September 26 2025
New Fiction
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jonasson – One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elin S. Jonsdottir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance, and it is up to young detective Helgi Reykdal to crack the case before it’s leaked to the press. As Helgi interviews the people closest to Elin – a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge – he realizes her life wasn’t what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than the fiction she wrote. As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of the writer’s very unexpected life.
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand – It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy when unexpected news lands: The school has just catapulted to #2 in the prestigious America Today rankings. Was it a typo? Before anyone can celebrate, trouble erupts. Via a new app called Zip Zap, blind items start to appear on phones across campus, and nobody is safe. From Davi, influencer and queen bee; to Simone, the young new history teacher; to Charley, misfit transfer student; to Cordelia, an idiosyncratic admissions director – everyone has something to hide. As the year unfolds, bonds are forged and broken, secrets are shared and exposed, and the lives of Tiffin’s students and staff are changed forever.
Other People’s Houses by Clare Mackintosh – The Hill is the kind of place everyone wants to live: exclusive, high-end, and safe. But now someone is breaking and entering these luxury homes one by one, and Detective Sergeant Leo Brady suspects the burglar is looking for something, or someone, in particular. Over the border in Wales, Detective Constable Ffion Morgan recovers the body of a real estate agent from the lake. There’s no love lost between Ffion and real estate agents, but who hated this one enough to want her dead – and why? As their cases collide, Ffion and Leo discover people will pay a high price to keep their secrets behind closed doors.
The Women of Oak Ridge by Michelle Shocklee – 1944. Maebelle Willett arrives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, eager to begin her new government job and send money home to her impoverished family. She knows little about the work she will be doing, but she’s told it will help America win the war. Not all is what it seems, however. Though Oak Ridge employees are forbidden from discussing their jobs, Mae’s roommate begins sharing disturbing information, then disappears without a trace. Mae desperately attempts to find her but instead comes face-to-face with a life-altering revelation – one that comes at significant cost. 1979. Laurel Willett is a graduate student in Boston when she learns about the history of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where thousands unknowingly worked on the atomic bomb. Intrigued because she knows her Aunt Mae was employed there, Laurel decides to spend the summer with her aunt, hoping to add a family connection to her thesis research. But Mae adamantly refuses to talk about her time in the Secret City. Mae’s friends, however, offer to share their experiences, propelling Laurel on her path to uncovering the truth about a missing woman. As Laurel works to put the pieces together, the hidden pain and guilt Mae has tried so hard to bury comes to light…with potentially disastrous consequences.