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Curious about what books will be released in the months ahead so you can pre-order or reserve them? Then click on the months below.

Please note we have not included every book that is coming out, but rather some that caught our eye --- and that we thought should catch yours as well.

April 2021

Mass Market Paperback

A Tale of Two Cookies by Eve Calder - Cooking, Fiction, Mystery

St. Martin's Paperbacks | 9781250313034 | Published April 7, 2021

Pastry chef Kate McGuire is loving life on the laid-back island of Coral Cay, Florida. So when an old friend arrives and announces a spur-of-the-moment beach wedding, she's shocked when the groom vanishes right as a television crew descends on the town to film a new realty show. The bride and groom were paired better than warm cookies and cold milk, so Kate doesn’t buy the idea that he just got cold feet. As the show’s cast runs amok on the island and the investigation into Judson’s disappearance heats up, Kate and her pal Maxi, along with town dog Oliver, will brave the rambunctious world of reality TV and a wedding weekend gone awry, in an all-out effort to find the missing groom.

Choppy Water: A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9780593188309 | Published April 27, 2021

Stone Barrington and his friends are vacationing in Maine when their leisure is suddenly disrupted by extreme weather. To make matters worse, the inclement conditions allow for a menacing adversary to sneak in unnoticed and deliver a chilling message. Soon it becomes clear that the target of the incident is one of Stone's closest companions, and that these enemies have a grander scheme in mind. From the bustling streets of New York City to the sun-drenched shores of Key West, Stone intends to nab the criminals that appear behind him at every step. But his search only leads him further down a trail of peril and corruption, and he'll soon find that at the end of the road is a more dangerous foe than he could have imagined.

Hot Lead, Cold Justice: A Caleb York Western by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins - Fiction, Western

Pinnacle | 9780786042876 | Published April 27, 2021

When Sheriff Caleb York's deputy is shot down in cold blood, York has no doubt the bullets were meant for him. It's the first nasty step in a plan rustled up by Luke "Burn 'Em" Burnham --- eliminate the law, corral a team to rob a bank in booming Las Vegas, New Mexico, then lay low. With a treacherous local merchant for cover, and York out of the picture, all they'll have to do is wait for the calm. Then they get wind of one little hitch: not only is York still alive, but he's gunning for justice --- and revenge. As the winter weather bears down, a chilling cat-and-mouse begins. York isn't about to let Burnham and his gang of miscreants get away. It'd be a cold day in hell if he did.

Near Dark by Brad Thor - Fiction, Political Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Pocket Books | 9781982104078 | Published April 27, 2021

The world’s largest bounty has just been placed upon America’s top spy. His only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth. But for Scot Harvath to accomplish his most dangerous mission ever --- one that has already claimed the lives of the people closest to him, including his new wife --- he’s going to need a lot of help. Not knowing whom he can trust, Harvath finds an unlikely ally in Norwegian intelligence operative Sølvi Kolstad. Just as smart, just as deadly and just as determined, she has not only the skills, but also the broken, troubled past to match Harvath’s own.

Peace Talks: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher - Fantasy, Fiction, Urban Fantasy

Ace | 9781101991060 | Published April 27, 2021

When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil. But can he succeed, when dark political manipulations threaten the very existence of Chicago --- and all he holds dear?

Purrfectly Dead: A Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot Mystery by Dixie Lyle - Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal Mystery

St. Martin's Paperbacks | 9781250078445 | Published April 27, 2021

When zillionairess Zelda Zoransky throws a party, she means business. Assistant extraordinaire Deidre “Foxtrot” Lancaster knows she’s in for a night when anything can --- and will --- happen. The evening’s festivities include a high-stakes game between two escape artists locked in a bitter rivalry. The magic turns tragic when one of the escape artists ends up dead. This is no disappearing act --- it’s murder. The suspects include a scientist with a 3D printer, a psychedelically impaired rock star, and a serpent-tongued ghost with ties to the Garden of Eden. Now it’s up to Foxtrot, Tango and Whiskey to figure out which guest committed the crime before they reach the end of this deadly game of Clue.

Queen of Storms: Book Two of The Firemane Saga by Raymond E. Feist - Fantasy, Fiction

Harper Voyager | 9780062315939 | Published April 27, 2021

Hatushaly and his young wife, Hava, have arrived in the prosperous trading town of Beran’s Hill to restore and reopen the fire-damaged Inn of the Three Stars. They are also preparing for the popular midsummer festival, where their friends Declan and Gwen will be wed. But Hatu and Hava are only posing as inkeepers; in fact, they are assassins from the mysterious island of Coaltachin, home to the powerful and lethal Nocusara, the fearsome “Hidden Warriors.” Hatu conceals an even more dangerous secret. He is the last remaining member of the legendary Firemanes, the ruling family of Ithrace. Hatu works hard to hide his true identity from all who would seek to use or to destroy him, as fate has other plans for the noble warrior.

Worse Angels: An Isaiah Coleridge Novel by Laird Barron - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9780593085011 | Published April 27, 2021

Ex-majordomo and bodyguard to an industrial tycoon-cum-U.S. senator, Badja Adeyemi is in hiding and shortly on his way to either a jail cell or a grave, depending on who finds him first. In his final days as a free man, he hires Isaiah Coleridge to tie up a loose end: the suspicious death of his nephew four years earlier. At the time police declared it an accident, and Adeyemi isn't sure it wasn't, but one final look may bring his sister peace. So it is that Coleridge and his investigative partner, Lionel Robard, find themselves in a tiny town in New York State that is home to outsized secrets and an unnerving cabal of locals who are protecting them. At the epicenter of it all is the site of a stalled supercollider project, an immense subterranean construction that may have an even deeper, more insidious purpose.