Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
Molly Harper, A Cute Little Murder
(Berkley)
“Delivers quaint charm, humor, and an intricate isolated location mystery.”
Marcus Kliewer, The Caretaker
(Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
“Disturbing and propulsive, THE CARETAKER is a gem of visually inspired Gothic storytelling. Marcus Kliewer takes a familiar horror premise and makes it his own, drawing you into a lucid nightmare of a novel. Keep the light on!”
–Scott Carson
Wolf Haas (tr. Jamie Bulloch), Short Circuit
(HarperVia)
“Inspired by M. C. Escher’s mind-bending drawings, two apparently independent narratives intertwine in playful and poignant fashion in this literary mystery . . . Haas keeps readers guessing . . . [with Short Circuit’s] high-concept narrative . . . flickering between moments of whimsy and pathos.”
–Booklist
Douglas Preston, Aletheia Preston, Paradox
(Forge)
“Science, imagination, storytelling, and action are all here. Fast-moving fun and a highly creative plot.”
–Kirkus
Joseph Moldover, The End of Reckoning
(The Mysterious Press)
“An auspicious adult debut . . . Moldover draws even minor supporting characters in three dimensions, making the elegant core mystery much more satisfying than the average whodunit. Fans of character-driven crime fiction will eagerly await Moldover’s next move.”
–Publishers Weekly
Robert Littell, The Sisters
(Soho Crime)
“Littell brilliantly weaves quirky characters and puzzle-piece vignettes into an intricate, bizarre and highly entertaining tale.”
–Publishers Weekly
Lila Raicek, The Plunge
(Park Row)
“Acclaimed playwright Raicek’s debut novel is a twisty, tense psychological thriller, tantalizingly sexy and explosively unnerving.”
–Booklist
Melissa de la Cruz, This Song is About Me
(Little A)
“De la Cruz mixes biting satire with suspense and throws in a few more surprises. Readers will be riveted as long-simmering secrets come to light.”
–Publishers Weekly
Sara Foster, Come Back to Me
(Blackstone Publishing)
“Surprisingly dark…Fans of domestic thrillers are likely to enjoy the relationships and the back and forth between the characters.”
–Booklist
Nicole Blades, Would I Lie to You
(Crooked Lane Books)
“What a banger of a book! The story of a mother caught between her family and her duty to a criminal organization she’s desperately trying to break out of—with one last job that could cost her everything—had me on the edge of my seat and rooting for Lu Barlow on every page.”
–Attica Locke
