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 Willow Rose, J.R. Ripley, Julie Howard, Damien Angelica Walters, and many more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading!
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 Skye Warren, Penelope Bloom, Elin Peer, Betty Shreffler, Anne Holster, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading!
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 Molly O'Keefe, Francois Houle, Dickie Erman, Oliver North, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!
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 Andre Gonzalez, Amanda Meuwissen, Wesley Cross, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Jace Mitchell, James Islington, Emily R. King, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!
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 Kelsey Quick, Jennifer Anne Davis, Amber Bhanarkar, and many more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
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 Kathryn McMaster, Elizabeth Hardwick, Maura Spiegel, Stephen Tapert, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
By Willow Rose
Let Me Go is the fifth book in my Eva Rae Thomas Mystery series.
Former FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas is chasing a killer that no one believes even exists. The story is about swatting, the act of making a prank call to emergency services to bring a large number of armed police officers to a particular address. It’s been known to be used as harassment and has ended up fatally in some cases. It’s used a lot in the gaming community. The killer in this book is using it to get his message out. It’s the perfect murder because it doesn’t look like murder.
The idea for this story came from an article I read about a woman who had been swatted as a form of harassment. Her teenage son was at home alone when it happened, and she was terrified that he might be killed by the police entering her home, thinking he might be armed. He wasn’t harmed, but the thought of it stirred up something inside of me, and I began researching the phenomenon. I found a lot written about it and found out it was very common in the gaming world. Some YouTubers are being swatted regularly while doing their videos. Luckily, it’s rare that it ends in fatalities or even people getting hurt. But I did find one story where it went terribly wrong. That was the story I used as the inspiration for my book.
Tyler Barriss was a serial swatter, and he called in bomb threats regularly and was making money off of people wanting him to swat someone for them. He bragged about it online, and one day, he and someone else decided to swat a guy that they had a dispute within a Call of Duty game. They called in a hostage situation to an address, and when the police arrived, the man living in the house at the address they had given walked out on the porch and was shot because the police thought he was armed and reaching for a gun. The man died. But that’s not all of it. It turned out it was the wrong address. It wasn’t even the guy they wanted to harass; it was some complete stranger, a 28-year-old man and a father of two who lost his life that day. The guy who made the call was later found, and he got twenty years in jail. His friend got fifteen months.
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What can you tell us about your new release, A Day In The Death of Walter Zawislak?
A Day In The Death of Walter Zawislak is perfect for fans of The Five People You Meet In Heaven and A Christmas Carol.
Walter Zawislak has died and to his surprise he gets one day to relive before heading into the great unknown. Walter believes he wasted his days since his beloved wife Rosie died and his daughter stopped talking to him. He doesn’t think he has any days worth reliving. Peter, the mysterious young man in charge of Walter’s file, has a few tricks up his sleeve and he shows Walter that he has a lot of days to be proud of. Days to savour and relish. Looking back over his life shows Walter his life was full of beauty and grace. And so much love.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
Mrs. Jordal my fifth grade teacher was the first teacher I had who wrote on my report card - “Yes, Molly is terrible at math. But she’s so good in English.” And she pushed me towards opportunities where I could shine as a young writer. I was very lucky to have teachers like that in high school too. Also reading L.M. Montgomery’s Emily of New Moon books was an eye opening experience for me. It had not occurred to me that being a writer was thing you could BE.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Oh wow - okay. Dream A Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, The Shadow and The Star by Laura Kindle and Lover Awakened by JR Ward - are my top romance reads! After that - anything by Joshilyn Jackson - particularly A Grown Up Kind of Pretty. And my favorite book out recently is That Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood - absolutely breathtaking!
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
I’d love to talk to Bryn Greenwood about her process, about how she just digs and digs and digs into her characters finding a kind of bedrock truth.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
I love the days when it’s going well. When the words and the revelations and the characters just come to me fully formed and I love the moments when I see the solution to a problem in the book that has been bothering me for ages. It feels like discovering gold every time it happens!
What is a typical day like for you?
Wake up. Coffee. Send the kids off. Work. Walk the dog. Work a little more. Kids come home. Dinner. Maybe a little more work. Repeat.
What scene in A Day In The Death of Walter Zawislak was your favorite to write?
Oh, there are a lot of scenes I love in this book. The scene with Walt and his cousin in the strip club. The scene in the diner when Walter finally has the courage to ask Rosie out. But honestly, it was the extremely intense scene during the Vietnam War. I didn’t know I had that scene in me. And - as a fun side note - in the audio version of the book, the narrator Cam Drynan - KILLS that scene. It’s absolutely edge-of-your-seat dramatic.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
Hmmm… I try to be of service. To my family, my friends. My community. The books I write.
Molly O'Keefe is the author of the new book A Day In The Death of Walter Zawislak.
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Winter is here and what better way to warm up than with some hot new romance novels to curl up with! Whether you are interested in steamy, sweet, historical, or suspenseful, we've got something for everybody! Check out these amazing new books from Annabelle Anders, Krissy Daniels, Danica Winters, Scarlett Scott, Tijan, Kristen Callihan, and Samantha Young. Enjoy these new additions for your winter romance reading list!
Release Date: December 1, 2019
The fifth book in the Lord Love A Lady Series by bestselling author Annabelle Anders... Rose is a lady's maid. But she is educated, opinionated, hard-headed, and impetuous. Roman Spencer is about to become one of England's most powerful Earls. When they stumble upon each other at a Christmas House Party, this very mismatched pair find it hard to fight the smoldering attraction between them.
Release Date: October 6, 2019
I believe in happily ever afters. So when my sister died and left behind a daughter, I knew I had to step up. So, I dumped my boyfriend and caught the first plane to Idaho. I was not prepared to be a single parent but that didn't stop me. I also didn't expect to have a fling with a grumpy stranger on my first night in Whisper Springs. Little did I know that this brooding bad-boy turned out to be my niece's savior... and a dangerous criminal.
Release Date: December 1, 2019
The first book in the new Stealth series by bestselling author Danica Winters... Rancher Trevor Martin has many dangerous secrets. What he doesn't know is that his housekeeper, Sabrina Parker has just as many of her own. She is an undercover FBI agent that is investigating whether Trevor is a gunrunning terrorist. She has no idea that he is CIA. Soon, both of them living under the same roof becomes a liability. Their trust is uncertain but their attraction is undeniable.
Release Date: November 18, 2019
The fourth book in the Sins and Scoundrels series by USA Today Bestselling Author Scarlett Scott... Alessandro, the half-Spanish Earl of Rayne has settled upon a marriage of convenience with Lady Catriona Hamilton. The terms are very clear: she produces an heir in exchange for her freedom. Alessandro is still haunted by a painful past and has no intention of a true marriage with his new wife or for remaining in England.
Release Date: December 1, 2019
Stone Reeves was my neighbor. I have hated him since the sixth grade. He was gorgeous, charismatic, and the town's football god. While I was invisible. He went to a Division 1 school for football and my father was fired by his father. His team won the National Championship and my mother died the same day. Now I am in Texas and just trying to pick up the pieces of my life. Stone is here. He is everywhere.
Release Date: November 19, 2019
Parker Brown needs a fake boyfriend. She thought her new job in renewable energy would mean she entered a world of progressive thinking. But it turns out her boss prefers to promote employees who are "settled." Thankfully, she has found the perfect candidate, Rhys Morgan.
The Holiday season is upon us and what better way to celebrate than with some amazing new holiday mystery novels! Spread some cheer and solve the case with these amazing new books from bestselling authors Sam Cheever, Phillipa Nefri Clark, Anne Perry, Leighann Dobbs, Tasha Alexander, and Angie Fox. Happy holidays!
Release Date: December 3, 2019
The fifth book in the Enchanting Inquiries series... It's Christmas time at Croakies. Stockings are hung, the tree is up, and Christmas tunes are playing. I'm actually starting to enjoy the season again. You probably know how this is going to end. After Sebille suggests I open the bookstore for a holiday party, I foolishly agreed. I had no idea a hobgoblin would hide everybody's stuff or that a freak winter storm would trap everyone inside. Or that a spell would be released switching everybody's identities.
Release Date: December 3, 2019
The first book in the Charlotte Dean Mysteries series by Phillipa Nefri Clark... Charlotte Dean is a former psychiatrist that has had enough trouble to last a lifetime. She gets a rare opportunity to start over when she is offered a job working in a bookshop in the picturesque town of Kingfisher Falls. The last thing she expected was to see someone stealing Christmas trees, but she doesn't want to get involved. Especially since the locals are suspicious of newcomers. Unfortunately, trouble always has a way of finding her.
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Although her friends' country house is beautiful, it is not the place Lady Vespasia wants to spend Christmas with her new husband, Victor Narraway. She would have much preferred a relaxing holiday at home. Especially since Victor, the former head of the London Special Branch, seems to be hiding undercover dealings with the other guests of the estate.
Release Date: November 21, 2019
The second book in the Christmas Village Cozy Mystery series by Leighann Dobbs... Augusta (Gus) Chance decides to take a break from her duties as Sheriff of Mystic Notch to indulge in her hobby of playing jazz piano in Christmas Village. She never imagined that a surprise from her past will embroil her in a murder investigation. She soon realizes that Christmas Village may not be the idyllic retreat it appears to be.
Release Date: November 5, 2019
A new short story in the Lady Emily Mysteries series by Tasha Alexander... Most of London society has gone to their country estates for the holidays, but Lady Emily and her family are enjoying a few days in the city. While out shopping, a kind stranger gives Emily's son a Christmas cracker. But when a cryptic clue is found inside it, she suspects there is more to the gift than Christmas cheer.
Release Date: November 29, 2019
The new holiday story in the Southern Ghost Hunter series by New York Times Bestselling Author Angie Fox... Verity is looking forward to a merry Christmas with her boyfriend's stuffy family. She's afraid if she doesn't extend an olive branch to the Wydells, she will hit them over the head with it. But when her boyfriend's mother pulls a shocking stunt and an unexpected guest shows up at the door, things start to get interesting.
