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• The 10:12

  Maloney, Anna

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  A twisty, high-stakes thriller in the breathless, page-turning style of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Claire Douglas, in which nothing is as it seems and saving the day is only the beginning. Claire Fitzroy was on the way home to London when her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Employee No. 9

  Hye-Jin, Kim

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  With shades of Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice and Choi Jin-young's Hunger, Employee No. 9 runs a psychological gauntlet of money, power, duty, and the daily struggle for survival. No. 9 is in trouble. His son's college tuition is coming due, his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Bad Deal in Mormon Land

  Wirkus, T. I. M.

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  Sometimes things are not as they appear, especially when religion, magic and shady dealings mix. It's 1908, and itinerant spirit medium Madame Ilsa von Hoffmann is at the end of her professional rope, facing down two unappealing options: join an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl in the Lake

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  An icy thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. At a frozen lakeside crime scene, a corpse carries an accusatory note: "If anything happens to me, arrest Brendan Holmes." Mysteries trail Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your Beloved Remains

  a Novel

  Connor, Quinn,

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  As fascination turns to obsession, two women drag each other into an academic horror of forgery, murder, and rage, destined to be devoured by readers of Plain Bad Heroines and If We Were Villains. Archivist Celia Kiel has spent her life on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Witch

  McFadden, Freida,

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  A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid! Some secrets don't die--they wait. When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Strange Lights

  Gonzalez, Mira, 1992-

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  Like Scooby Doo meets The X Files for readers of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Strange Lights is a joyride in a sentient Winnebago with a quirky cast of cryptids. Parenting is never easy, but it's a hell of a lot harder when your toddler is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mistletoe All the Way

  Blakely, Lauren

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  She wants to make him Mr. Holiday. He wants to stay a certified Grinch. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes a small-town spicy holiday romance about a guarded cowboy veterinarian and a Christmas-loving optimist who team up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rhyl Poster

  McCarthy, Tom

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  A political and legal thriller about money and power--featuring mind-altering substances, shadowy power players, and EU politics--by the author of Remainder and Satin Island. Benjamin Stanton embodies both the promise and the peril of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Quaint Folk

  Karella, Bitter

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  Quaint Folk is a sharply satirical queer folk horror novel that peels back the idyllic veneer of a seemingly perfect island town to reveal the rot beneath, from Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author Bitter Karella. From the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bury the Wren

  O'Connor, Carlene

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  Amidst the stark, lonely beauty of southwest Ireland's windswept coast, veterinarian Dimpna Wilde wrangles with dark traditions, village folklore, and a killer's motives during the annual Wren Day celebration in this deeply atmospheric and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• THE FAMILY CROSS:

  AN ALEX CROSS THRILLER

  Patterson, James

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  Alex Cross investigates a series of baffling murders while balancing a family crisis that threatens to upend his entire world in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. Alex Cross is a brilliant psychologist--and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night of the Mallrats

  Torres, Nicolina

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  Five friends travel back to the 1990s to solve the brutal murder and disappearance of two of their high school peers in this thrilling debut novel from a promising new voice in horror--a murderous, nightmarish romp that is nostalgic, terrifying,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night of a Thousand Hells

  Paramaditha, Intan, 1979-

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  LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE "An unforgiving tale of political horror and womanhood by a writer that is fearless."--Mariana Enriquez, author of Our Share of Night. A propulsive work of feminist gothic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Housekeeper

  Tremain, Rose

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  In this enthralling novel--already in production as a major movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Catriona Balph and Emma Laird-- the award-winning author of Absolutely & Forever and The Road Home brilliantly reimagines Daphne du…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fortune and Glass

  Mutter, John

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  Berlin, 1932. Germany's fragile democracy is fracturing, its ideals cracking like thin glass as political violence and paranoia seep into the streets. In the midst of this tension, Rudi, a young Foreign Ministry official, meets Sara, an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ROYAL WITCH:

  A NOVEL

  Gregory, Philippa

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  Royal Witch: the gripping new novel from the international bestselling author. Ambition. Sorcery. Treason. How far will one woman dare to go? 1420. Eleanor Cobham arrives at the court of Henry V. Pretty but not highborn, she hopes for nothing more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A DATE WITH SANTA:

  A CHRISTMAS NOVEL

  Macomber, Debbie

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  Romance blooms when an unlikely couple plans to surprise a child in need of some Christmas magic in this sparkling holiday romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. For single career woman Sage Madison, Christmas means…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• DEAD BEFORE TEA TIME:

  AN AGATHA RAISIN MYSTERY

  Beaton, M. C

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  Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again. Agatha Raisin's Cotswolds village is in an uproar when word spreads that their beloved Red Lion pub is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• THE BONE WOMAN:

  A MYSTERY

  Shelton, Paige

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  As a renowned forensic consultant digs into a case that could reconnect her with her long-missing father, she uncovers dark truths about her desert hometown. This twisty, atmospheric mystery from New York Times bestselling author Paige Shelton will…Read moreRead more of this annotation