The great Gatsby —Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.

Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright and beautiful, Gatsby longs only for Daisy Buchanan. In shimmering prose, Fitzgerald show...

Lord of the flies —Golding, William, 1911-1993.

A group of boys, aged six to twelve, are marooned on a tropical island after a plane crash. Their struggle to survive and impose order quickly evolves from a battle against nature into a battle against their own primitiv...

Elevator pitch : a novel —Barclay, Linwood, author.

"The New York Times bestselling author of A Noise Downstairs and No Time for Goodbye returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that does for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach--a heart-poun...

The stranger inside —Unger, Lisa, 1970- author.

'The Stranger Inside' is a dark psychological thriller about a woman forced to confront the dark secrets of her past when a serial killer strikes too close to home.

The dark side : a novel —Steel, Danielle, author.

"In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells a riveting story of the dark side of motherhood. Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely t...

Small game hunting at the local coward gun club —Coles, Megan Gail, 1981- author.

"February in Newfoundland is the longest month of the year. Another blizzard is threatening to tear a strip off downtown St. John's, while inside The Hazel restaurant a storm of sex, betrayal, addiction, and hurt is brea...

The wonder : a novel —Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author.

Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, 'The Wonder' - inspired by numerous cases of 'fasting girls' between the sixteenth century and the twentieth - is a psychological thriller about a child's murder. Pitting all the s...

The silent patient —Michaelides, Alex, 1977- author.

Alicia Berenson is a famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, living in a posh area of London. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home late. Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then nev...

A spark of light —Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author.

The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center--a women's reproductive health services clinic--its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunm...

Indian Horse : a novel —Wagamese, Richard, author.

"Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace,...

Lady in the lake : a novel —Lippman, Laura, 1959- author.

"The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter...

The great alone —Hannah, Kristin, author.

The turn of the key —Ware, Ruth, author.

Rowan Caine stumbles across a lucrative job as a live-in nanny for a picture-perfect family in the Scottish Highlands. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare that will end with a child dead and her...

A nearly normal family —Edvardsson, M. T., author.

Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady busin...

Every breath —Sparks, Nicholas, author.

"Nicholas Sparks returns with his signature combination of gripping, emotionally resonant storytelling and love overcoming all odds"-- Provided by publisher.

Since we fell —Lehane, Dennis, author.

After journalist Rachel Childs suffers an on-air mental breakdown, she lives as a virtual shut-inches In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy af...

Someone we know —Lapeña, Shari, 1960- author.

In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well. Learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he ha...

Nine perfect strangers —Moriarty, Liane, author.

The suspect —Barton, Fiona, author.

"When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared? Journali...

The child —Barton, Fiona, author.

"The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense. As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a ...