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Broken Bone China

LAURA CHILDS · Berkley
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Theodosia Browning serves tea and solves crimes in Charleston, a city steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally....
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The Stranger Diaries

Elly Griffiths · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Utterly bewitching. This atmospheric, intricate thriller, a pitch-perfect modern Gothic, chilled my blood and warmed my heart. As unforgettable as it is original." - A.J. Finn "Goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting, in every sense. I loved this book! And you will too."...
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When You Are Near

Tracie Peterson · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

After her father's death, Lizzy Brookstone, the star trick rider of the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, takes over management of the traveling show. In her new role, she has to work with both Wesley DeShazer, the man who once broke her heart, and Jason Adler, her financial...
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Call Me Evie

JP Pomare · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In this propulsive, twist-filled, and haunting psychological suspense debut perfect for fans of Sharp Objects and Room, a seventeen-year-old girl struggles to remember the role she played on the night her life changed forever.For the past two weeks, seventeen-year-old Kate Bennet has lived...
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If, Then: A Novel

Kate Hope Day · Random House
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The residents of a sleepy mountain town are rocked by troubling visions of an alternate reality in this dazzling debut that combines the family-driven suspense of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere with the inventive storytelling of The Immortalists. In the quiet haven of Clearing, Oregon,...
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All the Wrong Places: A Novel

JOY FIELDING · Ballantine Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Four women - friends, family, rivals - turn to online dating for companionship, only to find themselves in the crosshairs of a tech-savvy killer using an app to target his victims in this harrowing thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of See Jane Run and The Bad Daughter....
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The Last Act: A Novel

Brad Parks · Dutton
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Brad Parks delivers "a perfect piece of entertainment" (Steve Berry) , a deliciously tense novel of thrills, twists, and deceit that will keep readers riveted. Struggling stage actor Tommy Jump knows he has to stop chasing applause and start chasing greenbacks....
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Tomorrow's Bread

Anna Jean Mayhew · Kensington
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

From the author of the acclaimed The Dry Grass of August comes a richly researched yet lyrical Southern-set novel that explores the conflicts of gentrification - a moving story of loss, love, and resilience. In 1961 Charlotte, North Carolina, the predominantly black neighborhood of Brooklyn...
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Over the Fence

Mary Monroe · Dafina
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

In this page-turning novel set in the Depression-era South, New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe transports readers to a small Alabama town where home is not always a sanctuary, and two neighboring families let pleasantries mask increasing resentment. . . Bootlegging was Milton...
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Tomi Adeyemi · Macmillan Young Listeners
Format: Book

After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could've imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too.

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MALTA EXCHANGE

STEVE BERRY · Minotaur Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The next in New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series involves the Knights of Malta, papal conclave, and lost documents that could change history.

A deadly race for the Vatican's oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's...

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The River: A novel

Peter Heller · Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Book

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, this is a masterful tale of wilderness survival in the vein of Into the Wild and The Call of the Wild. It is the story of two college friends on a wilderness canoe trip--a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, whitewater, starvation,...

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Cemetery Road: A Novel

GREG ILES · William Morrow
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.

When Marshall McEwan left his hometown at age eighteen, he vowed never to return....

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The Perfect Alibi: A Novel

PHILLIP MARGOLIN · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The "master of heart-pounding suspense" -- New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin -- returns with a new legal thriller starring Robin Lockwood.

A young woman accuses a prominent local college athlete of rape. Convicted with the help of undisputable DNA evidence,...

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Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel

Taylor Jenkins Reid · Ballantine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.

"Beautifully layered and complex . . . I devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels...
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The Island of Sea Women: A Novel

LISA SEE · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.

Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come...
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Silent Night: A Novel

DANIELLE STEEL · Delacorte Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A shocking accident. A little girl struggling to survive. And the childless aunt who transforms her own world to help her... Danielle Steel's latest novel is a deeply moving story of resilience and hope.

Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty,...
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Before She Knew Him: A Novel

Peter Swanson · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Catching a killer is dangerous - especially if he lives next door

From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them...

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Wolf Pack

C J BOX · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behavior on his own turf--only to have the FBI and the DOJ ask him to stand down--in the thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box.

The good news is that Joe Pickett has his job back, after his last adventure...
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Toxic Game

CHRISTINE FEEHAN · Berkley
Format: Book

#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan takes readers into the hot zone in this pulse-pounding GhostWalker novel.

On a rescue mission in the heart of the Indonesian jungle, Dr. Draden Freeman and his GhostWalker team need...

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A Lethal Legacy

Heather Graham · MIRA
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

TREASURE OR TREACHERY?

Douglas Island sits off the coast of New York State, its imposing cliffs warning away visitors. Still, Finn Douglas has big plans for his inheritance and the rambling manor house that dominates the landscape. He has a vision to turn the island into a resort...
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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

RACHEL HOLLIS · HarperCollins Leadership
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Rachel Hollis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Wash Your Face and host of the top-rated Rise podcast, urges women to stop apologizing for their desires, hopes, and dreams and instead to go after them with passion and confidence.

Rachel Hollis has seen it too often:...

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The First Lady

James Patterson · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From the world's #1 bestselling writer comes a book that takes politics and mixes it with suspense creating a must-read thriller.

Sally Grissom is a top secret service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team. She knows that something is amiss when she is summoned to a private...
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New Harlan Coben 2019 Novel

HARLAN COBEN · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A perfect family is shattered in RUN AWAY, the new thriller from the master of domestic suspense, Harlan Coben.
You've lost your daughter.
She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found.

Then, by chance,...
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Celtic Empire

CLIVE CUSSLER · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

An ancient mystery becomes an all-too-real modern threat for Dirk Pitt and his colleagues, in an extraordinary adventure novel in one of suspense fiction's most beloved series.

The murder of a team of U.N. scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador. A deadly...
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The Parade: A novel

DAVE EGGERS · Knopf
Pages: 192
Format: Book

From the best-selling author of The Monk of Mokha, a spare, powerful story of two men, Western contractors sent to work far from home, tasked with paving a road to the capital in a dangerous and largely lawless country.

Four and Five are partners, working for the same...

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The Elephant of Surprise

Joe R. Lansdale · Mulholland Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover



Hap and Leonard are an unlikely pair--Hap, a self-proclaimed white trash rebel, and Leonard--a tough-as-nails Black, gay, Vietnam vet and Republican--but they're the closest friend either of them has in the world.
After years of crime-solving companionship, something's changed:...
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The Fifth Doctrine

Karen Robards · MIRA
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

With her back against the wall, everything's on the line for Bianca St. Ives. She's either going to save the world - or die trying.

It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on master manipulator Bianca St. Ives, but now that they have, it's far from...
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The Cornwalls Are Gone

JAMES PATTERSON · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover


In her career as an Army intelligence officer, Amy Cornwall has seen haunting sights half a world away. None compare to the chilling scene at her Virginia home. A phone rings with a terrifying ultimatum: locate and liberate an unnamed captive in forty-eight hours, or her kidnapped...
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The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe

Ally Condie · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Who do you become when you have nothing left to lose?

There is something Poe Blythe, the seventeen-year-old captain of the Outpost's last mining ship, wants far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River.

Revenge.

Poe has vowed to annihilate...
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The Last Second

Catherine Coulter · Gallery Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling authors Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison comes a riveting thriller pitting special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine against the head of a private space agency who has the power to end the world as we know it.

It's Bastille Day in France,...
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The Mark

JANET EVANOVICH · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling series returns with another gripping adventure starring charming conman Nicolas Fox and straight-arrow FBI agent Kate O'Hare.

A sinister adversary has Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare in his crosshairs, and will stop at nothing to eliminate them. They'll need...
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Blood Oath

LINDA A FAIRSTEIN · Dutton
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein returns with a timely, captivating thriller about the deep--and often deadly--reverberations of past sins.

Linda Fairstein is the queen of intelligent suspense, cleverly interweaving shocking crimes with the hidden, often dark...
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The Night Visitors: A Novel

Carol Goodman · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The latest thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Other Mother, a story of mistaken identities and missed chances, forgiveness, and vengeance.

"Carol Goodman is, simply put, a stellar writer." - Lisa Unger, New York...

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White Elephant: A Novel

· Ecco
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A turf war between neighbors leads to a small-town crisis in this hilarious, addictive, and sharply observant debut novel

The White Elephant looms large over the quaint suburban town of Willard Park: a gaudy, newly constructed behemoth of a home, it soars over the neighborhood,...

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Deep Harbor

FERN MICHAELS · Kensington
Pages: 272
Format: Book

In this stirring new novel, acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels delves into the remarkable ways in which moments of crises can lead to our greatest acts of courage . . .

When Carol Ann "CJ" Jansen lost her beloved older...

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Stone Bridges

Carla Neggers · MIRA
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers has captivated readers with Knights Bridge - a scenic New England town where families and friends experience joy and face challenges together. With its world of inns, old houses, wonderful, quirky characters, romance and adventure, it's a town...
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Crown Jewel

Christopher Reich · Mulholland Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

International spy Simon Riske returns in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich's new high-stakes thriller.
Monte Carlo's most lavish casinos have become the targets of an efficient, brutal, and highly successful group of criminal gamblers; a casino dealer has been...
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BLACK AND BLUE

DAVID ROSENFELT · Minotaur Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The next exciting installment in bestselling David Rosenfelt's Doug Brock series.

Doug Brock hasn't had it easy since his getting shot in the line of duty as a New Jersey state police officer. Between the amnesia and having to solve two murder cases, it hasn't been the most restful...

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Half Finished: A Novel

Lauraine Snelling · FaithWords
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

In bestselling author Lauraine Snelling's new novel, a group of women realize that life is full of half-finished relationships and projects. However, they discover that the outcome is not as important as the journey.

Recognizing how common it is for crafters to start many projects...
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Dark Tribute

IRIS JOHANSEN · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: eBook

Iris Johansen is the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Night, Blood Game, Eve, and Eight Days to Live, among others. She began writing after her children left home for college, and first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, she began writing...
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The Persian Gamble

JOEL C ROSENBERG · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 470
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kremlin Conspiracy comes this latest international thriller about a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers -- Russia, Iran, and North Korea -- and the man who must halt their deadly strategy.

Shot out of the air in enemy...
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