Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Daniel Tunnard, Escapes
(Unnamed Press)
“Florence Satine and Buenaventura Escobar live and die by the luck of the draw from the Scrabble tile bag in Tunnard’s delightful English language debut…Tunnard’s professional experience and outlandish premise combine wonderfully to create an entrancing alternate reality.”
–Publisher’s Weekly
Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45
(Park Row)
“Absorbing… Reminiscent of Strangers on a Train and The Grifters, Unger’s novel provides a master class in plotting.”
–Booklist
Brian Selfon, The Nightworkers
(MCD)
“Selfon’s ambitious, character-driven debut tells the interconnected stories of ‘a perfectly wonderful, perfectly Brooklyn family of misfits.”
–Publishers Weekly
Tana French, The Searcher
(Viking)
“Insightful characterizations, even of minor figures, and a devastating reveal help make this a standout. Crime fiction fans won’t want to miss this one.”
–Publishers Weekly
Joyce Carol Oates, Cardiff, By The Sea
(Mysterious Press)
“The four novellas in this spellbinding collection from Oates (Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.) carefully tread the boundary between psychological and supernatural expressions of the macabre.”
–Publisher’s Weekly
Val McDermid, Still Life
(Atlantic Monthly Press)
“Still Life shows that [McDermid] is still at the height of her powers; it is deeply enjoyable, one of her best.”
–Allan Massie, The Scotsman
Scott O’Connor, Zero Zone
(Counterpoint)
“After finishing this cinematic novel, readers will be compelled to start again at page one to discover how O’Connor pieces together his suspenseful, incredibly well-written narrative.”
–Library Journal
Michael Cannell, A Brotherhood Betrayed
(Minotaur)
“Cannell stuffs his eventful narrative full of murder and mayhem, featuring a cast of hard-boiled and corrupt cops, extremely nasty gangsters, sleazy politicos, and Reles, a true psychopath…Fans of Mario Puzo–style true crime will revel in Reles’ deviant behavior and his comeuppance.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Stuart Turton, The Devil and Dark Water
(Sourcebooks)
“[An] outstanding whodunit…Fans of impossible crime fiction won’t want to miss this one.”
–Publishers Weekly
Cassidy Lucas, Santa Monica
(Harper Perennial)
“Santa Monica is a juicy yet profound thriller that seamlessly glides between the sun kissed beaches and the long shadows of seemingly glamorous Southern California.”
–Ivy Pochoda
