Courtney Gray, her husband Elliot and their young daughter Cass join her brother Nolan, his wife Emily, daughters Reese and Mae, and son Wyatt for a vacation at a lakeside resort in Wisconsin. The morning after a family dinner, Courtney discovers the bloody bodies of Nolan and Emily in their cabin. Reese, who is seventeen and is frequently at odds with her mother, is nowhere to be found. As the family comes to grips with this horrendous murder, the police quickly investigate

Debbie Mullen lives in suburban Massachusetts with her husband and their two teenage daughters. To keep busy and earn some extra money, Debbie writes an advice column for the local newspaper. It is mostly advice on household tips but recently the letters are more about relationships and Debbie starts writing about women taking control of their lives rather than how to take out a stain. Soon Debbie takes her own empowerment advice and decides to seek revenge on those who have

In the time leading up to Civil War, Magnolia Row, a plantation in Goochland, Virginia, is filled with enslaved people clinging to humanity through their connections to one another.  Luke and Henri dream of escaping along with Josephine. Their actions will change the course of many lives. In Maryland, Charity Butler fights for the freedom she has legally earned, only to be challenged by an ambitious lawyer. In Charleston, South Carolina, Nathaniel, having purchased his own fr

It's 1989 and Violet, Vail, and Dodie Esmie, now adults, remain emotionally scarred by the traumatic loss of their six-year-old brother Ben, which occurred eighteen years earlier. Violet, who can see ghosts, believes that Ben has summoned the siblings to return to their childhood home. Desperate to learn what happened to Ben, they head to Fell, New York. Once back in their home, each of the siblings start experiencing disturbing visions and dreams from their past. As the haun

Eden Fox is an artist who has recently moved with husband Harrison to Spyglass, their new home in the fishing village of Hope Falls on the Cornish coast. Before her exhibition at the local art gallery, Eden goes for a run. When she returns home, her key fails to work. A woman who resembles her and is wearing her clothing answers the door and insists that Spyglass is her home and she is Eden Fox. Harrison joins the woman and agrees that they do not know who she is. Nothing mak

Taylor Adams is a nurse living in Boston having left her home in North Carolina to find herself. When Vivian Lawrence is admitted to the hospital where Taylor works, she becomes intrigued by her new patient. Vivan seems to have everything she lacks - money, style, and social standing. Taylor is determined to learn all she can about Vivian, who has a traumatic brain injury after a suspicious fall. While Vivian remains in an induced coma, it's revealed that she is an antiques d

Hannah Cortland is the lead singer of the   Future Saints, a rock band from California that hasn't lived up to its early promise. Besides disappointing album sales, the band is struggling with the sudden and tragic death of their manager. Their record company assigns Theo Ford, known as "The Fixer," to manage the band and get them back on track, as they are under contract for one more album. If they can't recover, the label will drop them. However, when Theo hears one of thei

In  Head Cases  (2025), author John  McMahon introduced the fictional  Patterns and Recognition (PAR) unit of the FBI, comprised of a team with  advanced analytical and technical expertise, led by Gardner Camden. In the first book, the FBI considers shutting down the unit, but in the second installment,  Inside Man , the team has demonstrated its significant value. In their latest case, the team is investigating J.P Sandoval, who appears to be amassing weapons and may be plan

Ellie Appleby, a married mother of two, witnessed a deadly car accident in which a man named Graham Hunter lost his life. She gave her statement to the police and is awaiting the trial where she is set to testify against Jason Hunter, a truck driver she saw hit the car. Traumatized by the incident, Ellie decides to attend the victim's funeral to pay her respects to Samantha, Graham's widow. Hoping to offer comfort and support, Ellie and Samantha become friends, much to the di

If you are among those who read and enjoyed The Last Thing He Told Me (2021), Laura Dave's sequel The First Time I Saw Him is surely on your must-read list. This fast-paced book begins five years after Hannah Hall's husband, Owen, disappeared, revealing that he had been hiding a secret life. During this time, Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey have grown very close, anticipating the day when they might see Owen again. When that day finally arrives, their world is turned upsi

Simone “Sam” Vetiver is an author who has achieved some success writing historical fiction. As the deadline for her fifth book approaches, she is having a tough time writing it. After her book tour, Sam is surprised to receive a letter from the very popular bestselling author William Corwyn, who praises her work and invites her to his bookstore appearance in Boston. Although he is very popular with women readers, he has also attracted stalkers. One of them is a woman William

After losing her job, mathematician Aubrey MacLean leaves New York City and returns to her hometown of Henderson, Indiana to regroup. After the loss of her father, her large childhood home is empty, providing the perfect refuge. She has to face seeing Nick Thaler, who broke her heart seventeen years ago. The memory of their young romance and all his love letters have kept her from finding love as an adult. Former high school football captain Gallant Nobel still lives in town

Benjamin Bayliss is a successful attorney in Baton Rouge. He's from humble beginnings and does not always play by the rules. His wife Camille comes from a powerful old-money Louisiana family. She has lost trust in Ben and wants to know what he's been up to. Since Ben tracks her every move, Camille convinces Aubrey Price to pretend to be her, using her car, credit card, and cell phone and be highly visible around town while she spies on Ben. Audrey, a 26-year-old bartender wit

It's 1964, and the CBS TV sitcom Meet the Newmans   has become outdated. The show, featuring the antics of married couple Del and Dinah and their two sons, Guy and Shep, has seen a decline in ratings due to its failure to adapt to changing times. Behind the scenes, the sons seek lives far from their on-screen characters. When Del is in a car accident and hospitalized, Dinah and her sons need to salvage the final episodes of the season. Juliet, a young newspaper reporter whose

Elinor Gilbert had worked as an FBI agent until her supervisor, Alan Metcalf, made the scapegoat for a problematic incident he had caused. She is shocked when Metcalf contacts her for a special undercover assignment, offering a chance to repair her reputation with the Bureau and recover back wages. At the age of fifty, Elinor feels as if she walking through life feeling invisible, and this assignment excites her to get back in the game. Wearing a fat suit and make-up that exa

Set in Paris, two stories separated by 300 years are connected by the city's hidden underground tunnels. In 1664, Alouette Voland watched as her father created beautiful dyes for the Gobelin Tapestry Works. As a woman, she was denied the opportunity to be recognized for her own creative talents. When her father is imprisoned, Alouette attempts to defend him and is sent to Salpêtrière, an asylum for women deemed insane, where she finds other courageous women. In 1939, Kristof

It's 1979 in Yorkshire, England. Twelve-year-old Mavis, known as Miv, lives with her parents and her Aunty Jean, who moved in after her mother became ill and mentally withdrawn from the family. Life in the former mill town became overshadowed by a serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper. With the police making little progress on the case, Miv and her best friend Sharon decide to take matters into their own hands to uncover who is murdering local women. Miv fears that her

Lucy Ambrose lives in Georgetown with her three best friends from college - Addie, Penelope, and Estella. Although they share everything with each other, Lucy has kept her past as a child from an abusive home from her friends. She is outraged when Addie comes back from a run, hurt and bloodied. At first, Addie thinks the person who attacked her was her ex-boyfriend Josh, a popular local TV investigative reporter and son of a former Presidential candidate, but she later believ

During her troubled childhood in Shanghai, Mei discovered that she possessed the Sight - she could see spirits. In 1953, as a young woman in her 20s, she received an invitation to participate in a seance competition in Hong Kong, hosted at the mansion of Holly Zhang, a former silent film star and wife of George Maidenhair, Mei's teacher, former surrogate father, and the man she now hates and seeks revenge on. The contest ends with most of the attendees murdered, yet the polic

We first met Josie Gray in Laura Buchwald's The Ghost Table Trilogy's debut novel,  The Coat Check Girl . In this second installment,  The Book of Reservations , the story advances to September 2000. Josie and her partner, Derek, own Miss Sylvie's Bistrot, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, serving authentic New Orleans cuisine. Business is challenging, and staffing is an ongoing issue. One of the main sources of conflict for the couple is the table Josie sets each da