These adult fiction books and more will be arriving at the Library in April.
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FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, AND MYSTERY
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Strangers in Time / David Baldacci
In London in 1944, a recently bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War come together, finding healing and hope in one another.
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The Last Session / Julia Bartz
A white-knuckled locked-room thriller about a social worker who, after coming face-to-face with her dark past, must infiltrate a mysterious wellness center in the deserts of New Mexico.
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Gifted & Talented / Olivie Blake
Three telepathic and electrokinetically gifted children of a recently-deceased tech mogul: a biotech fraud, a struggling congressman and a former ballerina, each vie for control of his groundbreaking business empire in a ruthless inheritance war.
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Tough Luck / Sandra Dallas
After escaping an orphanage, Haidie Richards and her brother Boots journey to Colorado Territory, encountering treacherous challenges, unlikely allies, and the truth about their father, while Haidie devises a daring plan to claim their future.
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The Bright Years / Sarah Damoff
One family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but they’re unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this big-hearted family saga.
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Heartwood / Amity Gaige
Heartwood takes you on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time when an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.
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Flirting Lessons / Jasmine Guillory
Fresh off a breakup, Avery Jensen wants to do all the fun stuff normal people do in their twenties, but she lacks confidence in romance. Enter Taylor Cameron, Napa Valley’s biggest flirt and champion heartbreaker. Taylor just broke up with her girlfriend, and so she offers to give Avery flirting lessons. With Taylor’s help, Avery finally has the life she always wanted – but now what she wants is Taylor. Their attraction grows, despite them both insisting to themselves and everyone else that it isn’t serious. When Taylor is forced to confront her feelings for Avery, she doesn’t know what to do – and most importantly, if she’s already ruined the best thing she’s ever had.
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Rabbit Moon / Jennifer Haigh
A tense, propulsive drama set in Shanghai, about a fractured American family, secret lives, and the unbreakable bond between two sisters.
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The Sirens / Emilia Hart
A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea.
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Great Big Beautiful Life / Emily Henry
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve.
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Say You’ll Remember Me / Abby Jimenez
A playful yet deeply emotional romance where one date is all it takes for two people to know they’re perfect for each other . . . until one of them moves 2,000 miles away the next day.
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Six Days in Bombay / Alka Joshi
This sweeping novel of identity and self-discovery takes readers from Bombay to Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover the mystery behind a famous painter’s death.
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Audition / Katie Kitamura
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Mobius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love.
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The Amalfi Curse / Sarah Penner
Powerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse…
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Happy Land / Dolen Perkins-Valdez
When Nikki visits her estranged grandmother in Western North Carolina, she uncovers a hidden legacy tied to a forgotten kingdom of freed people, unraveling her family’s secrets and her own identity while fighting to protect their endangered heritage.
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The Maid’s Secret / Nita Prose
When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why?
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Fun for the Whole Family / Jennifer E. Smith
A breathtaking, joy-filled novel about the people we love, the secrets we keep, and the enduring power of family.
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Into the Gray Zone / Brad Taylor
Pike Logan uncovers a geopolitical scheme that has spiraled out of control in India in this latest pulse-pounding thriller.
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The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits / Jennifer Weiner
A deeply moving novel set against the glitz and chaos of early 2000s pop stardom. Equal parts heartfelt family saga and behind-the-scenes look at fame, this is a story about sisters, secrets, and the power of second chances.
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The Staircase in the Woods / Chuck Wendig
A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel.
SHC: 3/2025