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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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