The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Kline: As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, Linus spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.
The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma dives deeper into the gardens’ past, she begins to uncover secrets that have long lain hidden.
If I Disappear by Eliza Brazier: When her favorite true-crime podcast host goes missing, an adrift young woman plunges headfirst into the wild backcountry of Northern California and her own dangerous obsession. Sera follows the clues hidden in the episodes to an isolated ranch outside Rachel’s small hometown to begin her search. She’s convinced her investigation will make Rachel so proud. But the more Sera digs into this unfamiliar world, the more off things start to feel.
Bloodline by Jess Lourey: In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. And yet, something is off in the picture-perfect village. The friendliness borders on intrusive. Joan can’t shake the feeling that every move she makes is being tracked. An archaic organization still seems to hold the town in thrall. So does the sinister secret of a little boy who vanished decades ago.
The Russian by James Patterson: A series of gruesome murders in New York City has Michael Bennett angry — but when he identifies similar cases in Atlanta and San Francisco, his feelings escalate into all-out alarm. All of the victims are young women. As Bennett toils to connect the cases, the killer strikes again, adding to his criminal signature an ability to evade detection.
The Affair by Danielle Steel: When Rose McCarthy’s staff at Mode magazine pitches a cover shoot with Hollywood’s hottest young actress, the actress’s sizzling affair with a bestselling French author is exposed. The author happens to be Rose’s daughter, Nadia’s, husband. Now the woman is pregnant with Nicolas’s child and Nadia’s three sisters close ranks around her. Despite their well-meaning advice, Nadia needs to figure out what she herself thinks, and what to do next.
Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter: Celeste Morton eagerly await adulthood, when the markings on her body will reveal the future. When Celeste changes, she learns a devastating secret about her brother’s fate, a secret that could destroy her family, a secret she will do anything to keep. Yet Celeste isn’t the only one keeping secrets, and when the lies of brother and sister collide, it leads to a tragedy that will irrevocably change Celeste’s fate and urge her to create a future that is truly her own.
The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice: After artist Claire Beaudry Chase is attacked and left for dead in her home on the Connecticut coast, she doesn’t know who she can trust. But her well-connected husband, Griffin–who is running for governor–is her prime suspect. When one of Claire’s acquaintances is murdered, Claire must decide how much she’s willing to lose to take down her husband and the corrupt group of elites who will do anything to protect Griffin’s interests and their own.
Win by Harlan Coben: Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family’s estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors — and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now. On the Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects with connection not only on Patricia’s kidnapping, but also on another FBI cold case.
Trouble is What I Do by Walter Mosely: Leonid McGill’s infallible instincts of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip “Catfish” Worry comes knocking. Catfish is a ninety-four-year-old Mississippi blues-man who needs Leonid’s help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. But when a famed and feared assassin puts out a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past.