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Cosby, S. A., author
2023
"After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. Now, Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts, prevent outright panic, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish. All while also breaking up backroads bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers. For a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South, that's no easy feat. But Charon is Titus's home and his heart, and he won't let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him."-- Provided by publisher.
Somtochukwu, Ani Kayode, author
2023
August is a God-fearing track star who leaves Enugu City to attend university and escape his overbearing sisters. It's his first semester and pressures aside, August is making friends and doing well in his classes - and he can't stop thinking about Segun, an openly gay student who works at a local cybercafé. Their connection is undeniable, but Segun wants to love and be loved by a man who is comfortable in his own skin. When a new, sweeping anti-gay law is passed, August and Segun must find a way for their love to survive in a Nigeria that was always determined to eradicate them.
Patterson, James.
2023
When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Alex Cross, John Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random - Sampson's friend, his partner, his brother - have told him. Don't trust anyone. As a shadow force advances on the nation's capital, Sampson alone must protect the Cross family, his own young daughter, and every American, including the president. Print run 400,000.
Doiron, Paul.
2023
Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness what seems to be a hit-and-run speedboat crash on a darkened lake. As day breaks, the warden dive team recovers not one but two naked corpses - leading Mike to suspect the swimmers' deaths were not a senseless accident but a coldly calculated murder. As Mike and Stacey get closer to identifying the killer, their own lives are suddenly on the line as they confront a lethal killer who plans to silence them forever. Print run 100,000.
Soule, Charles.
2023
The human race is dwindling, and people fighting to push forward are increasingly rare. One day, Hong Kong based scientist Lily Barnes comes across something that seems to be addressing her directly, calling to her, asking her to follow a path to whatever lies at its end. From its opening heart-stopping scene in the present day Paris, through the earthly meetings between Lily and her loved ones past and present, to a shocking and satisfying conclusion in a truly enchanted forest, Charles Soule has channelled history, science, and drama to create a story of hope and love and possibility. Author of "Anyone." Print run 75,000.
Hilderbrand, Elin, author
2023
Hollis Shaw's life seems picture-perfect. But after she and her husband Matthew get into a heated argument, he leaves and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis's perfect life grow deeper. So when Hollis hears about something called a "Five-Star Weekend" - one woman organizes a trip for her best friend from each phase of her life - she decides to host her own Five-Star Weekend on Nantucket. But the weekend doesn't turn out to be a joyful Hallmark movie. A surprising and captivating story about friendship, love, and self-discovery - it will be a weekend like no other. Print run 750,000.
Ferguson, Ian.
2023
Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. In dire straits, she signs up for an amateur production. On opening night, one of the actors is murdered, live, in front of the audience, but no one actually saw what happened. Now everyone is under a cloud of suspicion. Clearly, the only way to solve this mystery is for Miranda to summon her skills as television's Pastor Fran and draw on the help of her new sidekick, Susan, a shy bookstore clerk who seems to know everyone's secrets. Residence: Victoria, B.C and Calgary, AB. Print run 22,000.
Hazelwood, Ali, author
2023
By day, theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway is an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her nonexistent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend - until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favourite client, rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.
Smith, Wilbur.
2023
Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. Paul Courtney watches his mother's brutal execution. He knows he must fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. Cape Town, 1806. Adam Courtney returns home to Nativity Bay to find the homestead destroyed and the Courtney family murdered, Adam must accept his destiny and seek vengeance. From Cape Town to Calcutta, on a quest for his family's honour, Adam discovers that the enemy he seeks may be closer to him than he realizes. Prnit run 150,000.
Sager, Riley, author
2023
The Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume 17-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. It's now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives to care for Lenora. In her seventies, Lenora can only communicate via an old typewriter. One night, Lenora types out "I want to tell you everything." As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.
Steel, Danielle.
2023
After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family's haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the four-hundred-year-old family palazzo in Venice and care for her younger siblings. Cosima navigates her personal and professional challenges with a wisdom beyond her years, but her success has come at a cost.
Patterson, James, 1947- author
2023
On a cold January morning, Jack Morgan stands inside the New York Stock Exchange with his former US Marine comrade whose company is being launched onto the market, eagerly awaiting the opening bell. But before the bell rings, a bullet rips through the air and finds its mark. In the aftermath of the murder, the victim's wife hires Jack to find the killer. As the head of Private, Jack has at his disposal the world's largest investigation agency. What he discovers shakes him to his core. Jack identifies another murder in Moscow that appears to be linked. So he heads to Russia, and begins to uncover a conspiracy that could have global consequences. With powerful forces plotting against him, will Jack Morgan make it out alive?
Poston, Ashley.
2023
Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard and find someone decent to love. The love part is hard because she doesn't want to get too close to anyone. And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt's apartment. The kind of man that she would've fallen head-over-heels for. Except, he exists only in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she'll be doomed. Author of "Among the Beasts and Briars." Print run 175,000.
Humphreys, C. C. (Chris C.), author
2023
When Billy Coke steps onto the streets of London one December evening in 1940, he has no idea he is stepping to his fate. As Hitler's bombers come close to burning the city down, Billy meets the woman who will change the course of his life: Ilse Magnusson, a musician from Norway, but also something more - a spy in training. Now they must part, each to fight the war their own way. They know that the odds of both of them surviving are poor. All they can hope is that the other does survive - and that someday they find each other again.
Johansen, Iris.
2023
Eve Duncan teams up with Riley Smith to go deep in the jungles of Laos to save a rare animal species. Print run 100,000.
Wiggs, Susan.
2023
In idyllic Alara Cove, class valedictorian Nikki Graziola veers off script while giving her commencement address and reveals a secret that breaks open the whole community. Nikki's accusation shakes the foundation of Alara Cove, pitting her against the wealthy family whose money runs the town. For years, Nikki is in exile until a personal tragedy compels her to return to Alara Cove. As Nikki struggles to rebuild her future, she finds that the people of the town have not forgotten her. But time has changed Alara Cove - so redemption may be possible after all. Print run 200,000.
Audrain, Ashley, 1982- author
2023
On Harlow Lane, several well-to-do neighbourhood couples and their children gather for a catered barbecue as the summer winds down. Everything is fabulous until the picture-perfect hostess catches her son disobeying her, and soon everyone at the party hears her exquisite veneer crack - loud and clear. Before long, that same child falls from his bedside window and is rushed to the hospital in a coma. The story spins out over the course of one week, in the alternating voices of three women as they face what led to what happened one terrible night.
Allende, Isabel, author
2023
Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria. He boards alone. Arizona, 2019. Anita Diaz and her mother board a train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. Intertwining past and present, this novel is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make, and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers.
Edvardsson, M. T., dauthor
2023
Struggling to pay rent, widower Bill Olsson welcomes a lodger into his home: Karla, a law student and aspiring judge, who works as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Her clients are the Rytters, an incredibly wealthy couple who hide behind closed doors. The wife is ill and hasn't left the house in months. As Bill's situation becomes more dire, Karla is forced to make a difficult choice. And when the Rytters wind up dead, and Karla is pulled in for questioning, she's made to defend some parts of her past she'd rather not revisit.
Ware, Ruth.
2023
Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect - her. Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer. Prnit run 75,000.
