Week of March 4, 2019
Death lies between the lines when the events of a dark story start coming true in this haunting modern gothic mystery, perfect for fans ofย Magpie Murdersย andย The Lake House.ย
Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clareโs colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Hollandโs most famous story, โThe Stranger,โ left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the storylines of her favorite literature.
To make matters worse, the police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her closest confidant, her diary, the only outlet she has for her darkest suspicions and fears about the case. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn’t hers, left on the page of an old diary:
Hallo Clare. You donโt know me.
Clare becomes more certain than ever: โThe Strangerโ has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?
Catching a killer is dangerousโespecially if he lives next door
From the hugely talented author ofย The Kind Worth Killingย comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . . .
Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, sheโs found some stability and peace.
But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husbandโs office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because sheโs long had a fascination with this unsolved murderโan obsession she doesnโt talk about anymore, but canโt fully shake either.
Could her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate?
The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects heโs planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows sheโs been watching him, that sheโs really on to him. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. . .
A woman’s murder is only the beginning as a daughter races to unravel the maze of secrets her father left behind–before she becomes the next victim–in the latest emotionally gripping novel from Sara Blaedel, #1 internationally bestselling author with over 3 million copies sold worldwide.
After suddenly inheriting a funeral home from her father–who she hadn’t heard from in decades–Ilka Jensen has impulsively abandoned her quiet life in Denmark to visit the small town in rural Wisconsin where her father lived. There, she’s devastated to discover her father’s second family: a stepmother and two half sisters she never knew existed. And who aren’t the least bit welcoming, despite Ilka’s efforts to reach out.
Then a local woman is killed, seemingly the unfortunate victim of a home invasion turned violent. But when Ilka learns that the woman knew her father, it becomes increasingly clear that she may not have been a completely random victim after all.
The more Ilka digs into her father’s past, the more deeply entangled she becomes in a family drama that has spanned decades and claimed more than one life–and she may be the next victim…
There are two men on their way to Brussels from the UK: Neil Bannerman, an iconoclastic journalist for Scotland’sย Daily Standardย whose irate editor wants him out of the way, and Kale–a professional assassin.
Expecting to find only a difficult, dreary political investigation in Belgium, Bannerman has barely settled in when tragedy strikes. His host, a fellow journalist, along with a British Cabinet minister, are discovered dead in the minister’s elegant Brussels townhouse. It appears that they have shot each other. But the dead journalist’s young autistic daughter, Tania, was hidden in a closet during the killings, and when she draws a chilling picture of a third party–a man with no face–Bannerman suddenly finds himself a reluctant participant in a desperate murder investigation.
As the facts slowly begin to emerge under Bannerman’s scrutiny, he comes to suspect that the shootings may have a deep and foul link with the rotten politics that brought him to Brussels in the first place. And as Kale threatens to strike again, Bannerman begins to feel a change within himself. His jaded professionalism is transforming into a growing concern for the lonely and frightened Tania, and a strong attraction to a courageous woman named Sally–drawing him out of himself and into the very heart of a profound, cold-blooded, and infinitely dangerous conspiracy.
In the tradition ofย Gone Girlย andย The Girl on the Trainย comes the psychological thriller everyone is talking about, a twisted novel about a devoted wife, a loving husband, and a chilling crime that will stun even the cleverest readers.
There are two sides to every storyโฆ And every person.
Maddie and Ianโs love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas, while she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian; her concerns for the safety of their young son; and the coupleโs tangled and tumultuous past with Jo.
From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime.
Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.
Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but itโs the rockย โnโ roll she loves most. By the time sheโs twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.
Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out sheโs pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.
Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.
The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level withย Daisy Jones & The Six,ย brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.
A washed-up model at the age of 27, Oliver Connely has gone from being a household name to barely making the rent. Itโs time to think fastโand cash in bigโwith a canโt-miss idea inspired by the passion he sees in a handful of romance novel fans. Book Boyfriend Incorporated is born.
Canโt. Miss.
Right?
Except for the unexpected glitches Oliverโs business plan doesnโt coverโlike falling for one of his โlonely ladyโ clients, Bailey Hardin, a politicianโs wife whoโs as smart and loyal as she is beautiful and sexy. Their chemistry, instant and scorching, is already a problemโbut when Baileyโs husband turns up dead, the pair quickly learns theyโre facing more than a simple PR nightmare.
The mess intensifies when Oliverโs best friend decides to put a bid in for the freshly vacated city manager position, ensuring Oliver is now caught between his longtime best friend and his new ladylove. The clock is ticking, and the political scandal is growing. Tough decisions must be madeโespecially because, for the first time in Oliverโs life, matters of his heart are on the line.
Iโm the guy you call when you need to impress your overbearing family, your boss, or your ex. Yeah, Iโm a male escort, but not just any escort, Iโmย theย escort. The one with a mile-long waiting list and a pristine reputation thatโs very well-deserved.
Iโm the guy whoโll make you feel beautiful, desired, and worshipped . . . all for a steep price. Iโm hired to make you shine, and I always deliver.
Iโll be whatever you want me to be for one nightโexcept my true self. This is just a job, a role I play to earn a paycheck.
But Iโm not the guy who falls for a client. Not once in six years.
And then I meet Elle. Her friend has hired me to escort her to a wedding, but Elle doesnโt know weโre just pretending.
Thereโs a fire between us I never expected. A connection I havenโt felt in so long. One kiss, and Iโm losing all control.
But what will happen when she finds out who I really am?
The bestselling author ofย Windfallย andย The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sightย returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are thrown together on a cross-country train trip that will teach them about love, each other, and the futures they can build for themselves.
It’s the perfect idea for a romantic week together: traveling across America by train.
But then Hugo’s girlfriend dumps him. Her parting gift: the tickets for their long-planned last-hurrah-before-uni trip. Only, it’s been booked under her name. Nontransferable, no exceptions.
Mae is still reeling from being rejected from USC’s film school. When she stumbles across Hugo’s ad for a replacement Margaret Campbell (her full name!), she’s certain it’s exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film.
A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea. But to Mae and Hugo, both eager to escape their regular lives, it makes perfect sense. What starts as a convenient arrangement soon turns into something more. But when life outside the train catches up to them, can they find a way to keep their feelings for each other from getting derailed?
DC Icons continues with the coming-of-age story of the world’s first super hero, SUPERMAN, from Newbery award-winning and #1ย New York Timesย bestselling author MATT DE LA PEรA.
When the dawn breaks, a hero rises.
Clark Kent has always been faster, stronger–better–than everyone around him. But it’s not like he’s earned his powers . . . yet. Lately it’s difficult to hold back and keep his heroics in the shadows. When Clark follows the sound of a girl crying, he comes across Gloria Alvarez and learns that people are disappearing from the Mexican-American and undocumented worker community in Smallville. Teaming up with his best friend, Lana Lang, Clark discovers that before he can save the world, he must save Smallville.
Fan favorite character Kenji Kishimoto narrates this gripping companion novella to Tahereh Mafiโsย New York Timesย bestselling Shatter Me series, set during the explosive events inย Restore Me!
Juliette is still reeling from Warner’s betrayal, and Kenji is trying to balance his friendship with her withย his responsibilities as a leader of the resistance against the Reestablishment.ย Things get even more interesting whenย an unexpected person from Omega Pointโs past surfaces.
The ending ofย Restore Meย left readers gasping, and this novella full of Kenjiโs signature sass and big heart is the perfect story to tide fans over untilย Defy Me, the shocking fifth book in the Shatter Me series, hits shelves in April 2019.
In the vein of Allison Brennan, Michelle Adams’sย Between the Liesย is an addictive psychological thriller with twists that keep the reader guessing until the last page, in which a woman who’s lost her memory is back home with a family she doesn’t knowโwho are keeping secrets of their own.ย
The truth is hiding between the lies.
~~~
What would you do if you woke up and didn’t know who you were?
Chloe Daniels regains consciousness in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
She doesn’t recognise the strangers who call themselves family. She can’t even remember her own name.
What if your past remained a mystery?
As she slowly recovers, her parents and sister begin to share details of her life.
The successful career. The seaside home. The near-fatal car crash.
But Chloe senses they’re keeping dark secretsโand her determination to uncover the truth will have devastating consequences.
What if the people you should be able to trust are lying to you?
I was issued a warning: stay away from Ben Rosenberg.
As Clifton Coveโs resident โkingโ, he thinks heโs entitled to anyone and anything.
The trouble is, Iโve spent my whole life following the rules and playing it safe. I know what it feels like to be the good girl. Iโm the police chiefโs daughter and a librarianโfor adorable children, no less. My wardrobe consists of colorful sundresses and baggy jeans. I might as well have a Post-it stuck to my forehead that reads:ย Yup, sheโs a virgin.
An all-nighter with a fictional hunk is about as exciting as my life gets, until one day, fate decides to take pity on me and shove me straight into the path of Mr. Off-Limits himself.
Oof.
Just as I suspected, every inch of him promises to be my demise. Up close, heโs tall, menacing, dangerously handsomeโthe type of man whoโs never spent a single moment worrying about the opinions of others. A well-behaved girl would do as sheโs told and avoid him at all costs, but Iโm overdue for a little rebellion.
No more Friday nights sprawled out on the couch in my comfiest pajamas. No more wishing I had the courage to misbehave.
Everyone thinks Ben is going to ruin me.
They think heโll chew me up and spit me out.
Well, Benโฆgo ahead.
Tempt me. Taunt me.
Make me bad.
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