*New & Notable Adult Fiction - October Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated October 9, 2024
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Make the season bright
Blake, Ashley Herring
Paper Book
Two exes find themselves stuck at the same house for Christmas in this holiday romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date. It's been five years since Charlotte Donovan was ditched at the altar by her ex-fiancée, and she...
Society of Lies
Brown, Lauren Ling
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "A dark and haunting debut that explores secret societies, the bonds of sisterhood, and the intricacies of privilege at an elite college . . . I couldn't put this twisty tale down."--Julia Bartz, author of The Writing Retreat ...
The Waiting
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter. Renée Ballard and the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between...
The last one at the wedding : a novel
Rekulak, Jason
Paper Book
From the author of the runaway hit, Hidden Pictures, comes a stunning new work of domestic suspense "Part conspiracy thriller, part family drama, The Last One at the Wedding kept my heart racing and my mind reeling." ―Riley Sager "The...
Exposure
Emerson, Ramona
Paper Book
In the follow-up to the National Book Award-longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene grapples with a fanatical serial killer--and the ghosts he leaves behind. A dual-voice cat-and-mouse thriller, told from the points of view of a killer who has created...
The mighty red : a novel
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * A FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION "[A] sweeping, tender-hearted epic." --Harper's Bazaar In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love,...
The Blue Hour
Hawkins, Paula
Paper Book
"The best Paula Hawkins yet - by a tense and haunting mile." - Lee Child "An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller... truly exceptional." - Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods "A masterful exploration of the nature of obsession...I loved...
The grey wolf
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand...
Swordcrossed
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
Featuring gorgeous rich rose sprayed edges in the hardcover edition! High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel. The cozy, low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash in this enemies...
The Mistletoe Mystery : A Maid Novella
Prose, Nita.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest. "[Molly is] the most interesting (and endearing) main character in a long...
Midnight and Blue
Rankin, Ian.
Paper Book
John Rebus spent his life as a cop putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars. Now having been convicted of a homicide, he's joined them...   A convict is brutally murdered in his locked cell deep in the heart of Scotland's most infamous prison....
Model home
Solomon, Rivers
Paper Book
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family...
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret : A Festive Mystery
Stevenson, Benjamin.
Paper Book
Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, "deviously good fun" (Nita Prose), Ernest Cunningham mysteries. Unwrap all the Christmas staples: presents, family, an impossible murder or two, and a deadly advent calendar of clues. If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder...
Absolution
VanderMeer, Jeff.
Paper Book
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024: The New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, TIME, Kirkus, Literary Hub, Goodreads The surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series--and the final word on one of the...
The Hidden Life of Trees : The Graphic Adaptation
Wohlleben, Peter/ Bernard, Fred/ Flao, Benjamin (ILT)
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * One of the most beloved books of our time: an illuminating account of the forest, and the science that shows us how trees communicate, feel, and live in social networks. After reading this book, a walk in...

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