Adult & Contemporary Fiction

What holds a strong and loving marriage together? Lies and secrets in a novel of twisting psychological suspense by a New York Times bestselling author.   Los Angeles homicide detective Dinah Marino may have a complicated relationship with her...

Some murders can’t be solved in just one lifetime.Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old, they’re frozen—or so their inside joke goes. Nobody knows that her team has a secret: they can travel back in time to look...

The world will end in seven days. Winter is a Priestess, her life is simple and uncomplicated, but shortly takes a turn when she is appointed as an aide for a Mage who intends to stop the God of Death from spreading a plague that would end their world...

A Kirkus Best Young Adult Book of 2024. My Lady Jane fixed Jane Grey’s tragic past—and now My Salty Mary will do the same for the infamous pirate Mary Read! Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and...

The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last Summer in the City is a witty and despairing classic of Italian literature. Biting, tragic, and endlessly quotable, this translated edition features an...

Bitter and bold, Liars takes a loving marriage and flips it on its head, one painful revelation at a time. This is perfect for fans of Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch and Miranda July's All Fours.An “eviscerating” (The New York Times) novel about...

'Next-level domestic suspense - even the twists have twists. I loved it - Andrea Mara is a star.' -- Lee Child.Close your eyes.The game of hide and seek is over, everyone has gone home, but little Lily Murphy hasn't been found. Her parents search the...

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. “This lacerating, exhilarating debut novel . . . manages to be both boisterous and bleak, life-enhancing and life-denying, familiar and yet wholly original. It feels essential. You will...

Our eyes meet across a sea of people in a crowded club and the effect of his gaze is immediate. Broad shoulders, piercing eyes, an intense aura emanating from him, he’s nothing like any man I’ve ever seen and he makes me feel things I never...

From critically acclaimed author Nicole Galland comes a vibrant and thought-provoking historical tale of love, political intrigue, and gender-swapping set in the theatre world of Elizabethan London.   Alexander “Sander” Cooke is the most...

At Bloodwing Academy, blood is currency, but a dragon's legacy is priceless—and as dangerous as fire.I thought surviving my first year in Bloodwing's deadly halls would be enough. I was wrong.I accidentally woke a dragon—a creature of myth,...

In the utterly original, genre-defying, English-language debut of Finnish author Juhani Karila, a young woman’s annual pilgrimage to her home in Lapland to catch an elusive pike in three days is complicated by a host of mythical creatures, a...

Just when Effy thought it was over, conflict returns, forcing her and Preston to face this looming threat together.Return to the immersive, lush, and dreamlike world of the instantly bestselling dark academia fantasy A Study in Drowning as the...

Chinese legend meets vampire lore in this scintillating story of a girl racing against time. It's a romantasy that gets the heart thumping in more ways than one. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two kingdoms on the brink of battle. One prophesied...

A joyous celebration of fleeting pleasures told in reverse through three acts, The Life of Chuck captures the cumulative wonder of one man's existence and is available for the first time in a standalone edition. Originally featured in the acclaimed...

Stephen King’s “The Life of Chuck” is a “phenomenal” (USA TODAY) tale of life and legacy—now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen...

“Vampires are making a comeback, and Yuszczuk is spearheading their revival with this bloody novel.” —The New York Times Book Review. It is the nineteenth century, the twilight of Europe’s bloody bacchanals, and a vampire...

Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry, where we wash away the stains from your heart.In this enchanting tale—a blockbuster bestseller in Korea—the enigmatic owner of a magical laundromat that erases people’s painful memories must...

From a dazzling new international voice, an audacious, darkly funny novel about a young woman whose carefully crafted office persona threatens to crack when she’s forced to attend her company’s annual retreat.On the surface, Marisa's life...

This generous collection of fifty-two stories, selected from across her prolific career by the author, includes a preface in which she discusses the sources of her art.A widely admired master of the short story, Mavis Gallant was a Canadian-born writer...