2026 NEW ADULT FICTION

12 months to live

Patterson, James, 1947-


"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date." --Publisher.
Date Published:2023

"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date." --Publisher.

Date Published:2023

26 beauties

Patterson, James, 1947-


SFPD's Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest crashes the Women's Murder Club's party: a concerned father seeking investigative reporter Cindy Thomas's help in locating his missing daughter. And she's not the only one. Lindsay's been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park. What if all these cases are connected? The answers lie with the 26 Beauties on the run and in the wind.
Date Published:2026

SFPD's Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest crashes the Women's Murder Club's party: a concerned father seeking investigative reporter Cindy Thomas's help in locating his missing daughter. And she's not the only one. Lindsay's been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park. What if all these cases are connected? The answers lie with the 26 Beauties on the run and in the wind.

Date Published:2026

36 Righteous Men

Pressfield, Steven



Date Published:2020

The antique hunter's murder at the castle : a novel

Miller, C. L. (Cara L.)


Hot on the heels of stolen art, Freya and Carole are not expecting one of their leads to come to a dead end. Literally. But when a team member goes missing, having followed a clue to an isolated castle deep in the Scottish countryside, the agency quickly races to Scotland to uncover what has happened to her. Bella might have gone rogue, but Freya and Aunt Carole would never allow one of their team to come to harm. Following Bella to her last known location, Freya and Carole arrive in the wintry landscape of rolling Scottish hills, frozen lochs and snow tipped castles. There they discover a missing collection of Scottish Silverware which belonged to murdered Laird...and the police believe Bella was at the scene of the crime. It's clear something terrible has happened, but where is Bella now and is she safe? As the snow falls fast, Freya and Carole call in back-up to help uncover what happened that fateful night. As each question is met with more mystery, the clock is ticking to find their friend, the missing antiques, and the murderer before they're cut off from the outside world and trapped with the architect of this fiendish plot.
Date Published:2026

Hot on the heels of stolen art, Freya and Carole are not expecting one of their leads to come to a dead end. Literally. But when a team member goes missing, having followed a clue to an isolated castle deep in the Scottish countryside, the agency quickly races to Scotland to uncover what has happened to her. Bella might have gone rogue, but Freya and Aunt Carole would never allow one of their team to come to harm. Following Bella to her last known location, Freya and Carole arrive in the wintry landscape of rolling Scottish hills, frozen lochs and snow tipped castles. There they discover a missing collection of Scottish Silverware which belonged to murdered Laird...and the police believe Bella was at the scene of the crime. It's clear something terrible has happened, but where is Bella now and is she safe? As the snow falls fast, Freya and Carole call in back-up to help uncover what happened that fateful night. As each question is met with more mystery, the clock is ticking to find their friend, the missing antiques, and the murderer before they're cut off from the outside world and trapped with the architect of this fiendish plot.

Date Published:2026

Beneath Brazen Skies Bk 2 Oregon Promise

Bonner, Lynnette



Date Published:2024

Blood Lines : Scott Brodie Series

DeMille, N & A



Date Published:2023

Bloodlust

Brown, Sandra, 1948-


"A novel"--Cover. "Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder to two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as Oz. Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dealer who fronts as a restaurant owner, neutralizes so cleanly that he doesn't leave a trace. And he performs his handiwork at the biddings of Oz, the faceless kingpin of a drug trafficking operation whose name alone evokes terror. Obsessively vowing to avenge his late wife's murder, Mitch has been on a downward spiral, jeopardizing his closest relationships and drinking excessively to numb his pain. After going one step too far, Detective John Bowie, his former best friend and now his boss, has forced Mitch to get therapy to sort himself out. Dr. Dylan Reede is immediately empathetic to the pain she senses beneath Mitch's cavalier attitude and wisecracking. She's determined to make the most of his mandated sessions. But from the moment Mitch breezes into her office, Dylan finds it a struggle to maintain the professional and personal boundaries that keep her own tragic past at a safe distance. As Mitch begins to close in on Oz and Malone's operation, they're prepared to stop him by any means necessary. And when it's revealed that Dylan might hold the key to bringing them to justice, Mitch and Dylan's irresistible attraction to each other may not only compromise both of them professionally, but place them in Oz's bullseye."--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2026

"A novel"--Cover. "Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder to two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as Oz. Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dealer who fronts as a restaurant owner, neutralizes so cleanly that he doesn't leave a trace. And he performs his handiwork at the biddings of Oz, the faceless kingpin of a drug trafficking operation whose name alone evokes terror. Obsessively vowing to avenge his late wife's murder, Mitch has been on a downward spiral, jeopardizing his closest relationships and drinking excessively to numb his pain. After going one step too far, Detective John Bowie, his former best friend and now his boss, has forced Mitch to get therapy to sort himself out. Dr. Dylan Reede is immediately empathetic to the pain she senses beneath Mitch's cavalier attitude and wisecracking. She's determined to make the most of his mandated sessions. But from the moment Mitch breezes into her office, Dylan finds it a struggle to maintain the professional and personal boundaries that keep her own tragic past at a safe distance. As Mitch begins to close in on Oz and Malone's operation, they're prepared to stop him by any means necessary. And when it's revealed that Dylan might hold the key to bringing them to justice, Mitch and Dylan's irresistible attraction to each other may not only compromise both of them professionally, but place them in Oz's bullseye."--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2026

Bonded in death

Robb, J. D., 1950-,


His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within minutes... Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the Rossi case frustrating. She's got an elderly victim who'd just arrived from Rome; a widow who knows nothing about why he'd left; an as-yet unidentifiable weapon; and zero results on facial recognition. But when she finds a connection to the Urban Wars of the 2020s, she thinks Summerset--fiercely loyal, if somewhat grouchy, majordomo and the man who'd rescued her husband from the Dublin streets--may know something from his stint as a medic in Europe back then. When Summerset learns of the crime, his shock and grief are clear--because, as he eventually reveals, he himself was one of The Twelve. It's not a part of his past he likes to revisit. But now he must--not only to assist Eve's investigation, but because a cryptic message from the killer has boasted that others of The Twelve have also died. Summerset is one of those who remain--and the murderous mission is yet to be fully accomplished...
Date Published:2025

His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within minutes... Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the Rossi case frustrating. She's got an elderly victim who'd just arrived from Rome; a widow who knows nothing about why he'd left; an as-yet unidentifiable weapon; and zero results on facial recognition. But when she finds a connection to the Urban Wars of the 2020s, she thinks Summerset--fiercely loyal, if somewhat grouchy, majordomo and the man who'd rescued her husband from the Dublin streets--may know something from his stint as a medic in Europe back then. When Summerset learns of the crime, his shock and grief are clear--because, as he eventually reveals, he himself was one of The Twelve. It's not a part of his past he likes to revisit. But now he must--not only to assist Eve's investigation, but because a cryptic message from the killer has boasted that others of The Twelve have also died. Summerset is one of those who remain--and the murderous mission is yet to be fully accomplished...

Date Published:2025

Bone Box Book 24 : Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus series

Kellerman, F



Date Published:2017

The calamity club

Stockett, Kathryn.


"A novel"--Cover. "Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she's left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates -- and Meg<U+2019>s -- converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan to claim what<U+2019>s rightfully theirs. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women<U+2019>s freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences."--Publisher. .
Date Published:2026

"A novel"--Cover. "Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she's left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister's seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates -- and Meg<U+2019>s -- converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan to claim what<U+2019>s rightfully theirs. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women<U+2019>s freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences."--Publisher. .

Date Published:2026

City of the muse : a novel

Hilton, Kate, 1972-


"Egypt, 1903: When renowned papyrologist Helen Gardiner arrives at an excavation site in the ancient city of Calliopolis, she learns that she has been given the job because her predecessor has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. One of the only women on the dig, Helen--tasked with restoring and cataloguing the thousands of papyrus fragments recovered at the site--soon discovers that there's more to Calliopolis than meets the eye. The archaeologists on the dig, mostly men, all have not only their own towering egos, but their own agendas, including secrets they might kill to protect. Toronto, 2019: Archivist Maddie Sloan is at a dead end: she feels like her academic career is stalled, and she's still healing from her recent breakup with her former partner, Ben. To make matters worse, Ben still works with Maddie's father, a famous archaeologist, and with whom Maddie has had a major falling out. It feels like her father has chosen Ben over her. When famous TV archaeologist Peter Bahar arrives at the Toronto Archaeological Museum to verify the provenance of objects from their Egyptian collection believed to be from Calliopolis, Maddie jumps at the opportunity. After all, she has her own ties to the Cursed City of Calliopolis through her grandmother, Iris, who worked at the site. As Maddie and Peter begin digging into the objects and circumstances surrounding the excavation, they learn that two papyrologists seem to have abruptly disappeared from the dig without explanation. Suddenly, a search for provenance becomes a quest to uncover a history shrouded in secrets and lies--and a murder that has been covered up for more than a century."--
Date Published:2026

"Egypt, 1903: When renowned papyrologist Helen Gardiner arrives at an excavation site in the ancient city of Calliopolis, she learns that she has been given the job because her predecessor has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. One of the only women on the dig, Helen--tasked with restoring and cataloguing the thousands of papyrus fragments recovered at the site--soon discovers that there's more to Calliopolis than meets the eye. The archaeologists on the dig, mostly men, all have not only their own towering egos, but their own agendas, including secrets they might kill to protect. Toronto, 2019: Archivist Maddie Sloan is at a dead end: she feels like her academic career is stalled, and she's still healing from her recent breakup with her former partner, Ben. To make matters worse, Ben still works with Maddie's father, a famous archaeologist, and with whom Maddie has had a major falling out. It feels like her father has chosen Ben over her. When famous TV archaeologist Peter Bahar arrives at the Toronto Archaeological Museum to verify the provenance of objects from their Egyptian collection believed to be from Calliopolis, Maddie jumps at the opportunity. After all, she has her own ties to the Cursed City of Calliopolis through her grandmother, Iris, who worked at the site. As Maddie and Peter begin digging into the objects and circumstances surrounding the excavation, they learn that two papyrologists seem to have abruptly disappeared from the dig without explanation. Suddenly, a search for provenance becomes a quest to uncover a history shrouded in secrets and lies--and a murder that has been covered up for more than a century."--

Date Published:2026

The Conference of the Birds : Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children

Riggs, Ransome



Date Published:2020

The Crossroads : A Joe Pickett Novel

Box, C. J.



Date Published:2026

The Dare

Preston, Natasha



Date Published:2024

Dark Tort

Davidson, Diane Mott



Date Published:2006

Daughter of the Titanic

Cauchi, Caroline



Date Published:2026

Dead Man's List

Rose, Karen



Date Published:2025

Deliver Us From Evil Book 2 : Shaw series

Baldacci, David



Date Published:2021

The Desolations of Devil's Acre : Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children; book 6

Riggs, Ransom



Date Published:2021

Dream Town Book 3 : An Archer novel

Baldacci, David



Date Published:2022