New Adult Fiction

The latest adult fiction books ordered in print. Place your holds now, and we'll contact you when the books are ready to pick up. (Please note that new local books and Indigenous books are covered in separate lists.)

Updated June 25, 2026
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And the corpse wore tartan
MacBride, Stuart
Paper Book
A darkly funny and unexpectedly chilling Scottish detective novel from internationally bestselling crime writer Stuart MacBride. Move over Miss Marple... The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, for...
Based on a True Story
Vaughan, Sarah
Paper Book
ALL FAMILIES HAVE SECRETS. BUT IT'S THE LIES THAT CAN KILL. The compelling new novel about power, money and lies from the author of Anatomy of a Scandal. 'A timely and compelling study of family guilt. Sarah Vaughan's finest novel yet' MICK...
Before I Knew I Loved You (Original)
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Paper Book
The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible - not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time...
Blood, Rust and Steel
MacBride, Stuart.
Paper Book
'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic - and different' - Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, Blood, Rust and Steel is darkly funny and gripping Scottish crime at...
The dark heart
Lancaster, Neil (Crime author)
Paper Book
Don't miss Neil Lancaster's brand-new espionage thriller series! No Mercy available now. 'Just brilliant!! Superb plot, hooked early on, reeled in and kept dangling right till the end' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you're drawn to thrillers that combine procedural...
Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Tremblay, Paul
Paper Book
A genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World. Meet Julia Flang, a twenty-something former professional gamer, living with her...
Dead Man's Tale
Jardine, Quintin
Paper Book
'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK The gripping new mystery in the bestselling Bob Skinner series from the acclaimed Quintin Jardine. His native Scotland stands on the cusp of a new era of international...
The factory
Oyamada, Hiroko
Paper Book
From the author of Weasels in the Attic, here is a modern fable about the all-consuming world of work.
Girl falling : a novel
Scrivenor, Hayley
'Hayley Scrivenor is a major new talent' ERIN KELLY 'Australian Crime has a new star' CHRIS HAMMER WHY WOULD MY BEST FRIEND WANT TO DESTROY MY LIFE? Finn and her closest friend Daphne grew up in the imposing shadow of Australia's Blue Mountains, their...
Hurricane Room: James Bond Is Alive
Sherwood, Kim
Paper Book
James Bond returns and the Double O agents make their last stand in this gripping and explosive spy thriller 'Razor-sharp...highly recommended' M.W. Craven 'Tough, smart and thrilling. Just like 007 himself' Charlie Higson 'Explodes into action' Vaseem Khan<...
Inferno
Iggulden, Conn
Paper Book
*** THE FINAL EPIC IN THE NERO TRIOLOGY *** The throne is never safe ... especially in Rome AD 60. Rome stands at the height of its power - glittering with wealth, drowning in intrigue. On Palatine Hill, Nero Claudius Caesar rules as Emperor, a young...
Mothers and sons : a novel
Haslett, Adam
Paper Book
A mother and son, estranged for many years, reckon at last with the secret that has kept them apart in this highly anticipated novel by one of the most talented American writers of his generation At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated....
The salvage : a novel
Salam, Anbara
Paper Book
'A gothic tale with a powerful sense of place and an eerie atmosphere' The Sunday Times, Best New Historical Fiction Picks 'A heady, entertaining brew...asks questions about guilt, superstition, desire, power, and historical inheritance' Scotland on...
The sunflower boys : a novel
Wachman, Sam
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE MASS BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION "That rarest phenomenon: a war novel that feels at once timeless and precisely of...
When shadows fall
Lancaster, Neil (Crime author)
Paper Book
Don't miss Neil Lancaster's brand-new espionage thriller series! No Mercy available to buy now. 'Non-stop action, breakneck pace, deliciously suspenseful... When Shadows Fall was my first DS Max Craigie book and won't be my last - I loved it.' Andrea Mara A TRAGIC...

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