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Week of October 13, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of October 13th include THE DROWNED by John Banville, a richly atmospheric mystery about a woman’s sudden disappearance in a small coastal town in Ireland, where nothing is as it seems; Kelley Armstrong's I'LL BE WAITING,   a spellbinding tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted house, seances, lost loved ones and a sinister spirit out for blood;  SHOCK INDUCTION by Chuck Palahniuk, a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future; LIFEFORM, a wild, soulful, hilarious collection of genre-bending essays from Jenny Slate depicting the journey into motherhood as you’ve never seen it before; and the paperback original THE TOURISTS by Christopher Reich, a heart-stopping thriller about a man who returns to a life of espionage to save the woman he loves and the City of Light.

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Jenny Colgan, author of The Secret Christmas Library

Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great aunt’s attic. Now, as Christmas approaches, she’s been hired by Jamie McKinnon, the surprisingly young and handsome laird of a Highland clan whose ancestral holdings include a vast crumbling castle. Family lore suggests that the McKinnon family’s collection includes a rare book so valuable that it could save the entire estate. Jamie needs Mirren to help him track down this treasure, which he believes is hidden in his own home. But on the train to the Highlands, Mirren runs into rival book hunter Theo Palliser. Almost as soon as Mirren and Theo arrive at the castle, a deep snow blankets the Highlands, cutting off the outside world. Stuck inside, the three of them plot their search as the wind whistles outside.

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