Fall into Reading!

Black book cover featuring colored illustration of orange peaches, some with red blood dripping from them as if from vampire bites.

As we are in the middle of leaves changing, trips to the pumpkin patch, horror movie marathons, and perfect sweater weather... I present a book collection that is there for all your fall book reading needs.

Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland

Cover of Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland

Mistress of the Sun is a historical novel about Louise de la Vallière, the first mistress of Louis XIV. The daughter of an impoverished nobleman, Louise is an excellent horsewoman who, at the age of six, tames a wild stallion no one else has been able to tame. Later, she becomes lady-in-waiting to Louis XIV's sister-in-law, and finds herself drawn to the king, who shares her love of horses, and of reading. They keep their relationship a secret at first, then, when it comes out into the...

The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

Cover of The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

The Last Mona Lisa is a multi-layered thriller inspired by an actual event. In 1911, Vincent Peruggia, a former employee of the Louvre, stole the Mona Lisa and ransomed it to the Italian government. Ever since then, there have been rumors that the painting returned to the Louvre was a forgery. Santlofer invents a great-grandson of Peruggia, Luke Perrone, who finds his great-grandfather's diary and searches for the truth behind the theft. But danger awaits as a killer stalks him, and...

The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths

Cover of The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths

In this mystery novel set in a seaside town in England, Harbinder Kaur, a gay Sikh police detective, investigates the murder of a ninety-year-old woman who had served as a "murder consultant" to mystery authors: helping them come up with ways to murder people. As Harbinder and three friends of the victim try to solve the crime, Harbinder discovers the victim may have been involved in espionage in Russia. Did someone take revenge? The plot takes many twists and turns. Griffiths...

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