A surprise holiday plunges four students at an elite New England prep school into an all-night whirlwind of parties, secrets, and survival.It's 1985. Though the Cold War simmers and Madonna rules the airwaves, St. Stephen's School remains seemingly untouched by time. Yet beneath this boarding school's veneer of dress codes, mandatory chapel, and Latin recitations, a drug-fueled counterculture pulses to the music of the '70s while its most vulnerable students fall prey to the very a...

Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the New Year with an old friend, aspiring actress Liberty Callahan, when their evening is interrupted...

When Jacob and Megan Brandeis plan to expose a secretive and evil corporation, the fallout threatens to destroy them in this thriller by the world's #1 bestselling author.Jacob and Megan Brandeis have gotten jobs with the mega-successful, ultra-secretive Store. Seems perfect. Seems safe. But their lives are about to become anything but perfect, anything but safe. Especially since Jacob and Megan have a dark secret of their own. They're writing a bo...

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickThe first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales of the City“A consummate entertainer who has made a generation laugh. . . . It is Maupin’s Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly.”— Edmund White, Times Literary SupplementFor...

The successful but lonely daughter of a powerful New York theater icon falls for her childhood imaginary friend in this touching love story from the world's #1 bestselling author.As a little girl, Jane had no one. Her mother, a powerful Broadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, during their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He's perfect. But only she ...

Viola Roberts is attending a wedding! Her best friend, Cheryl, is finally marrying the swoony Detective Battersea. And since it’s Halloween, they’ve decided to have a themed wedding, complete with a ghost and a spooky cemetery next door.The party is in full swing when a bloodcurdling scream interrupts the revelry, leading to the discovery of a body. With a house full of suspects with perfect alibis, who could have killed the interloper? Viola is determined to find out before her BF...

Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything.So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone—the kids at school, his family, even the police. But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to?Edgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable novel: smart, funny, dramatic, an...

This boxset includes the fourth, fifth and sixth novels in the bestselling Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure series. With over 1,000 pages and 300+ five star reviews, you don’t want to miss this bundle of Vegas highjinks, murder, romance, and laugh-out-loud moments we all can relate to.LUCKY BASTARDTonight, someone turned a young woman, a Jimmy Choo embedded in her carotid, into a hood ornament for the latest Ferrari in the Babylon’s d...

An exhilarating, brutal, comedic masterpiece—an American classic that will “leave you so giddy you’ll go and kick sand in somebody’s face” (Houston Post)When My Search for Warren Harding, Robert Plunket’s glittering story of literary sleuthing and deceit, first appeared in 1983, it garnered immediate and far-reaching acclaim. Frank Conroy at the Washington Post exclaimed, “The author pulled me in so deftly, moved me up an escalating scale...

The Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Against the Technicolor unreality of Florida's finest tourist attractions, the Drummonds stumble into every illicit activity under the tropical sun-kidnapping, blackmail, gunplay, and black market negotiations, to name a few. But even as the Drummonds' lives spin out of control, Coupland reminds us of their humanity at every...

Alice is a single mother raising her three young daughters on the rez where she grew up. Life has never been easy, but she's managed to get by with the support of her best friend, Gideon, and her family. When an unthinkable loss occurs, Alice is forced to confront truths that will challenge her belief in herself and the world she thought she knew.Peopled with unforgettable characters and told from multiple points of view, this is a novel where spirits are alive, forgiveness is poss...

**AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS PICK • A compelling and raw portrayal of a troubled teenager’s struggle for escape“Alternately cocky, funny and maudlin, [this novel] gets its appeal from Pip’s unnervingly convincing teenage voice.”—The Washington Post**Pip’s desperate to escape his life—he’s been skipping classes, drinking, getting high. Anything and everything to avoid his smug teachers, his sweet but needy little brother, his difficult home life. Now he’s bee...