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Lock Every Door: A Novel

Riley Sager · Dutton
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The next heart-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager follows a young woman whose new job apartment sitting in one of New York's oldest and most glamorous buildings may cost more than it pays. No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing...
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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A gripping tour de force of investigative journalism that takes us deep into the investigation behind one of the most frightening and enigmatic serial killers in modern American history, and into the ranks of a singular American police force: the Anchorage PDMost of us have never heard...
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Whisper Network: A Novel

Chandler Baker · Flatiron Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Exciting and sprinkled with razor-sharp insights about what it is to be a woman today, Whisper Network is a witty and timely story that will make you cheer for sisterhood." -- Liv Constantine, USA Today bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish"If only you'd listened to us, none...
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Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff

Anthony McCann · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

An "epic exploration" of the 2016 right-wing Oregon Occupation-"an excellent microcosm by which we might better understand our difficult national history and distressing political moment" (Maggie Nelson) .In 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors...
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Wanderers: A Novel

Chuck Wendig · Del Rey
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover

A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes an astonishing tapestry of humanity that Harlan Coben calls "a suspenseful, twisty, satisfying, surprising, thought-provoking...
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What Set Me Free

Brian Banks · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Brian Banks, the major motion picture starring Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, and Sherri Shepherd, winner of the audience award at the 2018 LA Film Festival, opens nationwide in 2019! Discover the unforgettable and inspiring true story of Brian Banks - a young man who was wrongfully convicted...
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Girls Like Us

Cristina Alger · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the celebrated and bestselling author of The Banker's Wife, worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island that raises the impossible question: What happens when the primary suspect is your father?FBI Agent Nell Flynn hasn't been home in twelve...
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Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects

Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we - and the planet we inhabit - could not survive without them.Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere - deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, inside computers,...
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The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage

Julia Bueno · Penguin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

"A much needed book on this difficult and often unspoken loss." --Julia Samuel, author of Grief WorksThough approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it remains a rarely talked about, under-researched, and largely misunderstood area of women's health. This...
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