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Magic Chair Murder, The: A 1920s English mystery

DIANE JANES · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Introducing amateur sleuths Frances Black and Tom Dod in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in the north of England. 1929.The night before she's due to make a speech to the Robert Barnaby Society on the subject of the famous writer's 'magic chair',...
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The Morcai Battalion: The Pursuit

Diana Palmer · HQN
Pages: 384
Format: Mass Market Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers an intergalactic tale of impossible love ... and betrayalThe first time Mekashe, Captain of the Imperial Guard, meets blue-eyed human beauty Jasmine Donally, the two nearly come to blows. Forever devoted to the Cehn-Tahr, Mekashe is forced...
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London and the South-East: A Novel

DAVID SZALAY · Graywolf Press
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback

Never before published in the United States, the debut novel by the wildly talented author of Booker Prize Finalist All That Man Is"That clattering noise you hear is the sound of critics and readers racing to find [David Szalay's] earlier books, an activity worth the effort,"...
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The Standard Grand

Jay Baron Nicorvo · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover

"Nicorvo is a bracingly original writer and a joy to read." -- Dennis Lehane"A desperate masterpiece of a debut" that tells a huge-hearted American saga -- of love, violence, war, conspiracy and the aftermath of them all." -- Bonnie Jo Campbell"Nicorvo's...
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A Cajun Christmas Killing: A Cajun Country Mystery

ELLEN BYRON. · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Maggie Crozat is back home in bayou country during the most magical time of the year. In Pelican, Louisiana, Christmastime is a season of giant bonfires on the levee, zydeco carols, and pots of gumbo. Except, this year, the Grinch has come to stay at the family-run Crozat Plantation B&B....
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Slipping

John Toomey · Dalkey Archive Press
Pages: 150
Format: Print book

When Albert Jackson, a middle-aged school teacher, catches a glimpse of the infinite universe and his own tiny insignificance he cannot shake himself free of regret for a life all but squandered. In a blind and demented attempt to salvage something from his life, he sets off, half-lucidly,...
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The Devil's Country

Harry Hunsicker · Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Former Texas Ranger Arlo Baines didn't come to the tiny West Texas town of Piedra Springs to cause trouble. After his wife and children were murdered, Arlo just wants to be left alone. Moving from place to place seems to be the only thing that eases the pain of his family's violent...
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The Writing Desk

RACHEL HAUCK · Zondervan
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes a new captivating novel of secrets, romance, and two women bound together across time by a shared dream.Tenley Roth's first book was a runaway bestseller. Now that her second book is due, she's locked in fear. Can she repeat...
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The Second Sister: A Novel

Claire Kendal · Harper
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

An obsessive quest to solve the mystery of her older sister's disappearance puts a young woman in mortal jeopardy in this taut, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense from the author of the "truly riveting" (New York Times) The Book of You. An intoxicating cocktail...
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When the Men Were Gone: A Novel

MARJORIE HERRERA LEWIS · William Morrow
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In Marjorie Herrera Lewis's debut historical novel the inspiring true story of high school teacher Tylene Wilson - a woman who surprises everyone as she breaks with tradition to become the first high school football coach in Texas - comes to life."A wonderfully touching and beautiful...
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All the Secret Places: A Gin Sullivan Mystery

ANNA CARLISLE · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Gin Sullivan is back in her small hometown of Trumbull, Pennsylvania on an extended leave from her job at the Chicago medical examiner's office and rekindling an old flame with her high school sweetheart, Jake. Gin is readjusting to life at home when Jake receives harrowing news early one morning....
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The Future Won't Be Long: A Novel

JARETT KOBEK · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

"A brilliant re-creation of a disappeared New York of cheap rents, club kids and Bret Easton Ellis. . . . You can't stop time's passage, this absorbing novel reminds us. You can only find someone to love to help you survive it." - Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal"Have...
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Dark Horse

B.J. Daniels · Harlequin Intrigue
Pages: 256
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Burdened by family secrets, this cowboy rides alone For twenty-five years, the case of the McGraw twins kidnapping has remained unsolved. As the eldest son, Cull oversees the McGraw horse ranch, wary of prying eyes. So when true-crime writer Nikki St. James comes forward with new information,...
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Twisted Prey

John Sandford · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Library Binding

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Heart Spring Mountain: A Novel

Robin MacArthur · Ecco
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In this evocative first novel, a young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a devastating storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secretIt's August 2011, and Tropical Storm Irene has just wreaked havoc on Vermont, flooding rivers and destroying...
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