Nicholas Bowling, who wrote "In the Shadow of Heroes" for children, crafts a "spellbinding" take on "The Secret Garden" as Nick Newman with "The Garden," in which a strangers threatens two sisters' lives.
Holly Brickley's "Deep Cuts" dives into the music of Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Hall and Oates and others as it explores the collaboration and possible romance of two music fans.
"The Jackal's Mistress," by "The Flight Attendant" writer Chris Bohjalian, is a romantic thriller about a Confederate woman who takes in a wounded Union soldier.
The latest from "With Teeth" and "Mostly Dead Things" writer Kristen Arnett is novel "Stop Me If You've Heard This One," about a woman studying to be a clown.
