1.
Series:
The House Across the Lake
A Novel
Hardcover
Riley Sager
9780593183199
$36.00
FICTION
Jun 21, 2022
The New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his “best plot twist yet.” (People, ”Best Summer Books")Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing—a tech innovator, Tom is powerful; and a for...
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2.
Series:
The Aerialists
Hardcover
Katie Munnik
9780008473198
$34.99
FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
Paris, 1891 Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When rescued by the entrancing aerialists, Ena and Auguste Gaudron, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly.Cardiff, 1896 The Gaudrons accept an invitation to be part of the Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, presenting a daring show of balloon ascents and parachute descents.Then late one night, a young girl, Grace, knocks on the Gaudrons’ door. She is despe...
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3.
Series:
The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle
Paperback
Sophie Green
9780733644696
$17.99
FICTION
Dec 06, 2022
It's 1982 in Australia. THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER is a box office hit and Paul Hogan is on the TV.In a seaside suburb, housewife Theresa takes up swimming. She wants to get fit; she also wants a few precious minutes to herself. So at sunrise each day she strikes out past the waves.From the same beach, the widowed Marie swims. With her husband gone, bathing is the one constant in her new life.After finding herself in a desperate situation, 25-year-old Leanne only has herself to rely on. She became a nurse to help others, even as she resists help ...
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4.
Series:
Last Call at the Nightingale
A Mystery
Hardcover
Katharine Schellman
9781250831828
$36.99
FICTION
Jun 07, 2022
First in a captivating Jazz age mystery series from author Katharine Schellman, Last Call at the Nightingale beckons readers into a darkly glamorous speakeasy where music, liquor, and secrets flow."Schellman is at the top of her craft and delivers a murder mystery with clever twists and turns and memorable personalities."—Denny S. Bryce, Bestselling Author of Wild Women and the BluesNew York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every ...
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5.
Series:
Wash Day Diaries
Paperback
Jamila Rowser
9781797205458
$28.95
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Jul 05, 2022
From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair.Wash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends—Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie—through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx.The book takes its title from the wash day experience shared by Black women everywhere of setting aside all plans and responsibilities for a full day of washi...
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6.
Series:
Dele Weds Destiny
A novel
Hardcover
Tomi Obaro
9780593320297
$36.00
FICTION
Jun 28, 2022
The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first time in thirty years—a sparkling novel about the extraordinary resilience of female friendship. “A story rendered with so much heart.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, best-selling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six Funmi, Enitan, and Zainab first meet at university in Nigeria and become friends for life despite their differences. Funmi is beautiful, brash, and determined; Enitan is homely and eager, seeking escape from he...
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7.
Series:
The Cook
Hardcover
Ajay Chowdhury
9781787303140
$27.99
FICTION
Jul 19, 2022
The Guardian’s best crime and thriller book of 2022’A refreshing and welcome addition to the world of detective fiction’ Abir Mukherjee’A real surprise…It is not just the descriptions of food that leave you hungry for more’ The Times’Marvellous’ Alex MarwoodKamil Rahman is a cook in a Brick Lane restaurant. But he used to be a detective back in Kolkata.And somehow trouble still knows how to find him.When a young woman Kamil knows is murdered the police are convinced her boyfriend is the culprit. Kamil isn’t so sure and feels he has no choice bu...
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8.
Series:
The World As We Knew It
Dispatches From a Changing Climate
Paperback
Amy Brady
9781646220304
$23.00
LITERARY COLLECTIONS
Jun 14, 2022
Nineteen leading literary writers from around the globe offer timely, haunting first-person reflections on how climate change has altered their lives—including essays by Lydia Millet, Alexandra Kleeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Omar El Akkad, Lidia Yuknavitch, Melissa Febos, and moreIn this riveting anthology, leading literary writers reflect on how climate change has altered their lives, revealing the personal and haunting consequences of this global threat. In the opening essay, National Book Award finalist Lydia Millet mourns the end of the Sa...
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9.
Series:
The Lies I Tell
A Novel
Hardcover
Julie Clark
9781728247595
$39.99
FICTION
Jun 21, 2022
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"A mindbender." —Jessica Knoll"Riveting…a winner." —Laura Dave"A knockout." —Mary KubicaFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight comes a twisted con-woman thriller about two women out for revenge—or is it justice?Two women. Many aliases.Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be—a college student. A life coach. A real estate agen...
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10.
Series:
Summer Fires
Hardcover
Giulia Sagramola
9781506726717
$33.99
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Age (years) from 14
Jul 12, 2022
In Giulia Sagramola’s first long-form graphic novel, we follow the story of two sisters, Rachel and Sylvia, as they come of age in a typical Italian town.The two find themselves faced with the tough choices of teenaged life, which mirror the fires in the surrounding hillsides of the town, as one decision or another leads to unsettled feelings and desires. This wonderfully and meticulously illustrated tale takes all of the consternation and heartbreak we know too well from teenaged life, and puts it on display in a beautiful and subdued package...
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