Books & Bites: November 2024

A dazzling insider’s account of the contemporary art world and the stunning rise and fall of the charismatic American art dealer Inigo Philbrick, as seen through the eyes of his friend and fellow dealer

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.

After a discovery is made in a London art gallery, a woman living alone on an island that once was the home of a famous artist gets a visitor.

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.

A secret agent who gets inside an anarchist collective in France encounters a mysterious figure.

The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party tells the story of how the accidental discovery of prehistoric creatures upended humanity's understanding of the world and their place in it, and how a group of paleontologists worked to bring it back into focus again"-

A brilliant exploration of extreme wealth and how it bends the lives of those close to it

As a wave of murders grips Southern California, an unlikely pair must untangle the mysterious patterns of an elusive killer. A propulsive new series

In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires-and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"-- Provided by publisher.

They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can't trust anything you see. Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for.

Captivating true-crime caper about Arthur Barry, who charmed celebrities and millionaires, stole from Rockefellers and royalty, and pulled off the most audacious and lucrative heists of the Jazz Age.

After witnessing something shocking, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.

“Another tender tearjerker . . . Napolitano chronicles life’s highs and lows with aching precision.”—The Washington Post

House of Glass is a gripping thriller that was packed with surprises and compelling characters

A novel set between the London stage and Sicily, about a daughter who turns her novelist father’s fall from grace into a play, and a father who increasingly fears his precocious daughter’s voice.

The 28th book in the Kay Scarpetta Series. Scarpetta investigates the death of a former lover.

After the passing of their father, seemingly different brothers engage in relationships and seek ways to cope.

On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he's generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors.
But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family―and Ffion has her own secrets to protect.

“Laura Dave is a master story-teller. Gripping, big-hearted and twisty, The Last Thing He Told Me grabs readers from the very first page and never lets go.” -Greer Hendricks, New York Times best-selling co-author

A family vacation in an isolated part of Long Island is thrown into confusion when the home’s owners return claiming New York City is having a blackout.

The author of “Between the World and Me” travels to three locations to uncover the dissonance between the realities on the ground and the narratives shaped about them.

In Argus, N.D., people experience the delicate connections of the climate, the economy, spirituality and one another.

He wants to remember. She needs to forget. . . . Memento meets Sharp Objects in a gripping psychological thriller

Estranged siblings look into the death of their hotel magnate father and uncover a family secret.

One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. No Two Persons is "a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives."

Residents of an island in French Polynesia must vote on whether to send floating cities out onto the open sea.

Through a series of stories, Gladwell explicates the causes of various kinds of epidemics.

A steamy, thrilling crime story” (The Washington Post) set in pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just the cost of doing business.

Lying in Wait Reclusive Sally Diamond causes outrage by trying to incinerate her dead father.

Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who insists on doing her own investigation in this nail-biting mystery

As a murder casts a pall on a town in Maine, Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob Burgess share stories and seek meaning.

The moving story of a daughter's quest to discover the truth about her beloved father's hidden past.

When a dead body and a bag of money turn up on a remote island, Amy Wheeler reaches out to her retired father-in-law to help investigate.