The Briar Club
Kate Quinn
In 1950, the Briarwood serves as a women’s boarding house in Washington, D.C. When Grace March moves to Briarwood, the mysterious widow creates strong female friendships between the residents with her weekly dinner parties and tea. With the fear of McCarthy’s Red Scare spreading through town, a shocking act of violence divides the house and forces the women to ponder who their enemy truly is.
The Lost Story
Meg Shaffer
As children, Jeremy and Rafe disappeared for six months only to reappear with no explanation. Rafe has scars but no memory of what happened and Jeremy has never told him that they travelled to an enchanted magical land. When Emilie hires Jeremy, now a famed missing persons investigator, to find her missing sister, Jeremy must come clean to Rafe about their past and return to the enchanted world to recover everything they lost.
What Have You Done?
Shari Lapena
In the sleepy little town of Fairhill, Vermont, nothing ever happens. Until one day, popular teen Diana Brewer is found dead in a hayfield. Now everyone in Fairhill is on edge, knowing that someone among them is a killer. With the tension of a small-town mystery and a bit of the paranormal, What Have You Done? is likely to be one of the summer’s must-read new thrillers.
Slow Dance
Rainbow Rowell
Growing up, Shiloh’s friendship with Cary was the only thing that got her through high school in Omaha, Nebraska. However, after graduation they lost touch when Shiloh went off to college and Cary joined the Navy. Fourteen years later, Shiloh finds herself back in her hometown, a divorced single mum who lost her dreams along the way. When Cary returns for a friend’s wedding, Shiloh hopes to reconnect with Cary, whom she never realised she loved until he was gone.
The Bright Sword
Lev Grossman
Searching for a place at the Round Table, Collum, a talented young knight, arrives in Camelot only to discover that King Arthur died just two weeks ago. Teaming up with the ragtag knights leftover in Arthur’s fellowship after the exalted heroes left, Collum and Nimue, Merlin’s apprentice, try to rebuild Camelot. With warlords laying siege to the city and factions forming around Lancelot and Guinevere, Collum and his companions set out to reclaim Excalibur and learn the truth about King Arthur’s death in this new epic fantasy series from the author of The Magicians.