New thrillers hitting shelves now

Karan Mahajan's *The Complex* follows the descendants of an Indian politician living in a family compound in Delhi in the 1970s, exploring themes of family, politics, and the challenges of returning to India after immigrating to the U.S.. Mahajan, an associate professor at Brown University, spent roughly 10 years writing the 448-page novel. His previous work, *The Association of Small Bombs*, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Kiersten White's *The Fox and the Devil* is a gothic fantasy set in 1895 Amsterdam that follows Anneke, the daughter of Abraham Van Helsing, as she hunts her father's murderer, a mysterious woman. Anneke is armed with the latest forensic techniques and aided by a team of detectives. The pursuit leads to a sapphic romance with the immortal serial killer, Diavola. Ren DeStefano's *A Lie for a Lie* centers on Margaux, an interior decorator with a double life who works for a mysterious employer named Mr. X, infiltrating the lives of criminals. Her latest target is Bertram Casimir, a tech billionaire suspected of stealing an app from his sister and whose girlfriend has disappeared. As Margaux investigates, she finds herself drawn to Bertram, blurring the lines between hunter and prey. Nick Petrie's *The Dark Time* marks the ninth installment in the Peter Ash series. In this thriller, war veteran Peter Ash is asked by his girlfriend, June Cassidy, to help an investigative reporter in Seattle who is receiving death threats. Ash finds himself facing a doomsday cult and must protect the reporter and her daughter from a shadowy figure.