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Fall Preview 2022

Fall is known as the biggest season of the year for books. The titles that release during this latter part of the year often become holiday gifts, and many are blockbusters. While our series of 24-hour Fall Preview contests have ended, we encourage you to take a look at our featured titles. These are just some of the outstanding books that we know people will be talking about over the next few months.

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Week of October 24, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of October 24th include THE MIDNIGHT LOCK, the 15th installment in Jeffery Deaver's long-running series featuring his beloved protagonists, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, who search for a criminal whose fascination with breaking locks terrorizes New York City; A MAN OF HONOR, the prequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's dazzling saga, A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE, which tells Blackie O'Neill's story for the first time --- his tumultuous life, the obstacles facing him, the desire he has to throw off the impotence of poverty and move up in the world; Elizabeth Brundage's THE VANISHING POINT, a gripping literary thriller about a man reckoning with the mysterious death of his former roommate; THE COLLECTIVE, a propulsive novel of psychological suspense in which Alison Gaylin asks how far a grieving mother will go to right a tragic wrong; and GREENWICH PARK by Katherine Faulkner, a twisty, whip-smart debut thriller about impending motherhood, unreliable friendship and the high price of keeping secrets.

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Wanda M. Morris, author of Anywhere You Run

In the summer of 1964, three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the right to vote. Against this backdrop, 21-year-old Violet Richards finds herself in more trouble than she’s ever been in her life. Suffering a brutal attack of her own, she kills the man responsible. But with the color of Violet’s skin, there is no way she can escape Jim Crow justice in Jackson, Mississippi. With the help of her white beau, she escapes. Back in Jackson, Violet’s older sister, Marigold, has dreams of attending law school, but she’s pregnant and unmarried. After news of the murder brings the police to her door, Marigold heads North seeking the promise of a better life and no more segregation. But has she made a terrible choice that threatens her life and that of her unborn child?

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