We’re guilty of judging books by their covers. Today we’re doing a cover breakdown for Amy Stuart’s Still Mine, an intricately woven psychological thriller.
Fiction Titles We Can’t Wait to Read: Spring 2016
With a new year comes new books! We promise, Spring 2016 is going to have you pining! Here’s a sneak peek at what’s to come in the blooming months:
A dramatic and lyrical coming-of-age novel about a young Blackfoot girl who grows up in the residential school system on the Canadian prairies.
“Black Apple describes life in a prairie residential school in the 1940s and 50s, in all its heartbreaking complexity. It is a compelling and powerful novel, with beautifully rendered characters, and a lyricism that speaks to Joan Crate’s background as a poet. An extraordinary achievement.” —Helen Humphreys, author of The Reinvention of Love
Clare is on the run. From her past, from her husband, and from her own secrets. When she turns up alone in the remote mining town of Blackmore asking about Shayna Fowles, the local girl who disappeared, everyone wants to know who Clare really is and what she’s hiding.
“Twisty and swift, Amy Stuart's Still Mine is a darkly entertaining mystery machine. But what will really surprise you is the emotional foundation on which it has been built.” — Andrew Pyper, bestselling author of The Demonologist and The Damned
The author of the New York Times bestseller and beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House continues the story of Jamie Pyke, son of both a slave and master of Tall Oakes, whose deadly secret compels him to take a treacherous journey through the Underground Railroad.
"If Dickens had been an American he might have written such a novel as this, a story with all the elements of a classic, family secrets, the struggle of an orphan to affluence and prominence, a quest for love, plus miscegenation, and escape from slavery. This exciting story of danger, fear, cruelty, loyalty, and enduring love, brings alive some of the worst in our history, and some of the best." — Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek
The wisest, richest, funniest, and most moving novel in years from Don DeLillo, one of the great American novelists of our time—an ode to language, at the heart of our humanity, a meditation on death, and an embrace of life.
"Among DeLillo's finest work... DeLillo sneaks a heartbreaking story of a son attempting to reconnect with his father into his thought-provoking novel." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
Two If By Sea by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child’s life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank’s own life is transformed. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, an epic story of courage and devotion.
"Mitchard's latest novel explores the fascinating question of those who have extraordinary gifts, what responsibility comes with those gifts, and where the line of morality falls between those poles. A thoughtful, sweeping read." — Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time
Follow the clues. Crack the code. Stay Alive.
Following a series of murders, Christopher Rowe, apprentice to Master Apothecary Benedict Blackthorn, must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in this suspenseful debut novel.
Visit TheBlackthornKey.com to read the first three chapters.
We’re counting down til the release of MiNRS, a new action-adventure middle grade series from Keviny Sylvester. Head over to MiNRS.ca for sharable quotes, posters, playlists, and discussion questions.