New Adult Fiction: Wednesday, October 29

Happy Hump Day! Is it too early to start thinking about your weekend reading? We think not. Stop by when you can (we’re open til 8 pm). We have many options! To place a title on hold online, visit https://owwl.org and sign in to your account using your library card number. Pick up your book from the shelves near the circulation desk when you have time.

Here are a few of the new fiction books that have arrived at the library recently. We invite you to check them out.

Blaze Me a Sun

In February 1986, the Halland police receive a call from a man who claims to have raped a woman. By the time policeman Sven Jörgensson reaches the victim, she’s taking her last breath. On the same night, Sweden plunges into a state of shock after the murder of the prime minister. Could there possibly be a connection? Sven remains haunted by the murders and paralyzed by fear that the killer might strike again. Many years later, the case resurfaces when a novelist returns home to Halland and befriends a retired police officer, a former colleague of Sven’s, who helps the novelist unspool the many strands of this engrossing tale about a community confronting its collective guilt.

A Case of Mice and Murder

When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms at exactly two minutes to seven on a sunny May morning in 1901, his mind is so full of his latest case—the disputed authorship of bestselling children’s book Millie the Temple Church Mouse—that he scarcely registers the body of the Lord Chief Justice of England on his doorstep. But even he cannot fail to notice the judge’s dusty bare feet, in shocking contrast to his flawless evening dress, nor the silver carving knife sticking out of his chest. In the shaded courtyards and ancient buildings of the Inner Temple, the hidden heart of London’s legal world, murder has spent centuries confined firmly to the casebooks. Until now . . .

The Lost Book of First Loves

Raised by her literary icon father Carson Wells, Alison Wells always felt loved, even though her mother died when she was a teen. But when she takes a DNA test on a whim and discovers she has a sister she never knew about, it’s clear there are things her father didn’t tell her before he died. Determined to meet Juniper—her half-sister_and unravel the truth of what happened all those years ago, Ali finds herself taking a job as Juniper’s intern. She’ll eventually figure out a way to tell Juniper the truth of their relationship. But she never could have imagined what would happen next . . .