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New Fiction Titles

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

After decades of raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now she sets her sights on a new dream - one that involves pulling more shots than punches. 

Three-Edged Sword by Jeff Lindsay

Super thief Riley Wolfe can do it all. He is a master of disguise, can scale a wall, and can vanish into thin air (thick air, too). He uses these unique talents to rob the richest. 

Night Shift by Robin Cook

Colleagues-turned-spouses Doctor Laurie Montgomery and Doctor Jack Stapleton already have their plates full with crazy work schedules and family pressures. The last thing they need is a murder.

The Lost Song of Paris by Sarah Steele

A dual timeline novel of courage and love.  Archivist Verity Cooper uncovers World War Two secrets.

Red Winter by Marc Cameron (Tom Clancy)

1985. A top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets. 

Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

The Founding of Valdemar book 2 - Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. 

The Circus Train by Amita Parikh

Lena has never quite found her place within the circus world, but her life is turned upside down when she rescues a starving French-Polish orphan, Alexandre Robichaud, during a stay in Amsterdam

Dangerous Beauty by Melissa Koslin

When Wealthy businessman Meric Toledan meets Liliana Vela, a victim of human trafficking in need of asylum, he finds himself ready to protect her at all costs.

The Demon Code by David Leadbeater

Book 2 in the Joe Mason series - High in the Italian alps, cut off from the outside world, sits a chapel battered by winds and icy blizzards. The priests who guard this sacred place have sworn to protect the dangerous treasure that lies within their walls. 

The Road Dance by John Mackay

Bestselling novel now an award-winning motion picture. The bond between a mother and her child is the strongest in the natural world. So why would a young woman, dreaming of America, throw her newborn baby into the waves of the wild Atlantic ocean? 

Alone With You in the
Ether by Olivie Blake


Two people meet in the armoury of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy

Cold Snap by Mac Cameron

The fourth novel of the Arliss Cutter series. While transporting four dangerous criminals on a small flight to Fairbanks, Alaska, Supervisory Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter is stranded when their plane goes down in the wilderness. 

Turn to Me by Becky Wade

Guilt has defined Luke Dempsey's life, but it was self-destructiveness that landed him in prison. When his friend and fellow inmate lay dying shortly before Luke's release, the older man revealed he left a string of clues for his daughter, Finley, that will lead her to the treasure he's hidden. 

Meantime by Frankie Boyle

Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the local park, he goes looking for answers to questions that he quickly forgets. 

A Guest at the Feast by Colm Toibin

A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it.

The Countess of the Revolution by Lana Kortchik

Countess Sophia Orlova has it all. With a large fortune, a beautiful palatial home in Petrograd and a husband who loves her, her future is bright. But in March 1917, everything changes...

The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake

In the 19th century, women rarely study medicine. And when Nora is chosen to work with the only female professor to develop the caesarian section, Nora draws the wrath of her male peers and professors. 

Frozen Detective by Amanda Flower

A wealthy doctor invites many of his associates to spend a week at a giant, luxurious ski villa. Darby Piper, a seasoned private eye, and Tate Porter, her new partner at the detective agency, are among the guests, going undercover as a romantic couple. 

The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C. J. Archer

Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary girl who loves books. 

Retribution by Sarah Barrie

Ace hacker, ex-prostitute, Jack Daniels drinker and part-time vigilante Lexi Winter is now working with the police, with a new enemy in her sights and an old foe on her mind. 

Malarkoi by Alex Pheby

Nathan Treeves is dead, murdered by the Master of Mordew, his remains used to create the powerful occult weapon known as the Tinderbox. His companions are scattered, making for Malarkoi, the city of the Mistress, the Master's enemy. 

Every Shade of Happy by Phyllida Shrimpton

Every day of Algernon's 97 years has been broken up into an ordered routine. That's how it's been since the war, and he's not about to change now. Until his 15-year-old granddaughter arrives on his doorstep.

Cat Brushing by Jane Campbell

A provocative first book of stories vigorously exploring the sensual worlds of thirteen older women, unearthing their passions, libidinal appetites, integrity, and sense of self as they fight against prevalent misconceptions and stereotypes of the aging.

Rising Tiger by Brad Thor

An unprecedented threat has materialized on the world stage. Fearful of the global consequences of engaging this enemy, administration after administration has passed the buck. The clock, however, has run out. It is time to unleash Scot Harvath. 

The Best Days of Our Lives by Lucy Diamond

When 35-year-old Leni McKenzie is knocked off her bike, her family's world is turned upside down. Leni and her sister Alice were best friends as well as siblings. But did they know each other as well as Alice thought? 

Forest of Foes by Matthew Harffy

 No. 9 in the Bernicia chronicles. AD 652. Beobrand has been ordered to lead a group of pilgrims to the holy city of Rome. Chief among them is Wilfrid, a novice of the Church with some surprisingly important connections. 

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

On a summer night in 1985, the lives of three teenagers are shattered by a horrific car crash in which a young woman is killed next to the sprawling oak tree that marks the perimeter of 18 Division Street. 

The Ani Waaka Room by Debbie Broughton

From Taranaki poet Debbie Broughton, this is a collection of poems that celebrate the survival of Taranaki ancestors who were forced by war to leave their homelands for Te Aro Pa. The poems weave together ancestor and descendent, Taranaki and Te Aro, family stories and goverment atrocities. 

Room to Write by Linda Burgess

Since 2002, 40 writers from France and Aotearoa New Zealand have made a historic cottage on a steep street in Thorndon their home while they write. To celebrate 20 creative years, the Randell Cottage Writers Trust has commissioned Room To Write, asking the writers for contributions that spring from the idea of 'looking back'. 

Driving Force by Kate Angelo (Lynette Eason)

Elite Guardians bodyguard/former sniper Christina Sherman has protected uncooperative clients before, but this time - well her client is bossy, headstrong and occasionally eats off the floor. Yes, he's a highly trained military working dog

Impending Strike by Sami Abrams (Lynette Eason)

Elite Guardian Charlie Lee knows that there is no future with the woman he loves—fellow Guardian Lizzie Tremaine. And he gets it. Lizzie’s a single mom focused on protecting her daughter, and Charlie’s got his own baggage anyway. It’s easier, and safer, to keep things the way they are.

Defending Honor by Kelly Underwood (Lynette Eason)

Bodyguard Laila Rabbinowitz is all business. Tough and stoic, she was the perfect Mossad agent…until a terrible betrayal led to her worst nightmare.

Checking it Twice by Lucy Bexley

A sapphic Christmas romance filled with ice skating, failed gingerbread cookies, and people trying their best.

A Brief Affair by Alex Miller

A moving novel about storytelling, about truths, and love, from twice Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller

Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

 

Sequel to King of battle and blood. Isolde, newly coronated queen, has finally found a king worthy of her in the vampire Adrian. But their love for each other has cost Isolde her father and her homeland. 

Murder in a Mill Town by Helen Cox

Book 7 in the Kitt Hartley Yorkshire mystery series

Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

 

Sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess, a bestselling fantasy based on Chinese mythology.

Murder Most Royal by S. J. Bennett

 

Book 3 in Her Majesty the Queen investigates series. A human hand and a bag of drugs are found washed up, separately, on a beach next to the Queen's estate at Sandringham. 

Pets of Park Avenue by Stefanie London

Paws in the city, book 2. Self-proclaimed hot mess Scout Myers is determined to prove she's finally got her act together. When the opportunity for a promotion arises at Paws in the City, the talent agency where she works, Scout is desperate to rise to the occasion

The Library at Wagtail Ridge by Janet Gover

When Lou Taylor inherits a quaint country cottage and a mobile library full of books from her birth mother, she heads to the small town of Wagtail Ridge to learn more about the woman she never knew

After She'd Gone by Alex Dahl

 

Anastasia loves her son, Adrian. She will do anything to keep him safe. That's why he thinks she's a tired single mother, scraping by as a cleaner in Oslo. She has never told him about her past.

A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino

In the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo an unusual statue of a Japanese mythic beast  stands guard over the district from the classic Nihonbashi bridge. In the evening, a man who appears to be very drunk staggers onto the bridge and collapses right under the statue of the winged beast. 

Headcase by Jack Heath

Timothy Blake, book 4. A Chinese astronaut is found dead in a NASA training environment in Houston, Texas. No one can explain how he got there. 

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy by Marie-Claire Amuah

 

Set against a backdrop of London and Ghana, Amuah's debut novel is an unforgettable exploration of intergenerational trauma. 

The Forthright Woman by Darry Fraser

1898, South Australia. At the gateway to the Flinders Ranges lies Kanyaka Station, once a thriving sheep and cattle property, now abandoned and in ruins. 

Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

It's the summer of 1994, and all Maeve Murray wants are good final exam results so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles

The Hacker by Daniel Scanlan

 

First in a thrilling series from cybercrime specialist Daniel Scanlan. FBI Special Agent Ericka Blackwood chases a deadly online predator - and nothing is as it seems. 

The Affairs of Ashmore Castle by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The secrets  of Ashmore Castle continue. England, 1903. Giles, the new Earl of Stainton, is struggling to bring his family's estate back to order after the death of his father, and he has little time to spare for his young pregnant wife, Kitty. 

A Bird in the Hand by Ann Cleeves

A rerelease of Ann Cleeves' first ever published title - Book 1 of the George and Molly Palmer series .In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted--a murderer ... Young Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck.

Come Death and High Water by Ann Cleeves

The second rereleased title in Ann Cleeves original series. The privately-owned island of Gillibry off the North Devon coast is the perfect site for murder. A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust is made memorable by the owner's announcement that he is going to sell the island. 

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