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Reese's Book Club Pick—"An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat." —Reese Witherspoon. You won't want to leave...until you can't. Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be.

A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in Kimi Cunningham Grant's These Silent Woods, a mesmerizing novel of suspense - No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that's exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he's got a lot to hide.

In the rubble of a broken continent, a girl must solve a mystery whose answers could rebuild her family—or break her completely, in this New York Times bestselling, critically acclaimed tour de force historical novel from Monica Hesse, author of Girl in the Blue Coat. Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp say the war is over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal, her mind feels broken.

Winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel from the Crime Writers' Association (UK) — Winner for Best International Crime Fiction from Australian Crime Writers Association — An instant New York Times Bestseller. "A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it." — Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds. Right. Wrong. Life is lived somewhere in between.

A New York Times bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads, and more. "A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History." —People. "Spellbinding." —The New York Times Book Review. "[An] irresistible literary page-turner." —The Boston Globe. The riveting new novel, part true-crime page-turner, part campus coming-of-age, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers.

Jennifer Hillier amps up the terror of her "truly frightening" (Suspense Magazine) debut thriller, Creep, returning to the Pacific Northwest college town where one killer's stranglehold has ebbed...but another sick mind emerges from the shadows. Sitting alone in a maximum-security prison cell, Abby Maddox is a celebrity. Her claim to fame is the envy of every freak on the outside: she's the former lover of Ethan Wolfe, the killer who left more than a dozen dead women in his wake and nearly added Puget Sound State professor Sheila Tao to the tally.

A Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning Clark and Division. Los Angeles, 1946: It’s been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar detention center and resettled in Chicago with other Japanese Americans. Now the Itos have finally been allowed to return home to California—but nothing is as they left it.

A USA Today Bestseller – Winner of the Nebula Award – Finalist for the Hugo Award – Finalist for the World Fantasy Award – A New York Times Best Romance of 2022. C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End. "Eerie, sharp, and fiercely bittersweet."—The New York Times. A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature -- New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. "A brilliant literary murder mystery." -- Chicago Tribune. "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." -- Annie Proulx. In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents.

Instant New York Times Bestseller - "Alice Feeney is great with TWISTS and TURNS." —Harlan Coben - The New York Times Bestselling Author of Rock Paper Scissors returns with a locked-room mystery when a family reunion leads to murder in a delightfully twisty and atmospheric thriller, as seen on the TODAY show - "A dysfunctional family meets Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None with a truly gasp-inducing twist. This is the book you've been looking for." —Catherine Ryan Howard, bestselling author of 56 Days - Daisy Darker was born with a broken heart.