REQUIRED READING

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Harlan Coben (f iction, Grand Central Publishing) Twenty years ago, heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family estate and locked in a cabin for months. She eventually escaped, but her captors were never found — nor was any of the stolen property. But now some new clues have emerged, and it looks like this cold case just heated up.

The Final Revival ofOpal&Nev

Dawnie Walton (f iction, 37Ink) Opal is a young black woman with big dreams of rock stardom in 1970s New York. But when a rival band flies a Confederate flag at a concert, Opal speaks out, setting off a chain of violent events.

Big Time: Stories

Jen Spyra (essays, Random House) A collection of laugh-outloud funny stories and absurd satirical essays from a former writer at “Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

Three O’Clock in the Morning

Gianrico Carof iglio (f iction, HarperVia) When 18-year-old Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy, he and his father travel to Marseille in search of an effective treatment from a doctor that lives there. During stressful times in an unfamiliar city, father and son get to know each other for the first time.

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Talia Hibbert (f iction, Avon) Where Eve Brown goes, drama and chaos follow. It’s her thing. But when she manages to ruin an expensive wedding, her parents tell her it’s past time to grow up and get her act together. When she interviews for an open chef position at a B&B, she finds herself falling for Jacob, the control-freak owner.

Fast Ice

Clive Cussler (f iction, GP Putnam’s Sons) When Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe travel to Antarctica after a NUMA colleague goes missing, they end up uncovering buried Nazi secrets — and a longago hatched plan for world domination that could end up ushering in another ice age.