The Usual Desire to Kill by Camilla Barnes

Over twenty years ago, Miranda's parents--now in their 70's--moved to La Forgerie, a manor house in rural France. Miranda visits them every few weeks from her home in Paris. Set in their ways and not really getting along with each other a lot of the time, Miranda's parents try her patience, and she often finds herself acting as the go-between. Interspersed with Miranda's letters about the visits (written to her older sister Charlotte) are Miranda's mother's letters to her own sister Kitty in the early 1960's. Full of humor, eccentricity and a bit of heaviness, The Usual Desire to Kill is a story of family relationships and the obligations and bonds we have with one another.

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley

Jane and Dan are celebrating their nineteenth wedding anniversary by going to the Michelin star restaurant La Fin du Monde. Jane, though, is planning on asking Dan for a divorce during dinner and Dan thinks that he's won the price of the very expensive meal in a raffle, except his prize was only the reservation. Things go from bad to worse, when a group storms the restaurant and takes everyone hostage. Then the situation gets even more perplexing when Jane realizes that some things that are happening are right out of the novel she wrote a few years ago. Will Jane and Dan make it out alive? If they do, will they divorce? Jane and Dan at the End of the World is a fast-paced tale of marriage and relationships. Give to readers who enjoy Elin Hilderbrand.

Fun for the Whole Family by Jennifer E. Smith

The four Endicott siblings haven't spoken to each other for three years. When Jude, a famous actress, proposes a weekend get together in a small town in North Dakota, they all have mixed feelings about the idea. There's the oldest, Gemma, who lives in Chicago with her husband, Mateo. They both are eager to be parents. Second in line is award-winning novelist, Connor, who's divorced with two children. He wrote a book that took events from their childhood--and the siblings are still upset about it. Twins Jude and Roddy (an aging professional soccer player) are the youngest and were pretty much raised by Gemma after their mother left the family and their father wasn't around much. Fun for the Whole Family tells the story of the weekend through all four characters' eyes as they come together to try and come to terms with the past, reconcile, and move forward. A good read-alike for Annabel Monaghan.

10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte

When Richard Glead is shot to death at his home in Marchfield Square, none of the residents are sad. Most knew that he abused his wife Linda, and that he associated with some shady people. Celeste van Duren, who owns all of the buildings and lives at No. 1, asks Audrey and Lewis, who both live in the square to investigate who killed Richard. Audrey, a house cleaner, and Lewis, a novelist who has a full time job he hates, agree to team up to find the murderer. Disliking each other at first, Audrey and Lewis, soon find that they make a pretty good team. An enjoyable cozy—might this be a first in a series?

The Trouble Up North by Travis Mulhauser

For almost two hundred years, the Sawbrooks have owned a vast tract of land in northern Michigan. Because the land was unsuitable for farming, the family were bootleggers--transporting goods between the U.S. and Canada. Now Rhoda Sawbrook is struggling to keep the land. Her husband, Edward, is dying of cancer and his health care needs are straining them financially. Rhoda and Edward have three children--Lucy, Buckner, and Jewell. Lucy is considered by Rhoda to be a traitor to the family because she is a park ranger and has given the land Rhoda gifted her to a land trust. Middle child Buckner is an alcoholic who has struggled to maintain steady employment and staying sober. The youngest, Jewell, agrees to help someone out for some quick cash--an act that lands the five members of the Sawbrook family on the other side of the law yet again, fighting for survival. A great read-alike for Small Mercies.

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

It's 1968 when novelist Gabriel Wolfe comes back into Beth's life. When they were teenagers, Gabriel and Beth were passionately in love. Now, years later, Beth is married to Frank, while divorced Gabriel has moved back to his family's estate, Meadowlands, with his son, Leo. When Frank shoots Leo's dog to protect his lambs, it sets in motion a series of tragedies and secrets for all involved.

Nobody's Fool by Harlan Coben

PI Sami Kierce is teaching a night school class when a woman walks in. Sami believes she is Anna, a girlfriend he last saw over twenty years ago. In fact, back then, Anna was last seen covered in blood and presumed dead--with Sami next to her in bed. Sure that the woman is Anna, Sami tries to follow her to figure out what's going on, but Sami's investigation ends up raising way more questions than answers. In Nobody's Fool, Coben writes another multi-layered puzzle of a novel that's hard to put down.