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New Fiction | April 2025

Adult - What We're Reading | March 27, 2025

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

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FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, AND MYSTERY

  • book cover: strangers in time by david baldacci

    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.

  • book cover: the last session by julia bartz

    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.

  • book cover: gifted & talented by olivie blake

    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.

  • book cover: tough luck by sandra dallas

    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.

  • book cover: the bright years by sarah damoff

    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.

  • book cover: heartwood by amity gaige

    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.

  • book cover: flirting lessons by jasmine guillory

    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.

  • book cover: rabbit moon by jennifer haigh

    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.

  • book cover: the sirens by emilia hart

    The Sirens / Emilia Hart

    spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea.

  • book cover: great big beautiful life by emily henry

    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.

  • book cover: say you'll remember me by abby jimenez

    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.

  • book cover: six days in bombay by alka joshi

    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.

  • book cover: audition by katie kitamura

    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.

  • book cover: the amalfi curse by sarah penner

    The Amalfi Curse / Sarah Penner

    Powerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse…

  • book cover: happy land by dolen perkins-valdez

    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.

  • book cover: the maid's secret by nita prose

    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?

  • book cover: fun for the whole family by jennifer e smith

    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.

  • book cover: into the gray zone by brad taylor

    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.

  • book cover: the griffin sisters' greatest hits by jennifer weiner

    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.

  • book cover: the staircase in the woods by chuck wendig

    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


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