New Releases July 2020

Peace Talks, by Jim Butcher
When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil. But can he succeed, when dark political manipulations threaten the very existence of Chicago--and all he holds dear?

Deadlock, by Catherine Coulter
A young wife is forced to confront a decades-old deadly secret when a medium connects her to her dead grandfather.
A series of three red boxes are delivered personally to Savich at the Hoover Building, each one containing puzzle pieces of a town only FBI agent Pippa Cinelli recognizes. Savich sends in Cinelli to investigate undercover but someone knows who she is.
Savich and Sherlock are up to their eyebrows in danger, but can they figure out the red box puzzle and the young wife's secret before it's too late? 

Half Moon Bay, by Faye Kellerman
Workers demolishing a local park have discovered the decades-old skeleton of a child. But whose? And how did it get there? 
No sooner has Clay Edison begun to investigate than he receives a call from a local businessman wondering if the body could belong to his sister. She went missing fifty years ago, the man says. Or at least I think she didIt's a little complicated
Clay's search for answers will unearth a history of violence and secrets, revolution and betrayal. Because in this town, the past isn't dead. It's very much alive. And it can be murderous. 

A Walk Along the Beach, by Debbie Macomber
The Lakey sisters are perfect opposites. After their mother died and their father was lost in grief, Willa had no choice but to raise her sister, Harper, and their brother, Lucas. Then, as an adult, she put her own life on hold to nurse Harper through a terrifying illness.
Harper, on the other hand, has been given a new lease on life, and she does not intend to waste it. When Harper announces her plan to summit Mount Rainier, Willa fears she may be pushing herself too far.
Life has more challenges in store for them, but the sisters will play off each other’s strengths. Soon both sisters will discover that even in the darkest moments, family is everything.

Cajun Justice, by James Patterson
Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans, was protecting the President, until a single night resulted in a scandal that lost him his post. He takes a new job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very important CEO. What he thought was a simple security post unravels a tangled web of corruption, greed, and extortion. Years of training and international missions kick in as he races to find justice that only way a born and raised Cajun can do.

1st Case, by James Patterson
Genius programmer Angela Hoot has always been at the top of her class. Now she's at the bottom of the FBI food chain -- until her first case threatens everyone around her. With little training, Angela is quickly plunged into a tough case: tracking murderous brothers who go by the Poet and the Engineer. When her boss tells her to "watch and listen," Angela's mind kicks into overdrive. The obsessive thinking that earned her As on campus can prove fatal in the field.

The Order, by Daniel Silva

Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into Venice for a much-needed holiday with his wife and two young children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is summoned to Rome by the Holy Father's loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments the night of the pope's death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed to Gabriel.

The Silent Wife, by Karin Slaughter

GBI investigator Will Trent digs into two crimes – one a cold case, and one a recent murder. It becomes clear that he must solve the cold case to find out if the two are the work of a serial killer. Yet nearly a decade has passed--time for memories to fade, witnesses to vanish, evidence to disappear, and lies to become truth. But Will can't crack either mystery without the help of the one person he doesn't want involved: his girlfriend, medical examiner Sara Linton. When the past and present begin to collide, Will realizes that everything he values is at stake…

A Blessing to Cherish, by Lauraine Snelling

Widow Ingeborg Bjorklund is blessed with children and grandchildren, and she enjoys the friendship and support of the entire Blessing, North Dakota, community. Her stepson Thorliff is raising two children alone since his beloved Elizabeth died. But there is a new schoolteacher in town, and Ingeborg smiles when she sees how Thorliff acts around her. Now one of Ingeborg’s dearest friendships is changing--and she will have to decide if her settled, predictable life is worth more to her than a future she hardly dares to imagine.