Take a look at this month’s selection of bestsellers now in paperback! October had a great selection of bestselling books to check out from thrilling mysteries to enthralling literary reads, and insightful biographies. Pick up these latest paperback books by bestselling authors Stuart Woods, Linwood Barclay, John Sandford, Janet Evanovich, Jodi Picoult, John Scalzi, Marie Lu, Margaret Rogerson, and many more!
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Books To Read If You Like Nelson DeMille
Books To Read If You Like Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille is a New York Times Bestselling Author of mystery and thriller novels. Some of his most popular work includes the John Corey, John Sutter, and Paul Brenner series. If you've been on the hunt for some amazing new mystery and thriller novels, we think you'll love these books to read if you like Nelson DeMille!
The Safe House
by Jeffrey Mechling
Release Date: September 24, 2019
The second book in the Tim and Mary Ann series by Jeffrey Mechling... CIA Case Officer Tim Hall will do anything to protect his safe house. Now that his FBI agent girlfriend is under the same roof, he knows everything is locked down. Then a soviet-era submarine is found lurking off the coast of Florida. Mary Ann Wilson refuses to take orders from her lover, so when she's assigned to investigate the submersible, she doesn't hesitate in accepting. Then a misstep sends her in over her head.
4 Days
by JD Cary
Release Date: October 22, 2019
A young woman's body has been found in the marshes of L.A.'s Ballona Creek. Like most of the murders Detectives John Testarossa and Alex Ortiz are tasked with, it makes no sense. After a second and third body is found there is only one thing these young victims have in common... They all went missing four days when they were children and were released alive. The detectives must navigate the city's dark history in order to save the next potential victim.
Blue Moon
by Lee Child
Release Date: October 29, 2019
The 24th novel in the New York Times Bestselling Jack Reacher series by Lee Child... Jack Reacher is on a Greyhound bus with no particular place to go and all the time in the world to get there. That was until he stepped off to help an old man that is a victim waiting to happen. But you know what they say about good deeds. Reacher soon finds himself in the middle of a brutal turf war between rival Ukranian and Albanian gangs.
The Night Fire
by Michael Connelly
Release Date: October 22, 2019
The second book in the Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch series by New York Times Bestselling Author Michael Connelly... When Harry Bosch was a rookie homicide detective, he had a mentor named John Jack Thompson, who taught him to be relentless with every case. Now he is dead and his widow gives Bosch a murder book, one with the unsolved killing of a troubled young man.
Imaginary Friend
by Stephen Chbosky
Release Date: October 1, 2019
The new thriller from the bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower... Kate Resse is a single mother on the run. She is determined to create a better life for herself and her son, Christopher. After fleeing an abusive relationship in the middle of the night, they find themselves drawn to Mill Grove, Pennsylvania and it's tight-knit community. It seems like the perfect place to settle down in. That was until Christopher vanishes.
When She Returned
by Lucinda Berry
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Eleven years ago, Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot. She left behind a husband and young daughter... Now she has been found in a Montana gas station clutching a child and screaming for help. Investigators think she was abducted by a cult. Her return throws her family's world upside down.
New Mystery and Thriller Books to Read | October 22
Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including JD Cary, Jeffrey Mechling, Michael Connelly, John Le Carre, and many more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading!
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New Romance Books to Read | October 22
Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors D.F. Jones, Marie Force, Carrie Ann Ryan, Jillian Dodd, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading!
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New Books to Read in Literary Fiction | October 22
Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Jami Attenberg, Mathea Morais, Karen White, Susan Mallery, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!
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New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | October 22
Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors Cixin Liu, D.J. Molles, Sue Burke, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Kenneth B. Andersen, R.J. Parker, Isobella Crowley, Michael Anderle, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!
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New Young Adult Books to Read | October 22
Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Farah Naz Rishi, Fred Venturini, and many more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
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New Biography and Memoir Books to Read | October 22
Looking for some new biography and memoir books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Gary Janetti, Carly Simon, Edmund Morris and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
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Interview with R.J. Parker, Author of Requiem, Changing Times
What can you tell us about your new release, Requiem, Changing Times?
If you ever wanted to escape reality from your living room couch, then this book is for you. Requiem, Changing Times is a novel where fantasy meets reality. This wondrous event is mindboggling and sought after, but only few find it. Clint Holden wasn’t looking for anything except how to go unnoticed in class, talk to girls, get his mother to dump his new stepfather, and play the best practical joke on his sister.
Fantastic creatures from another world, both good and evil, search him out to discover the Requiem. His life, and the lives of all those around him, are changed forever as the fate of both worlds tip on the edge of a knife.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
Oh, my family all the way. I would read the stories from Terry Brooks, Tolkien, Rowlings, C.S. Lewis, Robert Jordan and George Lucas. As I did, I thought there was just something special about them that was missing. I learned there was. They kept at it. Each of these writers wrote and told stories that brought me to different worlds that I wanted to visit.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
These are not in order, but I liked Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The Lord of the Rings by J.R. Tolkien, Ulysses by James Joyce, the Star Wars trilogy by George Lucas, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
I would like to talk with George Lucas. I would ask him how he was able to make his stories come to life despite the challenges he faced.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
Writing is wonderful. The experience of making a new world and changing the rules, placing new characters in a situation where the only boundary is your imagination.
What is a typical day like for you?
Because of my health, I get up and read what is most important to me. I do what I can to help my family and then study for school. I write when everything else is taken care of and spend as much time with the best people in the world that I live with. Then I hit the repeat button.
What scene in Requiem, Changing Times was your favorite to write?
It was when both worlds collided. When magic met reality. When a fifteen-foot tree was discovered growing in a house, an orc smashing through downtown shopping centers, or a dwarf sang a modern song at a school dance. I had the best time when the story would create itself and I couldn’t write fast enough. The characters seemed to tell me the story.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
I believe in God, wife, family, friends, and the Utah Jazz; in the order of their importance. Happy wife, happy life.
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Interview with Jeffrey Mechling, Author of The Safe House
What can you tell us about your new release, The Safe House?
Wow, without giving too much away, The Safe House is my follow up novel to The Adults in the Room. Tim Hall continues to live in his ex-wife’s residents but is now in charge of the Safe House duties. If I say too much more it will spoil the ending for those who may have finished The Adults in the Room.
What books are currently on your nightstand?
Free Women Free Men-Sex Gender Feminism by Camille Paglia.
Below The Line by Meredith Jordan.
Ripper by Isabel Allende.
What advice would you give your teenage self?
What I would say to a young Jeff Mechling would be “Everything that you feel is incredibly important in your life right now, is not important at all so get off your ass and finish college”. I am just afraid that I still would not listen.
If you had an extra hour each day, how would you spend it?
Practicing Yoga. Yoga keeps me centered and relaxed and has made me a better person especially to the other people in my life.
What makes your world go round? Why does it bring you joy?
My wife Kathleen. We are both truly dedicated to taking care of each other. Why does that give me Joy? When you truly discover that you are in love with another person, it transcends everything else that you ever thought was important in a relationship including sex. That is one of the reasons I also laugh when I hear a couple say, “We are working things out in therapy”. At that point, the relationship is over yet the poor couple just does not know it yet. Forgiveness is another very misunderstood emotion. Many people feel that their willingness or capacity for forgiveness is similar to a Presidential Pardon where in reality it is a simple process of letting things go and letting things go starts with the ability to forgive one’s self. It is very difficult to forgive another when one cannot forgive themselves.
What scene in The Safe House was your favorite to write?
I just love writing about Florida and the Florida Everglades. The Everglades are truly one of the last unconquered lands in the United States. I used to love how the late author John D McDonald used to editorialize about the Florida environment in his Travis McGee novels and wish I was able to write the same why.
Jeffrey Mechling is the author of the new book The Safe House.
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