Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya Read more…
The Forgetting – Sharon Cameron What isn’t written, isn’t remembered. Even your crimes. Nadia lives in the city of Canaan, where life is safe and structured, hemmed in by white stone walls and no memory of what came before. But every twelve years the city descends into the bloody chaos Read more…
Dangerous Girl – Emma Tallon Sometimes your enemies are closer than you think Anna is finally happy. She’s rid of her abusive ex and she’s co-owner of London’s hottest new club, with her best friend Tanya. But she is worried about her boyfriend, Freddie. He’s keeping things from her. And he Read more…
Holy Ghost (Virgil Flowers #11) – John Sandford (2018) Pinion, Minnesota: a metropolis of all of seven hundred souls for which the word “moribund” might have been invented. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would—until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: “I’ll Do What I Can”) and a Read more…
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos #1) – Dan Simmons (1989) On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy Read more…
The Girl Without Skin – Mads Peder Nordbo They were near the edge of the glacier. The sea beneath the helicopter was dense with pack ice. In front of them, the endless whiteness stretched as far as the light could reach. It hurt his eyes. Millions of white crystals. Except Read more…
Genesis (First Colony #1) – Ken Lozito A mission gone wrong. Innocent lives have been lost. Escaping wrongful imprisonment wasn’t something Connor had in mind, but being put into stasis aboard Earth’s first interstellar colony ship was something he couldn’t have prepared for. For three hundred thousand colonists, the new Read more…
Only Human – Sylvain Neuvel (2018) In her childhood, Rose Franklin accidentally discovered a giant metal hand buried beneath the ground outside Deadwood, South Dakota. As an adult, Dr. Rose Franklin led the team that uncovered the rest of the body parts which together form Themis: a powerful robot Read more…
Animalphabet – Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Sharon King-Chai (2018) A wondrous and beautiful A-to-Z guessing game from the bestselling author of Room on the Broom A splendidly die-cut alphabet of animals from Number 1 bestselling author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, and visionary illustrator Sharon King-Chai. Each cleverly cut flap draws you Read more…
Laugh Your Head Off 4 Ever – Andy Griffiths, James Roy, Felice Arena, Matt Stanton, Lisa Shanahan, Penny Tangey, Marcus Emerson, Yvette Poshoglian and Katrina Nannestad. Illustrated by Andrea Innocent (2018) 9 authors 9 stories to make you laugh your head off 4EVER A runaway pram + an artsy Read more…