Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Eighty years of secrets. A body that reveals them all. 1941. Rupert and Adelaide Stride are raising their two daughters, Clare and Rosa, in the midst of war. When Rupert is called to fight, he dies on the beaches of Dunkirk, leaving his family to fend...

The latest blockbuster from the #1 bestselling author of Remember Me and I'll Be Seeing You. Beauty has its price... Kerry McGrath had only begun to work in the county prosecutor's office at the time of the infamous "Sweetheart Murder Case" -- the...

Charles Carter, dubbed Carter the Great by Houdini himself, was born into privilege but became a magician out of need: only when dazzling an audience can he defeat his fear of loneliness. But in 1920s America the stakes are growing higher, as technology...

From New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, now available in paperback—the tenth novel in the New York Times bestselling Maisie Dobbs series—“a series that seems to get better with each entry” (Wall...

Holmes and Watson face treachery and danger in the latest full-length thriller by Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood. Murder, jealousy, and deceit underscore three interlocking mysteries as Holmes and Watson...

Tana French returns to Ardnakelty, where family ties are tested as secrets and revenge creep through the small town. Is there gold in the mountains — or something more sinister?From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and...

Growing up in Rostock, in the north of Germany, Walter has a comfortable upbringing: quiet and content, he spends his days scheming with school friends and resisting the torment of his older siblings. But, as the country rolls toward war, the attitudes...

"The novel of the decade, if not of the century."—Christophe Claro. Francis Servain Mirkovic, a French-born Croat who has been working for the French Intelligence Services for fifteen years, is traveling by train from Milan to Rome. He's carrying a...

'Tis the season for an enchanting tale of sisterhood, community and resilience during one magical holiday month.Beautifully told with humor and tenderness, a Norwegian Christmas tale of sisterhood, financial hardship, and far-off dreams, acclaimed by...

Kafka's most celebrated tale of a commercial salesman unexpectedly freed from the drudgery of his job by his inexplicable transformation into a huge insect is an enduring masterwork of dark humour, existentialist dread and sublime sense of drama. This...

In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the great Texas Rangers go on a no-holds-barred pursuit of the most dangerous killer ever to terrorize Texas.   Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a...

A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned in this “engrossing historical mystery” (The Washington Post).Twenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life...

The wages of sin is death.The partial collapse of a disused Edinburgh church reveals a dead body in the rubble, his head badly smashed by falling masonry. Soon identified as an old ex-con - Kenny Morgan - his death is put down to a heart attack and...

THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE...IS IF SOMEONE CONFESSES TO MURDER. GUARDIAN CRIME AND THRILLERS OF THE MONTH. THE SUN BOOK OF THE WEEK.Seven people wake up in a remote mansion. The doors are all locked.They have no idea where they are. Who brought them there...

Turton's newest whodunit set on the foggy Greek isles is an entertaining, escapist read, just like The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle."A gripping tale that reads like a Sherlock Holmes novel set in a broken future...Turton is an exciting writer with a...

Who do you call when the world's greatest detective goes missing? Detectives Poe and Marple are on the case to find their partner and make it out alive.“Best-selling author James Patterson populates his murder-mystery novels with cold-blooded...

The bestselling sensation—and one of the most outstanding crime novels of the 20th century—that was banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, and acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger. The...

The truth is stranger than fan fiction in the next sexy paranormal rom-com from the beloved author of The Roommate.The only place small-town outcast Alex Lawson fits in is the online fan forum she built for The Arcane Files, a long-running werewolf...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, Under Currents is a novel about the power of family to harm—and to heal.   For both Zane and Darby, their small town roots hold a terrible secret. Now, decades later, they've come...

If there’s one thing Frankie has learned in life, it’s that you never challenge Worse. Because when things happen and you say, ‘Well, at least things can’t get worse’, Worse is always listening.Returning to her family...