THRILLER

The Girls Trip
By Ally Condie

What begins as a long-overdue getaway quickly turns into something far more unsettling in The Girls Trip. The novel follows a group of women who reunite for a trip meant to reconnect them years after their lives have taken very different paths. When the trip takes an unexpected turn, the atmosphere shifts from nostalgic to tense, and the women are forced to confront not only what’s happening around them, but what they’ve been hiding from each other, and from themselves.

NONFICTION / HISTORY

Ghosts of Sicily
By Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll Jr.

Part history, part true-crime intrigue, Ghosts of Sicily dives into one of World War II’s most unexpected alliances: the collaboration between American intelligence and the Sicilian Mafia. Co-written by NCIS star Mark Harmon, the book brings a cinematic edge to real events, tracing how shadow networks, backroom deals and unlikely partnerships shaped the Allied advance in Italy.