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Death in Florence: A Novel

Marco Vichi · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Florence, October 1966. When a young boy vanishes, the police fear the worst, which brings Inspector Bordelli into an increasingly desperate investigation, in the new mystery from critics' favorite Marco Vichi. Florence, 1966. The rain is never-ending. When a young boy vanishes on his way home...
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Murder Underground: A British Library Crime Classic

Mavis Doriel Hay · Poisoned Pen Pr
Pages: 270
Format: Print book

"This detective novel is much more than interesting. The numerous characters are well differentiated, and include one of the most feckless, exasperating and lifelike literary men that ever confused a trail." -- Dorothy L. Sayers, Sunday Times, 1934When Miss Pongleton is found...
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Y: A Novel

Marjorie Celona · Free Press
Format: Hardcover

“Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over. Why? . . . My life begins at the Y.” So opens Marjorie Celona’s highly acclaimed and exquisitely rendered debut about a wise-beyond-her-years foster child abandoned...
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The Naturalist

Andrew Mayne · Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback

Professor Theo Cray is trained to see patterns where others see chaos. So when mutilated bodies found deep in the Montana woods leave the cops searching blindly for clues, Theo sees something they missed. Something unnatural. Something only he can stop.As a computational biologist, Theo...
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A Peace Divided

TANYA HUFF · DAW
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The second book in the action-packed Peacekeeper series, a continuation of Tanya Huff's military sci-fi Confederation series following Torin KerrGunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr had been the very model of a Confederation Marine. No one who'd ever served with her could imagine any circumstance...
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Secrets of the Tulip Sisters

Susan Mallery · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Daughters of the Bride comes the charming tale about the problem with secrets, the power of love and the unbreakable bond between sisters Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine--up at dawn, off to work, lather, rinse, repeat....
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Tell Me One Thing: Stories

Deena Goldstone · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday,
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover

A collection of unforgettable short stories that explores the wondrous transformation between grief and hope, a journey often marked by moments of unexpected grace.Set in California, Tell Me One Thing is an uplifting and poignant book about people finding their way toward happiness. In "Get...
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Once a Ranger

Dusty Richards · Berkley Books
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback

Spur Award winner Dusty Richards is back with a brand-new adventure featuring a former Texas Ranger with a talent for finding trouble, even when he stays put ... Ex-Ranger Phil Guthrey swore he'd never stop roaming the West, bringing justice to the lawless whenever the situation called....
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Void Star: A Novel

Zachary Mason · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A riveting, beautifully written, fugue-like novel of AIs, memory, violence, and mortalityNot far in the future the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying, but it's still a good time to be rich in San Francisco, where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous...
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The Enemy Inside: A Paul Madriani Novel

Steve Martini · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In this riveting new novel in the New York Times bestselling series, defense attorney Paul Madriani uncovers a morass of double-dealing and murder that leads him to the very highest levels of American political powerWhen a friend, Alex Ives, is implicated in a deadly motor collision on a deserted...
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Down Don't Bother Me: A Novel

Jason Miller · Bourbon Street Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A hugely entertaining debut - the first novel in a wickedly funny gothic mystery series set in the withering landscape of the southern Illinois coal country known as "little Egypt" - that blends the wry humor of Kevin Wilson, the dark violence of Urban Waite, and the electric...
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The Women in the Castle: A Novel

Jessica Shattuck · William Morrow
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover

"Moving . . . surprises and devastates." - New York Times Book Review"A masterful epic." - People magazine"Mesmerizing . . . The Women in the Castle stands tall among the literature that reveals new truths about one of history's most tragic eras." - USA TodayThree...
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Beatrice and Benedick

Marina Fiorato · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 431
Format: Print book

Hidden in the language of Shakespeare's best-loved comedy Much Ado About Nothing are several clues to an intriguing tale. It seems that the witty lovers Beatrice and Benedick had a previous love affair that ended bitterly. But how did they meet? Why did they part? And what brought them...
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Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen

Emily Brightwell · Berkley Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

The holiday season brings a mix of merriment, mayhem, and murder. And it falls to Inspector Witherspoon—with a significant portion of help from the ever-watchful Mrs. Jeffries—to find the culprit… THE BUSINESS OF DEATH Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London’s...
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House of Robots

James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover

In this new highly-illustrated series from James Patterson, an extraordinary robot signs up for an ordinary fifth grade class... and elementary school will never be the same! It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he's dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring...
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