A contemporary mystery shaped by a group of older neighbors who meet regularly and become involved in solving a local murder. The setup follows their informal investigations and interpersonal exchanges as they piece together clues and test suspects, with the crime driving social interaction and group dynamics.

A teenage temple girl destined for ritual sacrifice is rescued by a traveling wizard and becomes his apprentice and covert operative. Trained as an assassin and charged with locating a lost artifact, she confronts shifting loyalties when she meets a young mage who complicates her attachments and mission.

Two twin sisters from the same small town take divergent paths—one remaining close to home, the other leaving and living under a different racial identity—and the novel follows how that split shapes their lives, their families, and the next generation across decades.

Carolina Santos, a wedding coordinator who was left at the altar, gets a career-making assignment three years later and must collaborate with Max Hartwell, the brother of her ex-fiancé.

A multi-generational memoir tracing Sarah M. Broom's family and the life of their home in New Orleans East, culminating in the loss of that house after Hurricane Katrina.

A woman who works as a local tour guide becomes alarmed by disappearances and unsettling changes in her Brooklyn neighborhood and starts investigating.

Lulu Miller interweaves a personal memoir about grief and depression with the life and work of 19th-century fish taxonomist David Starr Jordan to probe how humans try to impose order on a chaotic world.

Two women at different emotional crossroads navigate a rekindled connection while negotiating family obligations and personal growth. The book frames romantic possibility alongside sibling relationships and identity questions, with astrological interest present as a recurring motif rather than a plot mechanic.

Set in an alternate-history Cairo where magic and modern technology coexist, a police-style investigation into a ritualistic murder exposes hidden conspiracies tied to alchemy and secret societies.