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THE MOUSE d’Amy Talley

A comedic thriller about an office worker who’s determined to kill her insufferable coworker, only to discover he might be an infamous murderer himself.

THE MOUSE
by Amy Talley
Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s, January 2028

Margaret Ingraham is an introverted, hyper-meticulous thirty-year-old administrative assistant who wants nothing more than to be left in peace. But when the office golden boy, Patrick McMahon, targets her job for AI replacement, then steals her apple slice, something inside Margaret snaps. She makes a calculated decision: Patrick must die.

Margaret’s initial murder attempts—such as leaving a peanut butter muffin on her desk for the allegedly-allergic Patrick to find—are unsuccessful, but as she zeroes in on her target, she begins to notice some suspicious behavior. Soon, she realizes that, beyond being a public nuisance, Patrick might just be the Silver Lake Strangler, a serial killer who has been menacing local women.

Unfortunately, Margaret can’t go to the police. With a past tainted by a mother who cried wolf and Margaret’s own failed homicide attempts, she’s anything but a reliable witness. Instead, she engages Patrick in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, using anonymity and her underestimated persona to out-maneuver a killer. Margaret must risk her safety, her sanity, and the emotional stability she’s fought so hard for to stop the murderer and maybe, for the first time in her life, become the hero of her own story.

“Deftly plotted and deliciously unpredictable, THE MOUSE is everything you want in a thriller. This one is a wild ride from start to finish!”—Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins

Amy Talley is a USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels (under the name Liz Talley). She has been nominated for both RWA’s Golden Heart and Rita awards. She has had three novels in the Amazon First Reads program and two Amazon “Best Books of the Month” in Romance. Amy is a member of The Author’s Guild, Novelists Inc, and Your Book Escape.

HEART OF GLASS de Jennifer Hillier

A serial killer recants his long-ago confession regarding a small-town high school girl—and her then-best friends are forced to confront what really happened that night and what’s happening now.

HEART OF GLASS
by Jennifer Hillier
Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press, August 2026

Twenty-five years ago in Seaside, Washington, a charming drifter named Sam met three inseparable teenage girls at the local amusement park. Days later, one of them was found dead, her body surfacing in a flooded cranberry bog not far from where she was murdered.

Barb and Nicolette were shocked to learn that the man they all met at Wonderland was the Carnival Killer. After he’s arrested for the murders of five young women – one of whom was their best friend, Lorelei – Nicolette moved to the city to pursue her dreams of being famous. Barb stayed behind in Seaside, eventually becoming a reporter for the local paper. Their past safely behind them, they’ve both moved on with their lives.

But when the Carnival Killer recants his confession and a new body washes ashore on the eve of Wonderland’s grand reopening, the secrets that Barb and Nicolette have worked so hard to bury begin to resurface, threatening to destroy everything in their carefully constructed lives.

Instant New York Times bestseller

« Jennifer Hillier is the master of suspense. » —Freida McFadden

« Amazing dialogue, complex characters and a dazzling plot. Never has betrayal seemed so fascinating. . . No one maps the valley of fear that exists in the hearts of her characters better than Jennifer Hillier. She doesn’t just write thrillers, she creates epics that take you beyond the event horizon where what we think we know breaks down and we just hold on for dear life. Not to be missed! » ―S.A Cosby

« Hillier delivers another knockout thriller with compulsively readable prose and sly, subtle twists. A must-read. » —Booklist (starred review)

Jennifer Hillier was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and lived in the Seattle area for years before returning home to Toronto, where she now lives with her family.

TICKET TO DIE d’Amanda Sellet

A spring break excursion on a murder mystery train goes criminally wrong in this follow-up to Amanda Sellet’s YA cozy mystery rom-com Flirting with Murder.

TICKET TO DIE
(Castle Claude Mysteries, Book 2)
by Amanda Sellet
Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s Press, March 2027

High school junior Virginia Tillis isn’t jetting off to Florida for spring break, so she figures the highlight of her week will be sleeping in . . . until her eccentric Grandma Lainey shows up at her house and invites her merry band of retired actor neighbors to crash the party―along with Felix, Virginia’s new long-distance boyfriend.

When the entire group takes a ride on a murder mystery train run by her grandmother’s old friend Teddy, they expect to solve a fictional crime in theatrical style―until the leading lady vanishes. Did Teddy do away with his co-star? Or is there another culprit on this mystery train?

With a storm closing in and suspects galore, Virginia, Felix, and their golden age crew have to figure out what happened to the missing actress, clear Teddy’s name, and decide if dating someone in a different state is worth the aggravation . . . before they reach the end of the line and spring break is dead in its tracks.

Amanda Sellet is a former journalist and the author of romcoms for teens and adults, including Hate to Fake It to You, and By the Book, which Booklist described in a starred review as, “impossible to read without laughing out loud.” She loves old movies, baked goods, and embarrassing her teen daughter.

THIS WILD WANTING de Sophie Gonzales

Introducing Sophie Gonzales’ sensational fantasy debut, where a magical potion comes at a terrible price to a noble’s son ―and the potion maker’s daughter who is determined to rescue him.

THIS WILD WANTING
by Sophie Gonzales
Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s, November 2026

A dangerous bargain. A forbidden alliance. An impossible love.

Everybody knows about the faerie market that borders the crumbling edges of the mortal world. It is a place where almost anything can be bought . . . by those willing to pay terrible prices. Skills, memories, years of your life―even the freedom of one’s own mind are the currency of choice.

Declan Bonfeld, the only son of a noble house, has never encountered a price he cannot afford to pay. Until the day he attempts to bargain with a ruthless potion merchant for the impossible: a way to bring back someone he loves. When Declan dares to steal from the tyrant’s shelves with the help of the merchant’s captive daughter, Calla, the two discover a horrifying truth. Once a stolen potion is consumed, the thief pays the price, no matter who drinks it.

With Declan’s mind and body unravelling piece by piece, Calla must help him outwit her father, the man she has spent a lifetime fearing, before Declan is stripped of everything he is, and she loses the only person who has ever truly seen her.

Sophie Gonzales is a young adult contemporary author. She graduated from the University of Adelaide and lives in Adelaide, Australia, where she can be found ice skating, painting, and practicing the piano. She is also the author of Perfect on Paper, Only Mostly Devastated, The Law of Inertia, and If This Gets Out with Cale Dietrich.

THE DIVINE GARDENER’S HANDBOOK d’Eli Snow

Perfect for fans of Tamsyn Muir and Rebecca Thorne, this joyful debut follows a gardener fighting to secure her dream job in the Divine Gardens―manipulating God, antagonizing her attractive rival, and running afoul of a brewing rebellion along the way.

THE DIVINE GARDENER’S HANDBOOK
by Eli Snow
Saturday Books/St. Martin’s, August 2026

Cyprin grows perfect apples.

No other worker tends the orchards like she can. Sick of living in a Jenga-esque megacity where she’s never alone (there’s always a rat), Cyprin dreams of a job in the Divine Gardens, tending to the plants overseen by God.

Her only way in is winning an annual flower pageant―one that’s been dominated by the Divine Gardens’ head gardener for five years running: an insufferable woman with an undeniable affinity for plants. When Cyprin plays dirty (criminally dirty) and wins, she jumps headfirst into life in the gardens and her rivalry with the head gardener, who she just can’t stop thinking about.

Pranks, backstabbing, and a lot of heated glaring unite them, until they’re both drawn into a plot to take down God―who’s really just some guy with a great garden. As they spiral through layers of the city’s history and underground rebel group, Cyprin and her rival will find they understand each other like no one else does, even if there can only be one head gardener in the end.

But rise or fall, at least Cyprin will always have the rats.

A chaotically queer exploration of love, ambition, and toxic work culture, THE DIVINE GARDENER’S HANDBOOK is a romp of a science fantasy that will leave you gasping for more.

Eli Snow (they/them) is a speculative fiction writer, editor, and former medical geneticist, based in rural Australia with their two cats. Their work tends to center queer and neurodivergent characters, as these are the perspectives they experience the world from. When not reading or writing, they should be checked for signs of life. Eli also writes YA Fantasy under the name Elias Cold. Their YA debut, The Duke Steals Hearts, is available now from Page Street Kids.