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Emma Brodie, author of Songs in Ursa Major

The year is 1969, and the Bayleen Island Folk Fest is abuzz with one name: Jesse Reid. Jesse’s intricate guitar riffs and supple baritone are poised to tip from fame to legend with this one headlining performance. That is, until his motorcycle crashes on the way to the show. Jane Quinn and her bandmates are asked to play in his place at the festival, and Jane delivers the performance of a lifetime. Jesse stays on the island to recover and strikes up a friendship with Jane, which soon turns into a passionate love affair. When Jane stumbles on the dark secret beneath Jesse’s music, she must reckon with the shadows of her own past. What follows is the birth of one of most iconic albums of all time.

Week of June 27, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of June 27th include STATE OF TERROR, a novel of unsurpassed thrills and incomparable insider expertise, cowritten by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny; Katie Couric's GOING THERE, a heartbreaking, hilarious and brutally honest memoir that shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name; the paperback original THE SECOND HUSBAND by Kate White, a twisty psychological thriller in which a woman’s seemingly perfect second marriage is rocked by a discovery about the death of her first husband; Edgar Award winner Naomi Hirahara’s eye-opening and poignant mystery, CLARK AND DIVISION, the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death; and THE LAST COMMANDMENT, the third novel by acclaimed screenwriter and producer Scott Shepherd, in which a Scotland Yard detective tracks a serial killer from London to New York City.