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Evensong
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize 2026“Stewart O’Nan has been one of the best chroniclers of the lives of American women.”—Susan StraightAn intimate, moving novel that follows The Humpty Dumpty Club, a group of women of a certain age who band together to help one another and their circle...
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A world of hurt
2025 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR THE SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL!When someone dies to save your life, how do you ever forgive them?A World of Hurt is Mindy Mejia's highly-anticipated follow-up to the “propulsive” USA Today bestselling thriller To Catch a Storm where an Iowa City police officer and a DEA inf...
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Black soldiers, white laws
The first full and definitive narrative of one of the most shocking and largely unknown events of racial injustice in US history: the execution of nineteen Black soldiers in TexasOn the sweltering, rainy night of August 23, 1917, one of the most consequential events affecting America’s long legac...
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The forger's requiem
“Like the love child of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle . . . delightful to read.”—NPR.org, on The ForgersA New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Pick of the WeekA gripping literary thriller that brings readers inside the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark ...
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Harbor lights
A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” (Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella....
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Kingpin
The latest pulse-pounding thriller from Edgar and Barry Award finalist Mike Lawson starring his beloved Washington DC “troubleshooter” Joe DeMarco. Carson Newman doesn’t think of himself as a gangster. He doesn’t have a consigliere or operate out of the back room of a bar. No, Carson’s a differe...
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A perfect frenzy
From the nationally bestselling author of The Secret Token, the largely untold story of rebellion in Virginia that will forever change our understanding of the American RevolutionAs the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775, dramatic events unfolded in Virginia that p...
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Invisible woman
Other people kill their husbands. Not her.“A darkly clever thriller about women’s thwarted ambitions, celebrity, the Time’s Up movement and revenge.”—People (Book of the Week)In Invisible Woman, a dangerous secret held for too long between estranged best friends rises to the surface, and a long m...
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If russia wins
A New Statesman Book of the YearA #1 international bestseller from a NATO expert, this deeply researched and chillingly plausible scenario imagines what might happen should Putin defeat Ukraine and not stop thereMarch 2028. Russian troops capture the small Estonian town of Narva and the island of...
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Don't turn around
The police call him Merkury. He’s a killer who seems to choose his victims at random. He leaves no evidence behind, and no witnesses. Except for one. But what did she really see?When Kate Summerlin was eleven years old, she climbed out her bedroom window on a spring night, looking for a taste of ...
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Leo
“Deon Meyer is one of the unsung masters.”—Michael Connelly“Deon Meyer’s name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best.”—Tess GerritsenIn a corrupt South Africa, the criminals are as likely to be in government—or even in the police—as on the streets.Two decorated detectives must p...
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Friends helping friends
A CRIME READS BEST BOOK OF 2025A young man must infiltrate his own family’s white nationalist group, or go to prison himself— written with critically acclaimed author Patrick Hoffman’s “crisp pace and superb timing” (Wall Street Journal)Bunny Simpson grew up poor in Grand Junction, Colorado. Now ...
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The fact checker
Mirthful, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly philosophical, The Fact Checker is a brilliant debut novel featuring a missing woman who might be perfectly fine, and a single-minded investigator yearning for meaning, morality, and accuracy in an increasingly post-truth world.It’s just a puff pie...
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Casualties of truth
From the author of Book of the Little Axe, nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed 'Til the Well Runs Dry, a riveting literary novel with the sharp edges of a thriller about the abuses of history and the costs of revenge, set between Washington, D.C., and Johan...
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Enigma girl
From internationally bestselling author who is “filling the gap left by Len Deighton and John le Carre” (Evening Standard) comes a propulsive espionage thriller for fans of Mick Herron, Daniel Silva, and Olen Steinhauer. Meet disgraced MI5 agent Slim Parsons, a character who - like Lisbeth Saland...
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Victory '45
On the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, two acclaimed historians chronicle the remarkable stories behind the surrenders that ended the world’s most catastrophic global conflictIn May 1945 and then again in August and early September, the seemingly endless World War II finally came to ...
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A training school for elephants
Out of a sidelined, colonial-era expedition in Africa comes a new history of cruelty, deception and adventure from the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of SiberiaIn 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa’s resources. The key to cracking open the continent...
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Winter
“The perfect little book to get you through winter’s doldrums . . . a warm look at a dark time.”—Washington PostIn this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a lost world, ruminating on a single winter in her life as she jour...
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The impossible thing
A New York Times and Guardian Best Thriller of the YearA Deadly Pleasures and Minnesota Star Tribune Best Book of the Year“A cliffhanger of a tale . . . Around the mystery of the fate of the so-called Metland Egg, Bauer constructs a multigenerational drama as captivating as the fabled object itse...
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Unabridged
Named a Best Book of 2025 by Smithsonian and Washington Independent Review of Books“[A] spirited examination of the state of language.”—New York TimesFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Word Freak, a vibrant, lively, and illuminating journey through the exotic world of Merriam-Webste...
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Untouchable
In the latest pulse-pounding thriller from Edgar and Barry Award finalist Mike Lawson, beloved Washington DC “troubleshooter” Joe DeMarco finds himself assigned an impossible case: help take down the President of the United States.Brandon Cartwright was a rich guy worth a couple billion bucks—inh...
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The stolen crown
“Compelling and brilliant—don’t miss it!”—Alison WeirFrom the acclaimed royal historian, the dramatic and untold story of the lie about the controversial succession that ended the Tudor era and changed the course of British historyIn the long and dramatic annals of British history, no transition ...
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Stillwater
For fans of Jack Reacher, Tanya Scott's debut thriller introduces readers to Luke Harris, a man trying to move beyond his criminal past but finds himself forced back into his old life and a deadly battle to survive. When Jack Quinlan’s mother dies of a drug overdose, it’s not his father that rai...
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The winter warriors
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2025"A novel you will not put down. Maybe never."—Richard FordWith over 250,000 copies sold, an award-winning WWII novel about the heroism of a single Finnish infantry company—and the best sniper the world has ever seen—defending their country against the largest army in t...
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The red queen
A sudden murder in an English village pub sets off the twenty-sixth novel in the bestselling series starring superintendent Richard Jury, from bestselling author Martha Grimes, “one of the most fascinating mystery writers today” (Houston Chronicle) One calm night in Twickenham, a businessman nam...
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What the night brings
What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham is the latest mystery in the bestselling Tom Thorne series, and this time, a killer is targeting the police. Is it payback? And is it justified? “Three dead coppers, Tom, maybe four by lunchtime…” The targeted murder of four officers is only the first in...
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Women like us
Katia Lief’s Women Like Us is a sharply-rendered literary thriller that examines the complexities and responsibilities of female friendship—what brings women together, and what drives them apart.Joni Ackerman was tired of being invisible.It’s been five years since Joni Ackerman tipped the antifre...
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The wrong hands
This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham starring Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated... Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Wel...
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Queer enlightenments
A BOOK RIOT BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA ground-breaking history delivered in a refreshing new voice, Queer Enlightenments details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and joyQueer people have always existed. In an era when this basic ...
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The surf house
An Apple Best Book of the MonthWelcome to The Surf HouseWhere everyone’s escaping something . . .Praised as “the queen of the destination thriller” (Claire Douglas), million-copy and internationally bestselling author Lucy Clarke writes intoxicating, unsettling novels of suspense, deception, and ...
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Smoke and embers
From “one of the best authors of espionage fiction” (Wall Street Journal), a book of deception and money to be made amid the rubble of World War IIFrom an author whose books have been described as “one of the great pleasures of modern spy fiction” by Slow Horses author Mick Herron and compared to...
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Hotshot
A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR“A beautiful reflection on justice, the environment, the self, and much more.”—George SaundersThe fierce debut memoir of a female firefighter, Hotshot navigates the personal and environmental dangers of wildland firefightingFrom 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildla...
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Don't forget me, little bessie
A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF 2025Longlisted for the 2026 CWA Gold Dagger AwardBestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie HollandAt the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human a...
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The american game
From “the master of new journalism [who always] hits it over the fence” (New York Times) and “one of the finest writers on sports anywhere” (USA Today), the scintillating story of lacrosse—the game invented by the Haudenosaunee, played with more passion than any other, that stubbornly mirrors Ame...
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Clete
In the latest installment in his famous Detective Dave Robicheaux series, New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave’s partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug Clete Purcel –...
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Queen macbeth
Shakespeare created the myth of the Macbeths as indefensible murderous conspirators. But now internationally bestselling author Val McDermid drags the truth out of the shadows, exposing the patriarchal prejudices of history Britain’s reigning “Queen of Crime” (The Scotsman), Val McDermid has ens...
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The devil's best trick
Part true crime story, part religious and literary history, an investigation into the nature of evil and the figure of the Devil by acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan Throughout history, humans have struggled to explain the evils of the world and the darkest parts of ourselves. The Devil’s Bes...
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Four points of the compass
From the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe for millenniaNorth, south, east, and west: almost all societies use these four cardinal directions ...
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The unvanquished
From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America’s modern special operations forcesThe Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to ...
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Gabriel's moon
From the internationally bestselling author beloved by readers everywhere, William Boyd offers his most exhilarating novel yet, following a reluctant spy drawn into the shadows of espionage and obsessionGabriel Dax is a young man haunted by the memories of a fire that took his mother’s life. Ever...
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Cassino '44
Acclaimed World War II historian James Holland vividly relates the dramatic last months of the Italian Campaign in a masterful volume that brings new awareness to this vital hinge point of the warAs the new year of 1944 began in Italy, the Allied army’s momentum had ground to a halt just south of...
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The elements of marie curie
The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into s...
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Holy city
EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL OF THE YEAR“Holy City is an amazing piece of work. A Southern novel that examines the pathos and ethos of small-town life and the weight of both grief and hatred. Love it.”—S.A. Cosby No one innocent. No one free. Nothing sacred. Holy City is the captivat...
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Return to blood
From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori detective Hana Westerman, in which the discovery of human bones in the dunes of New Zealand upends a long-ago murder conviction After the perils of a case that landed much too close to home, Hana Weste...
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The treasure hunters club
2025 EDGAR NOMINEE FOR THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD!Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies in The Treasure Hunters Club—a rollicking murder mystery set in a seaside town filled with pirate lore, family secrets, unforgiveable grudges, secret societies, and of course,...
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Those opulent days
Jacquie Pham’s transportive debut, Those Opulent Days, delivers a classic historical murder mystery centered around the glamor, violence, wealth, and opium of 1920’s French-colonial Vietnam that meshes the structural brilliance of Lucy Foley’s The Guest List with the historical vitality of Vaness...
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What the wild sea can be
The acclaimed marine biologist and author of The Brilliant Abyss examines the existential threats the world’s ocean will face in the coming decades and offers cautious optimism for much of the abundant life within inNo matter where we live, “we are all ocean people,” Helen Scales emphatically obs...
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Land between the rivers
The epic, five millennia history of the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that was the birthplace of civilization and remains today the essential crossroads between East and WestAt the start of the fourth millennium BC, at the edge of historical time, civilization first arrived with ...
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Every drop of blood
A brilliantly conceived and vividly drawn story—Washington, D.C. on the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s historic second inaugural address as the lens through which to understand all the complexities of the Civil War
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Chicago's great fire
A definitive chronicle of the 1871 Chicago Fire as remembered by those who experienced it—from the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination.Over three days in October, 1871, much of Chicago, Illinois, was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated a...
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