A voyage to Mars becomes a descent into paranoia and possible madness in this science-fiction thriller. Daniel Richland never wanted to be an astronaut, but his wife, Sarah, commanded an earlier mission to colonize the Red Planet, and now he is flying with five others to deliver supplies and reunite with her. As chief medical officer, he guides the crew through a deadly solar flare. Then he glimpses something outside the window that shakes his grip on reality: a twin …

Book of the Week October 8, 2026 Gracie is constantly under her mother’s surveillance. If it weren’t for her cousin Desi and her brother Kit, she would have no friends—or protection—at school, where most consider Grace and Marge weirdos. But Marge is sure that there are enemies out there, whom she calls People Faces, waiting to hurt them. Moving through dual timelines, readers meet grown up Gracie, now a social worker with friends and a job she enjoys, trying hard …

DeWitt Medical School has a drug problem. In recent years, students have overdosed, a history that students are very aware of. This year’s newbies just know they’d never do drugs, even to cope with the ultra-high pressure anatomy class that’s the center of their first-year fears. Heather is the first we spend time with. She’s trying so hard in the class but can’t seem to succeed. She sees her roommate hanging out and having a good time; surely she can’t …

New York’s North Country is under siege from a drug crisis and a missing girl in Wegert’s gripping follow-up to In the Bones. You don’t need to have read the first book to get pulled straight into this mystery and its relentless, lights-on suspense. Police officer Tim Wellington has his hands full. A young man’s fatal overdose triggers a raid that nets a major drug seizure, but when lab results reveal that the seized drugs don’t match what killed him, …

Maren and Topher find each other in a total meet-cute: she stumbles and twists her ankle while jogging, and a handsome kind man comes to her rescue. The attraction is unmistakable, but they part ways with just a smile. When they find each other in the same grief-counseling session the next day, it seems like kismet—Topher is mourning the loss of his fiancée, Abby, and Maren’s father has recently passed—and the relationship takes off. Quickly. Can Topher actually be this …

Hey Hollywood, scoop this one up now! The book takes place over one day, the day before Thanksgiving 1991. We meet Georgie Quinlan and his cousin Scags, one short of Three Stooges, about to up their petty-criminal game. The plan is to break into Maggie’s Turnstile, a bar where they are both regulars, find the hidden stash of cash, and get out. Things don’t go as planned, but Georgie manages to snag the dying owner’s prized baseball signed by Joe …