Have some fun with Jaffarian's new mystery or try the first in a new series by the Gears

Connie Willis.
Blackout
Stranded in the past during World War II, three researchers from the future investigate period behavior and seek each other out in a shared effort to return to their own time.

W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear.
Coming of the storm
A first entry in a new series by the Golden Spur Award-winning authors of People of the Raven traces the first contact between Native Americans and Europeans in 1539 as viewed by Chickasaw trader Black Shell, who witnesses the brutal progress of Hernando de Soto's military.

Sue Ann Jaffarian.
Corpse on the cob : an Odelia Grey mystery
Our favorite plus-sized heroine is back! Trouble grows faster than a corn crop in July when Odelia reunites with her long-lost mom in a corn maze at the Autumn Fair. For starters, there's the dead body in the cornfield. Then there's her mom crouched beside the corpse--with blood on her hands ...

Joyce Carol Oates.
A fair maiden
Approached by an elegant older gentleman while babysitting in Bayhead Harbor, sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is entranced by his sophisticated home and eventually agrees to pose for his newest painting before realizing that he may have a hidden agenda.

Michael Palmer.
The last surgeon
Working in a mobile clinic while struggling with the challenges of PTSD, veteran doctor Nick Garrity searches for a missing war buddy and finds himself pitted against a terrifying psychopath who is disguising some of his kills as suicides.

Don DeLillo.
Point Omega
Jim Finley, a young filmmaker, attempts to convince Richard Elster, a former secret war advisor, to tell his story on film, an endeavor complicated by the arrival of Richard's daughter from New York and a devastating event that throws everything into question.

Julie Compton.
Rescuing Olivia
Contentedly spending time with a secretive woman until she disappears following a motorcycle crash, Anders is wrongly blamed for the accident and resolves to expose hidden truths from her past, an effort that rekindles his own troubles and places his life in danger.

Adam Haslett.
Union Atlantic
A property rights battle between young banker Doug Fanning and retired teacher Charlotte Graves is marked by Charlotte's bank-president brother, Charlotte's tenacious grip on sanity, and a troubled high school senior.

Lori Lansens.
The wife's tale
Having gained weight and anxieties throughout her twenty-five-year marriage, Mary Gooch is dismayed when her husband fails to return home, a situation that compels Mary to locate and fight for him while combating unhealthy habits.