June Book Buzz

An emotional, familysaga about two identicaltwin sisters who choose tolive very different lives- one as a black woman andthe other passing as white.For fans of Tayari Jones.Literary Fiction.

THE OBSIDIAN TOWER

A coming of agestory about Ryxander, amage, who is forced to leaveher family's castle in searchof a solution for her deadlymagic.  Will she return intime to save her family?Fantasy.

A "Sliding Doors"style narrative that followsJoanna through twodifferent scenarios after shepushes a threatening mandown a set of stairs. Shouldshe call the police or keepquiet? Thriller.

Family and friends areinvited to a glamorouswedding on a remoteisland, but one of them willnot make it home alive. For fans of Agatha Christieand Ruth Ware. Thriller.

MRS. LINCOLN'S SISTERS

After years of trauma andloss, Mary Todd Lincoln andher sisters are reunited aftershe attempts suicide. Theirshared history is revealedthrough the perspective ofeach sister. Historical Fiction.

A BURNING

Three very different peopleare thrown together in thewake of a terrorist attack inmodern-day India.  For fans ofTommy Orange and JhumpaLahiri. Contemporary/ LiteraryFiction.

All the newest, buzzworthy releases.Put any of these titles on hold now.

June 2nd:THE VANISHING HALFby Brit Bennett

by Melissa Caruso

THE CHOICEby Gillian McAllister

THE GUEST LISTby Lucy Foley

by Jennifer Chiaverini

by Megha Majumdar

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An 18-year-old, pregnantpizza delivery girl is driftingthrough life with no realpurpose when she becomesobsessed with one of hercustomers, a stay-at-homemom. Contemporary/Literary Fiction.

Crazy Rich Asiansmeets Bridget Jones'sDiary in this funny andirresistible debut novelabout the pursuit ofhappiness, surviving one'sthirties intact, and openingoneself up to love. Romance.

Charlotte is able to ignorethe gossip about hermarriage to Paul, a wealthywidower, until she finds thebody of a stranger in thelake in the same spot wherePaul’s first wife drowned.Thriller.

This debut novel follows twoteenagers who marry andhave a baby in 1950s Ohio.  Itdetails the struggles of aworking-class family, as theytry to realize theirdreams. Historical/ LiteraryFiction.

Discover the compelling storyof Noor Inayat Khan, daughterof an Indian mystic, whobecame a spy for the BritishSOE during World War II andwhose work helped ensurethe success of the D-Dayinvasion. Non-fiction.

This dual-narrative, gothic tale isset in a rambling house inCornwall. In an attempt to fleeher past, Hester has come to carefor the elderly Miss Pinecroft, awoman with a mysterious historyand a superstitious staff.Historical Fiction.

LAST TANG STANDING

THE DAUGHTERS OFERIETOWN

CODE NAME MADELEINE

THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS

June 9th:PIZZA GIRLby Jean Kyoung Frazier

by Lauren Ho

STRANGER IN THE LAKEby Kimberly Belle

by Connie Schultz

by Arthur J. Magida

by Laura Purcell

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In 1935, the lives of 3different women becomeintertwined when ahurricane strikes Key Westduring Labor Day weekend.Historical Fiction.

Leaving a ravaged Earth,refugees arrive on Hella, aplanet where everything isoversized, and a fledglingcolony has developed.  WillKyle, a unique young man, beable to avert disaster whenthe colonists and refugeesclash? Science Fiction.

Squashed among a bus full ofstrangers, mother-daughterduo Jessica and EmilyBurnstein watch theircarefully mapped-out collegetour devolve into a series ofoff-roading misadventures.For fans of Katherine Centeror Laurie Gelman.Contemporary Fiction.

The bestselling authorof World War Z takes on theBigfoot legend with a tale thatblurs the lines betweenhuman and beast. A trulyunique novel – it’s part survivalnarrative, part horror tale andpart scientific journey. Horror.

Best friends Jane and Marnieshared everything growing up,but when Marnie marries a manJane hates, the lying begins, andthe consequences are deadly.Thriller.

HELLA

DEVOLUTION

SEVEN LIES

June 16th:

THE LAST TRAIN TOKEY WESTby Chanel Cleeton

by David Gerrold

I WAS TOLD IT WOULDGET EASIERby Abbi Waxman

by Max Brooks

by Elizabeth Kay

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Avery Abrams returns to herhometown after a badbreakup and agrees to helpcoach a rising gymnasticsstar, despite worries thatshe’ll be reminded of hersquashed Olympic dreams.Romance.

Claire and Eva, two womenhoping to disappear meet inan airport and agree toswitch flights hoping it willgive them a head start attheir new lives. When one ofthe planes goes down,Claire’s life becomes evenmore dangerous. Thriller.

In this newest addition to theWedding Date series, LAlawyer Olivia Monroe secretlystarts dating a senator untiltheir relationship is madepublic and her life falls underintense media scrutiny, riskingeverything. Romance.

Set in modern-day Tokyo andinspired by a true crime, forreaders of Everything I NeverTold You and The PerfectNanny, this novel follows ayoung woman's search for thetruth about her mother's life--and her murder. LiteraryFiction.

THE LAST FLIGHT

PARTY OF TWO

WHAT'S LEFT OF ME IFYOURS

June 23rd:HEAD OVER HEELSby Hannah Orenstein

by Julie Clark

by Jasmine Guillory

by Stephanie Scott

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In this reimagining of theclassic gothic horror novelset in 1950s Mexico, Noemi issummoned to a house inthe countryside by hercousin, who is begging to besaved from a mysteriousdoom. Horror/HistoricalFiction.

Elisabeth, a new momstruggling with her recentmove to the suburbs, forgesa complicated friendshipwith Sam, a college seniorwho is unsure about herfuture. For fans of Such aFun Age. ContemporaryFiction.

A woman returns to thehouse made famous by herfather’s bestselling horrormemoir. Is the place reallyhaunted by evil forces, as herfather claimed? Or are theremore earthbound—anddangerous—secrets hiddenwithin its walls? Thriller.

Adam and Livia are hostinga lavish party for her 40thbirthday, but each has asecret they are keeping thatcould ruin the evening andhave lasting effects on theirfamily.  Is hiding the truththe same as telling a lie?Thriller.

While researching the life ofan aviation pioneer, a wartimephotographer encounters thepilot’s former student anduncovers the details of theirtumultuous relationship.Historical Fiction.

In a future world where clones oflong-dead writers can beborrowed from the library, Ern A.Smithe, a mystery writer, is onloan to a young girl who hopeshe can help her locate hermissing father. Science Fiction.

FRIENDS ANDSTRANGERS

THE DILEMMA

HER LAST FLIGHT

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

June 30th:MEXICAN GOTHICby Silvia Moreno-Garcia

by J. Courtney Sullivan

HOME BEFORE DARKby Riley Sager

by B.A. Paris

by Beatriz Williams

by Gene Wolfe

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