Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Elly Griffiths, The Postscript Murders
(HMH)
“A light-hearted, life-affirming celebration of crime fiction and the colourful characters that create it…Such witty and charming entertainment.”
–The Times (UK)
Loren Estleman, The Eagle and the Viper
(Forge Books)
“Fascinating premise of this standout novel… Estleman demonstrates that his versatility extends to mastery of multiple genres.”
–Publishers Weekly
Sara Davis, The Scapegoat
(FSG)
“Unnervingly good . . . An eerie and surprising reconstruction by an unreliable narrator.”
–Kirkus
Nicole Glover, The Conductors
(HMH)
“Inventively mixing mystery, magic, and alternate history, Glover’s nail-biting debut takes readers to Reconstruction era Philadelphia…Glover is a writer to watch.”
–Publishers Weekly
Femi Kayode, Lightseekers
(Mulholland)
“An example of genre fiction that brings to light the cracks in our society and those individuals who fall through them.”
–LA Review of Books
C.J. Box, Dark Sky
(Putnam)
“A strong entry in this long-running and wildly popular series. Box’s novels have been translated into 27 languages and regularly appear on best-seller lists, a testament to the strength of his writing and the popularity of the melding of western and crime genres.”
–Booklist
Dorothy B. Hughes, Ride the Pink Horse
(American Mystery Classics)
“Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast suspense into such an uncanny spell, and she’s never done it better.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
David Downing, Wedding Station
(Soho)
“Epic in scope, Mr. Downing’s ‘Station’ cycle creates a fictional universe rich with a historian’s expertise but rendered with literary style and heart.”
–The Wall Street Journal
Jay Weaver, Nicholas Nehamas, Jim Wyss, and Kyra Gurney, Dirty Gold: The Rise and Fall of an International Smuggling Ring
(PublicAffairs)
“A fascinating deep dive into the most primal elements of human greed. Dirty Gold breaks new ground in more ways than one: as an expose on South America’s illicit gold trade, as an international cops and robbers caper, and as a rip roaring tale of avarice that reads like an upscale version of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Amazing. Do yourself a favor: get this book and read it.”
–T.J. English
Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan, The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer
(Atria)
“I was utterly captivated by The Babysitter, a hybrid memoir & true crime investigation of the heinous crimes of a Cape Cod serial killer who also happened to be the only adult young Liza Rodman felt safe with. Rodman and Jordan’s book skillfully weaves a suspenseful portrayal of murderous madness in tandem with a child’s growing loneliness, neglect, and despair, a narrative collision that will haunt me, and readers, for years.”
–Sarah Weinman
