New Books for June 18
All the tides of fate
Grace, Adalyn, author.
2021
Amora has conquered a rebellion and taken her throne. But she's lost her magic--a secret that could kill her if discovered. And the cursed soul she shares with the pirate Bastian threatens to doom them both. Desperate, she takes her crew on a quest for a mythical artifact that may resurrect her magic, but at a terrible cost.
American traitor
Taylor, Brad, 1965- author
2021
While working as a contractor at an Australian F 35 facility, former Taskforce member Clifford Delmonty, callsign Dunkin, saw something he shouldn't have, and now he is on the run from Chinese agents. Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill discover that Dunkin's attackers are part of a much larger scheme that could launch a full-on war between China and Taiwan. The Chinese have a devious plan to bait the small island nation into all-out war by destabilizing the government while manipulating an artificial intelligence defense system. Pike is now against an invisible enemy-- one he can't actually attack.
As far as you'll take me
Stamper, Phil, author
2021
Seventeen-year-old Marty Pierce leaves small-town Kentucky for London, hoping to explore his sexuality and find work playing oboe, but homesickness, anxiety, and his dwindling savings worsen even as his dreams are coming true.
Before the ruins
Gosling, Victoria, author
2021
That summer, there were four of them, all on the cusp of adulthood. When the group learned that a diamond necklace, stolen fifty years ago, might still be somewhere on the manor grounds, the Game - half treasure hunt, half friendly deception - begins. But the Game becomes much bigger than the necklace, growing to encompass years of secrets, lies, and, ultimately, one terrible betrayal. Decades later, one of them is thrust back to that summer - with all of its frantic energy, yearning, and loss-and the mysteries that still haven't been solved.
Blink of an eye
Johansen, Iris, author
2021
Investigator Kendra Michaels, a formerly blind, modern-day Sherlock Holmes, must solve the abduction of a famous pop star before time runs out.
The comeback
Shen, E. L., author.
2021
Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve.-- Provided by Publisher.
A dark and hollow star
Shuttleworth, Ashley, author
2021
"A queer cast of characters-a half-fae teenager, a temperamental ex-Fury, a fae prince, and his brooding guardian-must track down a serial killer whose disturbing murders are threatening to expose the hidden faerie courts to the human world"-- Provided by publisher.
Faithless in death
Robb, J. D., 1950- author
2021
The scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion. But when Dallas tracks down the wealthy Upper East Side woman who called 911, the details don't add up. As Eve and her team look into this woman's past and the people around her, they find that the lies are about more than murder. As with sculpture, they need to chip away at the layers of deception to find the shape within - and soon they're getting the FBI involved in a case that involves a sinister, fanatical group and a stunning criminal conspiracy.
The forever girl : a novel
Shalvis, Jill, author
2021
A ... story of family, forgiveness, and secrets that have the power to change the course of more than one life ... When Maze returns to Wildstone for the wedding of her estranged bff and the sister of her heart, it's also a reunion of a once ragtag team of teenagers who had only each other until a tragedy tore them apart and scattered them wide. Now as adults together again in the lake house, there are secrets and resentments mixed up in all the amazing childhood memories. Unexpectedly, they instantly fall back into their roles: Maze their reckless leader, Cat the den mother, Heather the beloved baby sister, and Walker, a man of mystery. Life has changed all four of them in immeasurable ways. Maze and Cat must decide if they can rebuild their friendship, and Maze discovers her long-held attraction to Walker hasn't faded with the years but has only grown stronger.
Four hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019
2021
First single-volume history of African Americans - written entirely by African Americans - in a generation. This book will cover the full swathe of African American history, in the voices of African Americans. A community history collected by a historian of the African American community; most of the pieces are written in 2019 to commemorate the significance of four hundred years of storytelling.
The four winds
Hannah, Kristin, author
2021
Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli-like so many of her neighbors-must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life.
The ice monster
Walliams, David, 1971- author
2018
London 1899. This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammal.
Jade war
Lee, Fonda, author.
2019
"In Jade War, the sequel to the Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award-nominated Jade City, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years. Beyond Kekon's borders, war is brewing. Powerful foreign governments and mercenary criminal kingpins alike turn their eyes on the island nation. Jade, Kekon's most prized resource, could make them rich - or give them the edge they'd need to topple their rivals. Faced with threats on all sides, the Kaul family is forced to form new and dangerous alliances, confront enemies in the darkest streets and the tallest office towers, and put honor aside in order to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival - and that of all the Green Bones of Kekon"-- Provided by publisher.
The kindest lie : a novel
Johnson, Nancy (Novelist), author
2021
Needing to reconnect with the baby she gave up for adoption years earlier, an Ivy League-educated Black engineer uncovers devastating family secrets before her bond with a young white misfit scandalizes her racially torn community.
My year abroad
Lee, Chang-rae, author
2021
Tiller is an average American college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger-than-life, wildly creative Chinese American entrepreneur who sees something intriguing in Tiller beyond his bored exterior and takes him under his wing. When Pong brings him along on a boisterous trip across Asia, Tiller is catapulted from ordinary young man to talented protégé, and pulled into a series of ever more extreme and eye-opening experiences that transform his view of the world, of Pong, and of himself.
Never far away
Koryta, Michael, author
2021
Nina Morgan’s bloodstained car was found a decade ago on a lonely Florida road. Forensic evidence suggested she’d been murdered, although her body was never found. Her disappearance left her infant children to the care of their father. Once a pilot, mother, wife, and witness to a gruesome crime, Nina had to flee her old life to save her family. She reinvented herself as Leah Trenton, a guide in the Allagash Wilderness in northern Maine. She never expected to see her children again, but now tragedy has returned them to her—only they have no idea that she’s their mother—and delivered all of them back into danger. “Aunt Leah” will need some help, and an old ally has a suggestion: an enigmatic young hitman named Dax Blackwell. Never Far Away is a thrilling collision between old sins and new dreams, where the wills and ingenuity of a broken family will be tested against all odds.
Savage road : a thriller
Hauty, Chris, author
2021
Hayley Chill descends even deeper into the dangerous political web of Washington D.C. when she seeks the source of devastating cyber attacks against the United States while trying to prevent the president from starting another world war.
Saving justice : truth, transparency, and trust
Comey, James B., Jr., 1960- author
2021
James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a force for good the US justice system can be, and how far afield it has strayed during the Trump Presidency. In his much-anticipated follow-up to A Higher Loyalty, Comey uses anecdotes and lessons from his career to show how the federal justice system works. From prosecuting mobsters as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York in the 1980s to grappling with the legalities of anti-terrorism work as the Deputy Attorney General in the early 2000s to, of course, his tumultuous stint as FBI director beginning in 2013, Comey shows just how essential it is to pursue the primacy of truth for federal law enforcement.
Tales from the Hinterland
Albert, Melissa, author.
2021
In this companion book to "The Hazel Wood" and "The Night Country," the author presents a collection of dark fairy tales by Alice's reclusive grandmother Althea Proserpine.
The vineyard at Painted Moon
Mallery, Susan, author
2021
Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all. There's just one problem - it's not her family, it's her husband's. In fact, everything in her life is tied to him. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her pain goes beyond heartbreak. She's on the brink of losing everything. If she can dare to let go of the life she thought she wanted, she might discover something even more beautiful waiting for her beneath a painted moon.
We run the tides : a novel
Vida, Vendela, author
2021
"Teenage Eulabee and her magnetic best friend, Maria Fabiola, own the streets of Sea Cliff, their foggy oceanside San Francisco neighborhood. They know Sea Cliff's homes and beaches, its hidden corners and eccentric characters--as well as the upscale all-girls' school they attend. One day, walking to school with friends, they witness a horrible act--or do they? Eulabee and Maria Fabiola vehemently disagree on what happened, and their rupture is followed by Maria Fabiola's sudden disappearance--a potential kidnapping that shakes the quiet community and threatens to expose unspoken truths."-- Publisher's description.
When we were young
Goldis, Jaclyn, author.
2021
Three generations of women come together in this page-turning debut full of family secrets, heart-wrenching drama, and the promise of second chances. Corfu, 1942: To sixteen-year-old Sarah Batis, the Nazis are a distant danger--of far greater threat is the opposing needs of her heart and her people. Tradition demands that Sarah marry a Jewish man. Only Sarah has fallen in love with a fisherman outside their community. And when the Nazis invade, Sarah must watch from afar as her family is taken away ... Corfu, 2004: Sarah's daughter, Bea, has built a happy life with a steadfast husband and two independent daughters. Their summers on the Greek island with the Winn family appear idyllic, especially the love that blossoms between Bea's daughter Joey and Leo Winn. But there is a secret threatening their beach paradise ... Florida, 2019: Joey is only days away from marrying the nice Jewish man her family adores. The arrival of Leo, Joey's first love, sends her reeling. Even after fifteen years, the attraction between them burns bright--but Leo isn't looking for a happy reunion. He's there to reveal why he really broke up with her during their last summer together. Weddings have a way of bringing out the best--and worst--in those you love the most. And as the revelations of her family flood to the surface, what Joey learns will either bring them closer together ... or tear them apart forever.