Transient by Rick Fuller

David Sands is on the run from the police, living on the streets of Las Vegas and spiraling down into the pitfalls of the homeless lifestyle. He’s alone and lost, wallowing in his own misery when he witnesses a brutal murder. A trained observer in his former life, this murder sparks something in him – a desire to be a good citizen that has long lain dormant.

Unable to go to the police, Sands tracks down the murderer himself. When he finds something he recognizes in the murderer’s possession, something he used to own, everything changes. Suddenly this murder takes on a personal meaning for him, and a thread begins to unravel, leading him back to a tragedy in his former life, the key to solving a crime that he’s been accused of – the murder of his wife and son.
As Sands tracks the murderer and the victim, he uncovers a plot that has implications well beyond his little corner of Las Vegas, implications that extend all the way to the level of national security. In order to solve the murders he’s been accused of, he’ll have to dig into his own past, and that of his murdered wife, and as he does so, he begins to untangle the complicated knot of a vast conspiracy that affects the future of the entire country.

The Year of the Gadfly: A Novel by Jennifer Miller

A darkly witty mystery set at a New England prep school: “Part Dead Poets Society. Part Heathers. Entirely addictive” (Glamour).

“Do you know what it took for Socrates’ enemies to make him stop pursuing the truth?”
“Hemlock.”

The fiercely competitive Mariana Academy was founded with a serious honor code; its reputation has been unsullied for decades. But now, a long-dormant secret society called Prisom’s Party seems to have reemerged, threatening the school’s placid halls with vigilante justice, exposing students and teachers alike for even the most minor infraction.

Iris Dupont, a budding journalist whose only confidant is the chain-smoking specter of Edward R. Murrow, feels sure she can break into the ranks of the Devil’s Advocate, the Party’s underground newspaper, and there uncover the source of its blackmail schemes and vilifying rumors. Some involve the school’s new science teacher, who also seems to be investigating the Party. Others point to an albino student who left school abruptly ten years before, never to return. And everything connects to a rare book called Marvelous Species. But the truth comes with its own dangers, and Iris is torn between her allegiances, her reporter’s instinct, and her own troubled past, in this “darkly comic romp” filled with double-crosses and deeply buried secrets (The Washington Post).

Odd Exam by Piers Anthony

Getting into college is a game—of virtual reality—in this tale of higher education from the New York Times–bestselling author.

Odd Exam is a novella from Piers Anthony about an unusual college entrance examination. Entrance exams are taken in the form of a multi-player online game in a semi-virtual reality, with portals to other worlds and alien monsters. For those who qualify, board and tuition will be free. Can this be serious?

Of Mortal Furyby Kathryn Le Veque

When Morgan de Wolfe, commander of Richmond Castle, is called by his liege Caius d’Avignon (Winter of Solace) into the full-fledged world of the Executioner Knights to go deep under cover, a de Wolfe becomes a Wolfe in sheep’s clothing for the sake of William Marshal and his spy ring.

Will a de Wolfe be the greatest Executioner Knight of all?

Morgan de Wolfe, cousin to Edward de Wolfe, Earl of Wolverhampton (and father of William de Wolfe of The Wolfe), finds himself the perfect man for an Executioner Knight’s job. Assuming the identity of a dead man, he makes his way to the Welsh border to infiltrate his way into a castle stolen by a Marshal enemy. His task is to use the dead man’s identity to reclaim the castle.

What he didn’t count on was a woman who could quite possibly ruin his mission.

And possibly even his life.

Amarantha de la Haye’s father assumed control of Mount Grace when King John betrayed the owners and confiscated the castle. Unaware of how, exactly, her father came to command the mighty castle and control its silver mine, Amarantha has lived in peace at Mount Grace, an educated and clever young woman but finds herself a pawn of her ambitious father. When a chance meeting with Morgan sees sparks fly between the two of them, she has no idea that she will be the key to Morgan’s mission… and possibly her own destruction.

The Wolfe fangs are sharpening.

Join Morgan and Amarantha on a complex journey of lies, deceit, betrayal, and ultimately the power of love. Will Morgan obey William Marshal? Or will he obey his heart?

Of Mortal Fury is part of the USA Today bestselling Executioner Knights series.