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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.

Excerpt of The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

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Three Pines #5
Minotaur Books
October 2009
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Featuring: Armand Gamache
384 pages
ISBN: 0312377037
EAN: 9780312377038
Hardcover
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Mystery

Also by Louise Penny:

The Black Wolf, September 2026
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The Last Mandarin, May 2026
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The Black Wolf, November 2025
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Still Life, October 2025
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The Grey Wolf, November 2024
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A World of Curiosities, July 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
A World of Curiosities, July 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
A World of Curiosities, December 2022
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Madness of Crowds, June 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Madness of Crowds, June 2022
Trade Paperback / e-Book
State of Terror, October 2021
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Madness of Crowds, September 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
All the Devils Are Here, July 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
All the Devils Are Here, September 2020
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
A Better Man, July 2020
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
A Better Man, September 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
A Better Man, August 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Kingdom of the Blind, December 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Bury Your Dead, November 2018
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Glass Houses, September 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
A Great Reckoning, May 2017
Trade Size / e-Book
A Great Reckoning, September 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
The Nature of the Beast, August 2016
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Nature Of The Beast, September 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Louise Penny Box Set, September 2014
Paperback
The Long Way Home, September 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
How the Light Gets In, September 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Beautiful Mystery, September 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
A Trick Of The Light, July 2012
Paperback / e-Book
A Trick Of The Light, September 2011
Hardcover
Bury Your Dead, October 2010
Hardcover
The Brutal Telling, October 2009
Hardcover
A Rule Against Murder, September 2009
Paperback
The Cruelest Month, December 2008
Paperback
A Fatal Grace, February 2008
Paperback
Still Life, May 2007
Paperback

Excerpt of The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

People lied all the time in murder investigations. If the
first victim of war was the truth, some of the first victims
of a murder investigation were people s lies. The lies they
told themselves, the lies they told each other....

Gabri approached carrying a tray with four steaming plates.
Within minutes they were sitting around the fireplace eating
fettuccini with shrimp and scallops sautΓ©ed in garlic and
olive oil. Fresh bread was produced and glasses of dry white
wine poured.

As they ate, they talked about the Labor Day long weekend,
about the chestnut trees and conkers. About kids returning
to school and the nights drawing in.

The bistro was empty, except for them. But it seemed crowded
to the Chief Inspector. With the lies they d been told, and
the lies being manufactured and waiting.

Excerpt from The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
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