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Week of September 8, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of September 8th include THE MEDICI RETURN, the 19th installment in Steve Berry's series starring Cotton Malone, who is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th-century Pledge of Christ, a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican; Haruki Murakami's THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, which is a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for our peculiar times; BONE OF THE BONE, a searing and insightful volume of the brilliant and provocative essays that established Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on America’s class problem; and the paperback original THE GRAVE ARTIST, the second entry in Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado's series featuring Homeland Security Investigations agent Carmen Sanchez and her partner, security expert Jake Heron, who uncover chilling evidence pointing to a serial killer who has taken evil to the next level.

Jeffery Deaver, author of The Grave Artist

A wedding reception is coming to a close in the Hollywood Hills when the blissful day is shattered by the death of one of the newlyweds. Though the incident appears to be an accident, Homeland Security Investigations agent Carmen Sanchez and her partner, security expert Jake Heron, discover that the tragedy is the third in a series of similar deaths and conclude something far more sinister is at play. The two uncover chilling evidence pointing to a serial killer who has taken evil to the next level. Dubbed the Honeymoon Killer, this man isn’t interested in his victims but in creating his own macabre masterpiece from their graves --- focused on the survivors and reveling in their grief. And now his dark obsession has turned to Carmen and Jake. Time is running out as a deadly game between predator and prey begins.