Browsing: Literary Fiction

In a moment, musician Braden Healey loses everything, including his family and his career. But he still holds out hope for a relationship with his teenage daughter, Allie — if only he can free them from the curse that seems to haunt them. “Hopeful at its heart and sincere to its core… A testament to the power of connection” (Booklist).

Emma needs money to save her late father’s candy shop — and fate delivers when a couple offers to pay her a hefty sum for an old painting in the store. But as Emma investigates, she uncovers a trove of family secrets…

When a law student dies by apparent suicide, two strangers team up in their conviction that the cause of the tragedy was something more sinister. As they embark on a desperate search for the truth, they become tangled in a dangerous web of blackmail, deception, betrayal — and murder… A twisting psychological thriller.

“Gripping, terrifying, heartbreaking” (Sunday Times bestselling author Jill Mansell): While caring for her dying father, Miriam unearths secrets from his time during the Holocaust — including the shocking story of the Rabbit Girls, a group of women used in experiments. With over 5,100 five-star Goodreads ratings.

Still reeling from a devastating tragedy, Jess takes a job working as a caretaker for a strange elderly woman. There, she meets a lonely teenage runaway and an unusual young boy — and they soon learn that they all share a shocking connection… A tender, captivating novel for fans of Alice Hoffman.

Her family is built on secrets and lies. Can she confront the truth she’s been running from for years?Fifteen years…

Manhattan, 1924: After her friend’s sister, a well-known suffragette, dies of an apparent suicide, sleuth Julia is determined to prove the victim was actually murdered. “This satisfying historical mystery includes a smart, feisty heroine and numerous plot twists” (Booklist).

In New York City, a Latina teenager befriends her wealthy, white classmate — and their tumultuous relationship leads to jealousy and betrayal. “Unveils the struggles of both the upper and working classes with incredible empathy and sophistication… Thoroughly engaging” (Booklist).

Rumors of diabolical doings send a priest to an isolated village high in the Alps. There he finds himself locked…

“Sci-fi fans will delight in this lovingly rendered tale” (Publishers Weekly): In the wake of a global disaster that killed most of Earth’s inhabitants, four unlikely strangers come together to survive. “Compelling, realistic, and impossible to put down” (Booklist starred review).