Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes (2/7)
From the best-selling author of Me Before You, this hilarious and heartfelt story
about putting yourself in someone else’s shoes will show you how one little thing
can change everything. Nisha Cantor is determined to keep her glamorous life
after her husband decides to cut her off, asking for a divorce. Left to cope,
suddenly she doesn’t even have the shoes on her feet. Quite literally, because
Sam Kemp has accidentally just stolen her gym bag. Worried about keeping her
family afloat, Sam couldn’t care less about the gym bag. Until she tries on Nisha’s
six-inch Christian Louboutin red crocodile heels, giving her the boost of
confidence she needs to make a change.
The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden (2/20)
It’s hard to find an employer who doesn’t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.
It’s almost perfect. But I still haven’t met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I’m sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I’m doing laundry. And one day I can’t help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything…
That’s when I make a promise. After all, I’ve done this before. I can protect Mrs Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe.
Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It’s simply a question of how far I’m willing to go…
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (2/21)
Bodie Kane is a successful podcaster and film professor who is trying to leave her
past behind her. From the family tragedy she experienced to the four years at a
New Hampshire and the murder of a classmate, Bodie just wants to forget it all.
When the boarding school offers Bodie the change to teach a two-week course,
she is curious about the murder of her classmate and the conviction of Omar Evans, the school’s athletic trainer. When Bodie begins to look into the case and
her memories of that year, she finds she may have been more connected to the
case than she realized.
The Angel Maker by Alex North (2/28)
Katie Shaw used to have everything she could want in life, until a stranger took it
all away from her. Now, Katie lives in guilt over what happened to her brother, all
while trying to raise her own child. When Katie is informed that her brother, Chris,
has gone missing, her life crashes down before her eyes once again. Detective
Laurence Page is investigating the murder of a professor and finds this case
could be related to Katie and Chris as well as a serial killer who was rumored to
have been able to see the future.
It’s One of Us by J.T. Ellison (2/28)
Olivia Bender just wants to be a mother, but has had no success with fertility
treatments and IVF. Just as Olivia feels like it will never happen, she and her
husband, Park, are told by the police that Park’s son is the prime suspect in a
murder investigation. But, Park and Olivia don’t have children; this must be a
mistake. Then, Park admits that he previously had donated sperm to a clinic and
truly has no idea how many times it was sold. As the investigation continues and
Olivia is dealing with the fact her own husband may have fathered a murderer, she finds that it’s hard to hold it against him when she’s hiding her own secrets
from Park as well.
The Maid’s Diary by Loreth Anne White (3/1)
Kit Darling is a maid who seems harmlessly nosey. Sure, she likes to snoop
around when it comes to the wealthy families she works for, and it seemed like
harmless fun, until Kit saw something that it could destroy the couple she works
for if it got out. While this may seem like an advantage for Kit, this also puts her at
risk. Now, Mallory Van Alst, a homicide cop, is called to a brutal scene at a
luxurious home with blood everywhere and no body. The homeowners are gone
and the maid is missing. As Mallory investigates this crime, she realizes that
nothing about this case is as it seems.
The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson (3/7)
Private investigator Henry Kimball is experiencing a blast from the past when the
chilling Joan enters his office asking him to investigate her husband. Henry knows
Joan from his previous life as a high school English teacher. Joan suspects her
husband is cheating, but the case takes a twisted turn when Henry finds two dead
bodies in an empty home in the suburbs. In order to solve this case, Henry must
not only revisit his past, but also get assistance from an old enemy, Lily Kintner.
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez (3/7)
For twelve years, the Ramirez women of Staten Island have dealt with the
absence of middle-child, Ruthy, who disappeared at the age of thirteen without a
trace, leaving the family scarred. When the oldest sister, Jessica, spots a woman
on a raunchy reality show with a birthmark that she’d recognize anywhere, she
calls youngest sister Nina right away asking: could it be? When Dolores, their
mother, learns of their plan to find their long lost sister, she insists on coming
along, and bringing her best friend, Irene. The search for Ruthy becomes a family
road trip that will finally force the Ramirez women to face their past and heal their
future, whether it is with Ruthy or not.
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (3/7)
In the ten years since Lore escaped the cult in Dellaire, her one rule has been to
not let them find her. When Lore’s death magic is revealed, she is taken in by
Presque Mort, a group sanctioned by the Sainted King to use Mortem, the magic
born from death. Lore is forced to work for King August, use her magic to find out
why entire villages are dying, and enter into an opulent society of religion, politics
and forbidden romances.
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (3/7)
Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be.
Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.
VeraWong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto
(3/14)
Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady–ah, lady of a certain age–who lives above her
forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone,
Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong
and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up
to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing–a dead man in
the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand, a flash drive. Vera doesn’t know
what comes over her, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would, she sort of .
. . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron.
Why? Because Vera is sure she would do a better job than the police possibly could,
because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with
time on her hands. Vera knows the killer will be back for the flash drive; all she has to
do is watch the increasing number of customers at her shop and figure out which one
among them is the killer.
What Vera does not expect is to form friendships with her customers and start to care
for each and every one of them. As a protective mother hen, will she end up having to
give one of her newfound chicks to the police?
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner (3/21)
This one looks pretty great: Author Sarah Penner finds the sweet spot of historical
mystery with a tale of Victorian spiritualism, Parisian alleyways, and murder most foul.
World-famous spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire can conjure the spirits of murder victims,
it’s said. Can she help desperate Londoner Lenna Wickes find her sister’s killer? It’s
good clean occult fun from the author of the The Lost Apothecary .
The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley (3/28)
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it.
One slip on the rug. That’s all it took for Louise Wilt’s daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon.Bottom line: Louise wants a caretaker even less than Tanner wants to be one.
The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice things—weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on the suspect of one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history who looks eerily like Louise? And why does Louise suddenly appear in her room, with a packed bag at 1 a.m. insisting that they leave town immediately?
Thus begins the story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman and an aimless young woman who—if they can outrun the mistakes of their past—might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (4/11)
Sally Milz lives a satisfying life. She is a sketch writer for the late night Saturday
show The Night Owls, has a good relationship with her stepfather, and long
abandoned the idea of love, content with the occasional hook-up. When Danny
Horst, Sally’s friend and a fellow writer starts dating a glamorous guest host, Sally
pokes fun at the phenomenon of average men dating gorgeous, accomplished
women, with a sketch called The Danny Horst Rule, highlighting how the roles
would likely never be reversed. When Noah Brewster arrives as a guest host and
musical performer, sparks fly between him and Sally. But her life isn’t a romantic
comedy, and someone like Noah, who is famous for dating models, would never
go for someone like her—right?
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
(4/18)
In 1740, British warship The Wager disappeared while chasing a treasure-filled Spanish
galleon. Two years later, a patched-together lifeboat washed up on the shores of Brazil
with 30 emaciated survivors. Their story was a sensation until six months later,
when another batch of survivors washed ashore—with a different story. Nonfiction
ace David Grann (Killers of the Flower Moon) is sooooo good at this kind of thing.
Happy Place by Emily Henry (4/25)
Since college, Harriet and Wyn have always been the perfect couple, going
together like macaroni and cheese. Except now they’ve broken up, it’s been five
months, and they haven’t told any of their friends. So when their friend group
goes on their yearly trip to a cottage in Maine, the typically blissful week away is
spent lying through their teeth. Naturally, they are forced to share a bedroom and
deny how badly they still want each other. But will they be able to fake it in front
of the people who know them best?
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune (4/25)
From the bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, we are introduced
to Victor Lawson and his peculiar home among the trees, and his even more
peculiar roommates: three robots. When Victor learns that the fatherly inventor
android, Giovanni Lawson, has a past hunting humans, things take a turn for the
worst as robots from Gio’s former life learn their whereabouts, and their hidden
home in the trees is no longer a safe haven. When Gio is stolen and taken back to
his old laboratory, Victor and his assembled friends must journey through an
otherworldly country to rescue him.
The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh (4/25)
Seven Days. Seven Questions. Forever Changed.
Daisy and Craig’s marriage is in serious trouble. That’s why Daisy has signed up for The Eden Test, a week-long getaway for couples in need of a fresh start. Yet even as she’s struggling to salvage her marriage, it seems Craig has plans to leave her for another woman. In fact, his bags are already packed―long before he arrives to meet Daisy in this remote cabin in the woods of upstate New York.
At first, their week away is marked by solitude, connection, and natural beauty―and only a few hostile locals. But what Craig doesn’t know is that Daisy, a slyly talented actress, has her own secrets, including a burner phone she’s been using for mysterious texts. Not to mention the Eden Test itself, which poses a searing new question to the couple every day, each more explosive than the last. Their marriage was never perfect, but now the lies and revelations are piling up, as the week becomes much more than they bargained for…How far are they willing to go?
Adam Sternbergh brings his wit, originality, and a Hitchcockian sense of dread to this chilling, surprising, and wholly entertaining portrait of a marriage on the brink.
Something Bad Wrong by Eryk Pruitt (5/1)
Jess Keeler is a true-crime podcaster who has just returned home to investigate a
cold case that her grandfather was working on. In 1972, Deputy Jim Ballard,
Jess’s grandfather, was investigating the murders of two teens and expected this
to be the case that if he solved would be his career highlight, until his own mind
got the best of him. Now Jess is reviewing Jim’s notes with the help of Dan
Decker, a disgraced reporter. As Jess gets further and further into the
investigation, she comes to find that a family secret may have been what really
threw the case off.
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley (5/2)
Best-selling author Angeline Boulley takes us back to the world of
the Firekeeper’s Daughter in a new high-stakes mystery. Perry Firekeeper-Birch
is the laid back twin and the best fisher on Sugar Island. When more Indigenous
women start disappearing closer to home and her family finds itself involved in a
murder investigation, Perry questions everything, taking matters into her own
hands as robbers also try to profit off the Anishinaabe inheritance. To reclaim it,
she must count on her friends, her twin brother, and the charming new boy in
town. Can she do so before the women and her ancestors are gone forever?
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren (5/16)
Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story and take both of their careers to the next level—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script—from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners.
The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (6/13)
The last refuges of humanity float above a jungle-planet in plant-made
civilizations, held together by science, tradition and technology. Here, architecture
is of utmost importance. Without the abilities to manipulate the architecture, the
cities would fall to the earthrage storms below. Iravan is an architect and his word
is basically the law—although his wife Ahilya seeks change, and to tip the the
balance of rule. When Iravan is accused of taking his abilities to forbidden
lengths, deathly truths emerge that threaten their marriage and also their city as it
plummets toward the earthrages.
The Only One Left by Riley Sager (6/20)
The Hope murders of 1929 had everyone assuming that seventeen-year-old
Lenora Hope was responsible. Afterwards, she never denied it, nor has she ever
left the mansion where the massacre occurred. It is now 1983, and home-health
caregiver Kit McDeere has arrived at Hope’s End to take care of Lenora, now
confined to a wheelchair and only able to communicate through an old typewriter.
One night, Lenora offers to tell her everything. As Lenora types her tale, Kit soon
learns that there is a lot more to the story than people know. But as she learns
more about the previous caretaker, she begins to wonder how much of Lenora’s
story is true.
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (8/1)
Flor has a gift: she can predict the day of anyone’s death. When she plans a
living wake, her sisters Matilde, Pastora and Camila question if she has seen her
own death, or someone else’s—but Flor isn’t speaking up. Pastora, inspired by
Flor’s wake, is inspired to solve her siblings problems. Matilde has secrets of her
own, and she soon must confront the issues in her marriage. The next generation,
cousins Yadi and Ona, have problems of their own. Yadi, reuniting with her
formerly imprisoned first-love and Ona, married and trying to conceive. In the
days leading up the wake, we journey through Santa Domingo and New York City,
exploring the history of the Marte women.
Hurricane Blonde by Halley Sutton (8/8)
Salma Lowe was a child-star from a family of Hollywood royalty whose world was
turned upside down when her sister, Tawney, was murdered in the 90s and her
killer was never caught. Tawney was dubbed by the media the “Hurricane Blonde”
for her off-set behavior. Now, Salma is a tour guide for the Stars Six Feet Under
bus tour; she spends her days showing tourists where famous actresses have
died. When a dead woman who looks exactly like Tawney is found at her old
house, wearing her unique hairclip, Salma questions if the killer that got away has
struck again.
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell (8/8)
Alix Summers, popular podcaster, is celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at a pub
when she meets Josie Fair, who is also turning forty-five that day. The two bump
into each other a few days later at Alix’s children’s school, and Josie is adamant
that she’d be a great candidate for Alix’s podcast. Although Josie’s life seems
chaotic, Alix is tempted to continue the podcast, and soon finds out that Josie is
hiding some dark secrets. When Josie suddenly disappears, Alix’s family is in
danger, and she finds herself a subject of her own true-crime podcast.