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Chen, Kirstin.
2022
Ava Wong has always played it safe. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. Winnie has developed an ingenious counterfeit scheme that involves importing near-exact replicas of luxury handbags and now she needs someone with a U.S. passport to help manage her business - someone who'd never be suspected of wrongdoing, someone like Ava. But when their spectacular success is threatened and Winnie vanishes once again, Ava is left to face the consequences. Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take." Print run 150,000.
Schaitkin, Alexis.
2022
A small town, removed and isolated, faces a singular affliction: some mothers vanish, disappearing into the clouds. It is the exquisite pain and intrinsic beauty of their lives. Vera, a young girl when her own mother went, is on the cusp of adulthood herself. As her peers begin to marry and become mothers, they speculate about who might be the first to go, each wondering about her own fate. When motherhood comes for Vera, she is faced with the question: will she be able to stay and mother her beloved child, or will she disappear? Author of "Saint X." Print run 200,000.
Patterson, James.
2022
As Chicago's special-ops leader Detective Billy Harney knows well, money is not the only valuable currency. The billionaire he's investigating is down to his last twenty million. But he's also being held in jail. Billy's unit is called to the jail when six inmates escape, and two others are missing. Two correctional officers are dead. Approaching the scene, Billy spots something in an empty lot. Two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles. And a handwritten note: "Hi, Billy. Are you having fun yet?" Print run 300,000.
El-Arifi, Saara.
2022
Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control. Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance. Clear is the blood of the slaves. Sylah was told she would spark a revolution that would free the Empire from the red-blooded ruling classes' tyranny. Anoor has been told she's nothing by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the Empire. Hassa moves through the world unseen by upper classes. As the Empire begins a set of trials of combat and skill designed to find its new leaders, the stage is set for blood to flow, power to shift, and cities to burn.
Hilderbrand, Elin.
2022
After a tragic fire in 1922 that killed 19-year-old chambermaid, Grace Hadley, The Hotel Nantucket descended from a gilded age gem to a mediocre budget-friendly lodge to inevitably an abandoned eyesore - until it's purchased and renovated top to bottom by London billionaire, Xavier Darling. The hotel's staff face challenges in getting along with one another (and with the guests), in overcoming the hotel's bad reputation, and in surviving the (mostly) harmless shenanigans of Grace Hadley herself - who won't stop haunting the hotel until her murder is acknowledged. Print run 750,000.
Clark, Julie.
2022
Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be. Kat Roberts has been waiting ten years for the woman who upended her life to return. And now that she has, Kat is determined to be the one to expose her. But as the two women grow closer, Kat's long-held assumptions begin to crumble, leaving Kat to wonder who Meg's true target is. Author of "The Last Flight."
Griffiths, Elly.
2022
Ruth Galloway is finally sorting through her mother's belongings when she finds a curious relic: a decades-old photograph of Jean's Norfolk cottage with a peculiar inscription. Ruth returns to the cottage to uncover its meaning. Nelson breaks COVID quarantine to rush to Ruth's cottage and enlist her help in investigating a series of murder-suicides. The further Nelson investigates these deaths, the closer they lead him to Ruth's friendly neighbour Zoe - until Ruth, Zoe, and Kate all go missing, and Nelson is left scrambling to find them before it's too late. Print run 40,000.
Ford, Jamie.
2022
Dorothy Moy channels her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. When Dorothy Moy' five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behaviour, fearing that her child is predestined to endure the same debilitating depression that has marked her own life, Dorothy seeks radical help. Through an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma, Dorothy intimately connects with past generations of women in her family. As painful recollections affect her present life, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn't the only thing she's inherited. Author of "Love and Other Consolation Prizes." Print run 125,000.
Gutierrez, Katie.
2022
In 1985, Dolores "Lore" Rivera marries Andres Russo in Mexico City, even though she is already married to Fabian Rivera in Laredo, Texas. Lore splits her time between two countries and two families - until the truth is revealed and one husband is arrested for murdering the other. In 2017, true-crime writer Cassie Bowman tracks Lore down to capture the full picture, but the more time she spends with Lore, the more Cassie questions the facts surrounding the murder itself. Determined to uncover the truth could threaten to derail Lore's now quiet life - and expose the many secrets both women are hiding. Print run 150,000.
Batsha, Nishant.
2022
It is 1985, and an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists aligned with the recent military coup. Fear and shock ripple through the island's deeply-rooted Indian community. Bhumi's friendship with the daughter of a prominent government official becomes a liability, she must flee her unstable home. When Jaipal seizes a sudden opportunity to take his life into his own hands for the first time - his decision leaves him at the mercy of an increasingly volatile country. This novel is of how one family, at the mercy of a nation broken by legacies of power and oppression, forges a path to find a home once again. Print run 125,000.
Obuobi, Shirlene.
2022
Angie Appiah is the epitome of the Perfect Immigrant Daughter - medical school credentials, a handsome lawyer boyfriend, and ride or die friends. But what happens when everything falls apart? Angie has always faced her problems by working "twice as hard to get half as far" and until now. When did life get so complicated? And just when things couldn't get more confusing, enter Ricky, brilliant, thoughtful, sexy, but who has "wasteman" practically tattooed across his forehead. For someone who's always been in control, Angie realizes that there's one thing she can't plan on: matters of her heart. Print run 100,000.
Miro, J.M.
2022
Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid's body can heals itself. Marlowe can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey to where other children with gifts - the Talents - have been gathered. There, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, Marlowe, Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities, and the nature of what is stalking them: that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts. Residence: Pacific Northwest. Print run 25,000.
Blanchard, B.L.
2022
North America was never colonized. The United States and Canada don't exist. The Great Lakes are surrounded by an independent Ojibwe nation. And in the village of Baawitigong, a Peacekeeper confronts his devastating past. Twenty years ago to the day, Chibenashi's mother was murdered and his father confessed. Now, on the same night of the Manoomin harvest, another woman is slain. As the questions mount, the answers will change his and his sister's lives forever. Because Chibenashi is about to discover that everything about those lives has been a lie.
Steel, Danielle.
2022
Theodora Morgan is fashion royalty. On the flight, Theo crosses paths with high-society networker Pierre de Vaumont. Theo is unaware that Pierre has been flagged by the CIA. CIA operative Mike Andrews investigates Pierre's suspicious Russian contacts. Posing as a lawyer, Mike begins a covert mission, and when Mike and Theo meet, their connection is instant, but Theo is completely unaware of Mike's true objective or identity - or that the life she is rebuilding is in grave danger.
Deane, Maya.
2022
Drawn on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman's story hidden underneath the well-known myths of "The Iliad." Achilles has fled her home to live as a woman. When Odysseus comes to recruit the "prince" Achilles for a war against the Hittites, he prepares to die rather than fight as a man. Her divine mother Athena intervenes, transforming her body into the woman's body she always longed for. Immortal Helen, who sees Achilles as a worthy enemy, is in love with her newfound nemesis and sets out to destroy everything and everyone Achilles cherishes, seeking a battle to the death. Print run 50,000.
