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FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, AND MYSTERY
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End Game / Jeffrey Archer
As London prepares for the 2012 Olympics, Commander William Warwick races against time to dismantle a shadowy international conspiracy planning a devastating attack.
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The Secret of Secrets / Dan Brown
When Katherine Solomon vanishes and her manuscript disappears following a murder in Prague, symbologist Robert Langdon races across three cities to uncover a hidden truth about consciousness, pursued by ancient myths, secret societies, and a revelation that could upend humanity’s understanding of the mind.
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny / Kiran Desai
When Sonia and Sunny meet again by chance on an overnight train, their rekindled connection propels them through a journey shaped by family expectations, artistic disillusionment and personal upheaval as they seek meaning, love and belonging across continents and generations.
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The Wilderness / Angela Flournoy
Five young Black women—Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia—navigate strained family ties, motherhood, ambition, and identity as they support and challenge each other while forging their adulthoods in New York and Los Angeles across two turbulent decades.
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Vince Flynn’s Denied Access / Don Bentley
As the CIA faces political scrutiny and a devastating Moscow intel failure, newly minted assassin Mitch Rapp is pulled into a deadly clash with Russian operatives, in the 24th novel of the series following Capture or Kill.
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Circle of Days / Ken Follett
As drought and tension grip the Great Plain, a gifted flint miner and a visionary priestess unite to build a monumental stone circle, but escalating tribal conflicts and brutal violence threaten their civilization and their shared ambition.
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Vianne / Joanne Harris
After scattering her mother’s ashes, Vianne follows a mystical wind to Marseille, where she begins a new life as a pregnant waitress discovering the magic of cooking with chocolate—only to find that her secret past may upend the fragile future she’s building.
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Amity / Nathan Harris
In 1866 New Orleans, formerly enslaved siblings Coleman and June are separated, only to embark on perilous, individual journeys through the Mexican desert to reunite and seize the freedom they were promised
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Clown Town / Mick Herron
While recovering from injury, former MI5 agent River Cartwright investigates a missing book tied to his late grandfather’s secrets that draws in the disgraced spies of Slough House.
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The Academy / Elin Hilderbrand
When a surprise national ranking thrusts underachieving Tiffin Academy into the spotlight, a viral gossip app begins exposing students’ and staff’s secrets, unraveling reputations and relationships as the boarding school’s carefully curated image gives way to chaos, scandal and unexpected alliances.
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Please Don’t Lie / Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt
Two years ago, Hayley’s parents died in a fire and her sister overdosed, leaving Hayley alone to face a media circus; after she accepts her husband’s suggestion to start fresh in the Adirondacks, he grows distant and the widow down the road spews accusations—her sanctuary is anything but safe.
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Apostle’s Cove / William Kent Krueger
Just before Halloween, former sheriff Cork O’Connor reopens a decades-old murder case at his son’s urging as whispers of the Windigo grow louder and bodies begin to fall. -
What We Can Know / Ian McEwan
In a future drowned by climate disaster, solitary scholar Thomas Metcalfe uncovers a trail to a lost 2014 poem that once stirred scandal, unraveling a century-old mystery of love, betrayal and artistic legacy in a world longing for what it has lost.
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The Summer War / Naomi Novik
When Celia’s accidental curse condemns her brother Argent to a loveless life, she spends years mastering her prophetic magic to break it, uncovering along the way a buried truth about an ancient war that could finally bring peace—or destroy her people entirely.
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The Impossible Fortune / Richard Osman
As wedding plans unfold and personal struggles linger, the Thursday Murder Club reunites when a guest vanishes and a suspicious partner hints at something valuable—and deadly—leading Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim into a tangled case of coded secrets and high-stakes deception.
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To the Moon and Back / Eliana Ramage
After fleeing domestic violence for the Cherokee Nation, Steph Harper dedicates her life to escaping Oklahoma and reaching NASA, but her relentless pursuit of independence strains her ties with her sister Kayla, her girlfriend Della and her mother Hannah.
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All This Could Be Yours / Hank Phillippi Ryan
Debut author Tessa Calloway’s book tour becomes a nightmare when a stalker, threatening to expose her dark past and destroy her family, demands she pay the price for a chilling deal with the devil.
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Buckeye / Patrick Ryan
In postwar Ohio, a stolen moment between Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt reverberates through generations, as a small town’s buried secrets and a wife’s spiritual gift expose the longing for love and goodness.
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The Librarians / Sherry Thomas
When two patrons die after a themed game night, four Austin librarians—each guarding painful secrets—must overcome mistrust and unite to protect their beloved library, unraveling a mystery that threatens the refuge they’ve built and the fragile peace they’ve found.
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The Final Score / Don Winslow
Six crime novellas showcase a legendary prison-bound robber plotting an impossible casino heist, a teenage bootlegger ensnared by corruption, two wise guys trading barroom tall tales, a conflicted patrolman, a PI safeguarding a suicidal movie star and a desperate family man forced into violence.
SHC: 8/2025
