Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Aimee Molloy, Goodnight Beautiful
(Harper)
“Molloy employs some of the most believable and jaw-dropping narrative twists since Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl in this smart, single-sitting read.”
–Library Journal
RV Raman, A Will to Kill
(Agora)
“In this intriguing contemporary whodunit and series launch from Raman (Conspirator), private investigator Harith Athreya receives an invitation to Greybrooke Manor, a colonial-style mansion in southern India’s Nilgiri Hills…”
–Publisher’s Weekly
Jonathan Daniel Wells, Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
(Bold Type Books)
“A convincing demonstration of the close links between capitalism and the unconscionable trade in human beings.”
–Kirkus
Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
(FSG)
“This intriguing intersection of history, science, and the macabre stems from Rosenbloom’s work as a researcher for The Anthropodermic Book Project, a team dedicated to investigating books bound in human skin. She digs deep into the origin story of these morbid artifacts.”
–Michelle Ross, Booklist
John Connolly, The Dirty South
(Atria/Emily Bestler)
“Supernatural noir fans will relish Connolly’s excellent 18th thriller featuring PI Charlie Parker (after 2019’s A Book of Bones), an origin story set in 1999.”
–Publisher’s Weekly
Rose Carlyle, The Girl in the Mirror
(William Morrow)
“[An] assured debut… The intricate plot builds to a strong finale. Psychological thriller fans are in for a treat.”
–Publishers Weekly
Ian K. Smith, The Unspoken
(Thomas & Mercer)
“This fine series launch from bestseller Smith (The Ancient Nine) introduces PI Ashe Cayne, a former Chicago PD detective who has the luxury of being able to pick his cases selectively thanks to a large settlement he won from the city for wrongfully terminating him after he refused to participate in a department cover-up.”
–Publisher’s Weekly
Emily Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines
(William Morrow)
“Full of Victorian sapphic romance, metafictional horror, biting misandrist humor, Hollywood intrigue, and multiple timeliness—all replete with evocative illustrations that are icing on a deviously delicious cake.”
–O, The Oprah Magazine
Lisa Jackson, You Betrayed Me
(Kensington)
“A complex web of romantic entanglements forms the core of Jackson’s exhilarating third Cahills romantic suspense novel.”
–Publisher’s Weekly
Frazer Lee, Greyfriars Reformatory
(Flame Tree Press)
“A phenomenon in horror fiction”
–Horror Novel Reviews
