May

Literary fiction; Magical realism; Translations

Fantasy fiction; Gateway fantasy

Children have always disappeared from Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere … else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced … they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter. No matter the cost.

First person narratives; Illustrated books; Literary fiction; Surrealist fiction; Translations

In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.

First-person narratives; Science fiction

As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure,” confesses the AI narrator of this fast-paced SF adventure. After hacking its own governor module and overriding its programming, security droid “Murderbot” ends up saving lives instead of ending them — but only because letting all the humans die would interfere with its favorite activity: binge-watching some 35,000 hours’ worth of entertainment media. All Systems Red’s snarky protagonist and suspenseful, action-packed plot should have readers eagerly anticipating future installments of the Murderbot Diaries.

Thrillers and suspense

A vigilante enforcer on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation enlists the help of an ex to investigate the activities of an expanding drug cartel, while a new tribal council initiative raises controversial questions.

Crime fiction; First person

A vigilante enforcer on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation enlists the help of an ex to investigate the activities of an expanding drug cartel, while a new tribal council initiative raises controversial questions.

Psychological suspense

After John Neville, the man convicted of killing her best friend April 10 years earlier, dies in prison, expectant mother Hannah Jones, after new evidence surfaces proving his innocence, reconnects with old friends to solve the mystery of April’s death and realizes they all have something to hide–including a murder.

African American fiction; Romantic suspense

The author of the Justice Hustlers series follows the FBI recruitment of a savvy young lawyer who uses the wits of her impoverished youth to infiltrate an extremist activist group that is being exploited by a biotech company.