In 2021, after two decades of occupation, the United States began withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, and the Taliban swiftly regained control. This shift drastically altered life for the country's women, including Marjan. Her already challenging life was about to become even more difficult. When we first meet Marjan in 2014, she has left her abusive husband, a dangerous warlord, and is pregnant. Marjan is resolute in her determination to protect her daughter Hawa. A new

Ted and Jill Westcott's lavish life is in jeopardy. Ted has made some poor business decisions with his inherited fortune and is now in debt. All that's left is their beautiful brownstone in Brooklyn, and losing it is not an option. What can two shallow, money-driven people do? Ted decides that the only way to get the money he needs is to kill his brother, Greg. And Jill is all in. Despite their mutual hatred, Greg had decided to keep his $40 million fortune within the family,

Nicola Fischer has lost everything. Her father has been convicted of being a serial killer. The Ellicott Creek Ripper case, which involved the murder of five young women, including Nicola's best friend Claire, had remained unsolved for a long time. Greer Woods, the host of the crime series To Catch a Killer, befriended Nicola and pieced together the clues to identity the killer. The program about the murders portrayed Nicola unfavorably, suggesting she might have known about

Set in Nashville, private detective Kelly Williams, who works exclusively for women, has an intriguing new case. Her client, Sarah Owens, Kelly quickly realizes, is the lead singer of the popular female indie band Garden Snakes, performing under the name Seraph. The band had been receiving hateful and threatening messages delivered to their home, which escalated into a physical attack on Sarah. As Kelly starts her investigation and attends a live performance, Sarah is shot on

Vera Stein has dedicated most of her time to caring for others. At forty, she had been her mother's caregiver until her recent passing. For the past twenty years, she has lived in Los Angeles, working as an assistant to her college friend Brody, an actor. Vera has excelled in her role, going above and beyond typical assistant duties. She has been in love with Brody since college, but he has never reciprocated her feelings, aside from occasional encounters he initiated more to

Caroline Nash, the 28-year-old daughter of a celebrated author, has been working in New York City in publishing. After receiving an 18-month fellowship in Greenhead, Mass., she decides to give her own writing a chance. While traveling there by train, she meets Van Whittaker, an environmentalist and local resident. They reconnect again, and he seems to be everything she's been looking for. However, Van comes with baggage. He has a group of lifelong friends who don't welcome he

Ellie, a woman in her forties, has moved into her new home at 1 Delaney Row in the suburbs of Dublin. The house is sorely in need of renovation, yet Ellie appears to have limited funds and few possessions. She is not interested in bonding with her neighbors, but they are very interested in her. The local online neighborhood chat group hints that the house has a troubling history. Ellie, who has her own secrets, doesn't seem too concerned until strange things start happening a

It's springtime in Paris and love is in the air. Although the ones destined to find it don't know it yet. First, we meet Julia and Piper Glover, a mother and daughter visiting from the U.S. Their trip is bittersweet, as Julia is nearing the end of her battle with cancer and she wants to create cherished memories with Piper. Next, we meet Jackson Quick, a 90's rock star on a comeback tour. Despite his successful career, he has never experienced the profound love he sings about

Patrick “Kick” Kilpatrick is a former swimming champ, yet he hates the ocean. He was on a Thanksgiving weekend cruise to Cozumel with his family and now he finds himself floating in the Gulf of Mexico. He believes he must have fallen off the ship, though perhaps he jumped, but he doubts it. Thankfully, the 33-year-old trainer is in excellent shape. With nothing to do but tread water and wait for the rescue he is confident will arrive, Kick's mind wanders. He reflects on the p

In Melbourne, Australia, Detective Sergeant Judith Lee interviews Alexis Turner, a university student who claims that Robert Walker, a psychologist she was referred to by the school, assaulted her during their session. A decade earlier, another woman had filed a similar complaint against Walker. At that time, Judith dismissed the complaint and failed to assist the young woman, an error in judgement that has continued to haunt her. Determined to correct her past mistake, Judit

In 1933, the story opens with eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur, living in the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum for Girls in Oxford, Mississippi. Her existence feels like she's trapped in a Dickens novel. Despite being smart and clever, her age makes her seemingly unadoptable. The Chairlady, Garnett Pittman, is especially cruel towards Meg, who doesn't know what happened to her mother. Faced with back taxes on her home, twenty-four-year-old Birdie Calhoun travels to Oxford to seek fi

In the final installment of Colson Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy series, which began in 1959, the story moves to the 1980s. Ray Carney, owner of Carney Furniture and an occasional fence of stolen goods, is now in his 50s. He no longer has ties to crime and is thrilled to have been named Sterling Furniture's Dealer of the Month, the first Black business owner to achieve this recognition. His children are grown and his wife Elizabeth runs her own travel agency. However, when she i

In 2010, Fiona Winslow, a fifty-year-old historical architect, has faced a challenging year. Her marriage ended in betrayal, and her cherished Uncle Tad, a renowned author, passed away. Fiona decides to return to Wurimbirra in New South Wales, Australia, the family estate where she grew up, which she bought from Tad's son, Jon. Although the house has long been rumored to be haunted, Fiona does not believe in ghosts. She is ready to start over again, beginning with repairing a

Gabriel Allon, the legendary ex-spy and former head of the Israeli Intelligence Agency, has been living in Venice with his family, back working in art restoration. However, he keeps getting pulled back into his former world of international intrigue. Edward Knight, a British billionaire art client, contacts Gabriel when his socialite wife, Alice, disappears during a vacation with friends in Ibiza. At first, this seems to involve a potential hostage negotiation for her release

Billie Wright, a doctor residing in New York City, operates a fertility clinic and is recently engaged to Dean, a trauma surgeon. Her life growing up in Wisconsin is far in the past including memories of Mick, her hometown boyfriend who could not handle their separations as Billie chased her professional dreams. But one call from Mick changed everything. A tragedy brought Billie back home. In addition to great loss came new responsibilities. And crucial decisions had to be ma

Margot Cooper thought she was living her best life. In 2024, the lifestyle influencer, mother of four, and wife of popular actor Jack Cooper was shocked when images of her husband surfaced on social media, revealing some very bad behavior with multiple women. Margot and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Skye, leave L.A. for the safety of her childhood home in Pittsburgh where her older sister Julia lives. While looking through boxes in the attic, they discover photos and clippin

In 1996, after American student Emma lost her scholarship to study art in Paris, she began working for Stella Swanson, whose late husband had managed one of the world's largest art conglomerates. As the two women grow closer, Stella confides in Emma, sharing shocking secrets about the Swanson family business. The story shifts to 1891, when two very different women form a bond. It has been a year since Vincent van Gogh's suicide, and his sister-in-law Jo is now a widow, left a

Leslie Woodhouse is a retired defense attorney living in Florida with her second husband, Richard. Leslie has a daughter named Stephanie from her first marriage, while Richard has a strained relationship with his son, Weston. Tensions have risen for area residents due to a serial killer known as the Gulf Coast Killer, who remains at large. After his latest female victim is abducted, the woman’s eight-year-old daughter manages to escape. With an eyewitness finally available, t

In 2015, Dawn Hartley is approaching 40, and her life is not going in the direction she'd envisioned. While close to her mother Miranda, who raised her as a single parent, she finds it impossible to tell her that she has a drinking problem, especially since mother runs Hartley Vineyard in California's Napa Valley. When a project necessitates that she read the children's series Vineyard, Dawn is shocked how familiar the setting is. It sends her seeking to find the author, whos

By 1965, Helen Gurley Brown had gone from a successful advertising copywriter to an author. Her book Sex and the Single Girl was a groundbreaking hit, speaking to legions of single women. Helen’s next goal was to launch a magazine for these same women, covering topics that had never been addressed before. Instead of getting the go ahead for her new magazine, she was given three issues to revitalize the struggling Cosmopolitan magazine. The talented “Mrs. Brown” assembled an a