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PAPER GHOSTS by Sarah Addison Allen | 9781250283429 | 9/1/26
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“Creating strong, complicated connections within family relationships and friendships, particularly between women, is one of Allen’s (OTHER BIRDS, 2022) superpowers, and it’s on full display here… Though this is a stand-alone, returning Allen fans will enjoy an insider’s wink. Readers of Alice Hoffman, Elizabeth Berg, Fannie Flagg, or anyone looking for a touch of magical realism and characters with complex inner dialogues will find satisfaction on every page.”—Booklist, starred review
WICKHILLS by Premee Mohamed | 9781250378415 | 9/8/26
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“Mohamed’s rich, atmospheric descriptions of the setting of Wickhills call to mind a modern-day steampunk version of London. The theme of surviving a rough city with precarious rules runs steadily throughout the book in tandem with the fantastical elements. Ferec’s struggle to survive the increasing forces against him intensifies as each new discovery puts him in more danger. Fans of China Miéville’s novels, particularly KING RAT (1999) and PERDIDO STREET STATION (2001), as well as Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach series will enjoy.”—Booklist
THE OXFORD GUIDE TO SCANDAL AND LIES by Kate Westbury | 9781250424105 | 9/1/26
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“Westbury’s debut historical mystery introduces the Honorable Ginevra ‘Gin’ Bishop and Sidney Braithwaite as sleuths hired by the Crown to work undercover in 1950s Oxford… Gin and Sidney are an appealing pair involved in a nicely paced, cleverly constructed puzzle. For fans of Anna Lee Huber and Ashley Weaver.”—Library Journal
MOTHER DAUGHTER SISTER STRANGER by Hank Phillippi Ryan | 9781250350022 | 9/1/26
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“Ryan’s latest thriller (following ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS) is full of gripping moments and takes more than a few surprising but gratifying twists… Family secrets, enduring bonds among sisters, and a whodunit involving a possible serial killer all feature in this terrific effort from Ryan.”—Library Journal
SO IT GROWS by Andie Burke | 9781250372543 | 9/22/26
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“Burke (WITH STARS IN HER EYES) excels at creating cozy communities and characters who deal with past trauma, both familial and job related.”—Library Journal
OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm | 9781250434661 | 9/22/26
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In this lyrical debut, three generations of Palestinian women must put the haunting of their ancestral home to rest, before the secrets of the past drown them all. OUR CUT OF SALT is a powerful and intimate look at what it means to make a home, to lose it, and to return, only to find it irrevocably changed.
THE COURT OF VENUS by Bel Banta | 9781250437136 | 9/29/26
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THE COURT OF VENUS is an ensnaring romantic fantasy in which a moon-blessed magician is summoned back to the deadly, Tudor-inspired magical court she thought she had escaped; where power is determined by the stars—and the closer you are to the king, the more likely you are to die. Perfect for fans of THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH, THE FAMILIAR, and A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC.
NIGHTJARS by Michael Wehunt | 9781250333728 | 9/29/26
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Memento meets Dracula in this heart-thudding novel of a man exposed for crimes he doesn’t remember committing, and the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all.
FALLOW by Sarah Anderson | 9780374621148 | 9/15/26
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Slyly funny and disarmingly tender, FALLOW is the story of a young woman who signs up to be the world’s first in-house corporate surrogate, then finds herself caught up in a social experiment of another kind.
STRANGE IS THE LIGHT by Sarah Maria Griffin | 9781250910882 | 9/8/26
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For fans of Stranger Things, PIRANESI, and Kelly Link, STRANGE IS THE LIGHT follows a group of estranged childhood friends as they are called back to the island where they spent their summers; it’s time to play the next round of an uncanny tabletop RPG with a mind of it’s own… and a dangerously real cost to losing.
THE MYSTIC AND THE MISSING GIRL by Vikki VanSickle | 9781250461100 | 9/8/26
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Reluctant psychic Drew Benson can read tarot cards and get impressions from objects—she just never expected to use her gifts to investigate an infamous cold case. In THE MYSTIC AND THE MISSING GIRL, Vikki VanSickle seamlessly draws readers into an utterly charming world in this unputdownable, small town mystery.
ROOTED by Leopoldo Goût | 9781250781529 | 9/15/26
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Author of PIÑATA, Leopoldo Goût’s latest horror novel ROOTED is “a blood reckoning” where one woman’s return to Mexico City digs away the layers of her forgotten past and the Aztec gods she awakened.
THE WEIGHT OF ANGELS by John Boyne | 9781250411365 | 9/29/26
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Imagine how legendary playwright, poet, and the master of the bon mot Oscar Wilde would have lived his life had he not been imprisoned, exiled from England, and died in his forties. John Boyne’s THE WEIGHT OF ANGELS creates the possible life he could have led.
I AM THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED by Emily Zinnikas | 9781250454782 | 9/15/26
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A horror debut in which a reclusive painter and the only survivor of an unsolved teen massacre returns to her hometown to confront her past, with the help of her childhood boogeyman and the possessed forest that surrounds her haunted house.
SAID THE DEAD by Doireann Ní Ghríofa | 9780374618247 | 9/22/26
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A work of intense attention and tenderness, Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s SAID THE DEAD breaks boundaries between past and present, the imagined and real, history and fiction, to make something new and lasting. An investigation into the dangers of knowing our selves and the past, it is an experience like no other—a ghost story and a reclamation.
DAUGHTER OF THE DARK by R.J. Valldeperas | 9781250427953 | 9/15/26
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Supay lives under a curse of eternal death. For the greed of their god, the people are damned to live as human… and then again as muki. For Solana, survival means staying sharp and staying alone. Armed with only a blood-forged dagger, she’s carved out a life as Supay’s fiercest slayer, freeing souls even as she’s trapped by duty. But when a twist of fate offers her the title of Royal Demon Hunter, Solana finally finds a path to the freedom she’s always craved… but it draws her closer to the darkness threatening Supay—darkness that calls to her soul alone. Torn between turning her back on a fight she never asked for and the pull of loyalties old and new—including an irresistible connection to a man who should be her enemy—Solana must decide: Choose fate and freedom? Or death, destruction, and revolution?
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