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Lisa Unger, author of Served Him Right

Ana Blacksmith has gathered her closest friends and sister, Vera, for a brunch to celebrate her recent breakup from her boyfriend, Paul. But when shocking news about Paul arrives, all eyes are on Ana, the angry ex with a bad reputation. Suspicions only intensify when Ana’s best friend falls deathly ill after the brunch. But Ana is not the only one who had a score to settle with Paul. As the investigation unfolds, rumors of a secret network that uses ancient methods to obtain justice begin to emerge. Vengeance is sweet, but it also can be deadly. Ana and Vera are determined to find the truth before Ana takes the fall and their own long-buried history comes to light.

Week of November 2, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of November 2nd include QUEEN ESTHER, in which John Irving revisits the orphanage from THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther --- a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism; SERVED HIM RIGHT, a gripping thriller from Lisa Unger about a woman’s brunch with friends that quickly turns dark; MONA'S EYES by Thomas Schlesser, a heartfelt, enlightening journey across five centuries of Western art history; Bruce Henderson's MIDNIGHT FLYBOYS, the untold history of a top-secret World War II operation in the run-up to D-Day; and WITHOUT CONSENT, an eye-opening story from Sarah Weinman about the first major spousal rape trial in America and the urgent questions it raised about women’s rights that would reverberate for decades.