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Kill Zone

Anderson, Kevin J. · Forge Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Power duo Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason team up in Kill Zone, a perilous disaster thriller for the modern age. Deep within a mountain in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a Cold War-era nuclear weapons storage facility is being used to covertly receive more than 100,000 tons of nuclear waste...
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They Could Have Named Her Anything: A Novel

Jimenez, Stephanie · Little A
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

Racism, class, and betrayal collide in this poignant debut novel about restoring the broken bonds of family and friendship.Every morning, seventeen-year-old Maria Anís Rosario takes the subway an hour from her boisterous and close-knit family in Queens to her private high school on the Upper...
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Said the Paper to the Pen: poems by Mr. B

Mike Bertram · Penmanship Books
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

For the past 20 years, a new swarm of bees buzz into Mr. B's third-grade classroom where the power of poetry is used to learn from each other, embrace differences, build self-esteem, and search for the special hidden voice inside us. Said the Paper to the Pen is a collection of poems...
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The Murder List

Ryan, Hank Phillippi · Forge Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"A cracker of a read --her best yet!" -- B.A. Paris, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart, she's a hard worker, she does the right thing. She's successfully...
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Tidelands

Gregory, Philippa · Atria Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "one of the great storytellers of our time" (San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, who cannot bear to conform to the life that lies before her.Midsummer's...
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Machine: A Novel

Steinberg, Susan · Graywolf Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

A haunting story of guilt and blame in the wake of a drowning, the first novel by the author of SpectacleSusan Steinberg's first novel, Machine, is a dazzling and innovative leap forward for a writer whose most recent book, Spectacle, gained her a rapturous following. Machine revolves...
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The Perfect Girlfriend

Hamilton, Karen · Graydon House
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

YOU'VE NEVER READ A LOVE STORY AS TWISTED AS THIS.Juliette loves Nate.She will follow him anywhere. She's even become a flight attendant for his airline, so she can keep a closer eye on him.They are meant to be.The fact that Nate broke up with her six months ago means nothing. Because...
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Killer's Choice: A Novel

Begley, Louis · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Marine-turned-novelist Jack Dana is back in Louis Begley's most intense, suspenseful, and deadly adventure yet.With the death of his nemesis, corrupt business mogul Abner Brown, retired Marine Jack Dana thought he could finally return to his peaceful career as a novelist. And after...
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Campusland

Johnston, Scott · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"This high-spirited, richly imagined, and brave novel is a delight to read... Smart and hilarious." -- Kirkus Reviews Joyous, fast and funny, Scott Johnston's Campusland is a satiric howl at today's elite educational institutions -- from safe spaces to tribal infighting...
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A Darker State

David Young · Bonnier Zaffre
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

The body of a teenage boy is found weighted down in a lake. Karin Müller, newly appointed Major of the People's Police, is called to investigate. But her power will only stretch so far, when every move she makes is under the watchful eye of the Stasi. Then, when the son of Müller's...
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