Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
*
Eli Cranor, Ozark Dogs
(Soho Crime)
“Ozark Dogs is a gripping family drama that mixes murder with mistaken identity and hidden secrets. Each revelation shocked me more than the last. I simply could not put it down.”
–Brendan Slocumb
Meagan Jennett, You Know Her
(MCD)
“With a naturalist’s soul and a killer’s heart, Meagan Jennett has delivered a debut that seethes with graceful rage. Angry, smart, propulsive—You Know Her is an unforgettable crime novel.”
–Ivy Pochoda
James McLaughlin, Panther Gap
(Flatiron)
“Panther Gap has rattlesnakes, shoot-outs, drug cartels, and international intrigue, as well as a riveting plot and characters who will stay with you long after you finish. On top of all that, there’s flat-out amazing prose and some of the best nature writing you’ll find anywhere. Panther Gap is a modern classic of the American West.”
–David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Timothy Egan, Fever in the Heartland
(Viking)
“With narrative elan, Egan gives us a riveting saga of how a predatory con man became one of the most powerful people in 1920s America, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, with a plan to rule the country—and how a grisly murder of a woman brought him down. Compelling and chillingly resonant with our own time.”
–Erik Larson
Rory Carroll, There Will Be Fire
(Putnam)
“A revealing story of an Irish Republican Army bombing against the vast backdrop of Irish history….A lucid history of the Troubles in all its manifold complexities.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Sally Hepworth, The Soulmate
(St Martin’s Press)
“Sympathetic characters combined with powerful themes of guilt, love, and loyalty will lead readers to consider the power of self-delusion. Recommended for fans of Liane Moriarty and Fiona Barton.”
–Booklist
Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread
(Doubleday)
“A vivid and visceral account of a postwar French village and its sudden descent into the grip of madness…This novel is a masterclass in observation, of fracturing personalities but also in its tight and nuanced portrait of the rituals and minutiae of small-town life. Afterwards, you’ll want to devour it all over again. 10/10.”
—The Independent (UK)
Cyndi Macmillan, A Cruel Light
(Crooked Lane)
“Like the heroine of her compelling, suspenseful debut, Cyndi MacMillan exposes the long-concealed secrets of a small town, blending just enough danger and romance and spookiness into the mix to create a terrific page-turner.”
–Susanna Kearsle
Thomas Mullen, Blind Spots
(Minotaur)
“A gritty, dystopian story and an all too real and possible exploration of the dangers of continuous surveillance and the spread of disinformation.”
–Library Journal
Jennifer Banash, Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana
(Lake Union)
“Read-in-one-sitting…Banash masterfully interweaves guilt, love, remorse, and yearning with a bit of playfulness, creating a tale that is multifaceted in its content and spirit.”
–Booklist
