To the End of Reckoning by Joseph Moldover

Lukas Moore has left an acting career behind in New York City and come back to his hometown to take care of his father, Richard, a psychiatrist, who had a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a car. Richard can't be left alone for long and, while he was always opinionated and difficult, he now sees details others miss and has become obsessed by the death of fellow psychiatrist Jason Grant. Jason disappeared a year ago and is presumed dead. Richard feels Jason was murdered and draws Lukas into helping him investigate what happened to Jason. To the End of Reckoning is a debut mystery with interesting characters and a puzzle that keeps the reader turning the pages.

The Teacher by Tim Sullivan

With DS Ottey taking time off, DS George Cross finds himself working under DI Bobby Warner on the investigation into the murder of retired teacher Alistair Moreton. Moreton was not well-liked in the small village of Crockerne, and was sadistic and violent to the young boys when he was headmaster at a boys' school many years ago. Additionally, Moreton and his next door neighbors, the Cotterells, had a long feud. There are lots of people who would have loved to see him dead--but which one actually killed him? In this sixth book of the DS Cross series, Sullivan writes a mystery that will satisfy lovers of British police procedurals.

Storm Warning by Alice Henderson

Wildlife biologist Alex Carter finds herself on the island of Hawaii working for the Center for Sea Turtle Restoration to monitor the hawksbill turtles in the area and watch over their nests. As Alex camps on the beach, she is able to recruit volunteers to help her with the project, but also comes into contact with poachers who want to steal the turtles and their eggs. With a hurricane set to make landfall in a few days, Alex will also have to relocate the eggs until the weather danger passes. Soon, however, Alex and some of the people she met are in the crosshairs of a group that have come to the island to wreak havoc with no regards to human life. Storm Warning, the fifth book in the series, gives the reader lots of details about sea turtles and their changing environment along with a suspenseful survival story. 

Inheritance by Jane Park

Anne is a successful lawyer in New York City who has tried hard to put her childhood as the daughter of Korean immigrants behind her. During her youth in rural Alberta, her parents struggled to be accepted, yet both worked long hours to provide for Anne and her older brother, Charles. Charles chafed under his parents strict rules and discipline, so Anne took his place as the child that would achieve all their parent's dreams by going to Yale and making a generous salary. Anne's father has just passed away, so she's back in Edmonton for the funeral and to settle his financial affairs. It is also time for Anne to reflect on the past and to think about what she really wants out of life. A story about the memories of childhood, familial obligation, and coming to terms with the past.

The Last Letters of Sally and Walter by Cammie McGovern

Sally and Walter are both residents at the Golden Grove retirement community and meet when Sally comes to the Scrabble club that Walter runs. Walter happens to be the only member, but soon they are playing a game and it becomes clear that they are kindred spirits. Sally is also a very good Scrabble player, probably better than Walter, because she stays calm under pressure. Soon, Walter is coaching Sally and they find their friendship possibly deepening into something more, but both find that they have unresolved issues with their adult children that they need to take care of. Additionally, Sally's increasing Parkinson's symptoms are causing her to revert inward. Can Sally and Walter expose their true feelings and become truly vulnerable with each other? The Last Letters of Sally and Walter is a cozy story of friendship and romance similar to Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and the novels of Elizabeth Berg.

Last One Out by Jane Harper

Five years ago, Ro Crowley's 21-year-old son Sam disappeared from their small town of Carralon Ridge in rural New South Wales. Since then, Ro and her husband Griff have split and she has moved to Sydney with their daughter Della, although she comes back to Carralon Ridge annually for a memorial around the time Sam was last seen. The few residents that are left in the town join the family in remembering Sam, but numbers decrease every year, since the local mine has continued to buy people's homes. In Last One Out, Harper writes a novel that's a slow burn, with tension building as she introduces all the inhabitants of the town through Ro's eyes, a mother who really wants to know what happened to her son. With a great sense of place and atmosphere, this is one of her finest, right up there with The Lost Man. Absolutely one of the best books I've read this year.

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Natalie lives with her wealthy husband Caleb and five children on a five hundred acre farm in Utah. She is an influencer who has embraced the homestead lifestyle and is fervently Christian. However, there are cracks in the image that Natalie is presenting, and one day she wakes up on her land--but it's 1855, not the present time. What has happened to Natalie and why is she where she is? Yesteryear recounts Natalie's time in the past and goes back to give the reader insight on how Natalie and Caleb met, in addition to them establishing their farm, Yesteryear. A book that's hard to put down and eminently discussable.