May 29, 2026

Mrs. Murphy Mystery: Clawed and Dangerous by Rita Mae Brown:  When a series of suspiciously similar deaths begin to pop up across Crozet, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen must connect the dots with the help of her beloved cats and dogs in the latest mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown.

Food Truck Mystery: Hot Wings and Homicide by Carmela Dutra:   Business at Kluckin’ Good is smoking hot. To keep momentum going, Beth and her twin brother, Seth, just scored a prime spot at the Flavors of the Bay Food Festival. But when the infamous food critic Brad Dawson—also Beth’s ex—turns up dead, the only clue at the scene of the crime is a Kluckin’ Good tumbler mug, and suspicion naturally falls on the twins.

Thank You, Teachers by James Patterson:  If you can read this, someone cared about you. If you can read this, you want a brighter future for our kids. If you can read this, thank a teacher.  James Patterson brings us heroic stories from the classroom trenches.

Served Him Right by Lisa Unger:  Ana Blacksmith has gathered her closest friends and sister Vera for a brunch to celebrate her recent breakup from her boyfriend Paul. But when shocking news about Paul arrives, all eyes are on Ana, the angry ex with a bad reputation. Suspicions only intensify when Ana’s best friend falls deathly ill after the brunch.

Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune:  Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel.

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans:  Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters to many people and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.  But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that the letter she has been writing but not sending needs to be read, and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.

The Pillagers’ Guide to Arctic Pianos by Kendra Langford Shaw:  In the far reaches of the  Arctic, the Spahr family lives on a fjord accessible only by kayak and float plane, in a landscape rapidly changing as glaciers melt and sea levels rise.  They live off the grid in a converted fisherman's shack, barely scraping by. Then one of their few neighbors dredges up a centuries-old piano, and a new economic boom seizes the territory—piano hunting.