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Week of February 16, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of February 16th include THE UNRAVELING OF JULIA by Lisa Scottoline, a riveting psychological thriller in which a young widow inherits a mysterious Tuscan estate and finds herself thrust into a dangerous conspiracy; Daniel Silva's AN INSIDE JOB, a dazzling tale of murder, greed and corruption in which art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon must solve the perfect crime; SHOW DON'T TELL, Curtis Sittenfeld's second story collection, which explores marriage, friendship, fame and artistic ambition --- including a story that revisits the main character from her iconic novel, PREP; CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO 10, a twisty thriller from Lisa Unger in which an extreme game of hide-and-seek turns deadly; and LORNE by Susan Morrison, the definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show, “Saturday Night Live.”

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Terah Shelton Harris, author of Where the Wildflowers Grow

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die. Grief never truly fades, and even as the tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on. So when the transport bus taking her to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what's in her nature. She survives. While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: a flower farm in rural Alabama tucked away from the world. What Leigh doesn't expect is the found family there who have built something from the wreckage of their own lives. Slowly, Leigh finds peace with the hard pace and soft nature of the farm, taking comfort in the life blooming around her. But the past isn't so easily buried. No matter how far she runs, the truth of who she is and the ghosts of the Wildes follow.

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