Spring 2021 Bestsellers

Sooleyby John GrishamJohn Grisham takes you to a different kind of courtin his first basketball novel. Samuel “Sooley”Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoopdreams…and even bigger challenges off the court.(4/27)

When the Stars Go Darkby Paula McLainRetreating to her childhood foster home in thewake of a tragedy, a veteran missing-personsdetective becomes entwined in the search for alocal teen whose disappearance resembles anunsolved case from the detective's past. (4/13)

A Gambling Manby David BaldacciAloysius Archer travels to 1950s California toapprentice with a legendary private eye andformer FBI agent but immediately finds himselfinvolved in a scandal. (4/20)

The Good Sisterby Sally HepworthTwin sisters who are polar opposites and harboringa dark secret about their sociopathic mother mustface the consequences of both her actions andtheir own when one tries to start a family. (4/13)

Ocean Preyby John SandfordPicking up an FBI case involving three murderedCoast Guardsmen, Lucas Davenport and VirgilFlowers team up to investigate the suspiciousactivities of a sophisticated boat and mysteriousdiver. (4/13)

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Turn a Blind EyeBy Jeffery ArcherGoing undercover to expose corruption in theMetropolitan Police Force, Detective InspectorWilliam Warwick is compromised by a high-profiletrial and a teammate's romantic relationship with asuspect. (4/13)

Mother May Iby Joshilyn JacksonBlackmailed by a mysterious kidnapper to commita seemingly harmless act, a once-poor woman whomarried into wealth triggers a devastating chain ofconsequences. (4/6)

Whereaboutsby Jhumpa LahiriThis novel follows the routines of a misfit city dwellerwho experiences a year of remarkabletransformations in the aftermath of a parent'sdeath. (4/27)

Finding Ashleyby Danielle SteelWhen the home that has given her new purposeis threatened by a wildfire, a grieving motherreconnects with her estranged sister, a nun, totrack down the child she gave up for adoptionyears earlier. (4/27)

While Justice Sleepsby Stacey AbramsA legal thriller featuring Avery Keene, who clerks forSupreme Court Justice Wynn and takes over thebackground investigation of a key case when he fallsinto a coma. (5/11)

Hour of the Witchby Chris BohjalianA Puritan woman in 1662 Boston plots to escapea violent marriage only to find herself targeted byher disapproving and superstitious neighbors forfailing to save a child's life. (5/4)

The Saboteursby Clive Cussler and Jack Du BrulDetective Isaac Bell's investigation into an attemptedassassination brings him to the construction site ofthe Panama Canal—and straight into a nest ofvipers. (5/25)

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The Woman With the Blue Starby Pam Jenoff18-year-old Sadie Gault is hiding in the sewers afterthe liquidation of the Kraków ghetto when she formsa tentative friendship with wealthy Polish girl EllaStepanek. (5/4)

Local Woman Missingby Mary KubicaWhen Shelby Tebow and then Meredith Dickey and hersix-year-old daughter Delilah vanish a few blocks apart,the town assumes that the events are related. But thecase is never solved, and 11 years later Delilah turns upwith an explanation guaranteed to upend the townfurther. (5/18)

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21st Birthdayby James PattersonInvestigating the disappearance of a mother andbaby, Detective Lindsay Boxer uncovers evidenceproving the husband innocent but places thelives of other women in danger. (5/3)

Legacyby Nora RobertsNearly murdered by her father at age seven— hermother, Lina, intervened—Adrian Rizzo was raised byher grandparents while Lina promoted her fitnessbrand. A decade later, Adrian has her own successfulfitness and workout videos, but then threats startarriving. (5/25)

That Summerby Jennifer WeinerDiana Shoemake, known as Daisy, begins receivingemails intended for another “Diana S.” with asimilar address and the two Dianas strike up acorrespondence. After Daisy and Diana becomefriends, Daisy learns their accidental onlineencounter was anything but. (5/11)

Project Hail Maryby Andy WeirRyland Grace awakens from a coma with nomemories of his identity or how he came to be aloneon a spaceship with two dead crewmates . He thendiscovers an alien spacecraft in the vicinity of his shipwith a strange traveler. (5/4)

Where the Grass is Green & the Girls are Prettyby Lauren WeisbergerWhen her husband is arrested in an Ivy Leagueadmissions sting, Peyton, co-anchor of a hitmorning show, soon discovers that this is not theworst of it as dark secrets come to light. (5/18)

The Personal Librarianby Marie BenedictBelle da Costa Greene is hired by J.P. Morgan as hispersonal librarian to curate rare manuscripts, books,and artwork for the new Pierpont Morgan Library.But she has a secret: as the daughter of Harvard'sfirst Black graduate, she is passing as white. (6/29)

Golden Girlby Elin HilderbrandKilled in a hit-and-run in Nantucket, novelist Vivi isgiven heavenly permission to spend a year watchingover her children, her best friend, and her ex-husband. (6/1)

Unfinished Businessby J.A. JanceBroadcast journalist-turned-cybersecurity expert AliReynolds must deal with both a serial killer and aformer employee of her husband just out of prison. (6/1)

The Bulletby Iris JohansenIt's bad news for forensic sculptor Eve Duncan whenthe former wife of her beloved Joe Quinn returns withdangerous secrets. (6/8)

Dream Girlby Laura LippmanNovelist Gerry Andersen is trapped in bed after anaccident and fears he is losing his mind when hethinks he's getting phone calls from the maincharacter in his big-deal novel "Dream Girl". (6/22)

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The Kobalt Dossierby Eric Van LustbaderAfter thwarting the violent, international, fascistsyndicate known as Nemesis, Evan Ryder returns toWashington, D.C., to find her secret division of theDOD shut down and her deceased sister’s childrenmissing. (6/1)

The President's Daughterby James Patterson & Bill ClintonA new family is in the White House—and a formerWhite House family is targeted by an internationalassassin. (6/7)

Our Woman In Moscowby Beatriz WilliamsIn 1948, when Iris Digby disappears from London withher diplomat husband and two children, rumorsabound: did they defect? Four years later, afterreceiving a postcard, twin sister Ruth Macallister posesas the wife of a counterintelligence agent to whisk theDigbys from Moscow. (6/1)

Jackpotby Stuart WoodsWhen Peter Barrington and Ben Bachetti come underthreat while working at a film festival abroad, TeddyFay is lured to the glittering city of Macau to resolvethe problem. (6/1)

NOTE: Annotations are taken from professional review sources and book lists.Publication dates may change.

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