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Looking for a New Book to read? Place holds now on these New Titles!

The Taken by Vicki Pettersson

"Mystery, crime-scene drama, and more than enough romance to keep the herat pumping blend seamlessly into an enthralling read." - Kim Harrison

The Neruda Case by Roberto Ampuero

"A sweeping mystery set against the backdrop of the Chilean coup." - Isabel Allende

The Wrong Man by David Ellis

"David Ellis's pages throb with action and suspense." - James Patterson

Looking for a New Detective Novel to read about? Place holds now on these New Titles!

Curse of the Jade Lily by David Housewright

Rushmore McKenzie, a St. Paul detective, acts as go-between with the local art museum and the ransomer of a stolen gem.

Burning Midnight by Loren D. Estleman

P.I. Amos Walker helps his friend Inspector John Alderdyce with a teen gang member in Detroit's Mexicantown.

Looking for a New Thriller to read? Place holds now on these New Titles!

The Reckoning by Jane Casey

"To the public, he's a hero: a brutal killer who targets sex offenders... but to Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan, he's a murderer - no matter the sins of his victims - and catching him is her job."

Nightworld by F. Paul Wilson

Nightworld brings the Repairman Jack series to "an apocalyptic finale as Jack and Glaeken search the Secret History to gather a ragtag army for a last stand against the Otherness and a hideously transformed Rasalom."

Looking for something New to read? Place holds now on these New Titles!

Hard Country by Michael McGarrity

A novel of the Old West and one family's struggle to settle in the untamed territory of New Mexico.

As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson

Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire investigates a death on the Cheyenne Reservation.

 

The Stonecutter by Camilla Lackberg

A Swedish bestseller by the same author of The Ice Princess.

The Lower River by Paul Theroux

Looking for something New to read? Place holds now on these New Titles!

The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd

Historical suspense set in the world of Charles Dickens.

The Reverend's Wife by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Another installment in the Reverend Curtis Black series

A Fatal Fleece by Sally Goldenbaum

A Seaside Knitters Mystery

Looking for something New to read? Place holds now on these Upcoming Titles!

Ada's Rules: a Sexy Skinny Novel by Alice Randall

With her twenty-five-year college reunion coming up, Ada Howard decides to to find time to take care of herself for a change.

Life Without Parole by Clare O'Donohue

The second mystery to feature the television producer Kate Conway, following Missing Persons.

Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton 

"In the aftermath of the devastating fire that almost destroys her family, Grace embarks on a mission to find the person responsible and protect her children from further harm."

New Spanish Fiction

New titles recently added to the Spanish Fiction collection include:

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South of Superior by Ellen Airgood

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Madeline Stone leaves her life in Chicago to return to the place of her birth, a small town on the coast of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Penninsula. She takes care of an aging family friend, starts working at the local pizzeria, tries to help settle a dispute at the local grocery store, starts to draw again, and, amidst the dramas of her new friends, and plenty of setbacks, she gradually finds what's missing in her life.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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The circus arrives without warning. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. Behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will.