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Here’s a sneak peek at some of the new fiction coming out over the next few months. It’s not too early to get yourself on the waiting list for these hot titles! For help locating these titles and placing holds please contact the Information Desk at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620. Happy reading!

Adler-Olsen, Jussi – Locked In: The Department Q series comes to a thrilling conclusion when the team must turn inward to solve the cold case that has put their leader, Detective Carl Morck, behind bars, a place where enemies are plentiful, and time is running out. Due out December 3.

Miller, Linda Lael – Where the Creek Bends: Madison Bettencourt returns to Montana to care for her ailing grandmother and grapples with calling off her wedding. Childhood memories resurface, especially of Bliss Morgan, who mysteriously vanished, leaving only a friendship bracelet and a matchbook message. To move forward, Madison must uncover Bliss’s fate. She finds an unexpected ally in Liam McKettrick, a widowed dad mending his bond with his children. Together, they navigate the mysteries of Bettencourt Hall, where past and present blur. Due out December 31.

Davis, Fiona – The Stolen Queen: In 1978, as a valuable Egyptian artifact disappears during the Met Gala, Met curator Charlotte Cross and young assistant Annie Jenkins embark on a high-stakes search that leads them to Egypt, where Charlotte must confront an ancient curse and the haunting tragedy of her past. Due out January 7.

Grippando, James – Grave Danger: Jack Swyteck’s new client fled Iran to Miami with her daughter and has been accused of kidnapping by her husband. To stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack must build a case under international law and prove that returning the child would put her at risk. But everything in this case isn’t what it seems, and Jack quickly learns that his client is really the child’s aunt and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police. But what role did the father play in his wife’s death, and why is Jack’s wife, FBI Agent Andie Henning, being pressured by her bosses to persuade Jack to drop the case? Due out January 14.

Moyes, Jojo – We All Live Here: Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is … complicated. So when her real dad – a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago – suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach about love, and what it actually means to be family. Due out February 11.

Eskens, Allen – The Quiet Librarian: Hana Babic is a quiet, middle-aged librarian in Minnesota who wants nothing more than to be left alone. But when a detective arrives with the news that her best friend has been murdered, Hana knows that something evil has come for her, a dark remnant of the past she and her friend had shared. Due out February 18.