February 18, 2022
New Fiction
The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane – Elisa Wright is a mom and wife living a nice, quiet life in a nice, quiet town. She’s also convinced her bother-in-law is a murderer. Josh has one dead wife and one missing fiancée, and, though he grieved for them, he starts dating someone new. Elisa fears for that woman’s safety, and she desperately wants to know what happened to her friend, Josh’s missing fiancée. Searching for clues means investigating her own family. And she doesn’t like what she finds: A laptop filled with incriminating information. Other women. But when Elisa becomes friends with Josh’s new girlfriend and starts to question things she thinks are true, Elisa wonders if the memories of a horrible incident a year ago have finally pushed her over the edge and Josh is really innocent. With so much at stake, she fights off panic attacks and a strange illness. Is it a breakdown or something more? The race is on to get to the truth before another disappearance, because there’s a killer in the family…or is there?
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont – In 1925, Miss Nan O’Dea infiltrated the wealthy, rarefied world of author Agatha Christie and her husband, Archie. In every way, she became a part of their life – first, both Christies. Then, just Archie. Soon, Nan became Archie’s mistress, luring him away from his devoted wife, desperate to marry him. Nan’s plot didn’t begin the day she met Archie and Agatha. It began decades before, in Ireland, when Nan was a young girl. She and the man she loved were a star-crossed couple who were destined to be together – until the Great War, a pandemic, and shameful secrets tore them apart. Then acts of unspeakable cruelty kept them separated. What drives someone to murder? What will someone do in the name of love? What kind of crime can someone never forgive?
Lucky by Marissa Stapley – Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grafter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She’s ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity – when things go sideways. Lucky finds herself alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she’s learned the art of the scam. When she discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, her elation is tempered by one big problem: cashing in the winning ticket means she’ll be arrested for her crimes. She’ll go to prison, with no chance to redeem her fortune. As Lucky tries to avoid capture and make a future for herself, she must confront her past by reconciling with her father; finding her mother, who abandoned her when she was just a baby; and coming to terms with the man she thought she loved – whose dark past is catching up with her, too.
The Overnight Guest by heather Gudenkauf – True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind begin snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book.A cozy fire, complete silence.It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls- haunted by secrets of her own.Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside.After bringing the child inside for warmth and safety, she begins to search for answers.But soon it becomes clear that the farmhouse isn’t as isolated as she thought, and someone is willing to do anything to find the