Fall 2022 Book List | A list of fiction titles to be published from October through December recommended by your EPLS librarians. Download the printable list here.
Winter 2023 Book List | A list of fiction titles to be published from January through March recommended by your EPLS librarians. Download the printable list here.
October 2022
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Jackal
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Adams, Erin E.
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| A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she's not the first - and she may not be the last. |
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Hester |
| Albanese, Laurie Lico |
| A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials. |
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Secrets of the Nile (Book 16 in the Lady Emily series) |
| Alexander, Tasha |
| In a billiant homage to Agatha Christie, Lady Emily is sent to Egypt, both during British colonial rule and back in time to the era of the Pharaohs. |
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Dashing Through the Snowbirds (Book 32 in the Meg Langslow Series) |
| Andrews, Donna |
| Christmas in Caerphilliy is wonderful, unless you're a Canadian whose inconsiderate boss is forcing you to spend holiday there. |
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The Winners (Book 3 in the Beartown Series) |
| Backman, Fredrik |
| As the locals of Beartown struggle to over come the past, great change is on the horizon. |
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Long Shadows (Book 7 in the Memory Man/Amos Decker Series) |
| Baldacci, David |
| The latest novel in this riveting series. |
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The Singularities |
| Banville, John |
| A playful, multilayered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory, which opens with the return of one man as he is released from prison. |
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(Im)Perfect Angel |
| Barth, Christi |
| When Maisy Norgate inherits a strange, ornate key, a mouthwateringly hot angel shows up at her door...and if unrequited lust is Hell, she's definitely holding the key. |
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Devil's Delight (Book 33 in the Agatha Raisin Series) |
| Beaton, M. C. |
| A naked young man bursts through some bushes and gives Toni and Agatha a new mystery to solve. |
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Treachery on Tenth Street (Book 3 in the Gilded Gotham Series) |
| Belli, Kate |
| Somebody's killing the most glamorous models in Gilded-Age New York, but intrepid Genevieve Stewart is up to the task. |
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The Atlas Paradox (Book 2 in the Atlas Series) |
| Blake, Olivie |
| Six Magicians were offered the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Society. |
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A Curse of Queens (Book 4 in the Kingmaker Trilogy Series) |
| Bouchet, Amanda |
| The queen has been cursed, and no one knows who's behind the plot to threaten the realm's fragile peace. |
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Daughter of Darkness (Book 2 in the Child of Light Series) |
| Brooks, Terry |
| When Harrow is kidnapped, Auris must dig deeper into her past to unlock the remaining secrets if she ever wants to see him alive again. |
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The Christmas Hummingbird |
| Bunn, Davis |
| As Ryan and Ethan unite for a cause, Christmas in Miramar Bay looks to be a season of love, healing, and sweet mercies that will be remembered for a lifetime. |
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Never's Just the Echo of Forever |
| Callaghan, Barry |
| This is the stor of 29-year-old Albie Starbach, a reclusive man who is the caretaker of a large rooming house, with a day job as a crossing guard. He is a caring man. But he is also a dangerous man. |
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A Trace of Poison (Book 2 in the Phyllida Bright Series) |
| Cambridge, Colleen |
| Mystery fans will revel in this historical series set in the fascinating world of Agatha Christie, as her ever-capable housekeeper endeavors o solve mysteries far stranger than fiction. |
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The Storyteller's Death |
| Cardinal, Ann Davila |
| When Isla turns eighteen, her grandmother, a great storyteller, dies. It is then that Isla discovers she has a gift passed down through her family's cuentistas. The tales of the dead family storytellers are brought back to life, replaying themselves over and over in front of her. |
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The River of Silver (Book 4 in the Daevabad Trilogy) |
| Chakraborty, S. A. |
| Stories from before, during, and after events of The Daevabad Trilogy. |
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Standalone (Book 2 in the Dickie Cornish Series) |
| Chambers, Christopher |
| Dickie Cornish, Washington, DC street denizen turned unlicensed private investigator, is forced at gunpoint to track down the daughter of an ex-con. |
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No Plan B (Book 27 in the Jack Reacher Series) |
| Child, Lee and Andrew Child |
| What one person sees as a suicide, Reacher sees for the murder it is, and he is about to find out it is a part of something larger. |
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Cradles of the Reich |
| Coburn, Jennifer |
| Three women, a nation seduced by a madman, and the Nazi breeding program create a so-called master race. |
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Livid (Book 26 in the Kay Scarpetta Series) |
| Cornwell, Patricia |
| Chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests. |
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The Hollow Kind |
| Davidson, Andy |
| A novel about the spectacular decline of the Redfern family, haunted by an ancient evil. |
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The Maze (Book 8 in the John Corey Series) |
| DeMille, Nelson |
| Former NYPD homicide detective John Corey is called out of retirement to investigate a string of grisly murders much too close to home. |
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Thief of Fate (Book 3 in the Providence Falls Series) |
| Deveraux, Jude and Tara Sheets |
| When Liam O'Connar stole Cora McLeod from her destined soul mate Finley Walsh in 1844, he changed the course of history. Now Liam has been given three months to set things right. |
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Every Second Counts (Book 1 in the Armistice Series |
| Donachie, David |
| Fugitive Billy Houston has in his possession the entire anti-invasion plans for southern Britain. Billy must get the plans to the German delegation. Will he succeed. |
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The Bones of Me |
| Duckhouse, Kel |
| Molly's older brother agrees to train her as a boxer, but he goes missing and the police are after him, Molly then goes in search of the truth. |
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Dark Whisper (Book 26 of the Dark Carpathian Series) |
| Feehan, Christine |
| When Vasilisa meets her lifemante, it will change them down to the bone. They will become something more-something feared by both of their kinds. |
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Saturnalla |
| Feldman, Stephanie |
| Tonight, Nina will put on a dress of blackest black, and attend the biggest part of the year. Before it's over, she will discover secret societies battling for power in an increasingly precarious world and become custodian of a horrifying secret. |
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Hollywood Monsters (Book 3 in the Lilith Series) |
| Fredsti, Dana |
| Acress, stuntwoman, and demon hunter Lee Striga is on the hunt at a location where people are vanishing without a trace. |
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The Favor |
| French, Nicci |
| When Jude agrees to help an old friend the last thing she expected was for him to turn up dead and that one decision could cost her everything, including her life. |
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A Cat Cafe Christmas |
| Gary, Codi |
| When nerdy cat hater Ben Reese Comes in to help Kara Ingalls promote her Cat Cafe unlikely sparks start to fly. |
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The Blackbriar Genesis (A book in the Blackbriar Series) |
| Gervais, Simon |
| The assassination of a Treadstone agent leads two Blackbriar operatives down a rabbit hole of deceit and betrayal. |
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Voice of Fear (Book 38 in the Krewe of Hunters Series) |
| Graham, Heather |
| A killer is looking to silence FBI agent Jordan Wallace and criminal psychologist Patrick Law. |
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Built to Last |
| Hahn, Erin |
| A sparkling second chance romance about owning what you're worth and fighting for the one who got away. |
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Bones of Holly (Book 25 in the Sarah Booth Delaney Series) |
| Haines, Carolyn |
| Sarah Booth and Tinkie, along with baby Maylin, are in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi for Christmas this year, as judges for the annual library tree decorating contest. |
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Confessions of the Other Sister |
| Harbison, Beth |
| An unforgettable story about two very different sisters who must come together and face their past if they can make their future better. |
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Just Like Magic |
| Hogle, Sarah |
| Betty is broke and squatting in Colorado when she conjures a holiday spirit in the form of a man. Will Betty's heart be merry and light or will her old selfish way resurface? |
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It Starts With Us (Book 2 in the It Ends With Us Series) |
| Hoover, Colleen |
| Atlas' side of the story and what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel. |
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The Last Chairlift |
| Irving, John |
| When Little Ray goes to Aspen for the Slalom Championships she finishes no where near the podium, but she does manage to get pregnant. Years later her son returns to Aspen where he will meet some ghosts - and they aren't the only ghosts he sees. |
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Silver Trail Christmas (Book 3 in the Caleb Marlowe Series) |
| James, Nik |
| Feared gunslinger Caleb Marlowe is out to save his partner from ruthless ambition by taking on a dangerous enemy, long thought to be dead; a greedy, railroad-obsessed power broker who's above the law; and a jealous neighbor looking for payback |
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A Christmas to Remember (Book 11 in the Blessing Series) |
| Jenkins, Beverly |
| Ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town of Henry Adams, her relationship with the diner owner Malachi "Mal" July has had its share of ups and downs. But now they're finally ready to say "I do." Or are they? |
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Head Cleaner |
| Keaton, David James |
| A hugely original blend of thriller, science fiction, and horror that takes our love of nostalgia to task for its morbid obsessions with dead media and dead-end jobs. |
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A Trip With Trouble (Book 2 in the Mountain Lodge Mystery Series) |
| Kelly, Diane |
| A charming and engrossing cozy set in a lodge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. |
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Bad Girl Reputation (A book in the Avalon Bay Series) |
| Kennedy, Elle |
| A sexy second chance story about two exes who can't stay away from each other. |
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The Night Ship |
| Kidd, Jess |
| An enthralling tale of human cruelty, fate and friendship, and of two children, hundreds of years apart, whose fates are inextricably bound together. |
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Demon Copperhead |
| Kingsolver, Barbara |
| A boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer has no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. |
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A Strange Habit of Mind (Book 2 in the Cameron Winter Mystery Series) |
| Klavan, Andrew |
| English professor and ex-spy Cameron Winter confronts a Big Tech billionaire to solve the suspicious suicide of a former student. |
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Robert B. Parker's Opium Rose (Book 11 in the Cole and Hitch Series) |
| Knott, Robert |
| Lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch must quell a brewing showdown. |
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The Christmas Spirit |
| Macomber, Debbie |
| Two lifelong friends, a bartender, and a pastor, decide to trade places the week before Christmas and end up finding love along the way. |
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The Oracle of Maracoor (Book 2 in the Another Day Series) |
| Maguire, Gregory |
| It continues the story of Elphaba's green-skinned granddaughter, Rain. That strange land, Maracoor, across the ocean from Oz, is beset by an invading army. |
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Home Sweet Christmas |
| Mallery, Susan |
| With twinkling humor and heartfelt Christmas spirit, two friends find love in a town called Wishing Tree. |
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Blackmail and Bibingko (Book 3 in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series) |
| Manansala, Mia P |
| When her long-lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind. |
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The House at Phantom Park |
| Masterton, Graham |
| Disturbing. Original. Terrifying. The 'master of horror' is back with the chilling tale of what lurks in the walls of an abandoned hospital. |
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The Passenger (Book 1 in the Passenger Series) |
| McCarthy, Cormac |
| A Breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness. |
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The Hero of This Book |
| McCracken, Elizabeth |
| Over the course of one weekend in London, a woman reflecting on her life winds up wrestling with the memory of her mother. |
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1989 (Book 2 in the Allie Burns Series) |
| McDermid, Val |
| The world of newspapers is undergoing a revolution, there's skulduggery in the medical research labs and there are seismic rumblings behind the Iron Curtain. When kidnap and murder are added to this potent mix, Allie is forced to question all her old certainties. |
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The Plot and the Pendulum (Book 13 in the Library Lover's Series) |
| McKinlay, Jenn |
| Halloween is approaching in the Briar Creek, and things get spooky when a skeleton is found and connected to a decades-old cold case. |
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Dinosaurs |
| Millet, Lydia |
| The story of an Arizona. man's relationship with the family next door, whose house has one wall made entirely out of glass. |
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In the Shadow of a Queen |
| Moore, Heather B. |
| An epic battle of wills between two women: a daughter determined to forge her own life beyond the shadow of her mother, and a queen resolved to keep the Crown's reputation unsullied no matter the cost. |
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Anywhere You Run |
| Morris, Wanda |
| After the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country, but can they escape the secrets they left behind. |
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Our Missing Hearts |
| Ng, Celeste |
| A deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear. |
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No Strangers Here (Book 1 in the County Kerry Series) |
| O'Connor, Carlene |
| A female vet returns home to the village where she grew up and must reckon with her past while untangling present mysteries. |
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The Twelve Long, Hard, Topsy-turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas |
| Patterson, James |
| Move over, Dickens-America's favorite storyteller has written a modern Christmas story for the ages. |
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Cross Over (Book 30 in the Alex Cross Series) |
| Patterson, James |
| Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who targets entire families-and who will next be coming for the Crosses. |
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Mad Honey |
| Picoult, Jodi and Jennifer Finney Boylan |
| When Olivia's son is being questioned about the murder of his girlfriend, she knows he's innocent, but does she see flashes of his father's temper? |
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The Color of Ice |
| Probst, Barbara Linn |
| Set among the glaciers and thermal lagoons of Iceland, and framed by the magical art of glassblowing, this is the breathtaking story of a woman's awakening to passion, beauty, and the redemptive power of unconditional love. |
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The Whalebone Theatre |
| Quinn, Joanna |
| A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes us from the gargantuan cavity of a beached whale into undercover operations during World War II-a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation. |
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A Heart Full of Headstones (Book 24 in the Inspector Rebus Series) |
| Rankin, Ian |
| A gripping new Rebus novel. |
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Sinister Graves (Book 3 in the Cash Blackbear Series) |
| Rendon, Marcie R |
| Set in the 1970s Minnesota on the White Earth Reservation, Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman, attempts to discover the truth about the disappearances of Native girls and their newborns. |
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Santa's Little Yelpers (Book 26 in the Andy Carpenter Series) |
| Rosenfelt, David |
| Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his humorous investigating team return. |
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Poster Girl |
| Roth, Veronica |
| The story of a woman's desperate search for a missing girl after the collapse of the oppressive dystopian regime and the dark secrets about her family and community she uncovers along the way. |
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Showtime |
| Ruszin, Ricky |
| When Jordan discovers his grandparent TV allows him to travel to the past, he sees a chance to save his grandmother's life and exact revenge on the man caused who it. |
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Righteous Prey (Book 32 in the Prey Series) |
| Sandford, John |
| Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are up against a powerful vigilante group with an eye for vengeance. |
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Malice House |
| Shepherd, Megan |
| A complex tale of dark magic and family secrets when a woman attempts to settle the estate of her father, and acclaimed horror novelist. |
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Titans of War (Book 8 in the Ancient Egyptians) |
| Smith, Wilbur |
| Play has been trained to become a great spy, and now he embarks on a perilous mission to the heart of the Hyksos lands to find allies for Egypt. |
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Black Shield Maiden |
| Smith, Willow and Jess Hendel |
| A powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the vikings. |
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The High Notes |
| Steel, Danielle |
| An inspiring story about finding the strength to stand up for yourself and your dreams, no matter what it takes. |
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Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six |
| Unger, Lisa |
| Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller. |
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The Janus File (Book 3 in the Gordian Protocol Series) |
| Weber, David and Jacob Holo |
| The Fates of universes aren't the only things time travel can impact. Sometimes the effect is a lot more mundane and closer to home. |
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Mistakes Were Made |
| Wilsner, Meryl |
| The good news: she likes someone. The bad new: It's her best friend's mum. |
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Which Side Are You On |
| Wong, Ryan Lee |
| How can we live with integrity and pleasure in this world of police brutality and racism? An Asian American activist is challenged by his mother to face this question. |
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Distant Thunder (Book 63 in the Stone Barrington Series) |
| Woods, Stuart |
| The next book in the series. |
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Crime for the Books (Book 3 in the Jane Doe Book Club Series) |
| Young, Kate |
| The Jane Does are hosting a Halloween party at Magnolia Manor, but when the lights come on after the staged murder, a real victim lies ahead. |
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A Cosmic Kind of Love |
| Young, Samantha |
| Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy. |
November 2022
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A Very Merry Bromance (Book 5 in the Bromance Book Club Series) |
| Adams, Lyssa Kay |
| This time, they're pulling out of the mistletoe for everyone's favorite country music star, Colton, and his second chance at love. |
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The Sword's Elegy (Book 3 in the Sorcerer's Song Series) |
| Anderson, Brian D |
| The doom of humankind has at last been realized, and Mariyah and Lem, certain that only magic of the Bards can save them, desperately search for that lost knowledge. |
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All Roads Lead to You (Book 2 in the Small Town Dreams Series) |
| Ashenden, Jackie |
| A grumpy wilderness guide and a cheerful jewelry designer find an unlikely love in New Zealand. |
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Fourteen Days |
| Atwood, Margaret |
| Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the pandemic, each character has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice. |
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The Housemate |
| Bailey, Sarah |
| Three housemates. One dead, one missing, and one accused of murder. Dubbed the Housemate Homicide, it's a mystery that has baffled Australians for almost a decade. When one of them turns up dead nine years later, journalist Olive Groves is assigned the story. |
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Wherever You Are (Book 12 in the Kelly/KGI Series) |
| Banks, Maya |
| Can Skylar be saved and will her savior be able to let her go? |
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The Magic Kingdom |
| Banks Russell |
| Harley Mann reflects upon his life as a Shaker growing up in the swampland that will eventually become Disney World. |
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The Personal Assistant |
| Belle, Kimberly |
| A deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger's assistant goes missing. |
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On Spine of Death (Book 2 in the By the Book Mystery Series) |
| Berry, Tamara |
| With the whole town convinced that her grandfather was a serial killer, Tess has to call in a fellow horror author for reinforcements. Together, they'll come up with a perfect story to make all the clues fit...and solve a mystery more than thirty years in the making. |
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Peril in Paris (Book 16 in the Royal Spyness Series) |
| Bowen, Rhys |
| Georgie is back with an all-new mystery to solve. |
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Small Game |
| Braverman, Blair |
| A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wild. |
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Hiss and Tell (Book 31 in the Mrs. Murphy Series) |
| Brown, Rita Mae |
| Death stalks the Blue Ridge Mountains once again, and Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen, along with her beloved cats is on the case. |
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Hold You Down |
| Brown, Tracy |
| This edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown is about the perils of love and the ties that bind. |
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Seventeen |
| Brownlow, John |
| Sixteen people have done this job before me. I am 17. The most feared assassin in the world. But to be the best you must beat the best. My next target is 16, just as one day 18 will hunt me down. |
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Kiss Her Once for Me |
| Cochrun, Alison |
| A romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord...only to fall for his sister. |
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Desert Star (Book 5 in the Renee Ballard Series, Book 24 in the Harry Bosch Series) |
| Connelly, Michael |
| LAPD detective Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch's "white whale" - a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. |
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Racing the Light (Book 19 in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Series) |
| Crais, Robert |
| Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case. |
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Hunting Time (Book 4 in the Colter Shaw Series) |
| Deaver, Jeffery |
| Colter Shaw plunges into the woods and races the clock in a case where nothing is quite what it seems. |
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Every Second Counts (Book 17 in the John Pearce Series) |
| Donachie, David |
| John Pearce discovers that Madrid plans to desert the British-led coalition and join the enemy. |
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Still Waters (Book 7 in the FBI K-9 Series) |
| Driscoll, Sara |
| A training session in the Minnesota wilderness becomes a fight for survival for FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner. |
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Toad |
| Dunn, Katherine |
| Sally Gunnar has been in love, has been mad, has been an agent of destruction, has been spurned; and now she has retreated from the world. |
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What a Trip |
| Edwards, Susen |
| Meet Fiona, an art student at a New Jersey college who is struggling to find herself. Through her eyes, we relive the turbulent culture of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. |
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Going Rogue (Book 29 in the Stephanie Plum Series
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Evanovich, Janet
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| Janet Evanovich returns with the latest book in her massively popular Stephanie Plum Series. |
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A Christmas Memory |
| Evans, Richard Paul |
| A coming-of-age holiday tale based on the author's own childhood that shows us how hope and acceptance can be found in the most unexpected of places. |
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Hands Down (Book 11 in the Dick Francis Series) |
| Francis, Felix |
| After a friend's suicide, Sid starts to investigate and soon finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy that cuts to the very heart of the integrity of British horse racing. |
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The Lindbergh Nanny |
| Fredericks, Mariah |
| Examining one of the most famous kidnapping cases in America from the lens of one of America's favorite suspects, puts Betty Gow at the center of her own story for the first time. |
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The Zero Night (Book 11 in the Jonathan Stride Series) |
| Freeman, Brian |
| A woman has been kidnapped. Now Jonathan Stride must decide if her husband wants her back ... dead or alive. |
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Blood Moon (Book 2 in the Rising Series) |
| Graham, Heather and Jon Land |
| The war continues with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more. |
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Bleeding Heart Yard (Book 3 in the Harbinder Kaur Series) |
| Griffiths, Elly |
| A propulsive new thriller set in London featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur. |
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Folly Park |
| Hackford, Heidi |
| What does it take to destroy the place you love in the world? |
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The Couple at the Table (Book 11 in the Culver Valley Crime Series) |
| Hannah, Sophie |
| You are on your honeymoon and warned about the "couple at the table nearest to yours." But why? |
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The Serpent in Heaven (Book 4 in the Gunnie Rose Series) |
| Harris, Charlaine |
| Felicia, Lizbeth's younger half-sister is attacked by her estranged aristocratic Mexican family of wizards who want to use her as a pawn - what no one expected is that she may be the most powerful witch in a generation. |
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Never Rescue a Rogue (Book 2 in the Merriwell Sisters Series) |
| Heath, Virginia |
| Diana and Giles' obvious disdain for each other can't stop the attraction between them. |
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The Twist of a Knife (Book 4 in the Hawthorne and Horowitz Series) |
| Horowitz, Anthony |
| When Horowitz is accused of a murder will Hawthorne take his call? |
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Zorrie |
| Hunt, Laird |
| A poignant novel about a woman searching for her place in the world and finding it in the daily rhythms of life in rural Indiana. |
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The Hidden Palace (Book 2 in the Daughters of War Series) |
| Jefferies, Dinah |
| A rebellious daughter, a sister with a secret, and a rift over generations. |
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The World We Make (Book 2 in the Great Cities Trilogy Series) |
| Jemisin, N. K. |
| A story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City. |
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A Quiet Life |
| Joella, Ethan |
| An enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals facing challenges and grappling with loss in their own way. |
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NYPD RED 7 (Book 7 in the NYPD Red Series) |
| Karp, Marshall |
| Finding a single assassin in a city on nine million is daunting. Finding five is a nightmare. |
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A Very Merry Bromance (Book 5 in the Bromance Book Club) |
| Kay Adams, Lyssa |
| 'Tis the season for a Bromance Book Club matchmaking mission! This time, they're pulling out the mistletoe for everyone's favorite country music star, Colton, and his second chance at love. |
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The Wilderwomen |
| Lang, Ruth |
| Five years ago Nora Wilder disappeared. Now her daughter Finn is reliving her memories, and her daughter Zadie, who see the future, are searching for her. |
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The Last Party (Book 1 in the DC Morgan Series) |
| Mackintosh, Clare |
| After the New Year's party to end all parties ends in the death of Rhys Lloyd, it is up to DC Ffion Morgan to find the killer in a village of suspects. |
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Murder at Black Oaks (Book 6 in the Robin Lockwood Series) |
| Margolin, Phillip |
| Lockwood finds herself at an isolated retreat in the Oregon mountains, one with a tragic past and a legendary curse, surrounded by many suspects and confronted with an impossible crime. |
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A Restless Truth (Book 2 in the Last Binding Series) |
| Marske, Freya |
| maud Blyth has always dreamed of adventure, but she didn't expect to be trapped at sea with a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and the dangerously lovely and outrageous Violet Debenham. |
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The Voyage of the Forgotten (Book 3 in the Legacy of the Mercenary King Series) |
| Martell, Nick |
| Michael, the infamous Kingkiller, and Serena, the Hollow Queen, race against the odds to have the future they've worked so hard to protect... or risk brining about the end of the world. |
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One Last Chance (Book 3 in the Blood Ties, the Logans Series) |
| Martin, Kat |
| Edge Logan, an ex-Green Beret, must deal with a dangerous cult and a female private investigator who will let nothing stop her from rescuing her missing sister. |
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Death on a Winter Stroll (Book 7 in the Merry Folger Series) |
| Mathews, Fancince |
| No-nonsense Nantucket detective Merry Folger grapples with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and two murders as the island is overtaken by Hollywood stars and DC suits. |
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Ocean's Echo |
| Maxwell, Everina |
| When Tennal uses his telepathic powers for illegal activities, he is bound to Lt. Surit. Tennal just wants to escape, but Surit isn't all he seems. |
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Stella Maris (Book 2 in the Passenger Series) |
| McCarthy, Cormac |
| Paranoid schizophrenic Alicia admits herself into the hospital where she contemplates the nature of madness. |
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We All Want Impossible Things |
| Newman, Catherine |
| Edi and Ash have been best friends for over 42 years, but now Edi has cancer and Ash has to learn to survive without her. |
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Wyoming Homecoming (Book 11 in the Wyoming Men Series) |
| Palmer, Diana |
| She's haunted his dreams for years, and now she's back to wreak havoc on his heart |
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The Prisoner |
| Paris, B.A. |
| Amelie has always been a survivor, making i on her own, but once she marries billionaire Jed Hawthorne she never expected to wake up in a room not knowing where she is or why she has been taken? |
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Lost Souls of Leningrad |
| Parry, Suzanne |
| June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavaveva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city. |
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The Perfect Assassin (A Book in the Doc Savage Series) |
| Patterson, James and Brian Sitts |
| When Dr. Brandt Savage signs up for a school where he is the lone pupil, he never thought he would be not only the professor's only student but her captive. |
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A Christmas Deliverance (Book 29 in the Christmas Series) |
| Perry, Anne |
| A courageous doctor and his apprentice fight to save London's poor - and discover that the hearts of men can be colder than a winter chill. |
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Even Though I Knew the End |
| Polk, C.L. |
| When offered the chance to spend the rest of her life with the woman she loves, an exiled auger goes after the White City Vampire, Chicago's most notorious serial killer. |
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Flight Risk (Book 2 in the Booking Agents Series) |
| Priest, Cherie |
| Inconsistent psychic Leda Foley and Seattle detective Grady Merritt return to solve the case of a missing couple. |
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None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive |
| Prusa, Carolyn |
| Ramona has a lot on her to do list; a bratty boss, a toilet training toddler, a critical mom, a cheating husband, and a category four hurricane headed her wya. |
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We Are the Light |
| Quick, Matthew |
| A poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a grieving teenager and inspires a magical revival in their small town. |
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Tread of Angels |
| Roanhorse, Rebecca |
| Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the rold of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town. |
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The Choice (Book 3 in the Dragon Heart Legacy Series) |
| Roberts, Nora |
| Breen must tackle traitorous and power mad wishes using her sword magicks, and courage. |
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Angels of the Resistance |
| Salazar, Noelle |
| Fourteen-year-old Lien and her older sister, Elif, join the Dutch resistance when the Nazis invade the Netherlands. |
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The Lost Metal (Book 7 in the Mistborn Series) |
| Sanderson, Brandon |
| Harmony's vision of future possibilities comes to an abrupt halt tomorrow night, with only blackness after that. It's a race against time, and Was must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. |
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Theft of an Idol (Book 3 in the Eye of Isis Series) |
| Stabenow, Dana |
| When Cleopatra's most beloved actress disappears, her new Eye of Isis must solve a case that will lead to the darkest corners of Alexandria. |
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The Family Game |
| Steadman, Catherine |
| A rich, eccentric family. A time-honored tradition. Or a lethal game of survival? One woman finds out what it really takes to join the Holbeck family. |
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The Whittiers |
| Steel, Danielle |
| When Tragedy occurs, the adult Whittier children find the future of their home and family in question, and learn they must move forward and be true to themselves so that they can face their own personal challenges. |
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Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six |
| Unger, Lisa |
| Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller. |
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A Dance of Smoke and Steel (Book 3 in the Gathering of Dragons Series) |
| Vane, Milla |
| All that Laina must do is stay silent...and serve a man she has sworn to kill. |
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Forever (Book 2 in the Lair of the Wolven) |
| Ward, J.R. |
| Lydia Susi and Daniel Joseph are back in another thrilling installment. |
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Wayward (Book 2 in the Wanderers Series) |
| Wendig, Chuck |
| Benji, Marcy, Shana, and the rest of the sleepwalkers and shepherds must band together to survive the new world. |
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Now is Not the Time to Panic |
| Wilson, Kevin |
| A novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever. |
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You Can Hide (Book 2 in the Laurel Snow Series) |
| Zanetti, Rebecca |
| What do you do when a sociopath loves you? Rising star FBI profiler Laurel Snow is about to find out. |
December 2022
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Devil's Delight (Book 33 in the Agatha Raisin Series) |
| Beaton, MC and RW Green |
| Crafty Agatha Raisin - the star of her own hit TV series - is back on the case again. |
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The Light Pirate |
| Brooks-Dalton, Lily |
| A sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman's lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty of a rapidly changing world. |
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Clive Cussler's The Serpent's Eye (Book 13 in the Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure Series) |
| Burcell, Robin |
| Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo face a new exciting adventure. |
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Night Shift |
| Cook, Robin |
| Jack and Laurie are lured into the dark underbelly of hospital dangers when an internist is murdered. |
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Judas 62 (Book 2 in the Box 88 Series) |
| Cumming, Charles |
| A spy in one of the most dangerous places on earth and an old enemy looking for revenge, who will come out on top in this deadly game. |
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Well Traveled (Book 4 in the Well Met Series) |
| DeLuca, Jen |
| Th Renaissance Faire is on the move, and Lulu and Dex are along for the ride. |
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A History of Fear |
| Dumas, Luke |
| This is a propulsive foray in to the darkness of the human psyche, marrying dread-inducing atmosphere and heart-palpitating storytelling. |
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Amok (A Book in the Dox Series) |
| Eisler, Barry |
| When the government offers a twenty-four-year-old former Marine a five-figure payday, there's only one question: Who does he have to kill? |
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The Sunshine Girls |
| Fader, Molly |
| A moment of great change sparks the friendship of a lifetime for two young women who meet in 1967. |
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Frozen Detective (Book 2 in the Piper and Porter Mystery Series) |
| Flower, Amanda |
| Murder on the ski slopes. The weapon? A bow and arrow. The suspects? Every guest at the villa. |
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A Mother Would Know |
| Garza, Amber |
| A woman questions everything she knows about her son when a local woman is found dead. |
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Death in the Margins (Book 7 in the Blue Ridge Library Series) |
| Gilbert, Victoria |
| The theater is no place for murder, but a case of backstage betrayal drags library director Amy Webber into a case that could mean curtains. |
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Scorch (Book 24 in the Steel Brothers Saga) |
| Hardt, Helen |
| Welcome to the next generation! Join the grown children of Jonah, Talon, Ryan, and Marjorie for new adventures, mysteries, and heart-pounding passion. |
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Wicked Dreams |
| Jackson, Lisa and Nancy Bush |
| A stand-alone thriller set in the eerie world of The Colony, a haven for a group of women marked for death by a madman. |
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A Hard Day for a Hangover (Book 3 in the Sunshine Vicram Series) |
| Jones, Darynda |
| Another humorous installment in this series. |
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The Last Invitation |
| Kane, Darby |
| A gripping and twisty suspense about an invitation to an exclusive club that comes with deadly consequences. |
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W.E.B. Griffin's The Devil's Weapons (Book 8 in the Met at War Series) |
| Kirsanow, Peter |
| Dick Canidy and the agents of the OSS scour war torn Poland looking for a rocket scientist who holds the secrets to the Nazis most dangerous weapon. |
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The Sisters of Sea View (Book 1 in the On Devonshire Shores Series) |
| Klassen, Julie |
| When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers convinces her sisters to open their seaside home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. |
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Pets of Park Avenue (Book 2 in the Paws in the City Series) |
| London, Stefanie |
| What do you do when "The One" is also the one who broke your heart? |
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No One Left to Come Looking for You |
| Lipsyte, Sam |
| New York's East Village, 1993, and rock musician Jack is on a search for a buddy that uncovers a sinister entanglement of crimes. |
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Paris Requiem (Book 2 in the Detective Eddie Giral Series) |
| Lloyd, Chris |
| A gripping World War II murder mystery - and a beautifully drawn portrait of Paris under Nazi occupation with compelling and conflicted hero Detective Eddie Giral at its heart. |
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The Bird Tattoo |
| Mikhail, Dunva |
| This novel chronicles a world of great upheaval, love and loss, beauty and horror, and will stay in readers' minds long after the last page. |
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The Widowmaker |
| Morrissey, Hannah |
| A wealthy family shrouded in scandal; a detective tasked with solving an impossible cold case; and a woman with a dark past collide. |
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How to Win a Wallflower (Book 3 in the Rebels with a Cause Series) |
| Parish, Samara |
| When John Barnesworth is forced tot ake his brother's place as a viscount, he discovers that not only are the estates bankrupt, he's been contracted into an engagement with a cruel debutante. |
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Never Cross a Highlander |
| Rayne, Lisa |
| A historical mash-up of Dirty Harry in a kilt with Mr. and Mrs. Smith. This banter-laden historical romance proves kilts have never been more fun. |
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Sword-bearer (Book 8 in the Tiger and Del Series) |
| Roberson, Jennifer |
| With the world around them falling victim to a malignant Northern-born magic, Tiger gathers Del and his adult son, Neesha, to end the magic threatening the world - and along the journey, discovers another element of magecraft within himself. |
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Ashes of Man (Book 5 in the Sun Eater Series) |
| Ruocchio, Christopher |
| The galaxy is on fire, and it is up to hadrian and the witch, Valka, to put the fire out. |
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Winter's End (Book 4 in the Alaska Wild Series) |
| Shelton, Paige |
| It's springtime in Benedict, Alaska, and with it the warmer weather comes an unseasonably somber local tradition - the annual Death Walk. |
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A Dangerous Business |
| Smiley, Jane |
| A rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls. |
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Queen of Myth and Monsters (Book 2 in the Adrian X Isolde Series) |
| St. Clair, Scarlett |
| Isolde, newly coronated queen, has finalliy found a king worthy of her in the vampire Adrian. But, their love for each other has cost Isolde her father and her homeland. |
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The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights (The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights Series) |
| Zeldis, Kitty |
| A mesmerizing historical novel about three women in 1920s New York City and the secrets they hold. |
