CPL Previews
A sneak peek at the May arrivals!
The Big Kahuna
Janet Evanovich
Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare infiltrate a surfer community in a case involving a missing Silicon Valley billionaire whose Instagram-model wife, shady business partner and stoner son appear suspiciously indifferent.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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Blessing in Disguise
Danielle Steel
Loving three different men throughout her lifetime, Isabelle, a single mother and art consultant, examines the bonds she shares with her three daughters, before an unexpected twist of fate brings a past secret to light.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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The Never Game
Jeffery Deaver
Searching for a missing woman in Silicon Valley, an expert tracker is pitted against dark elements in the billion-dollar gaming industry and a serial killer who stages scenes from his favorite game.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 14
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The Night Window
Dean R. Koontz
When people under Arcadian control begin showing signs of instability, Jane Hawk and her supporters confront the center of power in a showdown that will determine America's future.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 14
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Tightrope
Amanda Quick
When her new bed-and-breakfast is threatened by a robot innovator's untimely death, a former trapeze artist teams up with an enigmatic man who would track down a cipher machine prototype.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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Resistance Women
Jennifer Chiaverini
Resisting the power grabs of an increasingly formidable Nazi Party in 1930s Berlin, the courageous American wife of a German intellectual and her circle of women friends engage in a clandestine battle to sabotage Hitler's regime.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 14
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Queen Bee        
Dorothea Benton Frank
A Sullivan's Island beekeeper navigates her demanding hypochondriac mother and flamboyant rival sister while immersing herself in the lives of two young neighbor boys and their widowed father.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 28
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The Road Home
Richard Paul Evans
After finding out that his ex-wife, who he hoped to reconcile with, is engaged, Charles James continues his pilgrimage down Route 66 to Santa Monica, California.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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Sunset Beach
Mary Kay Andrews
Reluctantly accepting a job at her estranged father's law firm in the aftermath of her mother's passing, Drue is tangled in a decades-old mystery that threatens everyone she loves.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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The Pioneers
David McCullough
Recounts the story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest ideals.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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Cari Mora
Thomas Harris
A ruthless man driven by unspeakable appetites to pursue a fortune in cartel gold finds his efforts challenged by a war survivor with unusual talents.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 21
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If She Wakes
Michael Koryta
An insurance investigator finds herself on the run from a mysterious young hit man while examining the case of a young college student who has been rendered a locked-in syndrome patient by a suspicious accident.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 14
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Robert B. Parker's Buckskin
Robert Knott
A campaign for sheriff in Appaloosa is thrown into turmoil by a nearby gold strike and a dangerous snowstorm, pitting marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch against rival mining factions and a vicious serial killer.

Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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Mistress of the Ritz
Melanie Benjamin
The director of the luxurious Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris and his courageous American wife, Blanche Auzello, risk their marriage and lives to support the French Resistance during World War II.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 21
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The Guest Book
Sarah Blake
The bereaved matriarch of a powerful early-20th-century American family makes a fateful decision that reverberates throughout two subsequent generations further impacted by racism, reversed circumstances and disturbing revelations
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
Juliet Grames
Believed cursed in her rugged Italian village, a tough, intelligent teen protects her younger sister during World War II, enduring challenges that transform her views about survival and independence.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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The Sentence Is Death
Anthony Horowitz
Detective Daniel Hawthorne and his literary sidekick risk their lives to expose dangerous secrets while investigating the murder of a celebrity divorce lawyer and teetotaler who was bludgeoned to death with an expensive bottle of wine
Scheduled Publication Date: May 28
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Keep You Close
Karen Cleveland
The mother of a much-loved son on the brink of college discovers a hidden gun in the teen's room before an FBI domestic-terrorism squad arrives, challenging her to confront disturbing secrets and the limits of her own protectiveness.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 28
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The Farm
Joanne Ramos
Ensconced within a Hudson Valley retreat where expectant birth mothers are given luxurious accommodations and lucrative rewards to produce perfect babies, a Filipino immigrant is forced to choose between a life-changing payment and the outside world.

Scheduled Publication Date: May 7
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The Summoning
Heather Graham
A startling manifestation during a séance at her Savannah bed-and-breakfast prompts Kristi Stewart to partner with investigator Dallas Wicker, who ties the property's history to the suspicious death of a colleague.
Scheduled Publication Date: May 21
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