Bestselling authors James Grippando, Harlan Coben, Kristin Hannah and Alexander McCall-Smith all have new books available.
Afraid of the Dark, by James Grippando, is the ninth book featuring Jack Swyteck, a Miami defense attorney. Jack is acting as a pro-bono lawyer for a young man accused of being a terrorist. He is shocked to learn that the man is also the prime suspect in the murder of a girl and a subsequent house explosion that robbed a police officer of his sight. But the murder of which Jack's client is accused is only the first of many, and Jack, perhaps the only person who thinks his client might actually be innocent, has to decide if he wants to risk his own life to save his client's.

Live Wire, by Harlan Coben, is the tenth book in the Myron Bolitar series. When former tennis star Suzze T and her rock star husband, Lex, encounter an anonymous Facebook post questioning the paternity of their unborn child, Lex runs off, and Suzze asks Myron to save her marriage. But when he finds Lex, he also finds someone he wasn't looking for - his sister-in-law, Kitty, who along with Myron's brother abandoned the Bolitar family long ago. As Myron races to locate his missing brother while their father clings to life, he must face the lies that led to the estrangement.

In Night Road, by Kristin Hannah, we meet Jude Farraday, a happily married, stay-at-home mom. Her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright, happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill enters their lives, no one is more supportive than Jude. A former foster child with a dark past, Lexi quickly becomes Mia's best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. However, one night, In the blink of an eye, the Farraday family will be torn apart and Lexi will lose everything. In the years that follow, each must face the consequences of that one night and find a way to forget or the courage to forgive.

The Saturday Night Big Tent Wedding Party, by Alexander McCall-Smith, is the 12th book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series. Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a dream in which she is driving her dear old white van. Grace Makutsi dreams that her 97 percent on the Botswana Secretarial College exam was a mistake. When Mma Ramotswe discovers that her van is actually still in use, she sets out to retrieve it. In the meantime, one of Phuti Radiphuti's apprentices has gotten a girl pregnant and, under pressure to marry her, has run away. Naturally, it is up to Precious and Grace to help the couple work things out. And in other developments, Mma Ramotswe investigates a case of rural jealousy in which cattle are being poisoned.

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