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26 BEAUTIES James Patterson – An uninvited guest crashes the Women’s Murder Club's party: a father seeking their help in locating his missing daughter. And she’s not the only one. There is also a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park. What if all these cases are connected? The answers lie with the 26 Beauties on the run and in the wind.
THE BROTHERS MC KAY Craig Johnson – When Pepper McKay is found murdered on his ranch, suspects aren’t in short supply. But Sheriff Longmire’s attention is on McKay’s very different sons: a smooth-talking charmer, a cosmopolitan journalist, a reclusive monk, and a half-Native ranch hand who keeps the place running. Each had a motive. Then a second body surfaces, and a wildfire traps Walt. He is forced into a fight for his life as both the killer and the fire close in.
THE CALAMITY CLUB Kathryn Stockettt – By the author of The Help - Two women and a pre-teen come up with an audacious plan to claim what's rightfully theirs. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women’s freedom is fragile, even a small act of defiance can have dangerous consequences. The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer—an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings.
CAT ON A HOT TIN WOOF Spencer Quinn – Chet (the dog) is not enthusiastic about this case. Chet and his partner, PI Bernie Little, have been hired to find a cat. Miss Kitty, an internet sensation, has disappeared and Chet and Bernie must find her before her many followers realize something is wrong. Miss Kitty belongs to Bitty and her mom. They were struggling financially, until the arrival of Miss Kitty and her social media appeal changed everything. Bitty now has sponsors, an agent, and real money is flowing in. At least, it was. With Miss Kitty gone, the family's income is on the line.
THE DARK TIME Nick Petre – Journalist Katelyn Thorsen has been warned – if she doesn’t back away from a story, both Katelyn and her daughter will be killed. Enter Peter Ash and for Peter, escalating danger requires an aggressive response, but he has to get Katelyn and her daughter out of the line of fire first. From the first, he’s thrown into more violence than he expected. It’s clear this is no ordinary story. The stakes are far higher.
THE DELIVERY Andrew Welch-Huggins – Merc Carter specializes in moving sensitive or dangerous packages, and sometimes he needs his gun to do so. Carter encounters a woman badly injured in a car wreck. Then a man with a gun appears warning Carter away from the scene and Carter disarms the attacker and rescues the victim. Carter discovers a deeper mystery stemming from the crash, a deadly puzzle involving a pair of grifters, a crooked ex-cop, stolen identities, human trafficking, and murder. And it appears that Carter is right in this conspiracy’s perilous center . . .
THE FINAL STORM Fern Michals – Charlotte Gray photographs the natural world. Better to focus on landscapes than her own painful childhood and her uncaring mother. Charlotte has built a new, independent life, one she’s eager to protect. A chance encounter, and Charlotte impulsively follows her heart. But her new husband has his own secrets, and someone in his past is threatening what she cares about most. This time Charlotte has the strength, experience, and wisdom to know when to forgive, when to let go, and how to claim the support and love she deserves . . .
THE FINAL TARGET Nora Roberts – After being assaulted by a delusional fan, author Arden Bowie hides behind locked doors and jumps at every sound. But when Dustin’s wealthy mother gets her son a paltry five-year sentence at a psychiatric facility, Arden moves to Oregon and meets Gideon, an ex-LAPD detective. While she learns to thrive, Dustin is as fixated as ever and now seething with anger. He still believes Arden's purpose on earth is to serve and please him. And his job is to protect her. But who will protect her from him?
IF I RULED THE WORLD Amy DuBois Barnett – It's 1999, and Nikki Rose is the only Black editor at a prestigious fashion magazine. But her boss is racist and sexist, so she quits to take over Sugar, a struggling hip hop music magazine. Nikki works hard and parties with NYC’s bad boys. She must evade her ex-lover and former boss, who is trying to destroy both her and Sugar. Nikki also navigates unexpected romances that force her to decide what—and who—she truly wants.
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN James Patterson & Susan DiLallo – No one sees her, but she sees everything. Elinor Gilbert was once a young agent for the FBI. Now she is personally and professionally forgettable. Then her former FBI boss disguises Elinor as a middle-aged nanny, places her a family with ties to organized crime. But the more the invisible woman integrates into her “host” family, the more dangerously memorable she becomes.
IRONWOOD Michael Connelly – Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his job on Catalina Island is affected by the troubles of LA County. After a botched drug sting, the internal inquiry puts Stilwell on the bench until he is cleared of responsibility for the disastrous operation. But he is determined to find out who brought deadly violence to his island and begins his own secret investigation into the drug deal gone wrong.
KIN Tayari Jones – Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in rural Louisiana, have been best friends since childhood but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt, Vernice leaves home at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of Black women and discovers a world of affluence, and inequality. Annie, abandoned by her mother as a child and left with a bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, culminating in a battle for her life.
THE LAST HITMAN Robin Yocum – Angelo Cipriani was an important member of the Fortunato Crime Family. He was a loyal soldier, even after a rival family put him in a coma for three weeks. But four decades have passed, and the glory days of mob rule have waned. Angelo finds himself “on the shelf.” He spends his days pining over a waitress at the local diner and reminiscing with a one-legged former colleague in a nursing home. But when the FBI shows up, Angelo is faced with old secrets and fresh betrayals, and he finds himself unretired: The Last Hitman is ready to get back to work.
THE LAST MANDARIN Louise Penny & Melissa Fung – Alice Li, has lived in the shadow of her mother, Vivien Li— a Tiananmen Square dissident turned human rights activist and advocate for a free China. When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, the signal is traced back to China. Vivien and Alice are tasked with interpreting the Chinese intentions. From DC to Ohio to Hong Kong, they work to prevent the next attack, along the way decoding an ancient legend and uncovering a secret language invented by women, for women.
REDBELLY CROSSING Candice Fox – Brothers and fellow cops Russell and Evan haven’t spoken a word to each other in five years. Then they’re both assigned to a murder in the tiny Australian town of Redbelly Crossing. Russell needs to repair things with his teenage daughter, and instead, he has to drag her into the middle of nowhere. For Evan, this case may rebuild his career. Then a dark discovery forces Evan to bury the truth Russell is so determined to uncover.
THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN Matt Haig – No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. 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 . . .
A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library.
SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE Terri Parlato – After the double blow of divorce and her mother’s death, Emma meets her estranged father for the first time. Alex had a brief fling with Emma’s mom, then disappeared. Now he’d like Emma to come stay at his beautiful home . But when a neighbor is found dead, the surroundings begin to feel less idyllic and welcoming. Not everyone is happy about Emma’s arrival, either—especially not Alex’s other daughter, Sunny. As Emma learns of other disappearances and mysterious deaths, what seemed like a fresh start begins to fill her with unease.
SUMMER STATE OF MIND Kristy Woodsen Harvey – Burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens is looking for a new life. On her first day, high school coach Mason Thaysden discovers an abandoned baby, sending ripples through the entire town. Sparks fly as Mason introduces Daisy to his friends and family, including his batty Aunt Tilley, who is looking for relief from family secrets and her own fresh start. Then Daisy, Mason, and Tilley find themselves in the center of a new storm.
THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY Elizabeth Strout – Artie is living a double life. He teaches history to eleventh graders, makes small talk with neighbors, and takes his sailboat out on the bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie feels isolated. He asks: How is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us? Then he learns that life has been keeping a secret from him. Once he learns it, he is forced to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear—and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.
YESTERYEAR Caro Claire Burke – Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse, her cowboy husband, her six delightful children. But off-stage, there are nannies and producers, and her husband is part of a political dynasty. What Natalie’s 8 million followers don’t know won’t hurt them. Then one morning she wakes up and everything is familiar, but somehow off. Her kitchen has a fireplace not electricity, her children are dirty, and her husband is a farmer. Natalie is hauling firewood and handwashing clothes. Is this a ruthless reality show? Is it time travel? She realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible.
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CHASING EVIL (NF) Robert Hilland & John Edward – In the summer of 1998, FBI agent Bob Hilland called the famous psychic John Edward. Bob didn’t expect much from the call, but he was working on an unsolvable cold case and had nowhere else to turn. However, the call shattered his preconceived notions, led to a huge break in the cold case, and created an unlikely crime-solving partnership that spanned twenty-five years.
CHASING THE CLOUDS AWAY Debbie Macomber – Maisy Gallagher has put her own dreams aside to help her family. Chase Furst, the hardened heir to a financial empire, is primarily focused on his own life and work. But then Chase meets Maisy, kind and optimistic, who can see past his defenses. She offers to help him and declines payment. Instead, she asks him to pay it forward—through an act of true selflessness. At a loss, Chase doesn’t know where to begin.
DEATH TIMES SEVEN Anne Perry – 1913: Junior attorney Daniel Pitt must help his friend, fellow attorney Toby Kitteridge, whose parents have been brutally attacked. Toby's mother is dead and his father is barely alive. Toby returnes home in Ipswich, Daniel remains to defend Peter Ward, on trial for the murder of a young woman. Daniel is convinced that Ward is innocent, yet the evidence seems to prove otherwise. Then when the evidence indicates that Toby’s father murdered his mother, Daniel must prove both men innocent.
THE HADACOL BOOGIE James Lee Burke – When a dead woman is left in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux’s property, he knows his world and family are about to change. With Valerie Benoit, a detective new to the Sheriff's Department who is grappling with sexist and racist harassment, and the volatile but fiercely loyal Clete Purcel, Dave embarks on an investigation that brings him into danger and threatens the lives of Valerie and his daughter Alafair.
HOPE RISES David Baldacci – Walter Nash is an informant for the FBI against a global criminal operation headed by Victoria Steers. Steers has ripped everything Nash held dear away from him. He has nothing left to lose and with hard work Nash has transformed into something he never thought he’d be: an imposing man with lethal skills. And now he has only one goal left in life: taking down Victoria Steers. To succeed, he’s going to need to work the job from the inside.
LADY TREMAINE Rachel Hochhouser – Twice-widowed, Lady Etheldreda Tremaine is responsible for her two children, a priggish stepdaughter, and a crumbling manor. Fierce and determined, Ethel hopes her title will secure her daughters’ future through marriage. When a royal ball offers the chance, Ethel manages an invitation for all three of her daughters—only to see her hopes fulfilled by the wrong one. Then, Ethel discovers a secret hidden by the royal family, forcing her to choose between the security she craves and the wellbeing of the stepdaughter who has rebuffed her at every turn.
MAGGIE; OR, A MAN AND A WOMAN WALKED INTO A BAR Katie Yee – A woman finds out her husband is having an affair with “Maggie.” A short while after, she finds out she has cancer. She calls the tumor Maggie. Over the following months, she goes on a journey of grief, and healing. She gets to know Maggie (the tumor). She creates a “Guide to My Husband: A User’s Manual” for Maggie (the other woman), hoping to help her understand him. She reads her children Chinese folklore, to make them love their shared culture—and to maybe save herself in the process.
MY HUSBAND’S WIFE Alice Feeney – Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife. One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.
THE PRIVATE SIDE OF FRIENDSHIP Alexander McCall Smith– It's 1988, and Julie is meeting friends she hasn't seen since graduation. The friends –from very different backgrounds – are sharing a flat in Edinburgh. As they navigate relationships and the unspoken rules of flat sharing, the troubled world all around them seems rather distant. But the Miners' Strike is bringing about a huge political shift. Despite their differences, can these six strangers help each other see the world from a different perspective? And what are the limits of love between friends?
REVENGE PREY John Sanford – Leonard Summers is on the run. He is a former Russian intelligence officer who defected to the U.S. Leonard, wife Martha, and son Bernard are transported to Minneapolis in witness protection. The plan is to hide them in a suburb that resembles their former home near Moscow. The group has been tracked by a Russian hit team. They must move quickly to uncover where the leak is coming from, before the hit team can strike again.
SERVED HIM RIGHT Lisa Unger – Ana’s closest friends and sister Vera meet for brunch to celebrate Ana’s breaking up Paul. But when shocking news about Paul arrives, all eyes are on Ana, the angry ex with a bad reputation. Then Ana’s best friend falls deathly ill after the brunch. But Ana is not the only one who had a score to settle with Paul. Ana and Vera must find the truth before Ana takes the fall and their own long-buried history comes to light.
THEO OF GOLDEN Allen Levi – One morning, Theo arrives in the small city of Golden. He doesn't explain much about why he's there—but when he visits the local coffeehouse, where sketches of local people hang, he begins buying them, one at a time, and giving each portrait to the person depicted. In exchange, he asks only for the person's story. And so portrait by portrait, person by person, secrets are revealed, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are profoundly altered.
THIS BOOK MADE ME THINK OF YOU Libby Page – A bookstore calls Tilly to say there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her. This was a shock, because she doesn’t read books for pleasure and Joe died five months ago.... Alfie, the bookshop owner, explains the gift—twelve carefully chosen books with letters from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him. At first Tilly is reluctant, but Joe’s words convince her to try, and then—Tilly becomes immersed in the pages, and a new chapter begins to unfold in her own life.
TRUST NO ONE James Rollins – The ritualistic murder of a British professor who taught the history of witchcraft, folklore, and spiritualism seems to implicate Sharyn Karr, an American student. Prior to the his death, he gave her the handwritten, encrypted diary of a mystic and occultist. He told her to keep the text safe, ending with: Trust no one. She works with Duncan Maxwell, an expert with encryptions. Unfortunately, the pair clash at every level, but they need one another. Then they discover the book’s opening words: Herein lies the secret to my immortality. Come find me, if you dare.
THE VIOLET HOUR Victoria Benton Frank – Violet Adams is the youngest child in a family of loud, passionate women on Sullivan’s Island. She’s always been the steady hand in her family but after a sudden breakup and tragedy, she doesn’t know who she is anymore. Aly Knox, Violet’s best friend, is still struggling with the loss of her mother. With Aly’s help, Violet is determined to break out of her shell, no matter what.
WOLF HOUR Jo Nesbo – Minneapolis, 2016. When a small-time criminal is killed, all signs point to Tomas Gomez, a quiet man with a mysterious past—who has seemingly vanished. Other murders soon follow, and it appears Gomez is only getting started. Meanwhile, Bob Oz, a suspended police officer, is obsessed with the notion of hunting down a serial killer. Minneapolis, 2022. An enigmatic Norwegian crime writer is researching the Gomez case. But the writer’s seemingly neutral position reveals itself to be more complicated than the reader is initially led to believe..
A WOMAN’S PLACE Danielle Steel – In April 1912, Lady Victoria is traveling with her father on the Titanic. Before he dies, he asks his friend Bert, a mill owner from Manchester, to promise he’ll marry Victoria and care for her. Despite a 40-year age difference, and difference in class, she marries Bert and—shunned by everyone she knows—moves to Manchester. Isolated, she learns all she can about Bert’s business and when he dies, she takes over, despite opposition. Taking on the job, she makes a difference in a man’s world and changes the limitations women have had to face and defy for centuries.
WORSE THAN A LIE Ben Crump – Hollis Montrose—a Black ex–cop from Chicago—has become the latest victim of a brutal attack. During a traffic stop, Hollis is shot ten times, by four white men. Beau Lee Cooper is a lawyer who fights for what’s right. When Beau Lee learns about Hollis’s situation, he’s determined to help. Miraculously, Hollis survives the encounter, but the Chicago PD has its own story, and Hollis is given a prison sentence with an unreasonable bail. What really happened that night the car was pulled over? Was it random or was Hollis targeted? An innocent man’s life hangs in the balance.
WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH (Large Print) Lisa Ridzen – In Sweden, Bo is running out of time. These days, his quiet existence is broken up only by daily visits from his home care team. Fortunately, he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten to keep him company … though now his son, with whom Bo has had a rocky relationship, insists upon taking the dog away, claiming that Bo is too old to care for him. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotion, leading Bo to take stock of his life, his relationships, and the way he’s expressed his love over the years.
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ANATOMY OF AN ALIBI Ashley Elston – Everyone at Chantilly’s Bar noticed out-of-towner Camille Bayliss. But that woman wasn’t Camille. It was Aubrey Price. Camille appears to have the picture-perfect life; married to lawyer Ben and is coming from a wealthy family. But she believes Ben has been hiding secrets, but she can’t find proof because he tracks her every move. Aubrey suffered a decade ago, and she’s convinced Ben knows something, Aubrey understands there’s more than one way to get to the truth—and she may have found the best way in.
BLOODLUST Sandra Brown – Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell’s wife was murdered. He blames Roland Malone and the mastermind known only as Oz. Malone is a killer who works for Oz, who leads a drug trafficking operation. Vowing to avenge his wife’s murder, Mitch has been on a downward spiral, jeopardizing his closest relationships. His boss has forced Mitch to get therapy. Dr. Dylan Reede is determined to make the most of his mandated sessions. But Dylan finds it a struggle to maintain the boundaries that keep her own tragic past at a safe distance.
THE BOOKBINDER’S SECRET A.D. Bell – Lily Delaney is an apprentice bookbinder in 1901. She is trapped between her father’s failing bookshop and being an apprentice in a man’s profession. But when working on a book she finds a fifty-year-old letter speaking of love, fortune, and murder. Lily is pulled into the mystery of the young lovers, and discovers there are more books telling their story. Lilian becomes obsessed with the story but she is not the only one looking for the remaining books and what began as a diverting intrigue quickly becomes a very dangerous pursuit.
THE BOOKSTORE DIARIES Susan Mallery – Jax has inherited the Painted Lady Bookstore. Her sister, Ryleigh, wants to move away to find a husband. And the handsome man Jax wants to convince Ryleigh to stay is only interested in Jax. Then an unhappy accident erases the names from the lockboxes where the town keeps their diaries. This means the only way to find a diary’s owner is…to read it. As secrets spill and scandals surface, Jax will see that losing control—especially with the right wrong guy—can set you free.
BURN DOWN MASTER’S HOUSE Clay Cane – As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance by those enslaved across the American South, disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways both quiet and explosive. These accounts are Inspired by the true stories of the courageous men and women who dared to fight back.
COLD ZERO Brad Thor & Ward Larsen – A vanished plane. An earth-shattering secret. A countdown to World War III.
Airlines Flight 777 disappears without a trace over the North Pole. Crippled by sabotage, it crash-lands on the ice, stranding the surviving passengers. Hidden inside the wreckage is a revolutionary piece of technology that could upend world power. Now Washington, Moscow, and Beijing are racing to be the first on scene to retrieve it—at any cost.
DAUGHTER OF EGYPT Marie Benedict – In the 1920s, Howard Carter made headlines with the discovery of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb. But behind it all stood Lady Evelyn whose spirit and curiosity made the find possible. Nearly 3,000 years earlier, another woman defied the expectations of her time: Hatshepsut, Egypt’s lost pharaoh. Her reign was bold, visionary—and nearly erased from history. But as danger closes in and political tensions rise, Evelyn must make an impossible choice: protect her father’s legacy—or forge her own.
THE DEVIL’S BIBLE Steve Berry – Cotton Malone is called to Sweden when the younger sister of King Wilhelm I is kidnapped. The ransom is an 800-year-old book which was taken from Bohemia in 1648. It also been called The Devil’s Bible. Now the Czechs want it back, and Sweden has agreed to return it, but Russia is trying to stop the deal, possibly with kidnapping. It’s up to Cotton to find the king’s sister, secure the codex, and thwart the Russians.
FELICIA’S FAVORITES Danielle Steel – After Felicia’s unexpected death, her five daughters are summoned to the reading of her will. Still in shock, they hear revelations that will potentially change their lives—and they realize there was much more to their mother than they ever knew. Each sister is about to receive a gift beyond her wildest dreams from their very private but loving mother, who considered all her girls her favorites.
THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM Laura Dave – Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life. Together, they are putting the past behind them. But when Owen shows up, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. Hannah and Bailey are forced to run and as Hannah risks everything, she finds there may be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance.
JIGSAW Jonathan Kellerman – This one looked like a slam dunk: a young woman found dead at her kitchen table, DNA on cigarette butts linking quickly to an ex-boyfriend with a criminal record. Or so homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis thought. Then everything changed and a quick close turned into a mind-bending whodunit. That’s when Milo called in psychologist Alex Delaware, his best friend and a long-term consultant on “those cases.” The ones that are different.
JUDGE STONE James Patterson & Viola Davis – The most respected citizen in a small Alabama town is Judge Mary Stone. It's there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. Criminally, it’s open-and-shut. Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death. No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.
THE KEEPER Tana French – Rachel was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead in the river. In a close-knit town, a death like this comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the town in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has ties to the town, but his fiancée Lena wants nothing to do with the murder. When they uncover a scheme that threatens the whole village, they find themselves in the firing line.
MORE THAN ENOUGH Anna Quindlen – Polly Goodman has no secrets from the women in her book club. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVF—Polly’s book club friends have heard about it all. But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. Polly is sure there’s been a mistake, but still she looks to her family history for answers. Then Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.
NOBODY’S GIRL (NF) Virginia Roberts Giuffre – Virginia was Epstein and Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman who helped send both to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in her own words—until now. After her death, she left behind a memoir and stated that she wanted it published. Nobody’s Girl is the riveting and powerful story of an ordinary girl who would confront extraordinary adversity.
THE REST OF OUR LIVES Ben Markovitz – When Tom’s wife had an affair twelve years ago, he resolved to leave her when his youngest child left for college. Now, while driving his daughter to Pittsburgh, he remembers his promise. He is also avoiding his own health issues and a forced leave from work. So, rather than returning to his wife, Tom keeps driving west, with the vague plan of visiting people from his past—an old college friend, his ex-girlfriend, his brother, his son. He’s moving towards the future while he considers his past and the choices he’s made.
REVENGE OF ODESSA Frederick Forsyth & Tony Kent – Fifty years after revealing the secrets of Odessa, an organization of former Nazis trying to regain power, Peter Miller is a retired legend in journalism. He's spent the last decade caring for his grandson Georg, after the suspicious deaths of his son and daughter-in-law. Peter pulled back from his career to keep Georg safe. But the young man is gaining a reputation for fearless journalism in a digital world.
THE STORM Rachel Hawkins – St. Medard’s Bay is famous for three things: frequent deadly hurricanes, the Rosalie Inn, and Lo Bailey, the local girl accused of murdering her lover in 1984. When Geneva, the current owner of the Inn, hears a true-crime writer is coming to town, she hopes that might help the struggling inn. But to her surprise, the writer comes with Lo Bailey herself. Lo says she wants to clear her name, but Geneva wonders if Lo is really back to settle old scores.
TILT Emma Pattee – Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. With no way to reach her husband, no phone or money, and a city left in chaos, there’s nothing to do but walk. Making her way across the town’s wreckage, she experiences desperation and kindness: strangers offering help, a riot at a grocery store, and a friendship with a young mother. As she walks, Annie reflects on her struggling marriage, her disappointing career, and her anxiety about having a baby. If she can just make it home, she’s determined to change her life.
VANISHED IN THE CROWD Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles – Two million visitors come to New York City to witness the Hudson-Fulton celebration in 1909. Molly and her family, along with their friends Sid and Gus, enjoy parades, exhibitions, and carnivals. Sid and Gus are hosting fellow Vassar graduates but one of the women never shows up. Is she trying to run away from her life or is it something more sinister? When Daniel asks Molly to spy on her friends, she finds her loyalties horribly divided. Then the parade turns deadly and only Molly has the tools to find out the truth.
