New Fiction | March 2025

These adult fiction books and more will be arriving at the Library in March.

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FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, AND MYSTERY

  • book cover: dream count by chimamanda ngozi adichie

    Dream Count / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Explores the lives of four Nigerian women, each grappling with love, loss and the complexities of modern life, as they face personal growth, societal expectations and the pursuit of happiness.

  • book cover: the jackal's mistress by chris bohjalian

    The Jackal’s Mistress / Chris Bohjalian

    Managing her gristmill amid the turmoil of war in 1864 Virginia, Libby Steadman must choose whether to risk treason and aid a gravely injured Union officer left to die, while her desperate hope for news of her imprisoned husband collides with the harsh realities of war.

  • book cover: blood moon by sandra brown

    Blood Moon / Sandra Brown

    Haunted by an unsolved case, a detective teams up with a determined true crime producer to solve the mysterious disappearances of local teenage girls, all who went missing during the night of a blood moon.

  • book cover: nobody's fool by harlan coben

    Nobody’s Fool / Harlan Coben

    Backpacking in Spain, Sami Kierce wakes up covered in blood, his girlfriend Anna dead, and he runs—then years later he sees Anna in his night school classroom, she bolts, and he must find her to solve the mystery that has haunted him.

  • book cover: the paris express by emma donoghue

    The Paris Express / Emma Donoghue

    Set on a fateful 1895 train journey to Paris, a diverse group of passengers—including politicians, a medical student, an inventor, and an anarchist—navigate personal ambitions and hidden motives, culminating in a disaster that forever changes their lives.

  • book cover: broken country by clare leslie hall

    Broken Country / Clare Leslie Hall

    When her brother-in-law’s actions reconnect her with a former love, Gabriel, whose son eerily resembles her deceased child, Beth’s carefully constructed life unravels as past secrets and jealousies resurface, leading to deadly consequences and a difficult choice.

  • book cover: saltwater by katy hays

    Saltwater / Katy Hays

    Thirty years after Sarah Lingate’s mysterious death on Capri, her daughter Helen returns with the family for their annual retreat, only to uncover a buried necklace, renewed suspicions, and dangerous secrets, as betrayal and paranoia threaten to rupture the family and claim more lives.

  • book cover: the story she left behind by patti callahan henry

    The Story She Left Behind / Patti Callahan Henry

    In 1952, illustrator Clara Harrington travels to London with her daughter Wynnie to investigate a discovery linked to her vanished mother, a famed author, uncovering long-buried truths amid the chaos of the Great Smog and a remote Lake District retreat.

  • book cover: one good thing by georgia hunter

    One Good Thing / Georgia Hunter

    In occupied Italy, Jewish best friends Lili and Esti hide war orphans in a convent where they forge false papers for the Underground, and when Esti is critically injured, she asks Lili to go on the run with her son Theo through Nazi-occupied villages toward Allied territory.

  • book cover: the dream hotel by laila lalami

    The Dream Hotel / Laila Lalami

    After a dream-analysis algorithm predicts that she will harm her husband, Sara is detained in a facility with similarly accused women, where she navigates shifting rules until a new arrival leads her to confront the forces controlling her fate.

  • book cover: beach vibes by susan mallery

    Beach Vibes / Susan Mallery

    Beth’s idyllic life running her Malibu beach shop unravels when she discovers her brother’s infidelity and must make a moral decision threatening her newfound happiness and forcing her to choose between love and loyalty.

  • book cover: twist by colum mccann

    Twist / Collum McCann

    Irish journalist Anthony Fennell investigates the human cost of fiber-optic cable repair on Africa’s west coast, joining a mysterious engineer and freediver as their mission at sea reveals personal and global fractures, forcing them to confront love, loss and the fragile connections that bind them.

  • book cover: wild dark shore by charlotte mcconaghy

    Wild Dark Shore / Charlotte McConaghy

    On a remote island near Antarctica, the Salt family’s fragile existence is upended by the arrival of Rowan, a mysterious woman who washes ashore during a storm, forcing them to confront rising dangers and the hope of rebuilding trust amidst isolation and loss.

  • book cover: a map to paradise by susan meissner

    A Map to Paradise / Susan Meissner

    Blacklisted actress Melanie Cole and her maid, Eva, form an unlikely alliance to uncover the mystery surrounding their agoraphobic neighbor’s disappearance, leading them to a surprising discovery about themselves and their shared past.

  • book cover: kills well with others by deanna raybourn

    Kills Well with Others / Deanna Raybourn

    When a mole in the elite assassin organization the Museum leaks names to an Eastern European gangster who’s murdering agents, assassins Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Natalie—senior in status and age—must root out the organization’s mole and hunt down their new nemesis.

  • book cover: the antidote by karen russell

    The Antidote / Karen Russell

    In a Dust Bowl-era Nebraska town burdened by the Great Depression and its dark past, a witch guarding memories, a grieving athlete, a cursed farmer, and a photographer with a time-bending camera grapple with buried secrets and the consequences of a nation’s forgotten history.

  • book cover: lethal prey by john sandford

    Lethal Prey / John Sandford

    Twenty years after her sister Doris’s murder, when Lara Grandfelt offers $5 million for information leading to an arrest and a true-crime blogger finds the murder weapon, detectives Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers must discover the killer who’s lurking in plain sight.

  • book cover: when the moon hits your eye by john scalzi

    When the Moon Hits Your Eye / John Scalzi

    When the Moon inexplicably turns to cheese, humanity grapples with the absurd transformation through the perspectives of astronauts, billionaires, professors, and everyday people, confronting faith, science and survival over a single surreal lunar cycle.

  • book cover: count my lies by sophie stava

    Count My Lies / Sophie Stava

    When Sloane lies about being a nurse to meet an attractive single father, she becomes his children’s nanny, entering a seemingly perfect world that hides dangerous secrets and forces her to confront the consequences of her deceptions.

  • book cover: the girl from greenwich street by lauren willig

    The Girl from Greenwich Street / Lauren Willig

    Bitter rivals Hamilton and Burr unite to defend a carpenter accused of murdering Elma Sands, a mysterious young woman found in a well, intertwining a high-profile trial with their own political ambitions and personal enmity.

SHC: 2/2025


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