AUBURN – The Auburn Public Library has announced new acquisitions for October.

Fiction

“Grave Mistake,” Stella Cameron. When a man with connections to her wealthy step-father is murdered behind her shop, Louisiana bakery owner Jilly Gable turns for help to Guy Gautreux, a local man on leave from the New Orleans homicide unit.

“Mephisto Club: A Novel,” Tess Gerritsen. Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jack Rizzoli team up to solve a series of gruesome murders with tie-ins to various cult members, modern-day crusaders against evil, and the Book of Revelation.

“Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome,” Robert Harris. In this fictional biography, the rise through dangerous political ranks of outsider Marcus Cicero to the position of Consul of Rome is narrated by his household slave and confidential secretary, Tiro.

“Dark Angels: A Novel,” Karleen Koen. In this prequel to her best-selling “Through a Glass Darkly,” Koen returns to the Court of King Charles II, where Alice Verney, maid-of-honor to Queen Catherine, must use her wiles to protect the queen from murder.

“Sleight of Hand,” Kate Wilhelm. In the eighth legal thriller featuring Oregon DA Barbara Holloway, the protagonist is drawn into the case of a reformed pickpocket whose friend turns up dead after accusing him of stealing a valuable antique.

Nonfiction

“Elizabeth,” J. Randy Taraborrelli. This is a retelling of Elizabeth Taylor’s by a popular celebrity biographer.

“Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships,” Daniel Goleman. The writer who, in his groundbreaking book, “Emotional Intelligence,” popularized the idea that there’s more than one way to be smart, examines another of those ways.

“I Chong: Meditations from the Joint,” Tommy Chong. This rambling memoir by the ’70’s comedy icon combines humor with political commentary.

“High School Confidential,” Jeremy Iversen. When a recent college graduate goes undercover to report on today’s high school students, he isn’t prepared for how enmeshed he becomes in the turbulent lives of his “classmates.”

“Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West,” Hampton Sides. The author explores the 19th-century West through the prism of the Navajo nation and Kit Carson, who knew the Navajos, yet participated in their slaughter.

“State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America,” Patrick J. Buchanan. The political pundit and former presidential candidate makes the conservative case about the dangers of illegal immigration.

Children’s books

“What I Call Life,” Jill Wolfson. The five members of a group foster home for girls begin to heal and find their self-worth under the care of an elderly guardian who teaches them how to knit and tell stories. For readers in grades five through eight.

“Herbie Jones and the Second Grade Slippers,” Suzy Kline. The latest installment of the at-school escapades of Herbie, a second-grader. For readers ages 6 and older.

“Handsprings: Poems and Paintings,” Douglas Florian. Playful phrasing and lively art draw young readers into the collection of short poems about the joys of the natural world in springtime. For kids in kindergarten through grade five.

“The End: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13,” Lemony Snicket. We, dear readers, presume unlucky No. 13 to be the last in this distressing “Series of Unfortunate Events.” But will we finally learn the secret of the Baudelaire siblings’ parents? For readers in grades four through six.

“Hello Twins,” pictures and story by Charlotte Voake. Illustrated with simple color and ink drawings, the story features two twins who are nothing alike, but still like each other just the way they are. For preschoolers and kindergartners.