New Fiction

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Sharpe's Storm by Bernard Cornwell

The year is 1813. France is a battlefield, and winter shows no mercy. Amid brutal conditions, Major Richard Sharpe finds himself saddled with an…

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, The Correspondent is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature…

The image depicts the book cover of "Direct Action," a presidential agent novel by W.E.B. Griffin and Jack Stewart.

Direct Action by W.E.B. Griffin

Charley Castillo, the original Presidential Agent is in Virginia Beach to visit his son when two gunmen appear. Charley is able to thwart a deadly…

The Orchard by Peter Heller

Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains. A renowned…

The image features the book cover for "Born to Be Killed," a novel by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, set in the Wild West.

Born to be Killed by William W. Johnstone

The epic saga of Smoke Jensen takes a wild and dangerous turn when the legendary mountain man joins a wagon train of war widows—on a doomed journey…

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

2014: At a dinner for close friends and colleagues, renowned poet Francis Blundy honors his wife’s birthday by reading aloud a new poem dedicated to…

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq

In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India…

Book cover of "Revenge of Odessa" by Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent, featuring an imposing figure and a cityscape.

Revenge of Odessa by Tony Kent

Fifty years after revealing the secrets of Odessa, an underground organization of former Nazis angling to regain power, Peter Miller is a retired…

Book cover: "The Gun Man" by Stephen Hunter. Silhouette of a cowboy in front of a yellow background.

The Gun Man Jackson Swagger by Stephen Hunter

In the frying pan of a drought-scorched 1890s Southwest, an old man shows up at the region’s only prosperous spread, the Callahan ranch, seeking work…

Brimstone by Callie Hart

Duty. Blood. Honor. Power.
Saeris Fane doesn’t want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court’s lips, but now…

A person in winter clothing stands at a door with snow falling, under the text "John Irving, Queen Esther, A Novel."

Queen Esther by John Irving

Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board the ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr…

Robert B Parker's Showdown by Mike Lupica

Vic Hale isn’t anyone’s idea of a father figure. He is one of the biggest – and loudest -- podcasters in the nation and got there by spewing…

False Witness by Phillip Margolin

Defense Attorney Karen Wyatt exposed corruption in the police force and the District Attorney's office while getting her client exonerated in court…

Return of the Spider by James Patterson

The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry:
Detective Alex Cross; the “human superhero” (New York Times) versus Gary…

Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs

Small creatures—a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel—have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in a bizarre manner…

The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts

Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in…

The Color of Hope by Danielle Steel

Following the unexpected death of her beloved husband, art gallery owner Samantha Thompson finds herself adrift in their Malibu beach house. Her three…

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