Last Acts, Alexander Sammartino ( paperback April 2025)
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David Rizzo has been waiting for a sign from above. Owner of a failing firearms store in a sun-bleached corner of Arizona, he's drowning in debt and desperate for a word from his estranged adult son, Nick. When Nick is brought back from a near-fatal heroin overdose, Rizzo believes there's reason for hope: if Nick can return from the dead, so can his business.
The flailing father-son duo embark on a marketing ploy to create the most compelling television commercial for a gun emporium the world has ever seen.
But their relationship is fragile, mired in things left unsaid, and when Rizzo unknowingly supplies the weapon in a school shooting, a crash of hijinks, hope and disaster ensues.
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Among Friends, Hal Ebbott ( hardback July 2025)
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Four friends. A betrayal that should shatter their seemingly perfect lives.
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My Friends, Fredrik Backman ( hardback June 2025)
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