Detective Chief Inspector Conny Sjöberg and the Hammarby police squad have been pushed to the limit before, but the case before them could be the breaking point. What is the connection among an abused naked woman, a dead infant, and what appears to be a murder in a quiet suburb of Stockholm? Working amid a disturbing secret that involves influential men in the community, Sjöberg must find out why the young woman, Veronica, ran to the home of John Gideon, …

Brace yourself…there’s a lot going on in this book, in the best way. Heidi Quick is a junior doctor in an understaffed English hospital. It’s the 1970s, and it’s not easy being a woman in any realm, but a woman doctor treating male patients is beyond the pale for many. After Heidi is struck by a male patient, she’s relieved to be offered a ride home by her coworker Dr. Preston. When he insists on being let into her home, …

Book of the Week October 22, 2026 Franny admits to being quite the unreliable narrator—when in the throes of addiction, she only cared about her next fix. Now clean, she is starting life back up in tiny Orion, NY and things are going well. Shortly after moving to town, she met Joshua, handsome and steady, a widower with two girls, and soon married. When Franny takes over the pharmacy where Joshua’s wife was murdered when an attempted burglary went wrong, …

Shay hasn’t seen her sister Phoebe in person for years; she only sees Phoebe on her Instagram page. They sometimes text, but a summons from Phoebe is something out of the blue. She’s involved with Daniel, a wealthy, powerful man; living in a remote area in Northern California; and professing to have found peace and fulfillment. But the “save me” message cannot be ignored. Against logic, Shay uses the plane ticket she’s sent and is met by Liv, a strange …

Book of the Week October 15, 2026 After the traumatic events of The Wonder Test, FBI agent Lina Connerly and her teenage son move from California to Paris, where she is posted to the American Embassy as a liaison between U.S. and French counterintelligence agencies. Mother and son are also dealing with their lingering grief over the death of Lina’s husband in a car accident two years ago. Still, the Paris they find is not a romantic refuge but a …

It’s a fantasy cozy mystery in a magical high school—heard this one before? Wrong! Huff combines the best of homeroom gossip with teacher’s lounge drama, tossing in an overbearing parent and a Hero/Villain situation for good measure, with lots of fun swearing (“Tree and f**k**g leaf!”) to boot. Somewhat-veteran teacher Abby has a new class of Nines, the youngest in the school, and Rebecca, aka Bex, starts showing Hero potential early, which is problematic at the High School for Magical …