Local Fiction

A freewheeling, small-town attorney takes on a national murder trial when an out-of-town client is accused of killing a federal judge in Texas. “A spectacular courtroom thriller that kept me turning pages like the best of Grisham or Turow." —Michelle King, co-creator of The Good Wife, The...

Summer is around the corner, and Little League first baseman, Billy Kramer, is looking forward to playing another year with the LA Southgate Sharks. His plans are uprooted when his mother announces an unexpected move to rural Bennington, Nebraska. Billy's world is turned upside down.

“Narrator Angela Dawe is simply amazing at creating different personalities with the power of her voice…Dawe paints pictures that amplify the listening experience.”—AudioFile From New York Times bestseller and Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own...

Hester Wallace is proud of her independence. She needs only one man in her life - her nine-year-old son, Radley. But when Rad starts idolizing their neighbor Mitch Dempsey, Hester wonders if her son needs a male role model. Hester would do anything for her boy, but inviting Mitch into their lives is dangerous. She might start to rely on Mitch…or worse, fall in love with him.

A search & rescue expert. A kidnapped woman. The lost girls who haunt them both. "Veteran narrator [Karissa] Vacker performs the novel skillfully.... Her soothing voice, clarity, and intonation draw the listener into the story, while her convincing performance of Theo will hold their attention...

Ace basketball player, T.D. Lake, is about to break the school record for the all-time highest scoring player. He is good-really good. But with untamed talent comes arrogance. With plenty of games left in the season, T.D. knows breaking the record will be easy for him to do. However, T.D.'s life takes several unexpected twists and turns before he approaches the final game of his middle school career.

Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales is the third volume of Night Shade Books' five volume "Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman." This volume is made up of eight novella length stories. It includes Wellman's "Judge Pursivant" and "Sergeant Jaeger" stories, as well as a lost classic from Strange Stories (1939).

Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story - the opening of the Far West. Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants - men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons, who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners, who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies.

On a winding mountain road into the town of Denton, Pennsylvania, Detective Josie Quinn finds the body of a local teenage girl, Dina Hale. The sight of plum-colored bruises gathering around the girl’s neck pierces Josie’s heart, but the discovery of a second girl’s empty purse in the dirt nearby gives her a flicker of hope that one person, at least, made a lucky escape. Dina’s parents are grief-stricken as the town rallies together in a desperate search for the second girl, who waitressed with Dina. The two best friends were on their way to a shift when they were attacked.

October “Toby” Daye is a changeling, the daughter of Amandine of the fae and a mortal man. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood. Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, most changelings are second-class children of Faerie spending their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Toby is the only changeling who has earned knighthood, and she re-earns that position every day.

It's finally here: the year of the Golden Puck tournament—eighth-grade hockey's Super Bowl. Superstar Caleb Geiger has one goal in mind: bringing the Golden Puck back to Huron County for the first time ever. With Caleb and his friends—the Frozen Five—leading the way, the Barn Burners have a real shot at the trophy. But there's a catch…Bobby "Bladebreaker" Hall, Caleb's number one rival, is joining their school and traveling hockey team. Although Caleb knows Bobby improves their chances of winning, he struggles to share the spotlight with his former enemy.

Jacoby Howard was the star quarterback, and I was the middle linebacker who was going to stop him from scoring. I glanced up at the scoreboard; it read :03; 21-17. Jacoby had to go through me to win the game. My teeth clenched as I crouched, ready to surge forward.

“A luminous, Marquez-esque tale” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on a tropical island about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro—the Father of Impressionism...

Madison craves so much more out of life. Counting down the days until she leaves for college, the eighteen-year-old dreamer is ready to escape her alcoholic mother and small-town nosiness. Wanting her first time to be with someone she trusts, she approaches her best guy friend with a sexy farewell proposition. Hamilton’s excited for the next chapter. Drafted to MLB to start in the minor leagues, he treasures his one special night with his favorite girl as a fond send-off. Unwilling to let it become a final goodbye, he savors each word of their many texts and video calls to stay connected.

Why does a Church Cardinal, a man of the cloth, need a fixer to retrieve a package for him? What could possibly be in the package requiring such secrecy? Charlie Franklin’s clients are usually unsavory denizens climbing from the underbelly of Cleveland, Ohio. He would like to believe the Cardinal is different but, early on, he has his doubts. Follow Charlie as he searches for the truth while dodging a growing number of curious characters who, quite suddenly, are very interested in Charlie’s mission: a local mob boss, the quirky T.K. Constantine, and the mysterious little man all dressed...

Colt, a skilled junior golfer, has one huge problem…he falls apart when playing in front of a crowd. He thinks he might have found the solution to his golfing issues when a mysterious man moves into his Palm Springs neighborhood. Colt sets out with his two best friends to convince the man to be Colt’s new golf coach. Once they meet Pro Kitchen, they find out there is something special about this new neighbor.

Knit One, Kill Two A Cozy Small-Town Mystery with a Twist of Murder A skein of silk. A strangled shopkeeper. A cozy town unraveling at the seams. When Ivy Green stops by her favorite yarn shop for a quiet afternoon of knitting and gossip, she never expects to find the owner dead—strangled with her own luxurious silk thread. But Ivy isn’t just a tea shop owner with a knack for comfort—she’s got a sharp eye and an instinct for secrets. As the police unravel slowly, Ivy dives into a mystery filled with jealous rivals, tangled relationships, and a killer who’s stitching lies with ...

“Summons up a small American town at precisely the right moment in our history . . . a bold, vital, and view-expanding novel.”—George Saunders A rural working-class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this inspired novel for our times—fiction in the...

The first of the seven books set in the Liaden Universe tells a rich and sweeping story of warring families and star-crossed lovers in a fantastic, other-world galaxy.

A woman slaughtered. Her husband accused. Can this military investigator stop the killer from claiming more victims? Fairchild Air Force Base. Sergeant Evelyn “Mac” McGregor strives to show she’s cut out for service. So when a gruesome crime interrupts her dreaded morning run, the dedicated career woman quickly rushes to the aid of the man found drenched in his wife’s blood. But the strong-willed Latina suspects foul play when leadership pushes for a quick conviction, stating it’s an open-and-shut case. Teaming up with a sexy Master Sergeant to track down evidence, Mac feels the ...