April
Baldacci, David. Hope Rises. Walter Nash #2. Thriller. Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, seeks revenge as an informant for the FBI against a global criminal operation led by his enemy, Victoria Steers. With nothing left to lose and long, rigorous training under his belt the gentle and sensitive Nash has transformed into something he never thought he’d be: a physically imposing man with lethal skills, with only one goal left in life: taking down Victoria Steers.
Burke, Caro Claire. Yesteryear. Historical Fiction. A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1805—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister.
Cleary, James. Sanctuary. Science Fiction. Climate disasters have crippled the United States. With half the country under water and the other half a dust bowl, civil unrest escalates into something dark and unstoppable. Billionaire John Brandt, his family, and his security team must retreat to Sanctuary, their underground bunker—a vast luxury mansion beneath the parched earth of the Nebraskan Great Plains. But they are not alone.
Corrigan, Moorea. Thistlemarsh. Fantasy/Romance. In the tragic wake of World War I, an impoverished orphan and a beguiling Faerie collide in an enchanting novel of love, revenge, and ruin at the Thistlemarsh estate.
Dixon, Glenn. The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances. Science Fiction. In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are sentient, a young Roomba vacuum sets out to save the humans of her house from a rising technological power.
Hepworth, Sally. Mad Mabel. Mystery. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old, has lived on the same street for decades, and aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else's business, few would suspect Elsie has a concealed past. When it comes to murder, no one ever suspects little girls or old ladies, and Mabel, once a little girl and now an old lady, has a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.
Horowitz, Anthony. A Deadly Episode. Hawthorne and Horowitz #6. Mystery. The first book in the series is being made into a movie, and Hawthorne and Anthony are on set. However, production isn’t going well, and when the actor playing Hawthorne is murdered, real-life Hawthorne must investigate his own death.
Housewright, David. Fear the Reaper. Mac McKenzie #23. Mystery. On a weekend getaway to northwestern Wisconsin, Rushmore McKenzie stops with acquaintances at a local winery where a man with a gun shows up, seemingly threatening McKenzie’s life. But all is not as it seems, and McKenzie may not be the only one in danger.
Johnstone, J. A. and William W. Murphy’s Law. Western. Orphaned as a child, Cullen Murphy drifted from one unforgiving frontier town to the next across West Texas. He was aimless until he was inspired to build a spread of his own on the San Saba River just outside of the small Texas Hill Country community of Newtown. When the war came, Cullen spent four years in the Confederate Army becoming a hardened soldier—and a merciless killer. After the war, with the country in ruins and no family awaiting him, Cullen returned to Texas to find his home pillaged and his fields overrun by weeds—and Newtown under siege.
Kelly, Lee and Jennifer Marie Thorne. The Midnight Show. Historical Fiction. Set in the 1980s, when a group of college improv comedians get the chance to join a new late-night show, group member Lillian Martin stands out. Lillian seems destined for big things—until one winter night in Lower Manhattan, she vanishes, leaving nothing behind but questions.
Patterson, Susan & James Patterson. The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Mystery. It’s been three years since best friends Elin, Grace, Mariella and Jamie got together with their daughters for a book club night that would change their lives forever. Now, on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, they reunite for the first time since that fateful evening, and it becomes clear that the women are all keeping secrets from each other.
Perrin, Kristen. How To Cheat your Own Death. Castle Knoll Files #3. Mystery. In 1968, Frances Adams is loving her new London life, and her new friend, Vera Huntington–a magnetic socialite as mysterious as she is provocative, introduces her to a world of glamour. Vera dances around London like she owns it, taking Frances with her. In the present day, when Annie Adams heads to London to visit her famous artist mother, Laura, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body.
Perry, Anne and Victoria Zackheim. Death Times Seven. Daniel Pitt #7. Mystery. In 1912, Daniel Pitt must step in for his friend and fellow attorney, Toby Kitteridge, whose parents have been brutally attacked. With Toby back home in rural Ipswich, Daniel is left to defend Peter Ward, a man on trial for the sexual assault and murder of a young woman. Ward seems innocent, yet the evidence seems to say otherwise.
Preston, Douglas and Aletheia Preston. Paradox. Cash & Colcord #2. Mystery. When a reclusive man is found dead under grisly circumstances in the Colorado wilderness, Frankie Cash and Jim Colcord team up again on their most enigmatic and dangerous case yet. Their investigation uncovers a trail of bizarre killings, baffling money transfers, and a fanatical secret society.
Sandford, John. Revenge Prey. Lucas Davenport #36. Thriller. Lucas Davenport must track down a ruthless Russian hit team.
Semple, Maria. Go Gentle. Romance. Adora Hazzard, a stoic philosopher and divorcée, lives a contented life in New York City. Having discovered that the secret to happiness is to desire only what you have, she’s applied this insight to blissful effect: relishing her teenage daughter, the freedom of being solo, and her job as a moral tutor for the twin boys of an old-money family. She’s even assembled a “coven”—like-minded women who live on the same floor in the legendary Ansonia—and is making active efforts to grow its membership. Adora’s carefully curated life is humming along brilliantly until a chance meeting with a handsome stranger.
Steel, Danielle. A Woman’s Place: A Novel. Historical Fiction. In April 1912, twenty-three-year-old Lady Victoria Oldbrooke is traveling with her beloved father from England on the Titanic. The ship sinks with her father, Lord Alfred on board. But before he goes down with the ship, he asks his friend Bert Banning, a mill owner from Manchester, to promise he’ll marry his daughter and care for her.
Straub, Emma. American Fantasy. Romance. When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous 1990s boyband, and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them for thirty years.
Toon, Paige. Don’t Fall In Love With Me. Romance. Grace has loved Jackson since she was fifteen. They were best friends, until life took its course and Jackson married someone else. Years later, Jackson re-enters Grace’s life, and he’s newly single. As memories from those idyllic summers flood back, Grace encounters an old friend Étienne, who proposes a plan to help make Jackson jealous. But unbeknownst to Grace, Étienne is harboring a secret that could shatter her world.
Yang, Kelly. The Take. Maggie Wang, a broke young Asian American writer, needs a lifeline. Ingrid Parker, a veteran white Hollywood producer with her career on the edge, offers an impossible $3 million for ten experimental medical sessions promising to turn back time, using Maggie as a transfusion partner. What starts as a professional transaction exchanging blood, quickly becomes a complex psychological dance.
May
Bannister, Ilona. Five. Thriller. This story introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train, one of whom is going to die soon. Very soon. In five minutes the next train to London will arrive, killing one of them. But there is more to these people’s stories than meets the eye.
Carr, Jack and M. P. Woodward. The Fourth Option. Thriller. Disillusioned by the government and institutions he dedicated his life to serving, former Navy SEAL and CIA operative Chris Walker is about to end his life, but decides against it when the wife of a teammate he lost in Afghanistan reaches out with concerns about her son. Thrust into a conspiracy that goes deeper than he ever imagined, Walker must go up against the system in order to find justice for his friend’s widow.
Crichton, Michael. A Murder in Hollywood. Mystery. In the glitz and decadence of 1970s Hollywood, an era when sex and drugs are readily available on any movie set, the writer of the next Western blockbuster, Bloodrock, has just been found dead in his motel bathtub. Now publicist Harvey Jason is desperately trying to keep the project on track while the famed Harlow Perkins, a brilliant and ruthless investigator, begins to unravel the mystery and hunt the killer down.
Dinniman, Matt. A Parade of Horribles. Dungeon Crawler Carl #8. Fantasy. Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat Princess Donut must compete in increasingly difficult and unhinged challenges in order to survive the tenth floor of the dungeon.
Fortune, Carley. Our Perfect Storm. Romance. Frankie and George have been best friends since they were eight years old. Both passionate, impulsive, and headstrong—they’ve always clashed . . . and come back together. Until now. Siezing on one last chance to repair their friendship, Frankie and George unearth secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle, and it may mean falling apart for good.
Francis, Dani. Broken Dove. Silver Elite #2. Romance/Fantasy. Lines will be crossed, loyalties will be tested, and the fight for the Continent is only just beginning as Wren Darlington finds herself caught in the middle of two wars: one for the fate of her home and another for the fate of her heart.
Haig, Matt. Midnight Train. The Midnight World #2. Magical Realism. No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in Venice. Before he gave it all away. He wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . .
James, Eloisa. The Last Lady B. Romance. Lady Genevieve Hughes, her pet piglet, and her husband Lord Burnsby travel to a haunted abbey in the Scottish Highlands, where Evie befriends Sir Godric, a ghost.
Martin, Alexa. By the Bootstraps. Romance. Fueled by a love of romance novels, Luna Starr was destined for a life with her head in the clouds. Her delusional tendencies serve her well…or at least they used to. When life throws her a curveball, she decides it’s time to turn her cowboy fantasies into reality and purchases a tiny farm in Celestial, Texas.
McAllister, Gillian. Caller Unknown. Thriller. How far would you go to rescue your child? A mother races against the clock—and finds herself on the wrong side of the law—in a desperate fight to save her teenage daughter.
Moore, Alan. I Hear a New World. Fantasy. In 1958, Dennis Knuckleyard has decided to leave his adventures in the Great When behind. But while Dennis may believe he's done with the Great When, it's far from done with him. Dennis and his crush Grace must fight to set things right in the Great When and their own world, or forever lose their lives-and each other.
Patterson, James. 26 Beauties. Women’s Murder Club #26. Mystery. A celebration is cut short when a concerned father crashes Detective Inspector Lindsay Boxer’s party. His daughter is missing – and she’s not the only one.
Penny, Louise and Mellissa Fung. The Last Mandarin. Thriller. Global politics become personal for two unlikely heroines, mother and daughter Alice and Vivien Li. When political crisis envelops the globe, Vivien and Alice are called to the White House to help.
Roberts, Nora. The Final Target. Romance. A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire―and rage.
Strout, Elizabeth. The Things We Never Say. The story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher’s life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world.
Wells, Martha. Platform Decay. The Murderbot Diaries #8. Science Fiction. Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know. Including human children. Ugh.
June
Benedict, Marie. A Pair of Aces. Eunice Carter, Manhattan’s first Black female prosecutor, has her sights set on Lucky Luciano, the head of New York City’s five largest organized crime families. Other prosectors have tried to bring down Lucky, with no success. Eunice has the unique idea to approach the mob through its dealings in prostitution. Polly Adler has worked long and hard to build up her high-class brothel business. Her client list is filled with well-known names. But Lucky has gone too far, and Polly sees the chance to end his reign once and for all. Together, they build a case bit by bit, under the nose of the man they’re trying to convict.
Housewright, David. Fear the Reaper. McKenzie #23. Off on a weekend getaway to northwestern Wisconsin with some friends, McKenzie, now a private investigator, stops off at a local winery where he takes down a man wielding an AR-15. The would-be shooter was arrested, and normally, that would be the end of it. But Wisconsin is an open carry state and the police can't prove that the gunman intended to do anything. But it does appear that he might have been looking for one specific target. And, if so, that person is not out of danger. Now, before the gunman is released, McKenzie decides to find out who was the real target and why, before it is too late.
Kidd, Jess. Murder at the Spirit Lounge. Nora Breen Investigates #2. Mystery. Dolores Chimes, a famous medium, lures Detective Inspector Rideout with promises of contacting the afterlife. When the reading goes wrong, and Dolores loses her life. Detective Inspector Rideout must unveil who is responsible before it’s too late.
Long, Julie Anne. Game of Rogues. The Palace of Rogues #9. Romance. Gabriel Marchand ruthlessly fought his way up from the gutters of St. Giles to preside over London’s most exclusive gaming hell. When a young earl gambles away his inheritance, Marchand makes an enemy: a woman with wit like a dagger and the softest eyes he’s ever seen.
Mackay, Asia. Self-Help for Serial Killers. In this sequel to A Serial Killer’s guide to Marriage, Hazel and Fox have it all: two children, a beautiful home, and a late-night habit of eliminating people who deserve it. Things start to spiral when Fox begins struggling with performance anxiety after a botched kill, and Hazel has trouble with another mom. Therapy isn't helping, and bullet journaling has taken on a whole new meaning. But when they accidentally draw a dangerous group to their doorstep, the couple must pull it together.
O’Farrell, Maggie. Land. On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country recently ravaged by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. The British soldiers in charge will arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is unexpectedly sent off course by an unsettling encounter. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás, and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping, and get them both home?
Patchett, Ann. Whistler. When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they meet Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn’t seen Eddie for years, not since the fateful event that changed their lives. Meeting again, the two are determined to never be separated again.
Patterson, James. Rocket’s Red Glare. Thriller. Nat Phillips leads an elite roster of ex-Special Forces, combat divers, medics, communications specialists, and intelligence officers. They are decorated veterans of the U.S. military and experts in international warfare, and now they must hone their skills domestically.
Sanderson, Brandon. Songs of the Dead. Fantasy. When Jack Solomon, a struggling musician working in London, is killed, he awakens to a new reality in which light and music are used to create magic and where living eras of the past sprawl beneath modern London, layer upon layer, all the way back in history. Many of those who reside in the layers of London’s past are angry with the present world, and their anger is being channeled by powerful magic wielders who can cross between life and death, present and the past. A past where the dead are sowing revolution against the living, and all of history is at stake.
Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Green City Wars. Fantasy. Skotch, a Raccoon who is a P.I., investigates the disappearance of a mouse – a mouse with a secret. Though he wouldn’t normally get involved in an investigation like this one, the fee is too good for Skotch to turn down, and he will need to navigate many secrets and opposing motives before the story ends.
Thor, Brad. Choke Point. Scot Harvath #25. While all eyes are on Taiwan, China makes a stunning move against Thailand. Using a series of proxies, it plunges the country into chaos, looking to capture a critical piece of land that will help the Chinese Navy dominate both the Indian and Pacific Oceans. With the new American president unwilling to openly commit troops or intelligence personnel, Scot Harvath and his team are called into service to track down an American turncoat. What they will discover, however, is China’s most elite espionage unit and their plans not only for Thailand’s collapse, but also America’s.
Tully, Liza. The Forty-Year Grudge. Merrit & Blunt #2. It's been four decades since the women of Sigma Delta Tau were last together. The passing years, growing families, and maturing careers may have strained the bonds of sisterhood, but now a reunion offers an opportunity to renew acquaintances and at least one long-standing grudge. Private investigator Aubrey Merritt has come to New Mexico to reconnect with old friends with her personal assistant, Olivia Blunt. The murder of a sorority sister changes everything. All eyes turn to Merritt and Blunt to crack the case. With a surprising abundance of suspects, it's going to take both of them to cut through old hurts and current grievances to find the killer.
Weaver, Brynne. Harvest Season. The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #2. Dark Romance. In a town full of secrets, Nolan Rhodes can’t seem to stay ahead. When true crime fanatics descend on the town looking for answers about the death of their leader, Nolan finds himself at the center of a search and rescue operation for missing people he knows are already dead. Harper Starling has risked everything to bury her trauma in this town, but keeping it together is harder than it seems. Loyalties are tested. Bonds are bent to a breaking point. And love? That might be the deadliest trap of all.
Williams, Tia. The Missed Connection. Romance. Sasha Cruz doesn’t normally give men any more than a passing glance. When Sasha’s seated next to a mysterious, broodingly handsome Italian man on the way to Paris, sparks fly – but they miss the chance to exchange contact information. Now, convinced that she’s lost out on her soulmate, Sasha is on a manhunt to find Seat F.
Woods, Stuart and Brett Battles. Deep Water. Stone Barrington #67. Thriller. When Stone Barrington meets one of his clients, Trenton Sidney, for a sunset drink on Trenton’s new yacht, the last thing he expects is to be a victim of a shipwreck. As one of the four survivors of the incident but with little memory of the sinking, Stone finds himself diving straight back into work. His first task? To reach out to the beneficiaries in Trenton’s will. But when new evidence that points to foul play comes to light, Stone must probe the tragedy in more ways than one to uncover the identity of the perpetrator . . . before they find another lethal way to get themselves out of deep water.