MYSTERY
TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET
BY KAREN M. McMANUS
Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows.
The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.
Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.
LOVIE, AT FIRST SIGHT
(LOVIE CARMICHAEL)
BY MEREDITH BENNETT
Sophia is dead.When 70 year old Lovie is shaken from sleep by the ringing of her telephone she is shocked to hear that her neighbor, Sophia, has been found dead under strange circumstance.The widow of an ex-detective Lovie immediately suspects foul play. One would expect such things to happen in a big city but in the small Missouri town of Ste. Genevieve crimes like murder don’t occur every day.Lovie has always been a fan of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie and now life has presented her with a mystery of her own to solve. Along with her three best friends Lovie sets to the task of finding out how Sophia died, and more importantly, who killed her.Her list of suspects grows as the mystery unfolds but her suspect numero uno is Sophia’s less than loyal widow, Larry “Lady Killer” Jacobs. He’s not the only one with a motive, however. His mistress, Bebe, has a whole bank account full of reasons to take Sophia out of the picture.Then there’s the matter of the strange men in suits who seem to pop up everywhere Lovie is. Danger and murder have come to Lovie’s small town and it’s up to her and her friends to solve the crime.Lovie must stop the killer before she and her friends become their next victim.
GIRLS OF GLASS
BY BRIANNA LABUSKES
When the granddaughter of one of Florida’s most powerful judges disappears, it triggers a personal trauma for Detective Alice Garner: the kidnapping and murder of her own child. As a flood of painful memories comes rushing back, Alice sees herself in the guilt-ridden and emotionally fragile mother Charlotte Burke, who has become the target of a rush to judgment.
All too familiar with Charlotte’s situation, Alice is reluctant to cast any blame. Her gut instincts tell her that Charlotte’s anguish is rooted in something else—somewhere too dark for the truth to be seen. And Alice believes that it’s hiding behind the facade of the illustrious and guarded Burke mansion.
But uncovering Charlotte’s past comes with a risk. For Alice’s own life is becoming entangled in the secrets and lies of the picture-perfect family—an image that is about to be shattered in so many unexpected ways.
THE WHEEL OF LIFE AND DEATH
MYSTERIUM 3
BY JULIAN SEDGWICK
Convinced by a close call with an assassin in Barcelona that his circus-performer parents died under suspicious circumstances, Danny accompanies the troupe to Berlin, where his efforts to unravel clues identify the workings of a traitor within the Mysterium.
GIRLS' NIGHT OUT
BY LIZ FENTON & LISA STEINKE
From the bestselling authors of The Good Widow comes a chilling novel of psychological suspense that will make you think twice about what your best friend may be hiding…
For estranged friends Ashley, Natalie, and Lauren, it’s time to heal the old wounds between them. Where better to repair those severed ties than on a girls’ getaway to the beautiful paradise of Tulum, Mexico? But even after they’re reunited, no one is being completely honest about the past or the secrets they’re hiding. When Ashley disappears on their girls’ night out, Natalie and Lauren have to try to piece together their hazy memories to figure out what could have happened to her, while also reconciling their feelings of guilt over their last moments together.
Was Ashley with the man she’d met only days before? Did she pack up and leave? Was she kidnapped? Or worse—could Natalie or Lauren have snapped under the weight of her own lies?
As the clock ticks, hour by hour, Natalie and Lauren’s search rushes headlong into growing suspicion and dread. Maybe their secrets run deeper and more dangerous than one of them is willing—or too afraid—to admit.
THE GIRL WHO LIVED
BY CHRISTOPHER GREYSON
No one believes her story.
The police think she's crazy.
Her therapist thinks she's suicidal.
Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk.
They're all right--but did she see the killer?
As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked back to the last spot on earth she wants to be--her hometown where the slayings took place. Wracked by the lingering echoes of survivor's guilt, Faith spirals into a black hole of alcoholism and wanton self-destruction. Finding no solace at the bottom of a bottle, Faith decides to track down her sister's killer--only to discover that she's the one being hunted.