Angels at the Table by Debbie MacomberAngels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy and their apprentice Will make an unauthorized visit to Earth on New Year's Eve. Will unites lonely souls Aren, a restaurant critic, and Lucie, a chef, but the two lose track of each other. The following year the angels return and perform a miracle. |
The Hunting Party by Lucy FoleyA group of thirtysomething Oxford friends gather for their annual New Year vacation. They arrive at this year's idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands just before a historic blizzard seals them off from the outside world. Two days later, one of them is dead. |
Rules of Civility by Amor TowlesManhattan, 1938. Young secretaries Katey Kontent and her roommate Eve Ross meet banker Tinker Grey while enjoying the nightlife. Eve takes up with Tinker, while Katey works her way into the upper echelons of society and earns a job with a publisher. |