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Pay Dirt by Paretsky, Sara, author.
Date added:
Mar 20, 2024
Pay Dirt

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky.

 
The Museum of Lost Quilts

Jennifer Chiaverinis beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Creek Quilts novel since 2019s The Christmas Boutique.

 
Memory of Light, A

A Memory of Light is book fourteen of The Wheel of Time?, the internationally bestselling fantasy series.

 
I Will Ruin You

In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teachers act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

 
Close to Death

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitzs ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case?a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound.

 
The Truth about the Devlins

Lisa Scottoline, the #1 bestselling author of What Happened to the Bennetts, presents another pulse-pounding domestic thriller about family, justice, and the lies that tear us apart. TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm?except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ cant get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJs world tur

 
Towers of Midnight

The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark Ones prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Telaranrhiod and find a way--at lo

 
The Three-Body Problem

A Hugo-Award winning tour de force near-future adventure with the scope of Dune and commercial action of Independence Day from China's most beloved science fiction writer With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the multiple-award-winning and bestselling Three-Body Trilogy by China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. The Three-Body Problem was released to great acclaim, including coverage in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journ

 
Supercommunicators

From the bestselling author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work?and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Cha

 
Snowglobe by Park, Soyoung, author.
Date added:
Mar 20, 2024
Snowglobe

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the bitter cold?but this perfect society is hiding dark and dangerous secrets within its frozen heart. A groundbreaking Korean novel translated into English for the first time! ?The Hunger Games meets Squid Game in Soyoung Park's dystopian thriller Snowglobe? ?Entertainment Weekly Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth thats warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wastela

 
Slow Productivity

From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload Our current definition of ?productivity? is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. Were overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition

 
Listen for the Lie

"A world-class whodunit." ?Stephen King ?An extremely successful high-wire act, balancing between dark comedy and darker thrills.? ?Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author ?Laugh-out-loud funny, thrilling and twisty...? ?Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter? After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvys blood,

 
James by Everett, Percival, author.
Date added:
Mar 20, 2024
James

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Fre

 
The Hunter by French, Tana, author.
Date added:
Mar 20, 2024
The Hunter

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and ?one of the greatest crime novelists writing today? (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside. Its a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. Hes found it, more or less: hes built a relations

 
How to Solve Your Own Murder

A dual narrative, feel good mystery in which a woman, Frances, spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. When she is in fact murdered nearly 60 years later, her great niece Annie must solve the crime to avenge her great aunts death,and in so doing uncovers the dark heart of the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, where she might just find herself in the path of the killer. In 1965 a fortune teller warns 17-year-old

 
The Gathering Storm

Tarmon Gaidon, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready. The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordans editor---his wife, Harriet McDougal---to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so Tor proudly presents The Gathering Stor

 
Funny Story by Henry, Emily, author.
Date added:
Mar 20, 2024
Funny Story

Daphne always loved the way her fiance Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it...right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a childrens librarian (that

 
The Familiar

Aldwyns just an ordinary alley cat living a rough-and-tumble street life in Bridgetower when hes chosen by Jack, a young wizard-in-training, to be his familiar. Jack and his wizard mentor, Kalstaff, take the scruffy cat home to Stone Runlet where Aldwyn meets his fellow familiars, Skylar and Gilbert. At first Aldwyn thinks that hes got it made, but then the unthinkable happens: Jack and the other young wizards are captured by the evil queen of Vastia. The familiars have to save them! Over the ne

 
Extinction

Jurassic World meets CJ Box's Joe Pickett series in #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston's latest thriller With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals. Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offe

 
The Book of Love

In the long-awaited debut novel from bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle. ?A dizzying dream ride you will never forget.?Leigh Bardugo ?An astonishing, gorgeous novel.?Holly Black ?An incredible achievement.?Cassandra Clare The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of love?from friendship to romance to abiding family ties?with her trade

 
Walden

With his bare hands, an axe, and a plentiful supply of Yankee grit, Thoreau carved out his own way of life and thought on the banks of Walden Pond. His meditations ring as true as ever.

 
The Women

The missing. The forgotten. The brave... The women. From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels?at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield. ?Women can b

 
Where You See Yourself

By the time Effie Galanos starts her senior year, it feels like shes already been thinking about college applications for an eternity ?after all, finding a college that will be the perfect fit and be accessible enough for Effie to navigate in her wheelchair presents a ton of considerations that her friends dont have to worry about. What Effie hasnt told anyone is that she already knows exactly what school she has her heart set on: a college in NYC with a major in Mass Media & Society that will s

 
Romantic Comedy

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, Harpers Bazaar, Real Simple, She Reads, New York Post Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, shes long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sallys friend and fellow

 
Resurrection Walk

Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman in prison for killing her husband Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing mos

 
The Prophet

Two brothers in a small Midwestern town: one the high school's beloved football coach on the verge of a state championship, one scraping by as a bail bondsman. Their sister was abducted and murdered when they were teenagers, and theyve been divided since that day. Now a new killing with ties to each of them has forced a painful and adversarial reunion. In a masterful return to mystery fiction, Michael Koryta has written a deeply haunting and suspenseful novel that proves why Dean Koontz has said

 
Normal Women

The #1 New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus?a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history. Normal Women?is lively, timely and gloriously energetic. Each page bursts with life, and every chapter swirls with personalities left out of traditional narratives of Britains past. Philippa Gregory has produced something rare and wonderful: a genuinely new hist

 
Martyr! by Akbar, Kaveh, author.
Date added:
Feb 7, 2024
Martyr!

A TIME MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction. ?Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.? ?Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize?nominated author of The

 
Kiss the Girls

The second book in the #1 bestselling Alex Cross series! In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In Washington D.C. Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever pattern killers are collaborating, cooperating, competing--and they are working coast to coast.

 
Jack And Jill

Edgar award-winning author James Patterson took his readers on wild roller coaster rides with Hide and Seek (RB# 94713), and Kiss The Girls (RB# 94532), made into a major motion picture starring Morgan Freeman. Now fans should fasten their seatbelts for another breathtaking ride, this time with Jack & Jill. Our nations capital has become the playing board for a nefarious game in which the losers are murdered politicians and children. Nursery rhymes left at the political murder scenes leave no do

 
The Invocations

From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night. Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider?that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to cla

 
First Lie Wins

?This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.?Reese Witherspoon Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesnt exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once shes given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Sm

 
Fate Breaker

?A true fantasy masterpiece.? ?Sabaa Tahir, #1?New York Times?bestselling author of the An Ember in the Ashes series The final installment in Victoria Aveyards?New York Times?bestselling Realm Breaker series pits good against evil for the fate of the realm, featuring more of the breathless action, deadly twists, and amazing cast of characters that has made this series perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Tolkien himself.

 
Fangirl Down

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey launches a super sexy sports romance duology with a rom-com about a bad boy professional athlete who falls for his biggest fan... Wells Whitaker was once golfs hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his ?promising? career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles.

 
End of Story by Finn, A. J., author.
Date added:
Feb 7, 2024
End of Story

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Woman in the Window returns with a mesmerizing thriller?part Knives Out, part Agatha Christie . . . yet utterly unlike anything youve ever read. ?Ill be dead in three months. Come tell my story.? So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . .

 
Dead Mountain

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, where a fateful trip to New Mexico uncovers a case that may prove impossible to solve.In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their last campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying tha

 
Champion of Fate

In this epic duology starter by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake, a girl is taken in by a group of female warriors who train her to shepherd a hero to victory?so long as she doesnt get her heart broken in the process. In this sweeping fantasy perfect for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Stephanie Garber, Kendare Blake introduces a new heroine: Reed, the Aristene-in-training. The Aristene are hero-makers. Time and again, the women who make up this fabled order champion fighters to

 
The Boy Who Cried Bear

In The Boy Who Cried Bear, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong keeps readers on the edge of their seats while detective Casey Duncan tries to locate the threat before its too late. . . Havens Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And its supposed to be, being that its a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton already feel at home in their new town, which reminds them of where they first met in Rockton. And whi

 
Argylle by Conway, Elly, author.
Date added:
Feb 7, 2024
Argylle

The globe-trotting spy thriller that inspired the upcoming action blockbuster Argylle (February 2024), featuring a star-studded cast including Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Cena, and directed by Matthew Vaughn of Kingsmantrilogy fame A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny. A CIA plane downed in the jungles of the Golden Triangle. A Nazi hoard entombed in the remote mountains of South-West Poland. A missing treasure, the eighth wonder of th

 
Accountable

From the New York Times?bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a racist social media account that changes everything for a group of high school students and begs the question: What does it mean to be held accountable for harm that takes place behind a screen? Not funny. When a high schooler started a private Instagram that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it a

 
We Must Not Think of Ourselves

?This book is a masterpiece: profound, gripping, urgent, and beautiful.? ?Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by thosedetermined to have their stories survive World War II On a November day in 1940, Adam Paskow becomes a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, where the Jews of the city are cut off from their former lives and held captive by Nazi guards

 
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare. New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time! Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old trans, autistic Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than

 
Simply Lies

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man comes a twisting new psychological thriller in which two women?one a former detective, the other a dangerous con artist?go head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse. Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy ta

 
Ruthless Vows

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals.Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacres movements, they both take the opportunity and head westward once more despite the danger, knowing its only a

 
The Running Grave

In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplaine

 
Random in Death

In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd.Jennas parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. Its the best night of her life.Its the last night of her life.Minutes

 
The Mystery Guest

A new mess. A new mystery. Its up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty, in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club pick. ?Polished to perfection!?Shari Lapena, author of Everyone Here Is Lying ?A page-turning delight from start to finish . . . Once I checked into the Regency Grand, I never wanted to leave.?Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street A POPSUGAR AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF TH

 
My Name is Barbra

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television PLEASE NOTE The audiobook edition is read by Barbra Streisand. Features additional anecdotes and music that are exclusive to the My Name Is Barbra audiobook. Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most reco

 
Murtagh

Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider?and fan favorite?Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy! The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror

 
The Lost Tomb

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents this collection of the most jaw-dropping true stories from his career as a journalist and explorer. What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him fr

 
Inheritance

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time. In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury ? bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood ? is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to fle

 
The Fury

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex?movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ? from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient This is a tale of murder.Or maybe thats not quite true. At its heart, its a love story, isnt it?Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex?movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter

 
The Frozen River

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hel?ne comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doo

 
The Edge by Baldacci, David, author.
Date added:
Jan 3, 2024
The Edge

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew Americas dirtiest secrets?can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives. In need of someone who can solve the m

 
Dead Man's Hand

New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor is back with a propulsive and topical edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring Pike Logan as he goes head-to-head with Putins henchmen. To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue band of Ukranian partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russias military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian Nation

 
Check & Mate

In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, lifes moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart. Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallorys focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and i

 
The Brothers Hawthorne

Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling, TikTok sensation Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher. Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Graysons half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he do

 
Bride by Hazelwood, Ali, author.
Date added:
Jan 3, 2024
Bride

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast?again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres

 
The Book of (More) Delights

Pre-order now! The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy shares this new chronicle of small, daily wonders?and it is exactly the book we need in these unsettling times. Ross Gays essays have been called ?exquisite? (Tracy K. Smith), ?imperative? (the New York Times Book Review), and ?brilliant? (Ada Lim?n). Now, in this new collection of genre-defying pieces, again written over the course of a year, one of Americas most original voices continues his ongoing i

 
American Prometheus

The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography?of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century.?When he proposed international controls over atomic materials, opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb, and critici

 
Alex Cross Must Die

Detective Alex Cross is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission.An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die.?Drop whatever youre doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,? DC Metro Police dispatch says. ?A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto.?Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didnt fail?it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War?era