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Attenberg, Jami. The melting season.
Female friendships

Balogh, Mary. A matter of class. [ROMANCE]
In this Regency romance, wealthy, untitled Reginald Mason consents, and enters into a hostile engagement in which he and his prospective bride–Lady Annabelle Ashton, daughter of the Earl of Havercroft–are openly antagonistic, each one resenting the other for their current state of affairs while their respective fathers revel in their suffering.

Bauer, Belinda, Blacklands. [MYSTERY]
Nearly 20 years ago, young Billy Peters disappeared: it’s presumed that he was murdered by Arnold Avery, a serial killer who confessed to killing several other children and burying them on the moors. Now, Billy’s lonely 12-year-old nephew, Stephen, is determined to find his uncle’s body as a way to heal his still-grieving family. But digging in the moors turns dangerous when Stephen starts writing Avery, now in prison and growing ever more interested in his unidentified pen pal after he realizes the writer is a child.

Benjamin, Melanie. Alice I have been. [HISTORICAL]
Now in her twilight years, Alice Liddell looks back on a remarkable life. From a pampered childhood in Oxford to difficult years as a widowed mother, Alice examines how she became who she is–and how she became immortalized as Alice in Wonderland.

Berney, Louis. Gutshot straight. [SUSPENSE]
Las Vegas crime

Bloom, Amy, Where the god of love hangs out.
A young woman is haunted by her roommate’s murder; a man and his daughter -in-law confess their sins in the unlikeliest of places. In one quartet of interlocking stories, two middle-aged friends, married to others, find themselves surprisingly drawn to each other, risking all while never underestimating the cost. In another linked set of stories, readers follow a mother and son for thirty years as their small and uncertain family becomes an irresistible tribe.

Boyd, Noah. The bricklayer. [SUSPENSE]
Vail has resigned himself to his dismissal and is content with his life as a bricklayer. But the FBI, especially Deputy Assistant Director Kate Bannon, needs help with a shadowy group that has initiated a brilliant extortion plot. The group will keep killing their targets until the agency pays them off, the amount and number of bodies escalating each time the FBI fails.

Burdett, John. The godfather of Kathmandu. [MYSTERY]
Sonchai Jitpleecheep–John Burdett’s inimitable Royal Thai Police detective with the hard-bitten demeanor and the Buddhist soul–is summoned to the most shocking and intriguing crime scene of his career. Solving the murder could mean a promotion, but Sonchai, reeling from a personal tragedy, is more interested in Tietsin, an exiled Tibetan lama based in Kathmandu who has become his guru–and has forty million dollars’ worth of heroin for sale.

Chance, Megan. Prima donna. [HISTORICAL]
Famed opera singer Sabine Conrad’s attempt to leave her controlling manager results in his murder and Sabine on the run. She assumes a new identity as Marguerite Olson and creates a life for herself in Seattle, but then her past catches up with her.

Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable creatures. [HISTORICAL]
When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home on the English coast, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, and in the struggle to be recognized in the wider world, Mary and Elizabeth discover that friendship is their greatest ally.

Cornwell, Bernard. The burning land. [HISTORICAL]
The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred’s daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames.

Crais, Robert. The first rule: a Joe Pike novel. [MYSTERY]
Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The police think Meyer was hiding something very bad, but Joe Pike does not. With the help of Elvis Cole, Pike sets out on a hunt of his own–an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminals.

Davis, Lindsey. Rebels and traitors. [HISTORICAL]
During the terrible struggle of the English Civil War, two people–Gideon Jukes and Juliana Lovell, who are on opposites sides of the conflict–meet during one of the era’s most crucial events, their mutual attraction brings the comfort and companionship for which they both have yearned. But shadows from the past soon threaten their hard-won peace.

Dekker, Ted, Burn. [SUSPENSE]

Doetsch, Richard. The 13th hour: a thriller.
Fans of the movie Memento will quickly get into this tale, told in reverse, of a man in police custody accused of murdering his wife. Nick Quinn has lost the love of his life and is being relentlessly questioned about her death when a mysterious man offers him a timepiece that will allow him to go backwards in time and–hopefully–prevent his wife’s murder.

Dorsey, Tim. Gator a-go-go. [MYSTERY]
Humorous Serge Storms series

Durrow, Heidi W., The girl who fell from the sky.
Coming-of-age identity tale

Emerson, Kate. Between two queens. [HISTORICAL]
Secrets of the Tudor Court

Ferris, Joshua. The unnamed.
Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, aging with the grace of a matinee idol. His wife Jane still loves him, and for all its quiet trials, their marriage is still stronger than most. Then one day he stands up and walks out. And keeps walking.

Fforde, Jasper. Shades of Grey. [FANTASY]
Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color spectrum denotes a better social standing, Eddie Russet belongs to the low-level House of Red and can see his own color but no other. The sky, the grass, and everything in between are all just shades of grey, and must be colorized by artificial means.

Godwin, Gail. Unfinished desires.
Sparking enthusiasm for a play about the founding of their North Carolina mountains Catholic girls’ school, a charismatic ninth grader and her recently orphaned best friend set in motion a series of events that have decades-long ramifications.

Greene, Amy, Bloodroot.
Myra Lamb of Bloodroot Mountain has troubling “haint” blue eyes and a grandma whose touch charms people and animals alike. When their neighbor John Odom tries to tame Myra, he meets a with shocking, violent disaster. Stunning Debut.

Hall, James W. Silencer. [SUSPENSE]
Thorn series

Hamilton, Laurell K. Flirt. [FANTASY]
When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she is full of sympathy for his loss … but the creature that Anita could coerce to step out of the late Mrs. Bennington’s grave would not be the lovely Mrs. Bennington. Not really. And not for long.

Hamilton, Steve, The lock artist. [MYSTERY]
Traumatized at the age of eight and pushed into a life of crime by reason of his unforgiveable talent–lock picking–Michael sees his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks everything to come back home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long.

Hannah, Kristin. Winter garden.
The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII Leningrad.

Harper, Karen S. The queen’s governess. [HISTORICAL]
Katherine Ashley, the daughter of a poor country squire, happily secures an education and a place for herself in the Tudor court of Henry VIII. As a dying favor to the doomed Anne Boleyn, Kat becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Elizabeth Tudor … ultimately emerging as the lifelong confidante to Queen Elizabeth I.

Hawkins, Margaret, A year of cats and dogs.
Middle-aged woman’s personal transformation

Hayder, Mo. Skin. [SUSPENSE]
Great Britain crime

Higgins, Jack, The wolf at the door. [SUSPENSE]
Who’s knocking off members of a special intelligence unit known as the prime minister’s private army? Only Sean Dillon has a clue.

Hoffman, Beth. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt.
Steel Magnolias meets The Help in this Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom. Laugh-out-loud funny, Hoffman’s charming work offers the story of a young girl who loses one mother and finds many others.

Hooper, Kay. Blood ties. [SUSPENSE]
The Special Crimes Unit finds itself targeted by a monster intent on destroying both Noah Bishop and his people.

Hosp, David. Among thieves. [SUSPENSE]
Members of Boston’s criminal underground are turning up dead. When Scott Finn learns that one of his clients, Devon Malley, was part of a $300 million artwork heist, he’s quickly drawn into the crossfire, and into the renewed hunt for the missing artwork–a hunt that may cost Finn and his colleagues their lives.

Jones, Sadie. Small wars. [HISTORICAL]
Great Britain in Cypress

Kelly, Cathy. Once in a lifetime.
A web of friendship, love, and secrets runs through the Irish town of Ardagh and Kenny’s Department Store.

Keyes, Marian. The brightest star in the sky.
Fate is on its way to the tenants of 66 Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy, friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change lives …One of them is falling in love; another is torn between two lovers. For some, secrets they want to stay buried will come to light and for others the unveiling of those secrets will have tragic consequences.

Klaffke, Pamela, Snapped.
“Sara B. is losing her cool. Not just in the momentary-meltdown kind of way–though there’s that, too. At the helm of the must-read Snap magazine, veteran style guru Sara B. has had the job–and joy–for the past fifteen years of eviscerating the city’s fashion victims in her legendary DOs and DON’Ts photo spread. But now on the unhip edge of forty she find that as the arbiter of taste, has made her living by cutting people down…and somehow she’s got to make amends.”–P. [4] of cover.

Klassen, Julie. The silent governess. [HISTORICAL]
Regency Christian fiction

Kohler, Sheila. Becoming Jane Eyre. [HISTORICAL]
A beautifully imagined tale of the Bronte sisters, “Becoming Jane Eyre” delicately unravels the connections between one of fiction’s most indelible heroines and the remarkable woman who created her.

Kostova, Elizabeth. The swan thieves.
From the author of The Historian–Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism.

Lee, Julianne. Her mother’s daughter: a novel of Queen Mary Tudor. [HISTORICAL]

Lescroart, John T. Treasure Hunt. [SUSPENSE]
When the body of Dominic Como, one of San Francisco’s most high-profile activists–a charismatic man known as much for his expensive suits as his work on a half dozen nonprofit boards–is discovered, P.I. Mickey Dade and P.I. Wyatt Hunt investigate Como’s business associate, Alicia Thorpe–young, gorgeous, and the sister of one of Mickey’s friends.

Lively, Penelope, Family album.
All Alison ever wanted was a blissful childhood for her six children, with summers at the beach and birthday parties on the lawn at their family home. Together with Ingrid, the family au pair, she has worked hard to create a real old-fashioned family life. But beneath its postcard sheen, the picture is clouded by a distant father, Alison’s inexplicable emotional outbursts, and long-repressed secrets that no one dares mention.

McCall Smith, Alexander, The unbearable lightness of scones.
At 44 Scotland Street, six-year-old Bertie seeks escape in the Cub Scouts; Matthew rises to the challenge of married life; Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual; and Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of romantic temptation that no dog can resist and creates a small problem, or rather six of them, for his friend and owner Angus Lordie.

Meacham, Leila, Roses. [ROMANCE]
“Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton
industries, industries controlled by the scions of the town’s founding families” –Provided by publisher.

Meyers, Randy Susan. The murderer’s daughters.
NY domestic violence

Morris, Bob, Baja Florida. [MYSTERY]
Zack Chasteen series

Mullen, Thomas. The many deaths of the Firefly Brothers. [HISTORICAL]
Western crime

Nayman, Shira, The listener.
1940s mental illness

Oates, Joyce Carol, A fair maiden. [SUSPENSE]
teenage girls

Ochsner, Gina. The Russian dreambook of color and flight.
Magical realism

Parker, T. Jefferson. Iron river. [MYSTERY]
Charlie Hood joins a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms task force patrolling the “iron river,” where illegal guns flow from United States dealers to the Mexican drug business. Hood is part of a stakeout team when a federal officer’s bullet kills an innocent boy. The boy happens to be the son of Benjamin Armenta, head of the Gulf Cartel and one of the most violent men in the world. Armenta’s thirst for vengeance even in routine business matters is well known.

Preston, Douglas J. Impact. [SUSPENSE]
Meteorites

Rankin, Ian. Doors open. [MYSTERY]
Art thefts in Edinburgh

Reilly, Matthew. The 5 greatest warriors. [SUSPENSE]
Three friends descend upon an art auction and concoct a plan to “liberate” several paintings from the National Gallery. As enterprising
girlfriends, clever detectives, a crime boss, seductive auctioneers and a Hell’s Angel named Hate enter the picture, this fast-paced story of second guesses and double crosses keeps changing the picture.

Seitz, Nicole. Saving cicadas.
Mother/daughter road trip

Shaw, Ali. The girl with glass feet. [FANTASY]

Shepard, Sam, Day out of days: stories.
American West

Suarez, Daniel, Freedom. [SUSPENSE]
Sequel to Daemon.

Taylor, Patrick, An Irish country girl.
Presents the story of the early life of Kinky Kincaid, once known as Maureen O’Hanlon, a farmer’s daughter growing up in the hills and glens of 1920s County Cork, Ireland, who had a gift for seeing fairies, spirits, and the dreaded banshee.

Thompson, James, Snow angels. [MYSTERY]
Inspector Kari Vaara; bk.1/Finland

Trent, Christine. The Queen’s dollmaker. [HISTORICAL]
Marie Antoinette

Tyler, Anne. Noah’s compass.
From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.

Van den Berg, Laura. What the world will look like when all the water leaves us: stories.

Weber, Katharine, True confections.
Family candy business

Wheaton, Ken. The first annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival.
Welcome to Grand Prairie, Louisiana-land of confounding accents, hard-drinking senior citizens, and charming sinners-brought to hilarious life in a bracing, heartfelt debut novel simmering with Cajun spice… Father Steve Sibille has come home to the bayou to take charge of St. Pete’s church.

Willett, Marcia. The prodigal wife.

Willig, Lauren. Betrayal of the blood lily. [HISTORICAL]
As Lady Frederick Staines, Penelope Deveraux plunges into the treacherous waters of the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad and with the assistance of Captain Alex Reid draws out the deadly plans of the spy known as the Marigold. #6 in Pink Carnation series.

Woods, Stuart. Kisser. [SUSPENSE]
When P.I. Stone Barrington crosses paths with a fetching Broadway actress –and sometime lip model–Stone gets a little more deeply involved with business than he’d expected. When his new lady love turns out to be a lady with a shady past, Stone and downtown cop Dino Bacchetti realize that her beauty may have an unusually high price.

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