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The Salaryman’s Wife by Sujata Massey
During a sightseeing trip, a young Japanese-American English teacher living in Tokyo stumbles upon the body of a powerful businessman's wife. She turns sleuth to solve the crime, crashing a funeral, masquerading as a bar girl, and eluding the pursuit of police in her search for clues. This award-winning story is perfect for readers who like mysteries that take place in foreign settings. Contemporary Mystery

The Time In Between by Maria Duenas
An English-language release of an internationally best-selling novel finds poor seamstress Sira Quiroga forging a new identity during the Spanish Civil War and rising to become the most sought-after couture designer in North Africa, where she is enlisted to pass coded information to the British Secret Service. This well-researched novel is incredibly difficult to put down. Historical Fiction

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished family in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere. However, all their lives are turned upside down when the American heirs to the castle arrive and Cassandra finds herself falling in love for the first time. Initially published in 1948, I Capture the Castle still captures the hearts of many modern readers looking for a witty coming-of-age tale. Literary Fiction

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba…And Then Lost It to the Revolution by T.J. English
This exciting true crime tale draws on historical sources and modern interviews with key survivors to profile mob-era Cuba, in an account that describes the heights of such crime bosses as Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano before the corrupt government was overthrown by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Nonfiction

Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield
While recovering from a zombie attack and searching for her lost daughter, Cass Dollar is introduced to Smoke, a leader of sorts who offers to help her. As they travel across a ravaged landscape to find her daughter, they can no longer deny the deep feelings they have for each other. This action-packed, post-apocalyptic love story is the first in a series. Science Fiction.