Enchantments

by Kathryn Harrison

Following the death of her father, Rasputin, 18-year-old Masha is sent to live at the imperial palace with Tsar Nikolay and his family. As Russia prepares for war, the royal family is placed under house arrest. Masha, who has been put in charge of looking after Prince Aloysha who suffers from hemophilia, finds solace in her charge’s company, escaping grim reality by telling each other stories about the past, future and imagined.

A Perfect Proposal

by Katie Fforde

Sophie Apperly swaps Little England for the Big Apple where she meets Matilda, a spirited grande dame of New York society who invites her to Connecticut for Thanksgiving – though her handsome grandson Luke, couldn’t be less welcoming. So when Luke visits England a few weeks later, Sophie hardly expected him to seek her out. But Matilda has hatched some complicated plans of her own – and so Luke has a proposal to make…

What The Night Knows

by Dean Koontz

A ghost story unlike any you have read, minus anything campy, Koontz’s latest thriller surrounds John Calvino, a detective who at the age of 14 killed a psychotic serial killer who murdered Calvino’s family at the end of a savage killing spree. Two decades later, the exact same murders resurface, and Calvino fears his family will again be targeted. Koontz, in his signature style, intertwines your heart with the fate of the Calvino family in a suspenseful page turner.

Stay Awake

by Dan Chaon

Critically acclaimed author Dan Chaon (Await Your Reply, You Remind Me of Me and Among the Missing) combines his expert storytelling with suspenseful tales of individuals struggling between ordinary life and a psychological shadowland. The characters include scattered families, unfulfilled dreamers, anxious souls who are disturbed by their thoughts, expectations and the constraints that life has dealt them.