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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

A Test of Wills by Charles Todd

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A Day of Judgment, March 2026
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A Christmas Witness, November 2025
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The Cliff's Edge, February 2024
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A Game of Fear, March 2023
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The Cliff's Edge, February 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
An Irish Hostage, July 2022
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
A Game of Fear, February 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
A Fatal Lie, January 2022
Paperback / e-Book
An Irish Hostage, July 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
A Fatal Lie, February 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
A Hanging at Dawn, December 2020
Paperback / e-Book
A Divided Loyalty, February 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
A Cruel Deception, November 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
The Black Ascot, February 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
A Forgotten Place, September 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
The Gate Keeper, February 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
A Casualty of War, October 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
The Shattered Tree, May 2017
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Racing the Devil, February 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
The Shattered Tree, September 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
No Shred of Evidence, February 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
A Pattern of Lies, August 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
A Fine Summer's Day, January 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
An Unwilling Accomplice, August 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
The Maharani's Pearls, July 2014
e-Book
Hunting Shadows, February 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories, September 2013
Paperback / e-Book
A Question Of Honor, September 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Proof Of Guilt, February 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Walnut Tree, November 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
An Unmarked Grave, June 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Confession, January 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
A Bitter Truth, September 2011
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An Impartial Witness, August 2011
Paperback / e-Book
A Lonely Death, January 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
An Impartial Witness, September 2010
Hardcover
The Red Door, January 2010
Hardcover
A Duty To The Dead, September 2009
Hardcover
A Matter Of Justice, January 2009
Hardcover
A False Mirror, January 2008
Mass Market Paperback
A Pale Horse, January 2008
Hardcover
A False Mirror, January 2007
Hardcover
A Test of Wills, January 2007
Paperback / e-Book
A Long Shadow, January 2007
Paperback (reprint)
A Long Shadow, January 2006
Hardcover
A Cold Treachery, August 2005
Paperback (reprint)
The Murder Stone, August 2004
Paperback (reprint)
Fearsome Doubt, July 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Watchers of Time, July 2002
Paperback (reprint)
Legacy of the Dead, June 2001
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Search the Dark, May 2000
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A TEST OF WILLS
By: Charles Todd

Ian Rutledge #1
HarperCollins
January 2007
On Sale: December 26, 2006
320 pages
ISBN: 0061242845
EAN: 9780061242847
Kindle: B000SEGJ94
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Thriller Police Procedural

The Great War has been won—but victory has its price. The year is 1919, and Ian Rutledge has returned to London to resume his position as Scotland Yard inspector, bringing nightmares and ghosts home with him from the French battlefields. Tormented and suffering from shell shock, he is immediately plunged into the affair of a popular colonel believed murdered by a decorated war hero—a case that is a personal and political minefield that could destroy Rutledge's career and what remains of his sanity.

Ian Rutledge

A Test of Wills
A TEST OF WILLS
#1.0 β€’ January 2007
Search the Dark
SEARCH THE DARK
#3.0 β€’ May 2000
A Christmas Witness
A CHRISTMAS WITNESS
#4.0 β€’ November 2025
Hunting Shadows
HUNTING SHADOWS
#16.0 β€’ February 2014
A Fine Summer's Day
A FINE SUMMER'S DAY
#17.0 β€’ January 2015
No Shred of Evidence
NO SHRED OF EVIDENCE
#18.0 β€’ February 2016
Racing the Devil
RACING THE DEVIL
#19.0 β€’ February 2017
The Gate Keeper
THE GATE KEEPER
#20.0 β€’ February 2018
The Black Ascot
THE BLACK ASCOT
#21.0 β€’ February 2019
A Divided Loyalty
A DIVIDED LOYALTY
#22.0 β€’ February 2020
A Fatal Lie
A FATAL LIE
#23.0 β€’ February 2021
A Game of Fear
A GAME OF FEAR
#24.0 β€’ February 2022
A Day of Judgment
A DAY OF JUDGMENT
#25.0 β€’ March 2026