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New Fiction Titles

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

 

The new gripping novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries, Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its wit, drama and immersion in character. A brilliantly constructed tale of intentions, actions and consequences, it is an unflinching examination of the human impulse to ensure our own survival.

The Book Spy by Alan Hlad

1942: With the war's outcome hanging in the balance, President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission. They are librarians and microfilm specialists trained in espionage, working with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services

Winter's Daughter by Val Wood

Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. 

For Murder Press 3 by P. M. A. Hayes

A phone call from the anxious husband of a murdered woman brings Private Investigator, Benedict Aberthorp, into the sinister world of his first murder case. 

The Library Suicides by Fflur Dafydd

Twins Ana and Nan are lost after the death of their mother. Everyone knows who drove Elena, the renowned novelist, to suicide - her long-term literary critic, Eben. But the twins need proof if they're going to get revenge. 

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval art collection and its group of enigmatic researchers studying the history of divination. 

Hidden Scars by Angela Marsons

 

Book 17 in the D.I. Kim Stone crime series. When a nineteen-year-old boy, Jamie Mills, is found hanging from a tree in a local park, his death is ruled a suicide. Detective Kim Stone's instincts tell her something isn't right. 

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg 

Written with scathing dark humour, Bob-Waksberg delivers a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love-the best and worst thing in the universe

The Night Watch by Neil Lancaster

A lawyer is found dead at sunrise on a lonely cliff top at Dunnet Head on the northernmost tip of Scotland. It was supposed to be his honeymoon, but now his wife will never see him again. 

Headland by John Byrnes

 

The small beachside town of Gloster is on the edge of disaster. After constant rain, floodwaters are rising fast. The drowning town holds a secret that someone is prepared to murder for.

The Drift by C. J. Tudor

 A locked-room mystery. A dystopian thriller. A nail-shredding horror. One terrifying conclusion...

A Bumpy Year by Olivia Spooner

Author is a New Zealander. Pregnant. Single. Dating. It's going to be... a bumpy year!

Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn

 

Based on untold historical events, this novel brings us intimately inside the women's homes that actually existed in several countries during World War II, when thousands of babies were taken from their mothers to be raised as part of the new Germany. 

Don't Open the Door by Allison Brennan

US Marshal Regan Merritt never bought the FBI's theory that her ten-year-old son's murder was tied to her job. Yet as leads went cold, she'd had to walk away from the marshals, the case and her now ex-husband, Grant, who blamed her for Chase's death. 

The Bletchley Women by Patricia Adrian

From debutante to farmer's daughter, all roads lead to Bletchley.

Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn

 

Longtime personal assistant Georgie Mulcahy has made a career out of putting others before herself. When an unexpected upheaval sends her away from her hectic job in L.A. and back to her hometown, Georgie must confront an uncomfortable truth

The New Life by Tom Crewe

In the summer of 1894, John Addington and Henry Ellis begin writing a book arguing that what they call 'inversion,' or homosexuality, is a natural, harmless variation of human sexuality. Though they have never met, John and Henry both live in London with their wives and in each marriage there is a third party.

Yellow Cab by Chabouté

Graphic novel. Benoit Cohen dives into his new life as a cab driver with the idea of turning it into a screenplay for a future film, but the material he collects from this social experiment marks him deeply, leading down unsuspected paths. 

State of Shock by Marie Force

 

This story picks up right where State of the Union left off with another wild ride for the First Couple as they navigate work, family and an all new and extra baffling murder mystery. 

By a Thread by Lucy Score

A steamy, swoony workplace romantic comedy with a grumpy boss hero determined to save the day and a plucky heroine

The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz

Amid the Jacobite uprising of 1715, an English heiress flees to the Scottish lowlands to stay with allies of her powerful family. Historical Christian fiction

Make a Wish by Helena Hunting

 


With her signature charm and sense of humor, bestselling author Helena Hunting creates a novel about love, family, and second chances.

Untying the Knot by Meghan Quinn

Ryot Bisley is my husband. Yes, the former third baseman for the Chicago Bobbies and absolute heart throb of the Windy City. That Ryot Bisley. And just when I thought I wanted to be traded... he's slowly, tantalizingly roping me back in.

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

This is the story of a house. The cabin lies deep in the woods, where the trees are so dense it's easy to miss. On the outside it might look like it's crumbling, crawling with weeds, but on the inside it's warm and cosy. 

Promise Me by Jill Mansell

 

Lou is reeling from a triple whammy of shocks that have left her loveless, jobless and almost homeless. Staying for a night with an old friend in the Cotswold village of Foxwell, she lends a helping hand to a spectacularly ungrateful older man with a reputation in the village for being a 'character'. 

Dead Tide by Fiona McIntosh

DS Jack Hawksworth of Scotland Yard has headed up three major serial operations and in each of these cases it seems he has lost a part of himself. He is burnt out and taken a shift sideways for a while.

Brock by Carole Brungar

Local author. Set on the rugged and beautiful west coast of New Zealand, Brock lives an idyllic lifestyle until he makes a promise to a friend that he'll host a photographer from National Geographic. 

The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

 

Book 15 in the very popular Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson mysteries series

Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

India, 1947. In a village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor. When the partition of India is officially decided, a drastic - and dangerous - change is in the air. 

Three Axes to Fall by Sam Sykes

Sal the Cacophony has made few friends, but many enemies. Many, many enemies. Book 3 in The Grave of Empires series.

Downfall by Louise Carey

 

Book 3 in the Inscape series. Tanta and Cole may have stopped the mass murder of InTech’s residents, but the costs are severe.

The House at Phantom Park by Graham Masterton

St Philomena's military hospital has been abandoned for over three years. Now Lilian Chesterfield, who works for one of the most successful building companies in England, is in charge of developing it into a luxury housing complex. 

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

Amateur detective Mallory Viridian's talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an alien space station, but her problems still follow her in this witty, self-aware novel that puts a speculative spin on murder mysteries. 

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

 

The hilarious and heart-pounding next instalment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Dating. Diapers. And dodging bullets. Who said single moms can't have fun? 

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz

A joyous reimagining of the lives of a brilliant group of feminists, sapphists, artists and writers in the late 19th and early 20th century as they battle for control over their lives; for liberation and for justice.

Many Deadly Returns, ed. Martin Edwards

Short, sharp and packed with twists, these 21 tales showcase Murder Squad’s range and talent throughout the years.

Wormhole by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown

 

2110. Earth is suffering major resource shortages, and the impact of climate change is peaking, with much of the planet's equatorial regions turned to lifeless desert and populations displaced. 

In at the Kill by Gerald Seymour

Liverpool: a suburban crime family grips a whole city with fear. Galicia: a community waits on the windswept edge of Europe for the delivery of four tonnes of cocaine.

The Heroines by Laura Shepperson

 

A scandalous accusation has ruptured the royal family in Athens. The king's son stands accused of rape. On the one side, Theseus: hero, king, slayer of the Minotaur, father of the accused. On the other, Phaedra: foreign queen, daughter of an adultress, sister of a monster.

House of Wolves by James Patterson and Mike Lupica

The Wolfs, the most powerful family in California, have a new head - thirty-six-year-old former high school teacher Jenny Wolf. But her brothers, Danny, Jack, and Thomas, are coming for her. 

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