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New Fiction Titles

The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

 

A novel about artists in exile, dangerous relationships and the demands of creativity.

Weyward by Emilia Hart

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.

A Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman

Thirty-five-year-old commitment-phobe Edwina (Ted) Bristol runs EBI, a private investigation agency. Her latest case is to conduct surveillance on a couple having an illicit affair.

No One Saw It Coming by Susan Lewis

Hanna's world is crumbling. An unimaginable crime has been committed, and everyone's looking for someone to blame. Her loved ones are under suspicion. Hanna must work out who is threatening her family - before it's too late. 

Snowy Mountains Promise by Alissa Callen

Book 3 in the Bundilla series, following Snowy Mountains Cattleman

What July Knew by Emily Koch

Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July's teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don't know. It's easy for July to choose her subject, the mother she doesn’t remember.

Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow

Book 2 in  the Berlin wartime series following Blackout

The Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride

It was supposed to be a simple delivery job for DI Victoria Montgomery-Porter and her sidekick, Edward Reekie -- pick up a prisoner from HMP Grampian and take them to their new state-funded home -- but life's never that straightforward.

Never to Surrender by Mary-Anne O'Connor

1939: Australian-born Carl Smith loves his country and despises fascism, but he never meant to go to war. He is training to be a doctor and wants to protect lives, not take them. 

A Killing of Innocents  by Deborah Crombie

A Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James mystery set in London.

Wade in the Water by Nyani Nkrumah

This novel of female power and vulnerability, race, and class explores the unlikely friendship between a precocious black girl and a mysterious white woman in a small Mississippi town in the early 1980s.

The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who's just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina--the tobacco capital of the South--where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. 

On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster

June, 1957. Everleigh Farrows has a handsome fiancé named Roland, a trust in her name, and a house in Bronxville waiting for her to fill it with three children. That is, until Roland brings her out to the Hamptons for a summer. 

The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

Ten months after her mother's death, the narrator takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother's life and their relationship. 

Picking up the Pieces by Amanda Prowse

As Nora and her British Army officer husband, Gordy, pack up yet another home and leave the sun of Cyprus for the drizzle of England, she can't shake a feeling of regret.

Undersong by Kathleen Winter

When young James Dixon, a local jack-of-all-trades recently returned from the Battle of Waterloo, meets Dorothy Wordsworth, he quickly realizes he's never met another woman like her. 

In the Time of Our History by Susanne Pari

Reluctantly returning home to observe the first anniversary of her sister's death, Mitra, confronts hard truths from her past and that of her sister

A Man of Honour by Simon Smith

Smith asks: What makes a charming, sensitive and erudite man want to arm himself and shoot the son of the world's most powerful ruler? Is he a terrorist, a patriot, a hero

Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. 

Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed

Written in a combination of English and Trinidad Creole, Pleasantview reveals the dark side of the Caribbean dream. 

Three by Valérie Perrin

1986: Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and become inseparable. 

Punishment by Ferdinand von Schirach

Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach's eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, these stories masterfully tread the line between fiction and truth

Antagony by Luis Goytisolo

Antagony surveys the social history of Barcelona and Catalonia, primarily since the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. 

The Queen of Wands by Cat Willett

Discover the life, work, and magic of Pamela Colman Smith, the visionary artist behind the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck. Graphic novel.

Meru by S. B. Divya

In a future where human life has been restricted to Earth, Jayanthi, the adopted human child alloys, and her alloy pilot Vaha are sent to test the habitability of an Earthlike planet called Meru

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

 

Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Castenada. 

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

Harriet Reed is newly engaged to Edward Holbeck, the heir to an extremely powerful American family. 

Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs

Fryða has grown up hearing tales of her uncle, King Beowulf, and his defeat of the monstrous Grendel. Her one desire is to become a shield maiden in her own right, but a terrible accident during her childhood has thwarted this dream. 

A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno

 

Margaret Bryce, deceased mother of twins, has been having a hard time since dying in 2014. These days she spends time with her daughters - Eva in Madrid, and Rachel and her family in Melbourne - and her estranged husband, Henry, in Aberdeen. 

A Match in the Making by Jen Turano

When Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a paid companion position for the Newport season, she never imagined she'd be expected to take over responsibilities as an assistant matchmaker. 

The Favour by Nicci French

When Liam unexpectedly turns up in Jude's life after ten years of no contact, asking her for a favour, she just can't say no. 

Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey

 

Hallie Welch fell hard for Julian Vos at fourteen, after they almost kissed in the dark vineyards of his family's winery. Now the prodigal hottie has returned to their small Napa town. 

Chevalier & Gawayn by Philip Mann

Things are looking grim. Plague stalks the land, people live behind city walls, or underground, or huddle in remote hamlets. No more animals, no more birdlife, no more freedom... never has the divide between rich and poor been so evident, never has the Earth been so despoiled, and never has the need for a hero been stronger

Dazzling by Chikodili Emelụmadụ

Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure's daddy died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a spirit who promises to bring her father back - but she has to do something for him first. 

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

 

Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. 

Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life in this sapphic period piece. 

The Marsh Queen by Virginia Hartman

Loni Mae Murrow's life in Washington, DC is tidy, if a trifle constrained. Single and in her mid-thirties, she's a bird artist at the Smithsonian who spends her days at a desk, making elaborate drawings. Then she's abruptly summoned back home to the wetlands of northern Florida, where she grew up. 

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

 

It's been a year since Isabelle Drake's son, Mason, disappeared from his bedroom. Since then, she hasn't had a full night of sleep. Everyone else has moved on - the detectives, the press, her husband - but she can't rest until she knows the truth. 

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Maggie's marriage has ended just 608 days after it started, but she's fine - she's doing really good, actually. 

Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff

Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily, who lives with her family in Brussels. 

The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar

 

When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. 

The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman

Anna, King's Prisoner, stands on the bow of a boat in the snow. She is a woman not long past her child-bearing years, refusing to fade away meekly. 

Taken by Dinuka McKenzie

Book 2 in the Detective Sergeant Kate Miles series following The torrent.

The Rogue Crown by A. K. Mulford

 

Book 3 in the Five crowns of Okrith series following The witches blade.

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

 

In the early 1900s, a curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town to study faerie folklore, where she discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love. 

An Unjust Death by Terry Carson

Orphaned at a young age and later due to a misunderstanding expelled from his missionary foster family, Luke is trying to make his own way in rapidly changing colonial New Zealand. 

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