SCPL Reads: Recently published page turners

Claire Talbot, a publicist for an international aid group facing financial collapse, arranges a celebrity visit to one of its orphanages. The trip leads a high-profile actress to pursue an adoption and pledge major support, briefly stabilizing the charity. When a reporter exposes serious wrongdoing within the organization’s operations, Claire and her team confront how their decisions contributed to harm in the communities they served.

Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives. Arthur Fletch, one of the world's bestselling novelists, is a reclusive genius known for his iconic protagonists and fiendish twists. When six struggling authors are invited to spend a weekend on his private Scottish island, they arrive to discover a shocking secret: Arthur Fletch is dead...and his last book is unfinished.

The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. It’s there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. Criminally, it’s open-and-shut. Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death.

Camille needs an alibi. Aubrey agrees to give her one. Everyone at Chantilly's Bar noticed out-of-towner Camille Bayliss. Red lips, designer heels, sipping a Negroni. Flirted a little with a local but returned alone to her B&B before midnight in her sleek car. But that woman wasn't Camille Bayliss. It was Aubrey Price.

Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation shatters when she finds her brother and sister-in-law dead, niece Reese missing, and nephew Wyatt unharmed. As police swarm the quiet resort town, dark secrets about Courtney’s family—and the town—emerge. Is Reese a victim or a killer? The deeper Courtney digs, the more everyone seems to be hiding. And the closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to see.