goes out for coffee leaving the safe house from which she and her fellow footies operate. When she comes back they have all been murdered and she barely escapes with her own life. She is on the run:
The wild one, Nick Petrie
Fighting his post-traumatic claustrophobia, war veteran Peter Ash has no intention of getting on an airplane until a grieving woman asks Peter to find her young grandson. The woman's daughter has been murdered. Erik, the dead daughter's husband and the sole suspect, fled to Iceland with his son for the protection of Erik's lawless family.
Hunter killer : a Pike Logan novel, Brad Taylor
While Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill prepare to join their team on a counter-terrorist mission in the triple frontier; the lawless tri-border region where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet, they are targeted in Charleston, South Carolina. A vicious explosion kills a friend, and the perpetrators have set it up to look like an accident. When he loses contact with the team in South America, Pike is convinced the Taskforce are under assault.
The bear king, James Wilde
AD 375. The Dark Age is drawing near. As Rome's legions abandon their forts, chaos grows on the fringes of Britannia. In the far west, the shattered forces of the House of Pendragon huddle together in order to protect the royal heir, their one beacon of hope. For Lucanus, their great war leader, is missing, presumed dead.
The last Christmas : a Repairman Jack novel, F. Paul Wilson
It's late December between Ground Zero and Fatal Error, a winter of discontent for Jack, who's perhaps spending too much time hanging at Julio's. An old contact, Edward Burkes, convinces him to take on a missing-person fix. As usual, nothing is as it seems and the missing person isn't exactly a person.

FANTASY

Wonderland : an anthology of works inspired by Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane
Within these pages you'll find myriad approaches to Alice, from horror to historical, taking us from nightmarish reaches of the imagination to tales that will shock, surprise, and tug on the heart-strings.
The winter vow, Tim Akers
On the eve of battle an army tears itself apart from within and a new force rises with the power to raise the dead and harness wild gods. Malcolm Blakley's fighters flee, alliances shift, and Malcolm is once more running for his life. Soon he will find new allies, as deadly and trecherous as those he opposes.
The lost war, Justin Lee Anderson
The war is over, but something is rotten in the state of Eidyn. With a ragged peace in place, demons burn farmlands, violent Reivers roam the wilds and plague has spread beyond the Black Meadows. The country is on its knees. In a society that fears and shuns him, Aranok is the first magically-skilled draoidh to be named King's Envoy.
Stork naked, Piers Anthony
Surprise Golem has just lost her brand-new baby. The stork assigned to deliver her eagerly awaited bundle of joy has inexplicably refused to surrender it, flying off instead through a hole in the fabric of reality. Now, to track down her offsprint, Surprise must lead an ill-assorted assemblage of confederates on a desperate quest through dozens of different Xanths.
The etched city, K. J. Bishop
Gwynn and Raule are rebels on the run, with little in common except being on the losing side of a hard-fought war. Gwynn is a gunslinger from the north, a loner, a survivor a killer. Raule is a wandering surgeon, a healer who still believes in just and lost causes.
The girl with ghost eyes, M.H. Boroson
It's the end of the nineteenth century in San Francisco's Chinatown, and ghost hunters from the Maoshan traditions of Daoism keep malevolent spiritual forces at bay. Li-lin, the daughter of a renowned Daoshi exorcist, is a young widow burdened with yin eyes--the unique ability to see the spirit world.
Bright steel, Miles Cameron
Aranthur and his friends have come together across different continents and realms with one purpose: to strike back against the forces that have torn a hole in the heavens and threaten to rip the world apart. Ultimate victory will require enemies to trust one another, old foes to fight together, spies to reveal the truth, and steadfast allies to betray long-corrupt rules.
Meivara's light magic, Kirsty Canillo
"Meivara is a young sorceress living alone in a peaceful Woodland realm after a tragic betrayal leaves her heartbroken and wounded. Yet unbeknownst to Meivara, the Woodlands are under threat from the very people she had escaped, the masters of the neighbouring city of Erenessi.
The secret chapter : an Invisible Library novel, Genevieve Cogman
A Librarian's work is never done, and once Irene has a quick rest after their latest adventure, she is summoned to the Library. The world where she grew up is in danger of veering deep into chaos, and she needs to obtain a particular book to stop this from happening.
High fire, Eoin Colfer
Squib Moreau may be swamp-wild, but his intentions are (generally) good: he really wants to be a supportive son to his hard-working momma Elodie. But sometimes life gets in the way like when Fake Daddy walked out on them leaving a ton of debt, or when crooked Constable Regence Hooke got to thinking pretty Elodie Moreau was just the gal for him.
The lights go out in Lychford, Paul Cornell
The borders of Lychford are crumbling. Other realities threaten to seep into the otherwise quiet village, and the resident wise woman is struggling to remain wise. The local magic shop owner and the local priest are having troubles of their own. And a mysterious stranger is on hand to offer a solution to everyone's problems.
Amnesty, Lara Elena Donnelly
The revolution has come and gone, with Amberlough City striving to rebuild itself from the ashes. The Ospies have been ousted and the very face of the nation has been changed in the process. Now, a rising politician is determined to bring Amberlough's traitors to justice, including double agent Cyril DePaul.
Sharpest sting : an elemental assassin book, Jennifer Estep
The truth won't set me free but it will probably get me killed. As Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, I'm used to having a target on my back. But ever since I started investigating the secret society known as the Circle, that target seems bigger than ever.
Lady Hotspur, Tessa Gratton
Strike fast, love hard, live forever. This is the motto of the Lady Knights; sworn to fealty under a struggling kingdom, promised to defend the prospective heir, Banna Mora. But when a fearsome rebellion overthrows the throne, Mora is faced with an agonizing choice: give up everything she's been raised to love, and allow a king-killer to be rewarded or retake the throne, and take up arms against the newest heir.
The shadow saint, Gareth Hanrahan
The Gutter Miracle changed the landscape of Guerdon forever. Six months after it was conjured into being, the labyrinthine New City has become a haven for criminals and refugees. Rumors have spread of a devastating new weapon buried beneath the streets a weapon with the power to destroy a god.
The court of mortals, A. J. Lancaster
Marrying your fae prince shouldn't be this hard. Hetta's family now know Wyn's true identity, but that doesn't mean they approve of their relationship. Princes are all very well - but Wyn's not human, for all he's spent ten years pretending to be. With gossip spreading like wildfire, Hetta and Wyn receive a royal summons.
Steelflower at sea, Lilith Saintcrow
After pitched battle, betrayal, and escape, Kaia Steelflower has enough gold to feed her troupe of outcasts through the winter. She can settle them in a small villa in Antai, that queen of maritime cities, and look forward to welcome boredom.
Dragonfly falling, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is already under siege. Over in the imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, is becoming captivated by a remarkable slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he knows of magic that can grant eternal life.

FICTION

Funny ha ha : 80 of the funniest stories ever written, selected and introduced by Paul Merton
80 of the funnest stories ever written, selected and introduced by comedian and broadcaster Paul Merton. From Anton Chekhov to Ali Smith, from P.G. Wodehouse to Nora Ephron, the greatest writers are those who know how to have a laugh.
The best small fictions 2019, Nathan Leslie
The Best Small Fictions anthology, now in its fifth year, presents one hundred and forty-six pristinely crafted pieces from an array of authors representing twenty-six nations and six continents.
Things that fall from the sky, Selja Ahava
Three lives are changed forever by a series of random events: a young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky; a woman wins the jackpot twice; and a man is struck by lightning four times. How far will people go to force life into a logical pattern they can make sense of?
Riptides, Kirsten Alexander
In 1974, in country Queensland, Charlie Campbell forces a car off an unlit and rarely travelled dirt road into a tree, killing the pregnant driver. The crash wakes Charlie's sister, Abby, who'd been sleeping in the passenger seat next to him. They were heading to their father's farm. A dead woman has no place in either of their plans.
A long petal of the sea : a novel, Isabel Allende
In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love.
Lady Clementine, Marie Benedict
In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket.
Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins : a novel, Katarina Bivald
The Pine Creek Motel has seen better days. Henny would call it charming, but she's always seen the best in things. Like now, when she's just met an untimely end crossing the road. She's not going to let a tiny thing like death stop her from living fully-- not when her friends and family need her the most.
Agatha, Anne Cathrine Bomann
A psychiatrist is counting down towards his upcoming retirement. He lives alone in his childhood home and has neither friends nor family. Until one day, that is, when a young German woman called Agatha arrives and demands to see the doctor and he soon realizes that underneath her fragile exterior is a strong and fascinating woman.
The girl who came home to Cornwall, Emma Burstall
In the quaint Cornish village of Tremarnock, Chabela Penhallow arrives for a holiday and to discover more about her Cornish ancestors. But, as always with newcomers to the small seaside town, rumours start to fly about this beautiful stranger. Is there more to her than meets the eye?
Secret shores, Ella Carey
In 1946, artist Rebecca Swift's dreams of love and a life free from convention are crashing like the waves of the Australian coast below her. Forty-one years later, Tess Miller's dreams are crashing, too. The once-successful New York editor has lost her most prestigious author Edward Russell, a washed-up Australian poet writing a novel about some obscure artist named Rebecca Swift.
Cesare : a novel of war-torn Berlin, Jerome Charyn
On a windy night in 1937, a seventeen-year-old German naval sub-cadet is wandering along the seawall when he stumbles upon a gang of ruffians beating up a tramp, whose life he saves. The man is none other than spymaster Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the Abwehr, German military intelligence.
Echoes of the city : Maj and Ewald, Lars Saabye Christensen
As Oslo slowly emerges from a period of crippling austerity, Echoes of the City shows how small, almost imperceptible acts of kindness and compassion, and tiny shifts in fortune, can change the lives of many. At the centre of the novel are Maj and Ewald Kristoffersen and their son Jesper, their lives closely entwined and overlapping with their neighbours' on Kirkeveien.
The death of Jesus, J. M. Coetzee
In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simon and Ines are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness.
The first time I saw you, Emma Cooper
Before Sophie met Samuel she saw the world in grey. Before Samuel met Sophie, he never believed in love at first sight. When they first meet, something tells them they are meant to be. But fate has other ideas. Now they have lost each other and can't see a way back. But they've already changed each other's lives in more ways than they could have predicted.
The river capture, Mary Costello
Thirty-four year old Luke O'Brien has left the city to live a quiet, bookish life on the River Sullane in County Waterford. Alone in his big house, he longs for a return to his family's heyday and turns to books-especially Ulysses-for solace and sublimation. One morning a young woman arrives at his door and enters his life, with profound consequences.
American dirt, Jeanine Cummins
Acapulco. Lydia Quixano Perez runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca; her wonderful husband is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is fairly comfortable. Javier browses at the store and comes up to the register with two of her favorites books. Javier is charming and the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When her husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, Lydia and Luca find themselves making their way north toward the United States.
Kingdomtide, Rye Curtis
The sole survivor of a plane crash, seventy-two-year-old Cloris Waldrip finds herself lost and alone in the unforgiving wilderness of Montana's rugged Bitterroot Range, exposed to the elements with no tools beyond her wits and ingenuity. Intertwined with her story is Debra Lewis, a park ranger struggling with addiction, a recent divorce, and a new mission: to find and rescue Cloris.
An almost perfect holiday, Lucy Diamond
The holidays are here, and down in Cornwall Lorna's cottages are fully booked. The sun loungers are lined up beside the swimming pool, the sky is blue and a new set of arrivals are on their way. Em's planned the perfect break with her teenagers plus her new boyfriend, George but now his difficult six-year-old is coming too. Will their romance survive the realities of parenthood?
Naked came the Florida man, Tim Dorsey
There are few things Serge loves more than solving a good mystery and bestowing justice on miscreants who sully his beloved home's good name. With his partner bong boy, Florida's psycho superhero will find the truth.
The things we know now, Catherine Dunne
When Patrick Grant meets Ella, he seizes the opportunity of a new life with her. He imagines the future with his beautiful second wife by his side: the years ahead filled with all that is bright and promising. When Ella gives birth to Daniel, Patrick's happiness is complete. A son at last. Patrick adores Daniel: a golden child, talented, artistic, loving. And then, when Daniel is fourteen, tragedy strikes.
The walled garden, Catherine Dunne
Beth flew the coop as soon as she could, making a life for herself in London. James, her dutiful brother, stayed in Dublin, raising a family not far from their mother, Alice. Now Alice is dying and Beth has returned to the shabby grandeur of her childhood home to keep vigil by her mother's bedside.
The captain and the Glory : an entertainment, Dave Eggers
"When the decorated Captain of the great ship Glory descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he do
The sacrament : a novel, Olaf Olafsson
A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a grey winter's day, a young student at the school watches the school's headmaster, Father August Franz, fall to his death from the church tower.
The move, Felicity Everett
Can you paint over the cracks in a marriage? Karen has packed up her life and is making The move. She's on her way to the idyllic country cottage which her husband has painstakingly renovated for her. They're escaping the London bustle and the daily grind. And they're escaping their past. A fresh start in a beautiful, peaceful village. It will be different here, right?
The girl in the moon circle, Sia Figiel
Ten-year-old Samoana Pili describes life in her Samoan village through her dreams and poems, conversations and songs, stories and factual reporting.
Lake like a mirror, Ho Sok Fong
Lake Like a Mirror is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond their control. Squeezing themselves between the gaps of rabid urbanisation, patriarchal structures and a theocratic government, these women find their lives twisted in disturbing ways.
The girl who reads on the metro, Christine Feret-Fleury ;
In the vein of Amelie and The Little Paris Bookshop, a modern fairytale about a French woman whose life is turned upside down when she meets a reclusive bookseller and his young daughter.
Rules of the road, Ciara Geraghty
When Iris Armstrong goes missing, her best friend Terry, wife, mother and all-round worrier, is convinced something bad has happened. And when she finds her glamorous, feisty friend, she's right: Iris is setting out on a journey that she plans to make her last.
Been there, married that, Gigi Levangie
Agnes Murphy Nash is the perfect Hollywood wife she has the right friends, the right clothes, and even a side career of her own as a writer. Her husband Trevor is a bigshot producer, and from the outside it looks like they're living a picture-perfect celebrity life, complete with tennis tournaments and lavish parties. But the job description of a Hollywood wife doesn't cover divorce, which is the way Agnes' life is headed after she comes home one day to find her credit cards cancelled and the security passwords to get into her enormous LA home changed.
Older brother, Mahir Guven
Older Brother is the poignant story of a Franco-Syrian family whose father and two sons try to integrate themselves into a society that doesn't offer them many opportunities.
Sudden traveller : stories, Sarah Hall
Sudden Traveller is Sarah Hall's third story collection. Featuring her signature themes of identity, eroticism, and existential quest, these new stories travel far afield in location and ambition.
The German House, Annette Hess
For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At the war's end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied bombings. But that was two decades ago. Now it is 1963, and the city's streets, once cratered are smooth and paved.
Stay : a novel, Catherine Ryan Hyde
In the summer of 1969, fourteen-year-old Lucas Painter carries a huge weight on his shoulders. His brother is fighting in Vietnam. His embattled parents are locked in a never-ending war. And his best friend, Connor, is struggling with his own family issues. To find relief from the chaos, Lucas takes long, meandering walks, and one day he veers into the woods. There he discovers an isolated cabin and two huge dogs.
Restored : book two of the Snowgirls series, Clark James
Continuing from Snowgirls, Heather helps to relocate people, including a girl of her own age. This girl learns that she is the next in line for the British Crown after three generations of the Royal Family have disappeared. She becomes Britain's first ruler since Charles I and demolishes Britain's hierarchal system at risk of her own safety.
The antlion, Peaby Jaye
Some mistakes are obvious. Everybody makes them. Even me, I made obvious mistakes. You don't know how big a mistake it will be at the time, of course. At the time, you just do what you think you need to do to get by." Gentle, pliant Mike wished for a fairytale. Who doesn't, right? A modern parable about love that hurts and the ties that bind us.
The Paris model, Alexandra Joel
After a shocking discovery, Grace Woods leaves her vast Australian sheep station and travels to tumultuous post-war Paris in order to find her true identity. While working as a mannequin for Christian Dior, the world's newly acclaimed emperor of fashion, Grace mixes with counts and princesses, authors and artists, diplomats and politicians.
The stationery shop of Tehran, Marjan Kamali
A novel set in 1953 Tehran, against the backdrop of the Iranian Coup, about a young couple in love who are separated on the eve of their marriage, and who are reunited sixty years later, after having moved on to live independent lives in America, to discover the truth about what happened on that fateful day in the town square.
The whispers of war, Julia Kelly
August, 1939. Britain watches the headlines in fear of another devastating war with Germany. Erstwhile socialite Nora is determined to find her place in the Home Office's Air Raid Precautions Department; matchmaker Hazel tries to mask two closely guarded secrets with irrepressible optimism; and German expat Marie worries that she and her family might face imprisonment in an internment camp if war is declared.
Nightingale, Marina Kemp
Marguerite Demers is twenty-four when she leaves Paris for the sleepy southern village of Saint-Sulpice, to take up a job as a live-in nurse. Her charge is Jerome Lanvier, once one of the most powerful men in the village, and now dying alone in his large and secluded house, surrounded by rambling gardens. Manipulative and tyrannical, Jerome has scared away all his previous nurses.
Grown ups, Marian Keyes
They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier.
Baron Wenckheim's homecoming, Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth.
The rock blaster, Henning Mankell
Oskar Johansson, 1888-1969. A working class hero is something to be. But Oskar Johansson's status as one is earned by unimaginable suffering. Working to blast tunnels through the rock for a new railway line, he is the victim, in his early twenties, of a horrific life-changing accident. It is a miracle that he survives, and yet he does, disfigured but unbowed.
It started with a secret, Jill Mansell
Lainey has lost everything. Luckily one little fib (OK, quite a big fib) helps nail her dream job. Soon she's living in a stunning house by the sea, fending off obsessed fans for a retired if far-from-retiring actor and organising his charming but chaotic family. It's definitely worth the challenge of keeping her secret. At least Lainey isn't looking for love.
Christmas in Austin, Benjamin Markovits
When the four Essinger children gather in Austin for Christmas, they all bring their news. Nathan is hoping to become a Federal judge. Susie's husband has taken a job in England. Jean has asked her boyfriend and boss to meet her family. Paul has broken up with Dana, mother of their son Cal. But their parents have plans, too, and invite Dana to stay, hoping to bring the couple back together.
The lost summers of Driftwood, Vanessa McCausland
She remembered this part of the trip during the day time. Her sisters on either side in the back. The sunlight flickering through branches was like looking through a kaleidoscope. How could that be so long ago? How could so much have gone wrong?
If I never met you, Mhairi McFarlane
When Laurie's partner of eighteen years, Dan, dumps her to 'find himself' (and leave her on the shelf at 36), she is blindsided. But not as blindsided as when he announces that his new girlfriend is now pregnant. Working in the same office with Dan is soon unbearable - until the day she gets stuck in the lift with her handsome colleague Jamie.
The shadow king, Maaza Mengiste
With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid in Kidane and his wife Aster's household. Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilise his strongest men before the Italians invade. Meanwhile, Mussolini's hundreds of thousands of Italian soldiers march on Ethiopia expecting an easy victory. As the war begins in earnest, Hirut, Aster, and the other women long to do more than care for the wounded and bury the dead. When Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope, it is Hirut who offers a plan to maintain morale. She helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms. But how could she have predicted her own personal war, still to come, as a prisoner of one of Italy's most vicious officers? The Shadow King is a gorgeously crafted and unputdownable exploration of female power, with Hirut as the fierce, original, and brilliant voice at its heart. In incandescent, lyrical prose, Maaza Mengiste breathes life into complicated characters on both sides of the battle line, shaping a heartrending, indelible exploration of what it means to be a woman at war.
Valley of decision, Stanley Middleton
Mary and David Blackwell are content in their marriage but when Mary, a talented opera singer, is offered the chance to sing in America, everything changes. David, a music teacher and amateur cellist, is left behind in England and, when he suddenly stops hearing from her, he must decide how to carry on and what to do.
Saving Missy, Beth Morrey
The world has changed around Missy Carmichael. At seventy-nine, she's estranged from her daughter, her son and only grandson live across the world in Australia, and her great love is gone. Missy spends her days with a sip of sherry, scrubbing the kitchen in her big empty house and reliving her past though it's her mistakes, and secrets, that she allows to shine brightest.
The offing, Benjamin Myers
One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood's Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea.
Dear Edward, Ann Napolitano
12-year-old Edward Adler, is the sole survivor of a planecrach. Dear Edward recounts the stories of the passengers aboard that flight as it hurtles toward its fateful end, and depicts Edward's life in the crash's aftermath as he tries to make sense of the loss of his family, the strangeness of his sudden fame, and the meaning of his survival.
The private joys of Nnenna Maloney, Okechukwu Nzelu
The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney is a comic novel about Nnenna, a half-Nigerian teenager living in modern-day Manchester with her mother Joanie.
The boatman and other stories, Billy O'Callaghan
The breathtaking short story collection from the Costa-shortlisted Irish writer. In these twelve quietly dazzling, carefully crafted stories, Billy O'Callaghan explores the resilience of the human heart and its ability to keep beating even in the wake of grief, trauma and lost love.
Weather : a novel, Jenny Offill
Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink.
The book of lost saints, Daniel Jose Older
Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, shaped by atrocities long-forgotten, her tenacious spirit visits her nephew, Ramon, in modern-day New Jersey.
The 24-hour cafe, Libby Page
Welcome to the cafe that never sleeps. Day and night Stella's Cafe opens its doors for the lonely and the lost, the morning people and the night owls. It is many things to many people but most of all it is a place where life can wait at the door.
The one that got away, Jennifer Palgrave
Lauren Fraser is easing into a comfortable retirement when her historian friend Ro reveals a shocking secret. Ro's research has uncovered the attempted poisoning of a New Zealand prime minister. Despite herself, Lauren is drawn into the mystery. Who was the would-be murderer and can they be brought to justice after thirty years?
The lure, Felice Picano
Noel Cumming's life is about to change irrevocably. After witnessing a brutal murder he is recruited to assist the police by acting as the lure for the elusive killer. That killer has been targeting gay men. Undercover, Noel moves deeper and deeper into the dark side of Manhattan's gay scene. A journey that stirs his own desires, until he forgets that he is only playing a role.
Imaginary museums : stories, Nicolette Polek
In this collection of compact fictions, Nicolette Polek transports us to a gently unsettling realm inhabited by disheveled landlords, a fugitive bride, a seamstress who forgets what people look like, and two rival falconers from neighboring towns.
The pillars, Peter Polites
Working as a writer hasn't granted Panos the financial success he once imagined, but lobbying against a mosque being built across the road from his home (and the occasional meth-fuelled orgy) helps to pass the time. He's also found himself a gig ghostwriting for a wealthy property developer. The pay cheque alone is enough for him to turn a blind eye to some dodgy dealings at least for the time being.
Topics of conversation, Miranda Popkey
Miranda Popkey's first novel is about desire, disgust, motherhood, loneliness, art, pain, feminism, anger, envy, guilt--written in language that sizzles with intelligence and eroticism. The novel is composed almost exclusively of conversations between women; the stories they tell each other, and the stories they tell themselves.
Such a fun age : a novel, Kiley Reid
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar.
Island on the edge of the world, Deborah Rodriguez
Haiti. A poor country rich in courage, strength and love. As these four women are about to discover. Charlie, the rootless daughter of American missionaries, now working as a hairdresser in Northern California. But the repercussions of a traumatic childhood far from home have left her struggling for her way in life.
Sarah's key, Tatiana de Rosnay
Sarah's Key is the poignant story of two families, forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France's past. In this emotionally intense, page-turning novel, Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt brought on by long-buried secrets and the damage that the truth can inflict when they finally come unravelled.
The DNA of you and me : a novel, Andrea Rothman
How does smell work? Specifically, how do olfactory sensory neurons project to their targets in the olfactory bulb, where smell is processed? Justin McKinnon has hired fresh-faced graduate student Emily to study that question. What Justin hasn't told Emily is that two other scientists in the lab, Aeden and Allegra, are working on a very similar topic, and their findings may compete with her research.
Mix tape, Jane Sanderson
You never forget the one that got away. But what if 'what could have been' is yet to come? Daniel was the first boy to make Alison a mix tape. But that was years ago and Ali hasn't thought about him in a very long time. Even if she had, she might not have called him 'the one that got away'; after all, she'd been the one to run.
A very Scalzi Christmas, John Scalzi
John Scalzi gift-wraps fifteen short takes on the holiday season.
The volunteer, Salvatore Scibona
A small boy speaking an unknown language is abandoned by his father at an international airport, with only the clothes on his back and a handful of money jammed in the pocket of his coat. So begins The Volunteer. But in order to understand this heartbreaking and indefensible decision, the story must return to the moment, decades earlier, when a young man named Vollie Frade, almost on a whim, enlists in the United States Marine Corps to fight in Vietnam.
Spy of the first person, Sam Shepard
Tells in a brilliant braid of voices the story of an unnamed narrator who traces, before our rapt eyes, his memories of work, adventure, and travel as he undergoes medical tests and treatments for a condition that is rendering him more and more dependent on the loved ones who are caring for him.
Thornyhold, Mary Stewart
Thornyhold is a house deep in a wild wood like somewhere out of a fairy tale. To Gilly, it is an enchantment. Her very own enchantment, left to her by the cousin whose occasional magical visits had brightened her childhood. And as she explores, she discovers more about the woman who had come to seem like a fairy godmother for her: her herbalists's skills, her still room, her abilities to foresee and to heal.
Abigail, Magda Szabo
Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabo's books in her native Hungary.
The words I never wrote : a novel, Jane Thynne
1936: Cordelia's socialite sister, Irene, marries a German man from a powerful family who whisks her away to Berlin. Cordelia remains in England to pursue the writing career she cherishes, but in the male-dominated world of journalism, she can only get hired as a typist. The sisters exchange letters as politics begin to boil in Europe and tensions come to a head when Cordelia discovers Irene's husband is a Nazi sympathizer. Does that make Irene one by proxy?
Adults, Emma Jane Unsworth
Jenny is unloved, unemployable and emotionally unfiltered. Her long-suffering friends seem sick of her and whilst her social media portrays her life as a bed of roses, it is more of a dying succulent. Adults is what you want it to be. A misadventure of maturity, a satire on our age of self-promotion, a tender look at the impossibility of womanhood, a love story, a riot.
Creatures : a novel, Crissy Van Meter
Winter Island, off the coast of Southern California. Evangeline grew up with her well-meaning but negligent father, surviving on the money he made dealing the island's world-famous strain of marijuana, Winter Wonderland. Tomorrow Evie is getting married but on the eve of the wedding a dead whale becomes lodged in the bay; the groom may be lost at sea, and Evie's mostly absent mother shows up out of the blue.
Three-fifths : a novel, John Vercher
Pittsburgh, 1995. The son of a black father he's never known, and a white mother he sometimes wishes he didn't, twenty-two year-old Bobby Saraceno has passed for white his entire life. Raised by his bigoted maternal grandfather, Bobby has hidden the truth about his identity from everyone, even his best friend and fellow comic-book geek, Aaron, who has just returned home from prison a newly radicalized white supremacist.
The hungry and the fat, Timur Vermes
Germany has imposed an upper limit on asylum seekers, and Europe's borders are closed.When German model and star presenter Nadeche Hackenbusch visits the largest of the camps with MyTV, the young refugee Lionel recognises a unique opportunity: to organise 150,000 refugees and set off on a march to Europe, in full view of the media.
Little bandaged days, Kyra Wilder
A mother moves to Geneva with her husband and their two young children. In their beautiful new rented apartment, surrounded by their rented furniture, and several Swiss instructions to maintain quiet, she finds herself totally isolated. Her husband's job means he is almost never present, and her entire world is caring for her children - making sure they are happy, and fed and comfortable, and that they can be seen as the happy, well-fed, comfortable family they should be. Everything is perfect. But, of course, it's not. The isolation, the sleeplessness, the demands of two people under two, are getting to Erika. She has never been so alone, and once the children are asleep, there are just too many hours to fill until morning, and there is something coming to get her.
All the ways we said goodbye : a novel of the Ritz Paris, Beatriz Williams,
France, 1914. Aurelie becomes trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father, Comte Sigismund de Courcelles. When the Germans move into their family's ancestral estate, Aurelie discovers she knows the German Major's aide de camp, Maximilian Von Sternburg. Betrayal will shatter them both.
We wish you luck, Caroline Zancan
Hannah, Leslie and Jimmy, graduate students at Fielding campus, are mysterious, inaccessible, and brilliant. The threesome came to study writing, to be writers, and this is the story they've woven together: of friendship and passion, of competition and envy, of creativity as life and death.

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Platinum end. 10, story, Tsugumi Ohba
Thanks to Susumu's TV announcement, the whole world now knows about the existence of the god candidates. Mirai and his friends find themselves being targeted by all kinds of government agencies. Their safety hinges on the ability to locate the remaining hidden candidates and put an end to the process.
Bone parish. Volume three, Cullen Bunn
Every high has its comedown, and the Winters family is in for a rude awakening. Once the innovator and sole dealer of the new necromantic drug that's all the rage on the streets of New Orleans, they have since come under siege by rivals on all sides trying to steal the market for themselves.
Unearth. 1, story, Cullen Bunn & Kyle Strahm
When a flesh-warping disease ravages a remote village in Mexico, a scientific task force travels to the inhospitable area to investigate the contamination. As victims of the illness are transformed in horrible ways, the task force traces the source of the disease to a nearby cave system.
Black Panther. [8], The intergalactic empire of Wakanda. Part three, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Has T'Challa learned what it means to be king just in time to lose his kingdom? Weeks ago, the Black Panther disappeared on a mission into deep space, leaving behind his country, his family and the woman he loves.
Holy Hannah, Will Dinski
Hannah, a successful tech entrepreneur, decides to drop out of society and create a new social app, 'Know Me.' She's invited to test the app on a small religious community, the Church of Love and Devotion. The results go way beyond any intended consequences as lines separating the self, technology, and belief become blurred and lead to religious cult indoctrination.
The Boys omnibus. Volume five, written by Garth Ennis
The long-dreaded superhuman conflict is on its way. The shockwaves from The Boys' first encounter with The Seven still reverbreate today, and Hughie discovers the history of his comrades' clandestine war when original leader Colonel Greg Mallory takes him through half a century of the filthiest black operations imaginable.
The Boys omnibus. Volume six, written by Garth Ennis
It's been a long time coming. When the Homelander finally sets an army of superheroes against the forces of the United States military, Billy Butcher and The Boys must finish the job they were recruited for: to take every superhero out of the picture.
Gambling apocalypse Kaiji. [1], Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Ne'er-do-well Kaiji Itou's shiftless existence is suddenly rattled by a visit from the yakuza. Burdened by debt and resentment, Kaiji is coerced into gambling for his worthless life.
Die. Volume 2, Split the party, Kieron Gillen
No one can escape DIE until everyone agrees to go home. Or rather, no one can escape DIE until everyone who is alive agrees to go home. The second arc of the bleakly romantic fantasy fiction starts to reveal the secrets of the world, and our heroes' pasts.
Cells at work! Code black. 03, story by Shigemitsu Harada
Having survived a heart attack, the body is starting to regain a bit of peace. The red blood cells are excited to finally be working in a non- exploitative work environment, but one day, a mysterious tube punctures the blood vessel and sucks up every blood cell in sight
Dorohedoro. 0, Q Hayashida
Doc cures Nikaido of her deadly fungal affliction at the Hole, but someone is waiting for the chance to grab her. Fujita returns to the Hole to kill Caiman, but is distracted when he sees an old friend.
Dorohedoro. 03, Q Hayashida
En searches for a new partner while his crew takes on an underground distributor of "black powder," a drug that enhances magic that weaker Sorcerers use. Meanwhile, Caiman and Nikaido spend New Year's with a strange doctor who specializes in Sorcerers' anatomy and shows them the portal to the Sorcerers' dimension.
Dorohedoro. 05, Q Hayashida
Caiman heads to the Sorcerer's dimension on his own in search of Risu and information about his past. Meanwhile, Risu is looking for Aikawa to find out what he knows about the people who killed him, Shin and Noi are fleeing from Sorcerers who want them to be their partners.
Dorohedoro. 06, Q Hayashida
Caiman travels to the Sorcerers' dimension in search of information about his past, oblivious to the fact that Nikaido has been taken captive by En, who wants to know more about her abilities, which he suspects may be more powerful than anyone knows.
Dorohedoro. 07, Q Hayashida
Deep in the world of sorcerers, Caiman devises a daring plan to sneak into En's mansion under the guise of a meat-pie competition, posing as Tanba's wife (!) in order to infiltrate the darkest recesses of the crime lord's sprawling estate.
Dorohedoro. 08, Q Hayashida
The Professor's found the home of his estranged wife, but there's no sign of her in the tiny cottage. Hot on the Professor's heels, Shin and Noi find themselves in serious trouble with the home's new occupants: a gang of En's rivals with powerful abilities.
Dorohedoro. 09, Q Hayashida
Nikaido and Natsuki comfort Caiman after he is forced to confront some dark truths about his origins. Meanwhile, Professor Kasukabe goes grave digging with Shin and Noi in an attempt to unravel the mysteries surrounding a strange wax doll they have encountered.
Dorohedoro. 11, Q Hayashida
Caiman's true face is revealed, shaking the entire world to its foundation! But have his memories disappeared along with his lizard head?
Dorohedoro. 12, Q Hayashida
A blood-spattered battle between diabolical sorcerers and the monsters they created. En's murder sends his gang into chaos as Shin and Noi attempt to locate his killer's whereabouts.
Dorohedoro. 13, Q Hayashida
The Cross-Eyes are settling into newfound wealth and comfort after capturing En's mansion, but trouble's brewing on the horizon. Old partners with grudges, burglers angling for antiques and hordes of wannabe sorcerers are beating a path to their door.
Dorohedoro. 14, Q Hayashida
Pie or die! The secret to Nikaido's magic. The goal of Kai's quest. Could the answer to all of life's mysteries possibly be found inside a single pie?
Dorohedoro. 15, Q Hayashida
Things are getting weird in En's former mansion. The Cross-Eyes realize their boss has been transformed into a pie, of all things, and scramble in an all-out effort to save him.
Dorohedoro. 16, Q Hayashida
The Hole can be hell, even for powerful sorcerers. In this volume, Nikaido probes deeper into her past in search of answers.
Dorohedoro. 17, Q Hayashida
Deep in the Hole, the survivors of En's family continue their mission to revive their slain leader with some "enhanced interrogation" of a Cross-Eye member. The rest of the Cross-Eyes finally come face-to-face with their long-lost boss.
Dorohedoro. 18, Q Hayashida
With succes almost in his grasp for once, Fujita is forced to strike a desperate, dangerous deal with Tetsujo, last survivor of the slaughtered Cross-Eyes. Meanwhile En's former "cleaners" Shin and Noi venture through the Central Department Store to try a resurrect their boss.
Dorohedoro. 19, Q Hayashida
After an emotional reunion with Caiman, Nikaido receives a cryptic hint from a mysterious Devil on how to escape from deep within the Central Department Store. With the En family spread about a bleak landscape, Fulita, Chota and Turkey must attempt to get the situation back on their terms.
Dorohedoro. 20, Q Hayashida
Inside the nightmare that is the Central Department Store, the long-absent En returns, making his family's wish come true! But its faithful members are either dead or dismembered, so if En wants to start over, can they even do anything to help him?
Dorohedoro. 21, Q Hayashida
All mysteries lead back to the Hole! Our labyrinthine tale is nearing its end, but it's not quite over yet. Caiman and Nikaido, Risu and the En family, and all of the embattled characters that made a miraculous recovery in our previous volume will fight the Cross-Eyes' boss in a no-holds-barred battle royale!
Dorohedoro. 22, Q Hayashida
On their journey through a hellish landscape, Caiman and Nikaido finally get intimate, sort of! Assisted by Chidaruma, the Professor, Asu and more, the pair continue their quest to unravel the mystery that is Caiman, and what it all means for the future of the Sorcerers' world and the poor souls of the Hole.
Dorohedoro. 23, Q Hayashida
As En desperately tries to keep the family alive and together, the worlds of the sorcerers and the Hole descend into total chaos. What will happen with the Devils and the sorcerers? Can the Hole be saved? More to the point, can Caiman save Nikaido?
Postal : deliverance. Volume 1, writer, Bryan Hill
Postal returns to find Mark struggling with the responsibilities and horrors of being the new Mayor of Eden, as the newest member of their community has brought his own personal war with him.
Black lagoon. 001, story and art by Rei Hiroe
Rokuro Okajima was just an average Japanese salaryman, living an average life. But when he's taken hostage by the crew of the Black Lagoon, Rokuro finds himself thrown headfirst into a deadly world of outlawed heroes, brutal villains, and blazing gunfights.
Black lagoon. 002, story and art by Rei Hiroe
As the newest crewmember of the Black Lagoon, Rock is learning that life as a pirate is a lot more than just fun in the sun. After a salvage job on a sunken German U-Boat turns into a full-auto blowout with a gang of neo-Nazis, the crew of the Black Lagoon realizes they have more than a few issues with Revy's hair-trigger temper.
Black lagoon. 003, story and art by Rei Hiroe
Roanapur turns into a war zone when Balalaika and Hotel Moscow team up with the Triad to hunt down the psychotic Romanian killers Hansel and Gretel. The bloody climax leaves Rock scarred by the grim reality of the underworld he's become a part of, but there's no rest for the wicked.
Black lagoon. 004, story and art by Rei Hiroe
The action shifts to chilly midwinter Tokyo, where Balalaika hires Rock as her interpreter, and Revy comes along as Rock's bodyguard. The Washimine- gumi, a Yakuza family on its way down, wants to make a deal with Hotel Moscow.
Black lagoon. 005, story and art by Rei Hiroe
Rock and Revy form an uneasy alliance with Ginji to rescue Yukio from her kidnappers. Even if she can be freed, Rock finds Yukio's position as the new head of the Washimine-gumi hard to accept, especially when it calls his beliefs into question.
Black lagoon. 006, story and art by Rei Hiroe
After their trip to Japan, the crew of the Black Lagoon winds down back in Roanapur. The R&R doesn't last long--Jane, a counterfeiter on the run from Florida-based gangsters, seeks refuge with the Church of Violence, kicking off a hot pursuit involving some of Roanapur's more colorful guns-for-hire.
Black lagoon. 007, story and art by Rei Hiroe
The shock waves from the assassination of Garcia Lovelace's father in Venezuela hit Roanapur full force. The ex-terrorist Roberta begins her quest for vengeance, and she's not going to quit even if the trail takes her deep into a web of intrigue involving the U.S. military.
Black lagoon. 008, story and art by Rei Hiroe
Roberta's vendetta continues as Revy and Rock enlist some old acquaintances to try and catch up with the Killer Maid before it's too late. They're going to have to get in line, since Roberta's got everyone else gunning for her, too.
Black lagoon. 009, story and art by Rei Hiroe
Roanapur explodes as Roberta's vendetta against a top secret U.S. Special Forces team brings out the city's heaviest hitters. In an attempt to contain the damage before it brings too much attention on the criminal paradise, Balalaika and the ex-Soviet military troops of Hotel Moscow face off with Major Caxton's Grey Fox unit as it tries to fight its way out of Roanapur.
Black lagoon. 010, story and art by Rei Hiroe
Benny's tech-savvy girlfriend Jane has recruited Feng Yifei, a Chinese spy, to help her hack into a massive German defense company. But Jane's real motive is to blackmail the Chinese government by exposing their operations and hang Feng out to dry as a scapegoat.
No longer human, Junji Ito ; original novel by Osamu Dazai
Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm in arm with death.
Our encounters with evil : adventures of Professor J.T. Meinhardt and his assistant Mr. Knox, story and art by Warwick Johnson-Cadwell ;
Backed by the dauntless vampire hunter Ms. Mary Van Sloan, the heroes of Mr. Higgins Comes Home pursue vampires, werewolves, and other horrors that even they are hard-put to name or explain. The only thing that's for certain is that the strange truths these adventurers uncover are seldom what they seem.
No guns life. 2, Tasuku Karasuma
Keeping Tetsuro, the fugitive son of the Corporation, safe is going to take resources Juzo doesn't have. An old contact at the Extended Management Squad can help, but in exchange Juzo has to bring in the very first noncompliant Extended, Hayden Gondry, the suspect in a number of murders whose victims had their auxiliary brains forcibly removed.
Gangsta. 1, Kohske
In the city of Ergastulum, a shady ville filled with made men and petty thieves, whores on the make and cops on the take, there are some deeds too dirty for even its jaded inhabitants to touch. Enter the "Handymen", Nic and Worick, who take care of the jobs no one else will handle.
Gangsta. 2, Kohske
"Handymen" Nic and Worick find themselves in a gang conflict with a drug-enhanced superhuman "Twilight" mercenary, and when Nic makes extensive use of his own Twilight abilities, Worick must try to save his partner from himself.
Gangsta. 3, Kohske
In Ergastulum, a tough town run by the Mafia, the "Handymen" Nicolas and Worick make a living doing odd jobs for their clients, from routine deliveries to extrajudicial killings. The men are respected by both the police brass and the Mafia bosses, not least because Nicolas is "Twilight," an ex-mercenary possessing extraordinary abilities.
Gangsta. 4, Kohske
As Hunters infiltrate the city of Ergastulum, more and more Twilights fall victim to the violence and chaos that results. The young Cristiano boss hires the Handymen to escort Twilights to a safe house for protection, but a new, even more dangerous threat is on the doorstep.
Gangsta. 5, Kohske
The Hunters and the Destroyers continue to rampage through the city, toying with their prey and piling atrocity upon atrocity. With no time to mourn their fallen, the Paulklee Guild are forced to fend off their enemies' increasingly deadly attacks.
Gangsta. 6, Kohske
As Erica stalks through Ergastulum, leaving a trail of dead in her wake, Delico copes with the heartbreaking news that this most dangerous Hunter is actually his long-lost little sister.
Gangsta. 7, Kohske
Prompted by a gruesome message, Marco heads out to rescue the kidnapped Constance. Drawn to a place he'd consigned to the past, he's plunged into a desperate fight against an enemy he once thought of as a brother.
Gangsta. 8, Kohske
Years ago, Marco turned against the Hunters, submitting to the "curse" Constance set on him to live and atone for his sins. But the bonds of the past aren't so easily severed, and now Striker has tracked them down, still enraged by Marco's betrayal and hell-bent on making him pay.
Gangsta:cursed. EP_Marco Adriano. 2, story by Kohske
Ever since he was a young child, Spas has been indoctrinated to believe that eliminating all Twilights is the only way to guarantee the safety of the Normal population. But as he and the rest of the Hunters carry out their gruesome duty, the foundations of that belief begin to erode.
Gangsta:cursed. EP_Marco Adriano. 3, story by Kohske
After making the fateful decision to defy his fellow Hunters and save a young girl's life, Spas finds himself caught between the worlds of the Normals and the Twilights.
Gangsta:cursed. EP_Marco Adriano. 4, story by Kohske
The man named Marco Adriano is a loyal and beloved member of the Cristiano Family, helping them protect the persecuted Twilight population in the city of Ergastulum. But he was once a boy code-named "Spas," raised as a Hunter and assigned to the Destroyers Second Group for a single purpose: to track down and kill Twilights.
Gangsta:cursed. EP_Marco Adriano. 5, story by Kohske
Spas has lost the sense of justice that gave his life meaning. Striker still lives only for the thrill of the hunt. The rift between their moral stances forces Spas to break the promise they'd once made to each other, initiating a bloody parting that will scar them both forever.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness, adapted by Peter Kuper
Acclaimed cartoonist Peter Kuper delivers a powerful interpretation of this controversial classic. Heart of Darkness has unsettled generations of readers with its haunting portrait of colonialism and brutal exploitation in Africa.
Stray bullets. Part four, "The salad days", David Lapham, Maria Lapham
They've stolen the money and left their enemies in the dust. The good times are just around the corner, but which corner? Where can Orson, Beth, and Nina stop and not have to look over their shoulders?
Stray bullets. Part one, "Kretchmeyer", David Lapham, Maria Lapham
"The chapters in this book were originally published as issues #1-8 of the comic book Stray Bullets: Sunshine and
Stray bullets. Part three, "The queen of Palm Court", David Lapham, Maria Lapham
Sunshine and roses tells the story of a boy and girl, how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld.
Stray bullets. Part two, "Change of plans", David Lapham, Maria Lapham
What would you do for love? How far would you go for revenge?
Stray bullets. Volume five, "Hi-jinks and derring-do", David Lapham
Runaway Virginia returns home to the very unloving arms of her widowed mother. An outcast at home and at school, no one can imagine just how far she'll go to protect herself and her new friend, Leon.
Stray bullets. Volume two, "Somewhere out West", David Lapham
Somewhere out West is a town no one knows about-a desert town-whose inhabitants wait for the day a great earthquake will bring them beachfront property. Here, three desperate friends on the run from the Mob and a young runaway Virginia Applejack will try to escape the nightmares of their pasts.
Frogcatchers, Jeff Lemire
A man wakes up alone in a strange room with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. The padlocked doors and barren lobby reinforce the strangeness of this place. This is, as he reads from an old-fashioned keychain beside his bed, the Edgewater Hotel. Even worse, something ominous seems to be lurking in one of the rooms.
Cats of the Louvre, Taiyo Matsumoto
A surreal tale of the secret world of the cats of the Louvre, told by Eisner Award winner Taiyo Matsumoto. The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris contains more than just the most famous works of art in history. At night, within its darkened galleries, an unseen and surreal world comes alive.
Arkham Asylum : a serious house on serious Earth, Grant Morrison
The inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gotham's detention center for the criminally insane on April Fool's Day, demanding Batman in exchange for their hostages.
Saint young men. 1, Hikaru Nakamura ;
Jesus, the Son of God. Buddha, the enlightened one. Two of history's most important figures whose sagely deeds have been told and retold. After a few millennia of helping humanity, they have decided to take some time off and rent an apartment together in modern-day Tokyo.
Once upon a time in France, written by Fabien Nury
Based on the true story of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. During the Second World War he becomes a Nazi collaborator and war profiteer who provides the Nazi regime with the metals it needs, but secretly he uses his wealth and influence to finance the French Resistance and free fellow Jews from Nazi hands.
Snotgirl. [1], Green hair don't care, script, Bryan Lee O'Malley
Who is Lottie Person? Is she a gorgeous, fun-loving social media star with a perfect life or a gross, allergy-ridden mess?
Snotgirl. [2], California screaming, script, Bryan Lee O'Malley
Lottie Person is a glamorous fashion blogger living her best life in L.A.--at least that's what she wants you to think. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING finds Lottie putting the past behind her and trying to make the best of a bad situation--her life!
Little Bird. Book one, The fight for elder's hope, writer, Darcy Van Poelgeest
Little Bird was born into war, and it's the only life she's known. When her village is destroyed and her mother is kidnapped by the oppressive American Empire, she fights to reignite the resistance that once was, and defeat the enemy to save her people, to discover her own identity in a world on fire.
Abasalom. Terminal diagnosis, Rennie Gordon
Inspector Harry Absalom is an old-school copper curmudgeonly antiauthoritarian, he's been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from an inoperable cancer, he's also the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the sixteenth century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell.
Lazarus. Volume six, Fracture 1, written by Greg Rucka
The world now lies divided not amongst political or geographic boundaries but amongst financial ones. Wealth is power, and that power rests with only a handful of families. And now those families are at war.
Shades of magic. The Steel Prince, [2], Night of knives, V. E. Schwab
The young and arrogant prince Maxim Maresh, having faced the terror of the Pirate Queen, now aims to capture the respect of the combative port town of Verose by taking the impossible challenges of the Night of Knives and surviving, where none has survived before!
Shades of magic. The Steel Prince. [1], V.E. Schwab ;
The thrilling, epic tale of the young and arrogant prince Maxim Maresh, long before he became the king of Red London and adoptive father to Kell, the lead of A Darker Shade of Magic!
The Batman who laughs, Scott Snyder
Left rattled by the events of Dark Nights: Metal, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the ultimate evil spawned from the Dark Multiverse.
The dreaming. Volume two, Empty shells, written by Simon Spurrier
Simon Spurrier and Bilquis Evely continue the stories of the characters from the award-winning The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman as Lord Daniel is introduced to the cold taste of heartbreak.
H.P. Lovecraft's At the mountains of madness. The second volume, adaptation and artwork by Gou Tanabe
Here at last they will discover the hideous secret of all life on Earth..but can they escape these uttermost vaults at the bottom of the world, and keep sanity enough to warn mankind...?
DCeased, Tom Taylor
What happens to the World's Finest if the world ends? With death spreading across the planet, who will live and who will turn in this apocalyptic tale of heroism, sacrifice and annihilation?
Batman detective comics. Vol. 1, Mythology, Peter J. Tomasi
A mysterious enemy who knows everything about Batman's history is pulling no punches. Clues take the form of disturbing reminders of the Dark Knight's darkest days, as he is forced to fight a losing battle to protect those who have been most important to his transformation from a scared little boy to Gotham's champion.
Batman: Detective Comics. Vol. 2, Arkham Knight, Peter J. Tomasi
As a new era dawns, the Batman is facing the most dangerous threat of his career! The Arkham Knight has arrived in Gotham City with an entire round table of deadly allies, and their first encounter will leave Batman shaken to his core.
Calamity Kate, written by Magdalene Visaggio
Kate Strand reboots her destructive life and moves to LA to be the superhero she always wanted to be--Calamity Kate: gun-toting monster
Judge Dredd : the complete case files. 34, by John Wagner
Mega-City One a nightmarish enclosure located along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. Only the Judges powerful law enforcers supporting the despotic Justice Department can stop total anarchy running rife on the crime-ridden streets.
Lucifer. Volume two, The divine tragedy, written by Dan Watters
God is angry. Lucifer has committed an unthinkable act of sacrilege, and now the forces of Heaven have left him with nowhere to turn but the lands of the dead.
Ryuko. Vol. 1, Eldo Yoshimizu
Eldo Yoshimizu's Ryuko is a stunning manga which tells the action-packed story of a no-nonsense, tough, and resourceful woman of the Yakuza.
Ryuko. Vol. 2, Eldo Yoshimizu
As a covert war rages in Japan's underworld, the motorcycle-riding yakuza princess Ryuko discovers the truth behind the disappearance of her mother and the face of her true foe! Part two of a two-part criminal saga packed with international intrigue, complex morality, and blistering action!
The saga of Tanya the evil. 09, original story, Carlo Zen
The fierce battle between Tanya and Anson has concluded, but it's led to an unexpected intrusion! The conflict continues in the latest volume of Tanya the Evil!

HISTORICAL

The unforgetting, Rose Black
When Lily Bell is sold by her father to a 'Professor of Ghosts' to settle a bad debt, she thinks she about to hit the London stage as an actress. But little does she know that the professor intends her to be his very own ghost, part of an elaborate illusion for a fascinated audience.
The girls with no names, Serena Burdick
In New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. When the sisters discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella, the brazen elder sister, becomes emboldened to do as she pleases. Her rebellion comes with consequences.
Requiem for a knave, Laura Carlin
After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity but he is not the only one with secrets to keep.
Marley : a novel, Jon Clinch
They met in the gloomy confines of Professor Drabb's Academy for Boys. With Jacob Marley's genius for deception and Ebenezer Scrooge's brilliance with numbers, they build a shipping empire of dubious legality and pitiless commitment to the slave trade, concealing their true investments under the noses of the London authorities.
The hungry road, Marita Conlon-McKenna
Mary Sullivan's dreams of a better future are shattered in 1845 with the arrival of the strange blight which destroys their potato crop. Refusing to give in to despair, she must use every ounce of courage and strength to protect her family as she and her husband and children fight to survive.
Westering women : a novel, Sandra Dallas
It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting 'eligible women' to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter and several painful secrets, she has nothing to lose.
Another kind of life, Catherine Dunne
Hannah, May and Eleanor are sisters. Their early life in Dublin, with their middle-class parents, has prepared them for a comfortable future of marriage, children and servants. Further north, Mary and Cecilia are also sisters. They are struggling to make a living in the linen mills of Belfast, amid rising political tension. The lives of all the sisters are destined to unfold in ways that none of them could have imagined.
The year without summer, Guinevere Glasfurd
1815, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia Mount Tambora explodes in a cataclysmic eruption, killing thousands. Sent to investigate, ship surgeon Henry Hogg can barely believe his eyes. Once a paradise, the island is now solid ash, the surrounding sea turned to stone. But worse is yet to come: as the ash cloud rises and covers the sun, the seasons will fail.
The physician, Noah Gordon
A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware "something" is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast- talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift-an acute sensitivity to impending death-never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.
The foundling, Stacey Halls
London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed by her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl and why.
The mercies : a novel, Kiran Millwood Hargrave
After a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal village struggle to survive against both natural forces and the men who have been sent to rid the community of alleged witchcraft.
Miss Austen, Gill Hornby
1840, twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she is desperate should not be revealed.
Sanditon, Kate Riordan
When chance accident transports Charlotte Heywood to the seaside town of Sanditon, her life changes forever. And when she meets the charming and slightly wild Sidney Parker, she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of romance, betrayal and changing alliances nobody in Sanditon is quite as they seem.
Traitors of Rome, Simon Scarrow
AD 56. Battle-hardened veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro are garrisoned at the eastern border, aware that their movements are constantly monitored by spies from dangerous, mysterious Parthia. But the enemy within could be the deadliest threat to the Legion and the Empire.
The lost valley, Jennifer Scoullar
Tasmania 1929: Ten-year-old twins, Tom and Harry Abbott, are orphaned by a tragedy that shocks Hobart society. They find sanctuary with their reclusive grandmother, growing up in the remote and rugged Binburra ranges - a place where kind-hearted Tom discovers a love of the wild, Harry nurses a growing resentment towards his brother and where the mountain holds secrets that will transform both their lives.

HORROR

Ghoster, Jason Arnopp
Kate Collins has been ghosted. She was supposed to be moving in with her new boyfriend Scott, but all she finds after relocating to Brighton is an empty apartment. Scott has vanished. His possessions have all disappeared. Except for his mobile phone. Kate knows she shouldn't hack into Scott's phone. She shouldn't look at his Tinder, his calls, his social media. But she can't quite help herself.
The great and secret show : the first book of the art, Clive Barker
Armageddon begins quietly. In the small Californian town of Palomo Grove several children are born, the offspring of the Jaff, a man- spirit obsessed with darkness and depravity, and of the Fletcher, a force for light, who has fought the Jaff across America. Their prize is the Art, the greatest power known to mankind, a doorway to the dream-life of the species.
Teatro grottesco, Thomas Ligotti
Often cited as the most curious and remarkable figure in horror literature. His work is noted by critics for its display of an exceptionally grotesque imagination and accomplished prose style. The cycle of narratives introduces readers to a freakish community of artists who encounter demonic perils that will engulf their lives!

MYSTERY

In the shadow of Vesuvius, Tasha Alexander
Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, have accompanied her friend Ivy Brandon on a trip to Pompeii. When they uncover a corpse and the police dismiss the murder as the work of local gangsters, Emily launches an investigation of her own.
Trial by blood : a Daniel Pike novel, William Bernhardt
Attorney Daniel Pike's flashy courtroom antics have earned him plenty of enemies but also freed many innocent people. When he learns that the same crooked cop who got his father locked up for life is testifying in a contested-identity suit, Daniel takes the case. But it won't be easy to prove his client is the long-lost heir to an immense estate since the young man can't remember the last fourteen years.
Trace of evil, Alice Blanchard
Natalie Lockhart is a rookie detective in Burning Lake, New York, an isolated town known for its dark past. Tasked with uncovering the whereabouts of nine missing transients who have disappeared over the years, Natalie wrestles with the town's troubled history and the scars left by her sister's unsolved murder years ago.
Above the bay of angels : a novel, Rhys Bowen
Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella's hand. It's an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants.
Old bones, Trudy Nan Boyce
A timely and penetrating mystery about the intersection of policing, racism, and the community set in a city at its boiling point from an author who's been in the trenches and seen it all.
Cold blood, Robert Bryndza
She fell in love with a killer, now she's one too. The suitcase was badly rusted, and took Erika several attempts, but it yielded and sagged open as she unzipped it. Nothing could prepare her for what she would find inside...
I dare you, Sam Carrington
A distraught phone call brings Anna back to face her past. 30 years ago, someone lied. 30 years ago, the man convicted wasn't the only guilty party. Now he's out of prison and looking for revenge. The question is, who will he start with?
Queenie, Kimberley Chambers
Whitechapel in the 1930s was not an easy place to be brought up, and when the war came those with nothing were hit the hardest. Queenie watched her family struggle and learned her lessons the hard way. When she was a little girl there was one thing Queenie knew she was going to get out of this. And then tall, dark and handsome Alfie Butler walks into her life and gives Queenie her ticket out.
Hitler's secret, Rory Clements
In the Autumn of 1941, the war is going badly for Britain and its allies. If the tide is going to be turned against Hitler, a new weapon is desperately needed. In Cambridge, brilliant history professor Tom Wilde is asked by an American intelligence officer to help smuggle a mysterious package out of Nazi Germany something so secret, even Hitler himself doesn't know of its existence.
Like mother like daughter, Elle Croft
A tight knit family with secrets, parents arguring and a daughter who knows too much. When she goes missing no one knows where to start
Dark truths, A.J. Cross
When a headless body is discovered on a popular jogging trail, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts and his team are plunged headlong into a baffling murder investigation. Why would someone stab to death a young woman on her daily run and take her head?
Between two evils, Eva Dolan
As the country bakes under the relentless summer sun, a young doctor is found brutally murdered at his home in a picturesque Cambridgeshire village. Is his death connected to his private life or his professional one?
The strangers we know, Pip Drysdale
Imagine seeing your loving husband on a dating app. Suddenly other signs of betrayal start to add up and so Charlie does the only thing she can think of to defend her position she signs up to the app to catch Oliver in the act. But Charlie soon discovers that infidelity is the least of her problems. Nothingis as it seems and nobody is who she thinks they are.
The burial circle, Kate Ellis
On a stormy night in December, a tree is blown down on an isolated Devon farm. And when the fallen tree is dragged away a rucksack is found caught amongst the roots and next to it is a human skeleton.The discovery of the body and the rucksack revives memories for DI Wesley Peterson.
Good girls lie, J.T. Ellison
Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, its elite status, long-held traditions and honour code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous.
Mine, Clare Empson
On the surface, Luke and his girlfriend Hannah seem to have a perfect life, and they are devoted to their newborn son Samuel. When Luke finds his birth mother Alice, there is an instant connection with her .So when Hannah goes back to work, Luke asks Alice to look after their son. But Alice deranged with grief when her baby was taken from her 27 years ago starts to fall in love with Samuel, and starts to pretend their child is hers.
When old midnight comes along : an Amos Walker novel, Loren D. Estleman
Amos Walker is hired by Francis X. Lawes to prove that his wife, Paula, who disappeared under sinister circumstances more than six years ago, is dead. Francis wants to remarry without having to wait for the seven-year declaration-of-death rule to kick in. But there are two complications: the police still consider Lawes the prime suspect, and the first-responding officer in that old case was killed in the line of duty shortly afterwards and his notebook has never been found.
Perfect kill, Helen Fields
Alone, trapped in the darkness and with no way out, Bart Campbell knows that his chances of being found alive are slim. Drugged and kidnapped, the realisation soon dawns that he's been locked inside a shipping container far from his Edinburgh home. But what Bart doesn't yet know is that he's now heading for France where his unspeakable fate is already sealed.
House on fire, Joseph Finder
Nick Heller is at the top of his game when he receives some devastating news: his old army buddy Sean has died of an overdose. Sean, who once saved Nick's life, got addicted to opioids after returning home wounded from war. Then at Sean's funeral, a stranger approaches Nick with a job, and maybe also a way for Nick to hold someone accountable.
How quickly she disappears, Raymond Fleischmann
It's been twenty years since Elisabeth's twin sister, Jacqueline, disappeared without a trace. At thirty Elisabeth is living in a small Alaskan town; she's in a loveless marriage and has a young daughter she loves but who reminds her too much of her long-missing sister. Elisabeth clings to the impossible belief that her sister is still alive and that they'll be reunited. Then Alfred, a stranger, arrives in town and claims to know exactly what happened to Jacqueline.
Verse and vengeance : a magical bookshop mystery, Amanda Flower
Pesky private investigator Joel Redding is snooping around Charming Books. It takes all of Violet's and Grandma Daisy's ingenuity to keep Redding from discovering the shop's magical essence which communicates with Violet through books.
When you see me, Lisa Gardner
In a small town in the Deep South, Flora Dane is part of a task force committed to hunting down every last trace of notorious serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. As his last victim, imprisoned by Ness in a small box for over a year, she knew him better than most. Even after his death, his evil still lingers.
No safe place, Patricia Gibney
Detective Lottie Parker investigates a murder and a missing person suspecting both are the same person. As others disappear, Lottie fears a serial killer is responsible. As journalists begin to interfere with her investigation, she fears the killer is about to strike again.
The sinister mystery of the mesmerizing girl, Theodora Goss
Mary Jekyll and her friends return home from Europe to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes! They discover that the two kidnappings are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire.
Till sudden death do us part, Simon R. Green
Although he hasn't seen Robert Bergin for 40 years, Ishmael feels duty bound to respond when his old friend calls for help. Robert's daughter Gillian is about to be married, and he is afraid she'll fall prey to the ancient family curse.
The lantern men : a Dr Ruth Galloway mystery, Elly Griffiths
Everything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal.
Swimming with the dead, Peter Guttridge
With an art deco lido under threat of closure by a ruthless property developer, the Save Salthaven Lido campaigners are fighting a desperate battle to keep it open. When the lead campaigner is discovered dead, suspicion falls on the developers.
Haven't they grown, Sophie Hannah
Beth parks outside her ex best friend's the open gates, watches from across the road as Flora and her children Thomas and Emily step out of the car. Except? There's something terribly wrong. It's the children. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They haven't changed at all. They are no taller, no older. Why haven't they grown?
Blood ties : a Nik Pohl thriller, Alexander Hartung
Two missing children. Only Pohl can save the third. Two young children have been violently abducted in broad daylight, with nothing connecting them but their disappearance. Detective Nik Pohl knows there must be a missing link, but every time he gets close to the answer people show up hurt, or worse.
The kill club, Wendy Heard
Jazz and Joaquin's foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year- old Joaquin's life.
All the rage, Cara Hunter
A teenage girl is found wandering the outskirts of Oxford, dazed and distressed. The story she tells is terrifying. Grabbed off the street, a plastic bag pulled over her face, then driven to an isolated location where she was subjected to what sounds like an assault. Yet she refuses to press charges.
Sight unseen, Graham Hurley
Malo is in trouble again. Enora Andressen's wayward son has received a ransom demand for the return of his girlfriend, the daughter of a wealthy Colombian business tycoon. But how far can a mother trust her son? And where does Clemmie's disappearance fit in the murderous world of cocaine dealing?
Into the fire, Gregg Hurwitz
As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from his foster home and inducted into a top secret Cold War programme. Code-named Orphan X, he was trained to become a lethal weapon, then dispatched around the world to do whatever was required to keep his country safe. When Evan discovered the mission was rotten to the core, he got out using his skills to hide in plain sight while helping those who can't help themselves.
Hi five : an IQ novel, Joe Ide
Cristiana is the daughter of the biggest arms dealer on the West Coast, Angus Byrne. She's also the sole witness and number one suspect in the murder of her boyfriend, found dead in her Newport Beach boutique. IQ Isaiah Quintabe is coerced into taking the case to prove her innocence.
Takes one to know one, Susan Isaacs
Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at thirty-five, she traded in her badge for the stability of marriage and motherhood, but a mystery at her local restaurant leads her to dusting off her FBI badge
The better liar : a novel, Tanen Jones
If Leslie had arrived at her sister's cramped Las Vegas apartment just hours earlier, this would have been their first reunion in a decade, but Robin is dead. In the years since Robin ran away from home as a teenager, Leslie has stayed in New Mexico, but when their father passed away, Leslie received a rude awakening: She and Robin would receive the inheritance he left them together or not at all. Now her half of the money may be beyond her grasp and Leslie needs it desperately. When she meets a charismatic young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Robin, and has every reason to leave her past behind, the two make a reckless bargain:
A good man, Ani Katz
Thomas Martin is everything a man is supposed to be. He has a beautiful wife and a loving daughter, a good house on Long Island, a flourishing career at a prestigious Manhattan advertising firm. He's a good son and brother, taking it upon himself to support his ailing mother and adult sisters. He knows it's his God-given duty to shield them, his girls, from the everyday horrors of the world. But he has failed, and unspeakable tragedy has befallen his family.
The museum of desire, Jonathan Kellerman
A mansion in Beverly Hills is leased out to host an event wild enough to herald the end of days. The next day there isn't a living soul to be seen. But in the driveway sits a super-stretch limo, unlocked, with four bodies inside it. Nothing links the victims together. Each has been killed in a different way.
Coached to death, Victoria Laurie
Gouged from an unexpected divorce, Cat suddenly finds herself struggling through a new career as a business-savvy life coach for the hopelessly adrift in East Hampton and contending with Heather Holland a spiteful neighbor who will do anything to bully her out of town. But Heather's dead body turns up next to a shattered punchbowl and Cat's pinned as the murderer.
Just watch me : a novel, Jeff Lindsay
Riley Wolfe is a master thief, expert at disguise and violent when he needs to be. It's no accident, though, that Riley targets only the .1% and is willing to kill when necessary: He despises the degenerate and immoral possessors of the objects that he steals.
Quintember : the first volume of the misdemeanours of Dr Felix Culpepper, Richard Major
When there are high crimes to be covered up, mysteries to be wrapped up in enigmas, or a murderer to be liquidated literally there is only one man in England who can be trusted with the task: Felix Culpepper, tutor in Classics at St Wygfortis College, Cambridge, and assassin-at-large for the British Establishment.
Strangers on a bridge, Louise Mangos
When Alice Reed goes on her regular morning jog in the peaceful Swiss Alps, she doesn't expect to save a man from suicide. But she does. And it is her first mistake. Adamant they have an instant connection, Manfred's charming exterior grows darker and his obsession with Alice grows stronger.
Blood on the rocks, Priscilla Masters
DI Joanna Piercy is irritated when she is asked to take on the case of Zachary Foster, a missing ninety-six-year-old man suffering from dementia. Zachary has vanished from his residential care home on the edge of Leek during the night with his beloved old teddy bear. He can't have gone far, surely, but how did a frail, elderly man manage to abscond from a secure house at night?
First cut : a novel, Judy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell
For San Francisco's newest medical examiner, Dr. Jessie Teska, it was supposed to be a fresh start. A new job in a new city. A way to escape her own dark past. Instead she faces a chilling discovery when an opioid-overdose case contains hints of something more sinister.
The other you, J. S. Monroe
Kate used to be good at recognising people. So good, she worked for the police, identifying criminals in crowds of thousands. But six months ago, a devastating car accident led to a brain injury. Now the woman who never forgot a face can barely recognise herself in the mirror.
Long bright river, Liz Moore
In a Philadelphia neighbourhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling. Then Kacey disappears.
Death note : another note, the Los Angeles BB murder cases, Nisioisin
There's a serial killer on the loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string of maddeningly arcane clues at each crime scene. Each of these clues, it seems, is an indecipherable roadmap to the next murder.
Into the void, Christina O'Reilly
"How easy is it for a man to simply disappear? When rural banker Richard Harper is reported missing, DSS John (Archie) Baldrick and DC Ben Travers are drawn into the tangled details of the man's life.
BlindSide, James Patterson & James O. Born
The mayor of New York has a daughter who's missing. Detective Michael Bennett has a son who's in prison. Can one father help the other?
One fatal flaw, Anne Perry
It is 1910 and a warehouse fire on the banks of the Thames has left one criminal dead and another charged with his murder. Convinced of his innocence, Jessie Beale begs barrister Daniel Pitt to defend the accused. It's a hopeless case - unless Daniel can find an expert witness, whose testimony on fire damage is so utterly convincing that any jury would believe him.
Mister Wolf, Chris Petit
Berlin, July 1944, a world of illicit jazz clubs, sexually generous young women, suspect art dealers, last-ditch zealots and a city defined by crumbling infrastructure, advanced terror, dirty secrets and deep politics and then there is August Schlegel, caught askance in a web of totalitarian mayhem.
Our dark secret, Jenny Quintana
As a teenager in the late 1970s, Elizabeth was clever, overweight and a perfect victim for the bullies. Then Rachel and her family arrived in town and, for Elizabeth, it was as if a light had been switched on. She was drawn to the bright and beautiful Rachel like a moth to a flame. Rachel had her own reasons for wanting Elizabeth as a friend, and although their relationship was far from equal, Elizabeth would do anything for Rachel. Then the first body was discovered.
Mosaic, Caro Ramsay
Megan Melvick has returned home after a three-year absence to visit her dying sister, Melissa, for the last time. As she approaches the grand Scottish country estate where she grew up, the memories come flooding back. Just what did happen on the night of Melissa's wedding five years before? Where has Megan and Melissa's mother disappeared to? And why does Melissa whisper that solitary word before she finally slips away:
Grave expectations, Heather Redmond
London, June 1835: In the interest of being a good neighbour, Charles checks in on Miss Haverstock, the elderly spinster who resides in the flat above his. But as the young journalist and his fiancee Kate ascend the stairs, they are assaulted by the unmistakable smell of death.
Mr Campion's visit, Mike Ripley
Suffolk, 1970. Albert Campion is back in Black Dudley, once the scene of murder and mayhem but now home to the brand-new University of Suffolk Coastal. Appointed to the role of the university's Visitor, Campion finds he has a curiously vague remit, but his initial visit to the concrete campus takes an unexpected turn when the body of charismatic Chilean professor Pascual Perez-Catalan is fished out of the ornamental lake.
Golden in death, J.D. Robb
Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes entered his body-and killed him. After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team-and undergoes testing to reassure both her and her husband that she hasn't been exposed-it's time to look into Dr. Abner's past and relationships.
The woman in the veil, Laura Joh Rowland
London, June 1890. Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly are crime scene photographers for the Daily World newspaper. After solving a sensational murder, they're under pressure to deliver another big story.
The empty bed : a burial society novel, Nina Sadowsky
Londoners Eva and her husband Pete are in Hong Kong for a romantic getaway when Pete wakes up in their hotel room to an empty bed, and his wife gone without a trace. His worst fears are confirmed: Eva wasn't imagining things. Suddenly, Pete finds himself the number one suspect in his wife's disappearance, trapped in a foreign country with no one to turn to.
The woods, Vanessa Savage
There's a lot from Tess's childhood that she would rather forget. The family who moved next door and brought chaos to their quiet lives. The two girls who were murdered, their killer never found. But the only thing she can't remember is the one thing she wishes she could.
Reputation : a novel, Sara Shepard
Aldrich University is rocked to its core with scandal and intrigue when a hacker dumps 40,000 people's emails the entire faculty, staff, students, alums onto an easily searchable database. Affairs and scandals immediately start leaking, but these emails become ticking time bombs that explode when Kit Manning's handsome husband, Dr. Greg Strasser, is murdered.
The burning men, Will Shindler
When a high-rise development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters tackle the blaze. But during the course of the night they find a man unconscious, suffering from smoke inhalation. He's carrying several cases full of money. The fire crew make a fateful decision and leave the man to die, stealing his cases and splitting the cash between them.
The alibi girl, C J Skuse
Joanne Haynes has a secret. That is not her real name. And there's more. Her flat's not hers. Her cats aren't hers. Even her hair isn't really hers. Nor is she any of the other women she pretends to be. They're all just alibis. In fact, the only thing that's real about Joanne is that nobody can know who she really is.
End game, Anna Smith
When London gangsters William 'Wolfie' Wolfe and his tough-talking daughter Hannah approac Kerryr with millions of pounds worth of stolen diamonds and offer her an alliance in return for helping to sell them, she jumps at the chance to have someone on her side for a change. But there were more than diamonds in the loot Wolfie stole, and its former owners will stop at nothing to get it back.
The Siberian dilemma, Martin Cruz Smith
Journalist Tatiana Petrovna is on the move. Arkady Renko, iconic Moscow investigator and Tatiana's part-time lover, hasn't seen her since she left on assignment over a month ago. When she doesn't arrive on her scheduled train, he's positive something is wrong. No one else thinks Renko should be worried--Tatiana is known to disappear during deep assignments but he knows her enemies all too well and the criminal lengths they'll go to keep her quiet.
Six wicked reasons, Jo Spain
It's June 2008 and twenty-one-year-old Adam Lattimer vanishes, presumed dead. The strain of his disappearance breaks his already fragile family.Ten years later, with his mother deceased and siblings scattered across the globe, Adam turns up unannounced at the family home.
The look-alike, Erica Spindler
Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother's paranoid delusions. Now, she's returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life.
No fixed line, Dana Stabenow
Six weeks into an off-and-on blizzard has locked Alaska down. Now there are reports of a plane down in the Quilak mountains. Ex-Trooper Jim Chopin is pulled out of retirement to try to identify the aircraft, collect the corpses, and determine why no flight has been reported missing. But Jim discovers survivors: two children who don't speak a word of English.
The good cop, Peter Steiner
When the offices of a Munich newspaper are bombed, Willi Geismeier investigates, but as it gets political, he is taken off the case. Willi continues to ask questions, but when his pursuit of the truth itself becomes a crime, his career and his life are in grave danger.
The colour of murder, Julian Symons
Telling the story of a murder, a trial, and the subsequent psychiatric evaluation, this award-winning crime novel from 1957 is a gripping examination of the psychology of murder and the nature of justice.
The art of theft, Sherry Thomas
As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork--or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas.
A divided loyalty : an Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, Charles Todd
A young woman has been murdered next to a mysterious, hooded, figure-like stone, but no one recognizes her or admits to it. And how did she get there? Despite a thorough investigation, it appears that her killer has simply vanished. Rutledge, returning from the conclusion of a case involving another apparently unknown woman, is asked to take a second look at Leslie's inquiry, to see if he can identify this victim.
The other people, C. J. Tudor
Driving home one night, stuck behind a rusty old car, Gabe sees a little girl's face appear in the rear window. She mouths one word: 'Daddy.' It's his five-year-old daughter, Izzy. He never sees her again. Three years later, Gabe spends his days and nights travelling up and down the motorway, searching for the car that took his daughter, refusing to give up hope, even though most people believe that Izzy is dead.
Winter grave, Helene Tursten
A little girl disappears a few weeks before Christmas, and suspicion falls on the last person she was seen with: the mentally disabled teenage boy who gave her a ride home after school. When a second child disappears and a police officer is found dead, tensions in the small town reach an all-time high.
Beyond suspicion : a novel, Tanguy Viel
A master of style and suspense explores moral dilemmas, in this story of marriage, murder, and double-crosses.
Famous in Cedarville, Erica Wright
When reclusive, retired silver screen actress Barbara Lace dies in her bed, only the young widower of Cedarville suspects a crime. But Samson Delaware has always been something of an outsider, and his wife's death hasn't exactly improved his reputation. In fact, the local gossipmongers think he might be losing his mind.

New Zealand Fiction

The general and the nightingale : Dan Davin's war stories, Janet Wilson
Dan Davin was the author of the only substantial body of war fiction written by a New Zealand soldier during any of the wars of the 20th century in which the nation was engaged. The General and the Nightingale brings together Davin's 20 war stories, some drawn from his war diaries and loosely based on his experiences as 'a wartime scholar-soldier' and those of his fellow soldiers in the British and New Zealand armies.

ROMANCE

Lady Fortescue steps out, M. C. Beaton
Life is not easy for the poor relations of England's upper crust, but fate and clever schemes bring them together. Lady Fortescue and Colonel Sandhurst hatch a plan: What if they were to transform her decrepit Bond Street home into a posh hotel, offering their guests the pleasure of being waited upon by nobility?
Crazy about her impossible boss, Ally Blake
Single mum Lucinda Starling has lost faith in love and happy-ever-afters. She must protect the important things: her young son and her job working for entrepreneur Angus Wolfe. Her commitment-phobe boss must never know she's crazy about him!
His convenient New York bride, Andrea Bolter
Aspiring fashion designer Mimi's been in love with her brother's best friend, millionaire Jin Zhang, forever. When he needs her help to save his family's fashion label, he offers Mimi everything she's dreamed of - a job and the chance to become his bride!
Firefighter's unexpected fling, Susan Carlisle
In this First Response story, hot-shot fire captain Ross Lawson has no time for romance, with his impending promotion. Until stunning paramedic Sally Davis starts work at his station.
The country guesthouse, Robyn Carr
When her best friend died suddenly, Hannah became guardian to a five-year-old named Noah. Terrified she is not up to the challenge, she rents a country house in rural Colorado, so she and Noah have time to get to know each other. Arriving at the house they are greeted by the owner, Owen Abrams, who promises to stay out of their way.
Tempted by the single dad, Cara Colter
After her heart is broken and her dreams are stolen, singer Allie Cook hides away in her grandmother's Californian beachside cottage. Until unexpected houseguest Sam Walker arrives with a toddler and a puppy in tow!
Their royal wedding bargain, Michelle Conder
Princess Alexa's strategy is simple: avoid an unwanted union by finding a short-term fiance. Notoriously untameable Prince Rafaele seems her safest bet until the King demands they marry for real!
Secrets of his forbidden Cinderella, Caitlin Crews
Overwhelming. Irresistible. Off-limits. Teo de Luz is all those things to innocent Amelia. Until she attends his opulent masquerade ball and they share a deliciously anonymous encounter!
The maid, the millionaire and the baby, Michelle Douglas
Called on to look after his baby nephew, Jasper Coleman's flummoxed. He runs a global business but he has no idea about babies! In desperation, he calls on his temporary housemaid Imogen Hartley for help.
A weekend with her fake fiance, Traci Douglas
To secure the job of her dreams, midwife Carmen Sanchez needs a fiance - and fast! Paramedic Zac Taylor should be the last man she asks there's nothing fake about the attraction between them!
A gift in December, Jenny Gladwell
Journalist Jane Brooke is getting over a career high and love life low. When her editor nominates her to join some glamorous bloggers and cynical journalists on a trip to Norway she feels only annoyance, she certainly isn't expecting to find love amidst all that snow, but this trip could turn out to be the perfect Christmas present.
Redeemed by his stolen bride, Abby Green
Seeking vengeance, billionaire Gabriel isn't above stealing his rival's fiancee for himself! His plan seems complete when, to support her struggling mother, sweet, penniless Leonora agrees to his ruthless proposal. But at his luxury villa he's blindsided by their powerful attraction and her innocence!
The Italian's unexpected baby, Kate Hewitt
Having escaped the streets of Rome, Alessandro runs a multi-billion-dollar empire with a control that is world-renowned. Yet Mia, his forthright new executive assistant, threatens that control. And soon their fiery exchanges explode into unrivalled passion!
Rescued by the single dad doc, Marion Lennox
Life has taught Dr. Rachel Tilding the hard way that she can't afford to let her guard down - ever! Except her new boss, Dr. Tom Lavery, hasn't read the memo. He's known for sheltering all manner of waifs and strays, and Rachel feels uncomfortably like Tom's latest project!
The nurse's twin surprise, Sue MacKay
ER Nurse Molly O'Keefe is starting over! But she isn't ready to let sexy Dr Nathan Lupton into her life. Still reeling from her painful past, Molly isn't sure she can trust her feelings especially as Nathan wants a family she might not be able to give him. But then irresistible temptation spills over.
The midwife's secret child, Fiona McArthur
When doctor Raimondo Salvanelli was forced to walk out of her life, midwife Faith Fetherstone was heartbroken and, unknowingly, pregnant! Her letter to tell him went unanswered, so she dedicated herself to being the best mom she could be. Now Raimondo has returned.
Billionaire's wife on paper, Melanie Milburne
Logan McLaughlin can't lose his Scottish family estate. But to rescue it his grandfather's will demands that he weds! Logan avoids real relationships, having failed so significantly at love before. So when housemaid Layla suggests he take a convenient wife he's intrigued. Untouched Layla never imagined Logan would choose her!
Claimed for the desert prince's heir, Heidi Rice
Kasia's thrilling encounter with Prince Raif rocked her to the core. As did his marriage proposal! Yes, she gave him her innocence after his daring desert rescue. Yes, their chemistry was intensely strong. But independent Kasia didn't need or want a husband.
Pregnant with the paramedic's baby, Amy Ruttan
In this First Response story, paramedic Kody Davis has kept his heart on ice since losing his wife. He's careful not to let anyone in, save for his daughter, but can't ignore the attraction he feels to his guarded but gorgeous new colleague Dr Sandra Fraser.
Vegas vows, Texas nights, Charlene Sands
Waking up next to a very virile and very naked Luke Boone is shocking enough. But for Katie Rodgers to learn that her sister's ex-fiance is now her husband? Unforgivable.
A shocking proposal in Sicily, Rachael Thomas
Kaliana urgently needs a husband! It's the only way to save her family from financial ruin. So she shockingly proposes to billionaire Rafe Casella. They might have spent a red-hot night in his bed, but Kaliana's rules are clear: their arrangement is pure convenience, nothing more.
Wyatt, Susan May Warren
NHL Hockey Goalie Wyatt Marshall had everything: fame, money and a thriving career. Now he's hiding the two things that matter most: a career-ending injury, and a broken heart.
Rich, rugged rancher, Joss Wood
Ever since the accident that took his leg, oil tycoon Clint Rockwell doesn't do relationships he likes being alone. And he doesn't need anyone's pity. Then fast-talking reality star Fee Martinez sweeps into Royal, Texas, on to his ranch and into his bed.
Crowning his convenient princess, Maisey Yates
To becoming his unexpected Princess! Personal assistant Latika Bakshmi has one job pick a suitable wife for Playboy Prince Gunnar. He's infuriating, arrogant, and far too handsome, but when shadows from Latika's past return he's the only man who can save her if he agrees to her shocking proposition!

SAGA

Two sisters, Josephine Cox with Gilly Middleton
The pretty Arnold sisters have grown up on their father's farm and yearn for something more out of life than drudgery and toil. Ellen, loyal and honest, is her father's favourite, but Georgina is impulsive and unreliable, and can't please a father who has never shown her love. The big house, Grindle Hall, offers them both a chance of betterment.
The velvet ribbon, Nadine Dorries
Mary Kate Malone finds that a secret life in the shadows with her great love, Dr Nicholas, brings heartache and sorrows. When disaster strikes unexpectedly, she turns to the only people she can trust, in the only place she feels safe her Irish family and friends in the west coast village of Tarabeg.
Liverpool daughter, Katie Flynn
Liverpool, August 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, the beautiful Dana, refuses point blank. She would rather stay and serve her country than flee to a foreign land. Determined to make it on her own and defy her father's wishes, she heads to the city.
The surplus girls, Polly Heron
Manchester, 1922. Belinda Layton is a surplus girl. One of the many women whose dreams of marriage perished in the Great War, with the death of her beloved fiance Ben. After four years of mourning, she finally feels ready to face whatever her future holds without him. But Ben's family can't countenance her putting him to rest, while her own family well, all they care about is getting hold of her meagre factory wages.
A Cornish inheritance, Terri Nixon
1920, Bristol. Helen Fox is happily married to the love of her life: charming, former playboy Harry. With their three children, glamorous lifestyle and extravagant parties, they have the perfect life. But after a tragic motorcycle accident, nothing will ever be the same.
Snow on the cobbles, Maggie Sullivan
When Lizzie moves with her mother and her brothers to No.9 Coronation Street at the end of the Second World War, it's a new start for all of them after the loses and heartache they've endured. Their new neighbour, Elsie Tanner, tells them that the house is said to have bad luck, but things look up for Lizzie when she lands a job as a barmaid in a local pub.
Seventh day, Bodie & Brock Thoene
As Yeshua continues his ministry, and is challenged by the religious leaders, his beloved friend Elazar (Lazarus), in Bethany, falls ill. When Yeshua finally arrives, it is too late; or is it?
Third watch, Bodie & Brock Thoene
From the wilderness of Sinai in the south to Mount Hermon in the north, the question of Yeshua of Nazareth's identity resounds across the ancient land of Israel. Even evil waits to hear the answer.

SCIENCE FICTION

Resurgence : a Foreigner novel, C.J. Cherryh
Bren Cameron, diplomat in residence, usually represents the ruler of the atevi state. But Ilisidi, the dowager, has been known to borrow his services from time to time - and she has her own notions how to solve the simmering hostilities in the south of the atevi continent, playing one problem against another.
The best of Greg Egan, Greg Egan
Greg Egan is arguably Australia's greatest living science fiction writer. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has produced a steady stream of novels and stories that address a wide range of scientific and philosophical concerns.
Trinity sight : a novel, Jennifer Givhan
Our people are survivors, Calliope's great-grandmother once told her of their Puebloan roots-could Bisabuela's ancient myths be true? Anthropologist Calliope Santiago awakens to find herself in a strange and sinister wasteland, a shadow of the New Mexico she knew. Empty vehicles litter the road. Everyone has disappeared--or almost everyone.
Synapse, Steven James
Thirty years from now, when Kestrel Hathaway, a pastor in Cincinnati, witnesses a terror attack, she's drawn into a world of conspiracies and lies that she and Jordan, her cognizant robot, have to untangle before it's too late.
The vanished birds, Simon Jimenez
Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars are condensed into mere months for her, though the years continue to march steadily onward for everyone she has ever known. Her friends and lovers have aged past her, and all she has left is work. Alone and adrift, she lives for only the next paycheck, until the day she meets a mysterious boy, fallen from the sky.
Limited wish, Mark Lawrence
One choice. Two possible timelines. And a world hanging in the balance. It's the summer of 1986 and reluctant prodigy Nick Hayes is a student at Cambridge University, working with world-renowned mathematician Professor Halligan. He just wants to be a regular student, but regular isn't really an option for a boy-genius cancer survivor who's already dabbled in time travel.
Accepting the lance : a new Liaden Universe novel, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Exiled from Liad after bombing a city to save it from The Department of the Interior's infernal weapons and plans, Clan Korval has gone to ground on the back-water planet Surebleak, whose people are as untamed as its weather. The old Boss-controlled fiefdoms largely fell to Pat Rin yos'Phelium's influence, but the world is restive, the influx of outworld lawyers, guns, and money a brewpot for armed dissatisfaction.
The seep, Chana Porter
Trina Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle-but nonetheless world-changing-invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, everything is connected. Capitalism falls, hierarchies and barriers are broken down; if something can be imagined, it is possible.
Starsight, Brandon Sanderson
All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there's more to the story.
Kris Longknife. Indomitable, Mike Shepherd
Grand Admiral, Her Royal Highness Kris Longknife, commander of the Iteeche Imperial Combined Fleets has the enemy on the run. Literally. The last time she entered a rebel system, every disloyal ship picked up its skirts and ran. So why has she been ordered, as in requested and required, to make a formal report to the Emperor?
Vicky Peterwald. Dominator, Mike Shepherd
Grand Duchess Vicky Peterwald has everything. A loving fiance who's soon to be her husband, adoring crowds, and she gets to share her golden wedding carriage with Kris Longknife. What more could a girl want? Well, the Emperor, her father, could have showed up to walk her down the aisle, but she's not really bothered about that. Then suddenly, she is.
Anyone : a novel, Charles Soule
Inside a barn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a scientist searching for an Alzheimer's cure throws a switch and finds herself mysteriously transported into her husband's body. What begins as a botched experiment will change her life and the world forever.
The God Game, Danny Tobey
Five best friends in a high school computer club get sucked into an underground hacker's game run by a mysterious A.I. that thinks it's God; as the Game pits them against each other, it offers the ultimate promise win and learn the meaning of life or die.
The Gatherer, Colleen Winter
Storm Freeman gave the world a miracle. She designed The Gatherer to draw electromagnetic energy from the air and disperse free and infinite electricity to rural and underprivileged communities. Her invention helped people but devalued power industries. Some revered Storm as a deity. Others saw her as an eco-terrorist. Then the miracle became a curse.

WESTERN

Fury of the .44, Adam Brady
It was drought country. The land was little more than dust, the cattle slowly but surely dying on the hoof. For most of the ranchers in those parts, it had been a year-long disaster. But for local businessman Harp McPhee, it was a situation he aimed to exploit for all it was worth.
The holdfast, Bill Cartwright
Joshua Morgan barely escaped with his life following a bungled bank robbery in Ohio, less than a year after the end of the war between the States. He could not have guessed that he would then find salvation in escorting a ten-year-old boy across the Indian Nations, in order to return the child to his mother.
BAD guy : rough justice!, Scott Connor
In pursuing the notorious Silver Dollar Gang, undercover agent Drew Henry is catapulted into a bizarre criminal conspiracy in the Wyoming town of Bridger. Three deputies have disappeared in mysterious circumstances, leading Drew to place himself in the firing line as the fourth potential victim.
The forsaken man, Pete B. Jenkins
Jim Sandford has been elected sheriff of Caldwell by a landslide victory. Riding on a wave of popularity, it looks like Jim can do no wrong, even securing the attention of the prettiest woman in town. However, she has another admirer who isn't happy about the liaison and sets about to sabotage things for Jim.
The law according to Merriweather, Lee Lejeune
Jacob Merriweather and his wife Marie have established thriving businesses in a growing town in California hers as the proprietor of The Silversmith Hotel and his as the owner of a law firm. They have three children, two girls and a boy. Many years before, Jacob was a gunman, but he has put all that behind him or so he thinks!