October 28, 2022
New Fiction
The Maze by Nelson DeMille - Former anti-terrorist cop John Corey is NYU - New York Unemployed - and watching his back, ever more convinced his past will soon catch up with him. Then a new opportunity comes calling, and with it, plenty of trouble . . .A series of bodies has been found along a beach close to his home and he can no longer deny that a serial killer is on the loose, and no one seems able to find the culprit. Is the failure to find the perpetrator a result of the department's oversight? Is it due to the fact the victims are prostitutes? Or is it something darker? Could the killer be someone on the inside?
The White Hare by Jane Johnson - In a valley steeped in legend lies an abandoned house where Edens may be lost, found and remade...The White Valley in the far west of Cornwall cuts deeply through bluebell woods down to the sea. The house above the beach has lain neglected since the war. It comes with a reputation, which is why Mila and her mother Magda acquire it so cheaply in the fateful summer of 1954. Magda plans to restore the house to its former glory: the venue for glittering parties, where the rich and celebrated gathered for bracing walks by day and sumptuous cocktails by night. Mila's ambitions, meanwhile, are much less grand; she dreams of creating a safe haven for herself, and a happy home for her little girl, Janey. The White Valley comes with a long, eventful history, laced with tall tales. Locals say that a white hare may be seen running through the woods there; to some she's an ill omen, to others a blessing. Feeling fragile and broken-hearted, Mila is in need of as many blessings as she can get. But will this place provide the fresh start she so desperately needs?
Picture You Dead by Peter James – Harry and Freya, an ordinary couple, dreamed of years of finding something priceless buried amongst the tat in a car boot sale. It was a dream they knew in their hearts would never come true – until one day it does…They buy a drab portrait for twenty pounds purely for its beautiful frame, planning to cut the painting out. Then, studying it back at home, they notice that there appears to be another picture beneath, of a stunning landscape. Could it be a long-lost masterpiece from the 1770s? If so, it could be worth millions. One collector is certain it is genuine. Someone who stops at nothing to get what he wants. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace finds himself plunged into the unfamiliar and rarefied world of fine art. Outwardly it appears respectable, gentlemanly, above reproach. But beneath the veneer, he rapidly finds that greed, deception and violence walk hand in hand. And Harry and Freya are about to discover that their dream is turning into their worst nightmare.
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese – Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, he has piled up debts, forcing them to flee Glasgow for a fresh start in the New World. But only days after they’ve reached Salem, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medic – leaving Isobel penniless and alone in a strange country, forced to make her way by any means possible. When she meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two are instantly drawn to each other: he is a man haunted by his family’s role in the Salem witch trials, while she is a skilled needleworker troubled by her own mysterious talents. As weeks pass and Edward’s safe return seems unlikely, Nathaniel and Isobel grow dangerously close. Together, they are a muse and a dark storyteller – the enchanter and the enchanted. But which is which?