Last Updated: March 13, 2026
The Bookbinder’s Secret
by A.D. Bell
A young bookbinder begins a hunt for the truth when a confession hidden beneath the binding of a burned book reveals a story of forbidden love, lost fortune, and murder.
A Great Act of Love
by Heather Rose
Van Diemen’s Land, 1839. A young woman of means arrives in Hobart, Australia, with a boy in her care. Caroline Douglas must navigate an insular colony of exiles and opportunists and invent a new life on this island of extreme seasons and wild beauty. But Caroline is carrying a secret of such magnitude that it has led her to cross the world.
The Seven Daughters of Dupree
by Nikesha Elise Williams
It’s 1995, and fourteen-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father. But her mother, Nadia, keeps her secrets close, while her grandmother Gladys remains silent about the family’s past, including why she left Land’s End, Alabama, in 1953. As Tatidigs deeper, she uncovers a legacy of family secrets, where every generation of Dupree women has posed more questions than answers.
Book of Forbidden Words
by Louise Fein
An encrypted manuscript unleashes a chain of consequences across 400 years, set in a world of banned books, fear of new ideas, and the dangers of censorship.
The Last Death of the Year
by Sophie Hannah
New Year’s Eve, 1932. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the tiny Greek island of Lamperos to celebrate the holiday with what turns out to be a rather odd community of locals living in a dilapidated house. A dark sense of foreboding overshadows the beautiful island getaway when the guests play a New Year’s Resolutions game after dinner and one written resolution gleefully threatens to perform ‘the last and first death of the year.’ Hours later, one of the home’s residents is found dead on the terrace.
Song of Ancient Lovers
by Laura Restrepo
This novel reimagines the legendary relationship between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon within a contemporary setting shaped by displacement and migration.