New Thrillers
Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich
V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton
The Vault - Ruth Rendell - new Wexford novel
Justice - Karen Robards
Hot New Title
A powerful reimagining of The Scarlet Letter, When She Woke is a timely fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of the not-too-distant future. Hannah Payne awakens in a new body to a nightmarish new life - lying on a table in a bare room with cameras broadcasting every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes--criminals whose skin color has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime--is a sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red for the crime of murder. The victim, says the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she shared a fierce and forbidden love.
Booker Finalist
Touch - Alexi ZentnerReturning home on the eve of his mother's death, an Anglican priest is haunted by memories of his far northern Canada hometown and its intertwined history with his family. Stephen recalls his childhood of 30 years earlier - after his father's death, his grandfather returns and insists he has come to find his wife, though she's been dead for years. The tales he tells Stephen—of golden caribou, malevolent wood spirits, and a winter that lasted so long it buried the town in snow until July—are woven in so seamlessly that the reader never questions their validity. The rugged wilderness is captured exquisitely, as is Stephen's uncommon childhood, and despite a narrative rife with tragedy, Zentner's elegant prose keeps the story buoyant.
More Great New Titles
Time of My Life - Cecelia Ahern
The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson - new Mistborn novel
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