April 26, 2024
New Fiction
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda – The discovery of the first car was a shock. The second car was a pattern, a warning – and the key to a decades-old mystery that may be better off left to the past. Mirror Lake, nestled in the mountains of North Carolina, is a beautiful waterfront community where neighbors know neighbors and family businesses are the norm. When the long-serving detective dies suddenly, his daughter, Hazel Sharp, returns home after nearly ten years away. But Hazel isn’t the only relic of the past to resurface: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge. Unearthing the mysteries of the past sets Hazel on a dangerous search to uncover the truth buried at the heart of her hometown-and her family.
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz – Richmond upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close, a quiet gated community, seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife, noisy children, four gas-guzzling cars, loud parties, and plans for a new swimming pool in his backyard. His neighbors all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms. When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, all of them come under suspicion, and his murder opens the door to lies, deception, and further death. The police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced with a seemingly impossible puzzle. How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive.
The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman – Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband’s high-paying job. But a year after his death, the thirty-six-year-old is a grieving single mother deeply in debt and living paycheck to paycheck with her three children. Then an unexpected call from a well-known estate lawyer in New York offers a glimmer of hope. It is the beginning of a complex legal journey that could mean the difference between a life of abject poverty or unthinkable wealth thanks to her father, deceased billionaire Wallace Ashforth. More than thirty years earlier, Arden’s mother, Virigina Bunt, a flirtatious love addict with a string of failed affairs, met Wallace, an encounter that transformed her life. When he died unexpectedly without a will, Virgina fought to secure a comfortable future for her and the secret unborn daughter she shared with Wallace. Yet despite her best efforts, society and the legal system prevented her from receiving the money that rightfully should have been hers. Now, though, with changes in the legal system and science, her daughter, Arden, may finally succeed in claiming the inheritance that has been long denied.
The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood – Windsor, 1940. War is raging, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even the royal palace. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that the palace is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she loves to save the future queen of England. Philadelphia, present day. Looking through her grandmother’s papers, Lacey Jones comes across a mysterious letter stamped with the Windsor Castle crest. But how did it come to be in her family’s possession? And so begins a journey that will take Lacey deep into the heart of the oldest inhabited castle in the world, and change her life for ever.