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NEW BOOK PURCHASES MARCH 2026

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ANTIHERO   Greg Hurwitz – Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn.  He learns of a young woman who was kidnapped.  With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track her down.  Evan offers his help, but the woman insists that he abandon his usual methods―no vengeance and no killing.

 

THE ASTRAL LIBRARY  Kate Quinn –  Alix Watson has learned one lesson from her childhood: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs, Alix takes nightly refuge in the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels.  Until one day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.

 

CROSS AND SAMPSON  James Patterson & Brian Sitts – In Washington, DC - Detective John Sampson stands in a crater, calling in the bomb squad about a suspected terrorist attack here.  In Chapel Hill, NC - Alex Cross searches the apartment of his son Damon. Has his famous father made Damon a target?   The detectives track crimes committed hundreds of miles apart. It will take more than distance to weaken the partnership of Sampson & Cross.

 

THE CROSSROADS  C. J. Box –   Joe Pickett is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.  He was found at Antler Creek Junction, a crossroads connecting three ranches. Each road leads to a dangerous family, and each family has an issue with the local game warden. The sheriff assumes that Joe was ambushed by one of the families but has no idea which one.  With Joe unconscious and fighting for his life, his daughters split up and investigate each of families.

 

CULPABILITY  Bruce Holsinger –  Culpability explores a world of chatbots, autonomous cars, drones, and other nonhuman forces.  When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, 17-year-old Charlie is driving, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them all in the tragic accident.

 

DEAR DEBBIE  Freida McFadden –  Debbie Mullen has spent years writing Dear Debbie, where women can find sympathy and neighborly advice about being ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands.  Now she just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie’s done being the bigger person.  And now it’s time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most.

 

THE HARD LINE  Mark Greaney –  Family means different things to different people, but in the Gray Man’s world, family is defined by blood—the blood you share with some and the blood you shed with others.  Court Gentry’s current family operates out of an office park in Norfolk, Virginia. The Ghost Town is an off-the-books direct action team run by Matt Hanley, former CIA Deputy Director. They take on the jobs the Agency needs handled “discretely,” and those jobs are rolling in.  Security experts and intelligence operations worldwide are threatened.

 

THE HEIR OF WHITESTONE  Catherine Coulter –  England, 1842.  Alex Ivanov is a brilliant young man, but Alex has a secret.   Lady Camilla has problems of her own. Her family wants to see her married off, but she clever and desperate. When they meet their connection is undeniable.  But danger follows on their honeymoon, someone wants Alex dead.  Old enemies and secrets lead them to a revelation that will change everything…

 

HOME OF THE AMERICAN CIRCUS  Allison Larkin –  Thirty-year-old Freya Arnalds bails on her life in Maine and returns to her suburban hometown of Somers, New York, to live in the house she inherited. Despite attempts to lay low, Freya encounters childhood friends, familial enemies, and old flames—as well as her fifteen-year-old niece, Aubrey, who is secretly living in the derelict home. As they reconnect, Freya and Aubrey lean on each other, working to restore the house and come to terms with the devastating events that pulled them apart years ago.

 

IT’S NOT HER  Mary Kubica –  Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation turns into a nightmare when she discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. Her niece Reese is missing. Her nephew Wyatt is asleep upstairs—unharmed.  As police swarm the quiet resort, dark truths about Courtney’s family—and the town itself—begin to surface. Is Reese a victim… or the killer?  With everyone hiding something, Courtney races to uncover the mystery. But the closer she gets, the harder it is to know who—or what—to trust.

 

KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN  Sadeqa Johnson –  Ethel is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering an orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GI’s, Ethel begins to help find these children homes.  Ozzie volunteers for the recently desegregated army in 1948, eager to make his mark in the world. In 1965 Maryland, Sophia discovers a secret that upends her world.   Through these three individuals, this book explores how one woman can change the course of lives. 

 

THE LAST DAYS OF MARILYN MONROE  James Patterson & Imogen Edwards-Jones –  In life, Marilyn Monroe’s superstardom defies classification. In death, she remains shrouded in mystery.  In the days before her death, she’s a guest of Frank Sinatra at the Cal Neva Lodge.  In the hours before her death, she argues with US Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and his brother-in-law Peter Lawford.  In an emergency session with her psychiatrist, she confesses: “Here I am, the most beautiful woman in the world, and I do not have a date for Saturday night.”  This is is a true crime thriller. 

 

THE LOST STORY OF EVA FUENTES  Chanel Cleeton –  London, 2024: American expat Margo has been hired to find a book published over a century ago. With a single copy left in existence, its past is shrouded in secrecy—and its location is dangerous.  Havana, 1966: Librarian Pilar is asked to return a book to its rightful owner.  Boston, 1900:  Cuban aspiring author Eva travels to Harvard to study for the summer.  An encounter with a stranger causes her to write a story of forbidden love, secrets, and lies… and the book will be a danger and salvation for the lives it touches.

 

MURDER TAKES A VACATION  Laura Lippman –  Mrs. Blossom is an amateur sleuth who finds a winning lottery ticket and everything changes. She is determined to see some of the world.  When she booked her cruise through France, she did not expect to meet Allan -  the first man she has noticed since her husband passed.  She also didn’t expect Allan to be found, dead, one day later in Paris. Now, this unlikely woman sleuth doesn’t know who to trust on board the ship, especially when a mystifying man, Danny, keeps popping up around every corner, always present when things go awry. 

 

REMAIN  Nicholas Sparks & M. Night Shyamalan – New York architect Tate Donovan is making a fresh start in Cape Cod. Recently suffering from acute depression, brought on by the death of his sister. Sylvia’s contention—that she can see spirits, a gift that runs in their family—sits uneasily with Tate.  But he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge his belief in a logical and controlled world.  Tate discovers that below the town’s surface, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering.  He realizes that he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out .

 

THE RIGHT TO REMAIN  James Grippando –  Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck’s  client, Elliott, indicted for murder, is refusing to speak. He won’t talk to the judge, his girlfriend, or even the attorney fighting for his life. There seems to be no reason for his silence. Jack tries his best to save Elliott from himself. As he digs for facts, Jack discovers that virtually everything Elliott told Jack before the indictment is proving false, including Elliot’s criminal history, family turmoil, and secret past. Jack comes to believe that Elliott may be protecting someone else—and the stakes could not be higher.

 

ROBERT B. PARKER’S BIG SHOT  Christopher Farnsworth –  Ramsey Devlin doesn’t think the law applies to him. Jesse Stone finds him passed out, drunk, and on the side of the road. After Devlin takes a swing at him and Jesse dumps him in the drunk tank, Jesse realizes he’s made an enemy.  When Devlin vanishes, and bloodstains are found, Jesse finds himself the main suspect. Suspended, Jesse must prove his own innocence—or he might be the one behind bars.

 

STOLEN IN DEATH  J.D. Robb –  Multibillionaire Nathan Barrister is dead and nearby, there is a vault filled with priceless treasures. Lt. Eve Dallas’s husband, Roarke recognizes at least two stolen pieces.  The crime scene suggests a burglar caught in the act. But only one item seems to be missing.  Then it’s revealed that the vault had actually belonged to the victim’s late father—and no one in the household knew it was there until a recent remodeling project exposed it.

 

TAKING MANHATTAN  (NF)  Russell Shorto –  Bristling with vibrant characters, Taking Manhattan reveals the founding of New York to be an invention, the result of creative negotiations that would blend the multiethnic, capitalistic society of New Amsterdam with the power of the rising English empire. But the birth the first modern city is also a story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery.

 

UNTOUCHABLE  Mike Lawson – Brandon Cartwright was a rich guy who partied with politicians and movie stars and British royalty and Russian oligarchs. So when Brendan Cartwright is killed, the cops decide that he was killed by one or more of them.  But then John Mahoney learns there’s evidence suggesting that the President was somehow involved.  Mahoney needs someone who can investigate from the shadows—enter Joe DeMarco, Mahoney's fixer. 

 

 

 

NEW BOOK PURCHASES February 2026

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CLIVE CUSSLER – THE IRON STORM Jack Du Brul – Van Dorn agent Isaac Bell is supposed to avoid action, but
that’s like asking a fish to shun water. After battling in the trenches, he finds himself flying beside a group of Allied
aviators. When Bell and his compatriots are imprisoned in a medieval castle—one that’s withstood countless
assaults by conventional weapons in its history. Escape lies tantalizingly close…but only with the help of the latest in
battlefield technology.

CLOWN TOWN Mick Herron – Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle
between MI5's past and its future. David Cartwright, the long dead head of MI5, has left his library to Oxford, and
now one of the books is missing. Or perhaps it never existed. River, once a “slow horse” of Slough House, MI5’s
outpost for demoted and disgraced spies, has some time to kill and starts investigating the secrets of his
grandfather’s library.

THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER Danielle Steel – Billie Banks and her younger sister, Mickie, are estranged. Growing up,
the siblings could not have been more different. Billie was shy, small, more like their mother; tall, blond Mickie was
boldly sexual and lacking empathy, like their father. Following their mother’s death, Mickie is consistently cruel to
Billie. So when Mickie invites Billie to Los Angeles, Billie is both wary and hopeful. But then the conflict continues.
This is a gripping story of a sisterly bond strained to the breaking point by narcissism and temptation.

W.E.B. GRIFFIN DIRECT ACTION Jack Stewart - Charley Castillo, is visiting his son when two gunmen appear.
Charley thwarts a deadly mass shooting, but he is hit and badly injured. Meanwhile Pick McCoy is at the Naval
Academy catching up with some old friends. When the news of the attack reaches him, he senses that this is no
random event. While Charley clings to life, Pick searches for the men responsible and uncovers a deadly plot that
threatens to strike deep at American democracy.

THE ELEMENTS  John Boyne – An epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives, each
representing a different perspective on crime: the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator, and the victim. The
narrative follows a mother on the run from her past, a young soccer star facing a trial, a successful surgeon grappling
with childhood trauma, and a father on a journey with his son. Each is somehow connected to the next, and as the
story unfolds, their lives intersect in unimaginable ways.

END GAME  Jeffrey Archer – London, 2012 - The Olympic Games.​ The moment the bid is won, an international
conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.​ One man stands
between triumph and disaster: Commander Warwick, heading up Scotland Yard's elite team. But as he pursues the
shadowy organization, the search takes him from the bustling streets of London to the hidden corridors of power.

FALSE WITNESS  Phillip Margolin – A lawyer who was set-up, imprisoned, and disbarred, only to be vindicated and
reinstated, is determined to find out who set her up and covered their tracks with a trail of dead bodies. DA Karen
Wyatt exposed corruption in the police force and the DA’s office while getting her client exonerated in court. But in
doing so, she was set-up on fake drug charges, imprisoned and disbarred until the conspiracy unraveled and her
innocence was proven. Now reinstated to the bar, Wyatt is still interested in finding out who ordered her to be set-up -
but the key figures were either killed or are in Witness Protection.

FDR DRIVE  James Comey – Nora Carleton is facing a dangerous domestic terror attack. The threat is far right
internet extremism and funded by shadowy organizations. Together with Benny Dugan and aided by the FBI, Nora
builds a case against one of the key players, arguing that some speech is actually a deadly crime. As the militants
target an upcoming United Nations rally, Nora and her team must race to disrupt the plans and minimize casualties.

THE FINAL SCORE Don Winslow – In six all-new short novels written with the trademark literary style, trenchant
wit, and incisive characterization, Don Winslow serves up a collection of tales sure to delight Winslow’s most devoted
fans and first-time readers. A robber, a college-bound teen, two wise guys, a cop, a movie star and a family man all
star in their own stories in this collection.

HOSTAGE (NF) Eli Sharabi – On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed Kibbutz Be’eri, shattering the
peaceful life Eli Sharabi had built with his British wife and their two teenage daughters. Dragged barefoot out of his
front door while his family watched in horror, Sharabi was plunged deep into the suffocating darkness of Gaza’s
tunnels. As war raged above him, he endured a grueling 491 days in captivity, all the while holding onto the hope that
he would one day be reunited with his loved ones.

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JOHN WILLIAMS: A COMPOSER’S LIFE (NF) Tim Greiving – The first biography of the composer offers an
engaging account of a man whose body of work is well-known but whose personal life has remained very private. He
wrote the memorable scores for a staggering number of popular movies --among them Star Wars, Indiana
Jones, Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and the Harry Potter series--and earned more Oscar nominations
than any individual artist.

THE LIST  Steve Berry – Brent Walker is returning home to a quaint town in Georgia. Hired by Southern Republic
Pulp and Paper Co. as its assistant counsel, he is returning to care for his ailing mother. For decades, Southern
Republic has invested heavily in Concord, creating a thriving community where its employees live, work, and retire.
But the genteel sheen of this quiet town is deceiving, and when a list of cryptic code surfaces, Brent starts to see the
cracks. 

PENDERGAST Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – In six months Special Agent Dwight Chambers has lost his
partner, and then, tragically, his wife. Returning to work, Chambers finds himself saddled with mentoring a new FBI
agent—A. X. L. Pendergast. Then Pendergast pulls an outrageous stunt that gets them both suspended. Pendergast
begins to investigate a peculiar murder in Mississippi, Chambers grudgingly goes along. The investigation turns into
a terrifying pursuit, as Chambers and Pendergast uncover a string of grisly, ritualistic killings that defy any known
serial killer profile.

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION  Emily Henry – Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.
Poppy and Alex have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he
prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago,
they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their
small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. Until
two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since.

THE SHOP ON HIDDEN LANE  Jayne Ann Krentz – The Harper and the Wells families despised each other for four
generations. But they share the responsibility for protecting a long-buried dangerous secret. Sophy Harper and Luke
Wells are shocked to learn that her aunt and his uncle are together—and now they are both missing. The last traces
of them are at the scene of a murder soaked in negative paranormal energy. Despite their mutual distrust, which, as
far as Sophy is concerned extends to Luke’s hellhound of a dog, they both know that the terms of the pact must be
honored.

SMUGGLER’S COVE  Fern Michaels – Growing up, Madison and her brother Lincoln lived in privilege, but their
sheltered existence abruptly ended when their father was arrested for fraud and the family assets were seized. They
are now the new co-owners of a marina at Smugglers Cove on the Navesink river. Smugglers Cove offers little
beyond a dilapidated dock, a few gas pumps, and a handful of clam boats. Madison’s plan to sell the property goes
awry when a dead body is found floating under their dock and transforms their new inheritance into a crime scene.

SPASM  Robin Cook – When Laurie Montgomery temporarily leaves her position as Chief Medical Examiner, she
and Jack find themselves free for a couple of weeks. They receive a call from Dr. Nelson who is trying to explain the
sudden death of a young, healthy pest control worker on top of an outbreak of rapidly progressive Alzheimer's-like
cases, and he asks them to help. When the body of the pest control worker disappears without a trace, they launch a
full-scale investigation.

TOM CLANCY’S TERMINAL VELOCITY  M.P. Woodward – A string of murders in the US lead to the discovery that
a decade ago, all of the victims were involved in a raid to eliminate a vicious terror group that—were it not for John
Clark and the Campus—would have perpetrated the most devastating attack against critical American infrastructure
in history. Now it appears they’re back, with a next-generation leader hell-bent on revenge.

WHAT WE CAN KNOW  Ian McEwan – 2014: At a dinner, renowned poet Francis Blundy recites a new poem. For
generations to come people will speculate about the message of this poem, a copy of which has never been found.
2119: Much of the world has been submerged by rising seas after a nuclear accident. Those who survive are
haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Thomas Metcalfe longs for 2014 as he chases the ghost of
one poem. A story is revealed of a brutal crime that destroys his assumptions about people he thought he knew well.

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WILD INSTINCT  T. Jefferson Parker Former Marine sniper Lew Gale, now a detective with the Sheriff’s Department, is

assigned to track and shoot a mountain lion that has killed a man in the rugged country east of
Laguna Beach. The victim is Bennet Tarlow, a rich developer and man-about-town in upscale coastal Orange County.
The investigation takes a chilling turn when Lew and his new partner, Daniela Mendez, discover that Bennet was
dead long before the lion got to him. And while he might have been the first to die, he certainly will not be the last.

 

 

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APOSTLE’S COVE   William Kent Krueger – Cork O’Connor’s son tells his father that decades ago, as the newly elected sheriff, Cork was responsible for sending an Ojibwe man named Axel Boshey to prison for a brutal murder that Stephen is certain he did not commit.  Cork wants to reinvestigate the crime, but it is a closed case and Boshey is refusing to help. There are people who are still willing to commit murder to keep him from finding the truth.
 

CLIVE CUSSLER QUANTUM TEMPEST  Mike Madden – Juan Cabrillo and the crew face a ghost ship and assassins in their race to stop the world’s deadliest machine.  In Central America, Amador Fierro, a brilliant crime boss, forges the largest cartels into an alliance.  They need a powerful weapon - an Artificial General Intelligence computer that will give Fierro control of America.  Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are the only ones standing in his way. 
 

THE COLOR OF DEATH  Trey Gowdy & Christopher Grayson – Following the death of his wife and daughter, Colm Truesdale is brought back into the investigation of the murder of a young woman who ran a beauty salon outside of town. When a page from her appointment book goes missing, and then the crime scene burns down, it’s up to Colm to untangle the web of deception that implicates a powerful judge and his family.
 

DEADLY TRADE  Sara Driscoll – FBI K-9 handler Meg Jennings is always on the job, even amid her Hawaiian honeymoon, where she and her search-and-rescue black Lab encounter a double threat from wildlife poachers and Mother Nature.  In Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve, Hawk’s senses are on high alert. When Meg lets him leave the path, they encounter two men trapping birds. Besides poachers, volcano Mauna Loa is poised to turn this mission into their most terrifying yet.
 

DYING CRY  Margaret Mizushima – Newlyweds Mattie and Cole Walker are hiking in a remote canyon when a shattering scream pierces the air. Mattie and her K-9 dog Robo search for the source of the scream.  They find a  dead body, and discover evidence that indicates the fall was no accident. To make matters worse, the victim was one of Cole’s friends.  The Timber Creek County investigative team springs into action, uncovering a trail of greed that leads to a killer who threatens Mattie’s new family and tests her abilities as a K-9 handler.
 

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD  Ace Atkins – It’s 1985 and fourteen-year-old Peter is convinced his mom’s new boyfriend is a Russian agent. Peter’s mom works at Scientific Atlanta, a lab with big government contracts. After another woman who works at the lab is killed, Peter recruits two allies—a has-been writer and his drag performer buddy. Meanwhile, Sylvia Weaver, a young, Black FBI agent, investigates Scientific Atlanta and discovers Russian spies. Her investigation is thwarted by a compromised colleague in Washington, who is working with a KGB defector.  
 

FALLEN STAR  Lee Goldberg – The corpse of Gene Dent washes up in the Malibu Lagoon.  Gene was the key player in a bribery scandal that ensnared several local politicians. LASD detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone know the case well.  The sheriff reveals evidence linking the crime to LA’s mayor, but they realize the bombshell allegation  arises from corruption within the sheriff’s own office…because they helped cover it up years ago. If the sheriff goes down, so will they. 
 

THE GHOSTS OF ROME  Joseph O’Connor – At the end of WW II, a group smuggles thousands out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Escape Line. Then the Escape Line itself is threatened. Monsignor O’Flaherty struggles to keep his Roman underground railroad functioning. Meanwhile, SS Commander Hauptmann has been ordered to destroy the entire operation.  Into this melee steps Contessa Giovanna Landini, a reckless, audacious, member of the Italian Resistance who challenges Hauptmann’s authority.
 

IN THE TIME OF FIVE PUMPKINS  Alexander McCall Smith – Mma Ramotswe’s  new client suspects his wife of having an affair. Mma Ramotswe and Charlie are on the case.  But as they look further into the matter, they begin to suspect their client may not have been entirely truthful.  Meanwhile, Mr. J.L.B.’s Matekoni has a new friend - Mr. Mogorosi, also in the motor trade business. Mma Ramotswe thinks that Mr. Mogorosi may have ulterior motives.  When the two men go on a fishing trip in waters teeming with dangerous crocodiles, she begins to worry for Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni’s safety.    
 

A MARRIAGE AT SEA (NF)  Sophie Elmhirst – Maurice and Maralyn dream of running away from it all.  In June 1972, Maurice and Maralyn set sail. For nearly a year all went well, until deep in the Pacific, their boat sank.  They managed to survive, with little hope of rescue. Alone together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn must find not only ways to stay alive but ways to get along, as their marriage is put to the greatest of tests. Although they could run away from the world, they can’t run away from themselves.
 

MY BELOVED  Jan Karon – When Father Tim’s wife, Cynthia, asks what he wants for Christmas, he pens the answer in a love letter that bares his most private feelings. Then the letter accidently circulates among his astonished neighbors.  Can a letter change a life? Ask Helene, the piano teacher who has avoided her feelings for a lifetime. Ask Hope, the village bookseller who desperately needs something that’s out of reach. Or, if you’d like to know how a brush with death can be the portal to a happy marriage, Cynthia will tell you all about it.      
 

OTHERWISE ENGAGED  Susan Mallery – Chance brings four women together at a wedding venue, where a shocking secret comes tumbling out. Twenty-four years ago, desperate teenager Cindy chose wealthy Ava to adopt her baby—then changed her mind at the very last second. The loss rocked Ava’s world, leaving her unable to open her heart to the daughter she did adopt, Victoria. As Shannon and Victoria deal with the fallout from the decisions their mothers made, they wrestle with whether who they are is different than who they might have become.    
 

ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE ESCAPE  Brian Freeman – Jason Bourne is on a boat in the Mediterranean moonlight with his lover, Johanna. He’s happy for the first time in years. Then in the next instant, he finds himself floating on wreckage as fire and smoke choke the sky. Johanna is gone. And Bourne begins to lose his memories again.  Bourne must piece together the fragments of who he is, even as assassins hunt him across Europe. He teams up with his spy chief, Shadow, who reveals that Bourne’s surrogate father – David Abbott, the founder of Treadstone – is alive and missing.    
 

SHADOW TICKET  Thomas Pynchon – Milwaukee 1932.  Hicks McTaggart, private eye, is sent out on what should be a routine case, locating the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune.  Before he knows it, he’s been shanghaied onto a transoceanic liner, ending up eventually in Hungary where there’s no sign of the runaway heiress. By the time Hicks catches up with her he will find himself also entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them.
 

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO  Fanny Farmer – A tapestry of joyful and startling interconnected stories that celebrate how people from all across America cope with adversity and unexpected changes in a confusing world.  In Bent Fork, Wyoming; in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; in Tucson, Arizona; and in towns and cities all across America, people figure out inventive ways to overcome obstacles to happiness. 
 

STUART WOOD’S BLOWN AWAY  Brett Battles – Teddy Fay is in Palm Springs. But his hope for a relaxing vacation vanishes when he attends an actor’s birthday party, where he witnesses a squabble between two women, only for one of them to turn up dead the next day.  Teddy uncovers a web of intrigue involving a plan to take over a cutting-edge energy company. If he doesn’t act fast, innocent lives could be in jeopardy.    
 

TOM CLANCY’S EXECUTIVE POWER  Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson – An international incident may fracture the Ryan family in the latest entry in this bestselling series.  A deadly military coup in Angola results in the ambassador and Kyle Ryan being taken hostage.  His sister, Lieutenant Katie Ryan, is untangling the mystery behind the coup, and their father President Jack Ryan anxiously await the answers.  Full executive power is useless if they can’t find the target.  
 

THE TOURISTS  Christopher Reich – Retired special agent Mac Dekker travels to Paris to propose to Ava Attal, once Mossad’s deadliest operative. But before he can propose, Ava leaves the table to take an urgent call. And never returns.  Mac launches a frantic search, spiraling through the city’s brightest and darkest places. People are lying, agents are dying, and he finds himself battling a wealthy, ruthless prince planning a truly terrifying act of violence.     
 

UNDER THE STARS  Beatriz Williams  - Meredith Fisher’s glamorous screen persona disguises past trauma.  Meredith has one last chance to sober up and salvage her big comeback, and discreet, moneyed Winthrop Island is ideal.  Then she and her daughter discover an old wooden chest and its contents hints at Winthrop’s past and its many secrets…attracting the interest of their neighbor, Sedge Peabody. How did a trove of paintings from one of America’s greatest artists wind up in the cellar of the Mohegan Inn? And who is the mysterious woman portrayed on every canvas?
 

YOU BELONG HERE  Megan Miranda – Beckett Bowery never thought she’d return to Wyatt Valley, a college town in the Virginia mountains.  Beckett’s parents taught at the college, and she never even imagined studying anywhere else—until a tragedy her senior year ended with two local men dead, and her roommate on the run, never to be seen again… For the last two decades, Beckett has done her best to keep her distance. Then her daughter, Delilah, secretly applies to Wyatt College and earns a full scholarship, and Beckett can only hope that her lingering fears are unfounded. But deep down she knows that Wyatt Valley has a long memory, and that the past isn’t the only dangerous thing in town…    

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