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Casey, Jane. Let the Dead Speak. 7/17. Investigating the suspected murder of a woman whose home was found covered in blood, detective Maeve Kerrigan and her team struggle to piece together testimonies of suspicious neighbors, including an ultra-religious family that is hiding something.

Cochran, Peg. Sowed to Death. 7/17. While preparing for the County Fair, food and lifestyle blogger Shelby McDonald, who is hoping her jams and jellies win a blue ribbon, must find out who planted the evidence to frame her neighbor, fireman Jake Taylor, for murder of Zeke Barnstable.

Davis, Lindsey. The Third Nero. 7/17. When another Nero pretender emerges to challenge Emperor Domitian in 90 A.D., Flavia Alba reluctantly sets aside her wedding plans to investigate high-ranking officials who may or may not be supporting Saturninus.

Flowers, Jean. Addressed to Kill. 7/17. As the town of North Aschot, Massachusetts, gears up for Valentine’s Day, postmistress Cassie Miller is determined to solve the murder of a physics professor and musician before someone else ends up with more than a broken heart.

Hammer, Soren and Lotte Hammer. The Lake. 7/17. Konrad Simonsen investigates when the remains of a young woman are discovered in a lake north of Copenhagen. No one has reported her missing and it soon becomes clear that she is linked to a world of trafficking, prostitution, and violence.

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Honda, Tetsuya. Soul Cage. 7/17. Investigating the disappearance of a man whose blood and severed hand have been found in different locations, Lt. Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department encounters numerous dead ends in a complicated case.

Hyzy, Julie. Grace to the Finish. 6/17. The new heir to the Marshfield fortune, Grace Wheaton, must quickly solve the murder of a banker so that her friends’ new business venture, a wine shop, isn’t overshadowed by the crime, while contending with her troubled sister’s release from prison.

Kelly, Diane. Enforcing the Paw. 6/17. Fort Worth police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner Sergeant Brigit must solve one of their toughest cases yet when a stalking situation in a relationship between two former lovers goes horribly wrong and things go from annoying to downright dangerous.

Loehfelm, Bill. The Devil’s Muse. 7/17. Returning to the New Orleans Police Department after completing her work for the FBI, Maureen Coughlin tackles the challenges of her first Mardi Gras season, marked by a public shooting rampage, social media videographers, and complicated race relations.

Quincy, D.M. Murder in Mayfair. 7/17. After rescuing a woman, Lilliana, who was being auctioned off by her husband in a small country village in 1810 England, Atlas Catesby must work to clear both their names after her husband is found murdered. The first in a new series.

Sykes, S.D. City of Masks. 7/17.It’s 1358, and Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill, on the run from England, is delayed in Venice. When he finds a dead man at the carnival, he is dragged into a murder investigation that draws him deep into the intrigues of this paranoid, mysterious city.

Thiem, Brian. Shallow Grave. 7/17. After Oakland homicide sergeant Matt Sinclair discovers his former partner, Phil Roberts, buried in a shallow grave, he delves into the secrets of Roberts’ past, going against police brass who want to pin the murder on a dead member of an outlaw motorcycle gang. .

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General Fiction

Adebayo, Ayobaami. Stay with Me: A Novel. 8/17. Yejide and

Akin have always agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years

into their marriage Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she

has time, until her family arrives one day with a young woman

they introduce as Akin's second wife. Furious, shocked, and livid

with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to

get pregnant.

Binet, Laurent. The Seventh Function of Language: A Novel. 8/17.

Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies―struck by a

laundry van―after lunch with the presidential candidate François

Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what

if it wasn’t an accident at all? What if Barthes was murdered?

Jemc, Jac. The Grip of It: A Novel. 8/17. Touring their prospective

suburban home, Julie and James are stopped by a noise. Deep and

vibrating, like throat singing. Ancient, husky, and rasping, but

underwater. “That’s just the house settling,” the real estate agent

assures them with a smile. He is wrong.

Jemisin, N. K. The Stone Sky. 8/17. The Moon will soon return.

Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something

worse will depend on two women: Essun, who has inherited the

power of Alabaster Tenring. And Nassun, who has seen the evil of

the world and accepted that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be

cleansed, only destroyed. The conclusion to the Broken Earth

trilogy.

Messud, Claire. The Burning Girl: A Novel. 8/17. Julia and Cassie

have been friends since nursery school. They have shared

everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations

of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But

as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge and Cassie

sets out on a journey that will put her life in danger and shatter

her oldest friendship.

Percy, Benjamin. The Dark Net. 8/17. The Dark Net is real. It is an

anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret far

reaches of the Web. And now an ancient darkness is gathering

there. This force is threatening to spread virally into the real world

unless it can be stopped by members of a ragtag crew. But they

have no idea what the Dark Net really contains.

Rose, Augustus. The Readymade Thief. 8/17. Betrayed by her

family after taking the fall for a friend, Lee finds refuge with a

cooperative of runaways. Aided by Tomi, a young hacker and artist

with whom she has struck up a wary alliance, Lee escapes into the

unmapped corners of the city. Desperate and out of options, Lee

steps from the shadows to face who is after her—and why.

Senna, Danzy. New People. 8/17. Maria is at the start of a life she

never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are

planning their wedding. Everything Maria knows she should want

lies before her--yet she can't stop dreaming about another man

she barely knows. As fantasy escalates to fixation, it dredges up

secrets from the past and threatens to unravel Maria's perfect life.

Tallent, Gabriel. My Absolute Darling: A Novel. 8/17. Turtle

Alveston is a survivor. She has grown up isolated since the death

of her mother. Her social existence is confined to school and her

life with her father. Then Turtle meets Jacob, a boy who tells

jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the

sunrise. The larger world comes into focus: her life is neither safe

nor sustainable.

Romance

Bliss, Alison. On the Plus Side. 6/17. (Contemporary)

Thanks to her bangin' curves, Valerie Carmichael has always

turned heads-with the exception of seriously sexy Logan Mathis,

overprotective brother’s best friend. But Valerie's determined to

get Logan's attention . . . even if it means telling a teeny little lie to

get a job at his new bar.

Jeffries, Sabrina. The Pleasures of Passion. 6/17. (Historical)

Forced to marry another man after Niall was exiled, the now

widowed Brilliana wants nothing to do with the reckless rogue

who she believes abandoned her to a dreary, loveless life. Can she

let go of the old hurt and put her pride aside?

Fox, Susan. Fly Away With Me. 7/17. (Contemporary)

Eden Blaine, a smart and sexy lawyer, is tasked with helping her

ailing mother locate a long-lost relative on a Pacific Northwest

island she’s never even heard. Still reeling from a breakup with

her longtime boyfriend, her gorgeous seaplane pilot, Aaron

Gabriel, may be the carefree rebound fling she needs.

Kirst, Karen. The Engagement Charade. 7/17. (Historical)

Pregnant widow Ellie Jameson is hiding a secret: her betrothal is a

sham to keep her safe from her interfering in-laws. It's simple

friendship that prompts her reclusive boss to pose as her fiancé.

But can Ellie keep her feelings for Alexander Copeland from

developing into something more?

Landon, Sydney. Keeping It Hot: The Breakfast In Bed Series.

7/17. (Contemporary) Zoe Hart owns a Florida resort coffee shop,

run by her childhood best friend, Dylan Jackson, who enjoys the

beautiful women who pass through except Zoe. She has been in

love with Dylan for years without him noticing and sheds her

tomboy image to grab his attention. Zoe now risks seducing her

best friend that might come with lasting changes to their longtime

friendship.

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