When three teenagers -- Hannah, a sweet girl with an unstable history; Jack, the popular kid with a mean streak; and Christopher -- an outsider desperate to fit in -- become suspects in the murder of a fellow student, their parents will do anything…
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February Fiction Finds
Get on the holds list for these February finds -- newly-published books in the Greenwich Library encompassing genres, plots and characters of all kinds.
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- A frustrated, middle-aged corporate worker decides she’s had enough and moves to the middle of nowhere so she can have beer for breakfast, wear yoga pants all day and have an affair with a junior cop.
- In the wake of her parents' death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life-success-until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his roommates, Aretha…
- Assembling a team of dubious allies, Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to find a gateway to the underworld and rescue Darlington from purgatory in the second novel of the series following Ninth House.
- A young woman returns home to Illinois from Manhattan to introduce her Chinese immigrant parents to her white fiance in a disastrous weekend where she runs into her unrequited high school crush and complicates matters further.
- A smart, tender must-read for everyone who’s ever wondered about the life that got away.
- From the author of Infinite Country, this collection of 10 haunting, award-winning short stories bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.
- A young British Ghanaian woman navigates her 20s and finds her place in the world.
- At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds. A year on, Kim Gillespies' absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian…
- After her boss is gunned down at the Beverly Hills Hotel, a “black-bag” publicist working at LA’s most powerful crisis PR firm protecting the rich and depraved decides to investigate, running afoul of the whole system.
- While on a girls trip to Italy with her best friend, Chess, Emily discovers their high-end villa was once the scene of a brutal murder, and, digging into the past, finds the truth seeping into the present as dangerous betrayals emerge.
- 1950s Philadelphia: 15-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her. Eleanor Quarles…
- Olivia Huang Christenson is excited-slash-terrified to be taking over her grandmother's matchmaking business. But when she learns that a new dating app has taken her Pó Po's traditional Chinese zodiac approach and made it about "animal attraction,"…
- After a speeding car kills five people late at night in New Delhi, the driver, a shell-shocked servant, is unable to explain the series of strange events that led to the crime.
- Spanning decades, three women's lives intertwine to reveal the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice, and the buried secrets that will always find a way to the surface.
- Seven years after the mysterious death of her best friend, Aubrey, Maya comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman dies in front of the same man Aubrey did, leading her back to a New England cabin to finally uncover a truth that…
- A young feminist economist rehearsing her speech, Abby finds herself straying from her prepared remarks as she confronts her own future at a time of global darkness and wonders what a better world would look like if we told our stories with more…
- Five years ago, Geeta lost her no-good husband. As in, she actually lost him—he walked out on her and she has no idea where he is. But in her remote village in India, rumor has it that Geeta killed him. And it’s a rumor that just won’t die. It turns…
- Hailey Sharp has a one-track mind. Get By the Cup salad shop off the ground. Do literally everything possible to make it a success. Wes Jansen never did understand the fuss about relationships. With a string of lackluster first dates and the pain…
- After her son is kidnapped while sleeping in his crib, a mother agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster with ulterior motives.
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