Start the new year right by picking up a book by one of these new fiction authors. There are plenty of options this month. And, as always, you can find a longer list of new titles in our catalog.
“At the Wolf’s Table” by Rosella Postorino
Left alone in Germany while her husband is fighting on the front lines of WWII, Rosa Sauer leaves Berlin seeking safety and is instead forced by the SS to become one of Hitler’s food tasters. Twice a day she accompanies nine other women to the Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s secret headquarters, where they taste all of Hitler’s meals before he does. As the war worsens, the group of tasters becomes increasing more fractious, dividing into those who are loyal to Hitler and those who, like Rosa, aren’t Nazis even though they risk their lives to protect one every day.
“The Matchmaker’s List” by Sonya Lalli
Raina Anand has spent her life trying to move beyond the expectations of her traditional Indian-immigrant community. But when it comes to her love life she’s finally given in and allowed her grandmother to play matchmaker. What follows is a string of disastrous blind dates with the men on her grandmother’s list of approved suitors that makes Raina wonder if she wouldn’t be better off staying single. Overwhelmed and afraid to disappoint her grandmother, Raina leads her to believe that she’s a lesbian, which strains all her relationships and complicates things when she finally meets a man she could fall for.
“The Au Pair” by Emma Rous
Hours after twins Seraphine and Danny were born their mother committed suicide by throwing herself off a cliff, their au pair disappeared, and dark rumors about their parents started swirling. Years later Seraphine, now an adult, is mourning her father’s recent death. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photo that raises more questions about the day she and Danny were born. In the photo are her parents with her older brother, smiling and holding just one baby. Ignoring her family’s wishes and a series of anonymous threats, Seraphine tracks down the au pair, determined to uncover her family’s secrets and learn the truth about that day.
“Here and Now and Then” by Mike Chen
Time-traveling secret agent Kin Stewart is from the year 2142, but a disastrous mission left him stranded in San Francisco in the 1990s. Now, eighteen years later he’s just an ordinary man, working in IT and trying to remain connected to his wife and daughter while hiding his past and suffering the blackouts and memory loss which are a side effect of time travel. And then his rescue team arrives, almost two decades too late, to return him to a future where he’s only been missing a couple weeks, one he doesn’t really remember. Even as he is forced to return to the future Kin is determined to stay connected to the past. When his daughter Miranda is threatened Kin is ready to take one final trip through time to save her, even if it means breaking all the rules.
