Spooky season is here! Celebrate the season with these twisty thrills and historic heartstoppers.

Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham — Claire Campbell has spent her life trying to move on from the disappearance of her sister Natalie. When a call forces her back to her South Carolina hometown and a summer job at a vineyard, Claire unearths a hidden diary revealing a web of dark secrets. Strange connections emerge between past disappearances, and her own family’s history. What begins as quiet curiosity and nostalgia becomes a dangerous struggle to expose long-buried truths.

With a Vengeance by Riley Sager — Anna Matheson’s life was upended in 1942 when a train belonging to her family was sabotaged, killing her brother and destroying her father’s reputation. Twelve years later, Anna lures the six people she holds responsible onto the old luxury train for a non-stop overnight journey from Philadelphia to Chicago. As the train barrels on with no stops, alliances unravel, secrets are exposed, and Anna must protect herself while pursuing justice.

To All Those I’ve Killed Before by J.L. Hyde — Local author alert! Rachel is diagnosed with a terminal illness at age 41, and decides to spend her remaining time confessing her darkest secrets to her niece. What begins as weekly visits to share life lessons turns into revelations that upend everything Linnea thought she knew about her beloved aunt. As Rachel prepares for one final confession, Linnea must wrestle with the life her beloved aunt actually lived.

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon – For the 50th anniversary of the event, Bacon revisits the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior during the storm of November 10, 1975, a tragedy in which all 29 crew members perished. Bacon chose to focus on the human side of the story — the personal histories of the crew and their families. He draws on new interviews and on-the-ground research to shed fresh light on unanswered questions, rather than merely retelling known facts.

She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena — Bryden Frost’s seemingly perfect life unravels when she suddenly vanishes, leaving behind all her belongings and no trace of where she went. Detective Jayne Salter takes on the baffling case, uncovering a web of secrets that suggests Bryden’s disappearance may not be what it seems.

The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers — Nicole Monroe has been stuck in a rut since her older sister vanished seven years ago under mysterious circumstances, her car found far from home with her purse left inside. When the sister of another young woman who disappeared in a similar manner, arrives with a lead connecting the two cold cases, Nic sees a chance at answers. The two women form an uneasy partnership as they dig into secrets from their sisters’ pasts, finding that the truth might not be worth knowing.

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson — Jet Mason, is violently attacked one Halloween night. She wakes up in hospital with a catastrophic brain injury, and told she has only a week to live unless she undergoes a dangerous surgery. Rejecting the risky operation, Jet decides to use what time she has left to finally finish something meaningful: solving her own attempted murder.

By Heather Steltenpohl

Development Director