Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Guillermo Martinez, The Oxford Brotherhood
(Pegasus)
“An intellectual thriller that can be much enjoyed even by those whose grasp of mathematics is limited. If you like your detective stories gore-free, with a strong crossword-solving element, this is for you.”
The Times (UK)
Paige Shelton, The Burning Pages
(Minotaur)
“Historical Burns references add spice to a complex series of intertwined mysteries.”
Kirkus Reviews
Amanda Eyre, The Lifeguards
(Ballantine)
“Arresting . . . Like a cool lake on a hot day, this story hits the spot.”
Publishers Weekly
Stacie Murphy, The Unquiet Dead
(Pegasus)
“Murphy chillingly evokes some social ills of 19th-century America, including the complete control of women by their husbands. Readers will hope Amelia returns soon.” Publishers Weekly, starred review
Christopher Reich, Once a Thief
(Mulholland)
“Heart-pounding…Reich combines great action with surprises readers won’t see coming. One doesn’t have to care much about cars or high finance to enjoy this cinematic thriller.”
Publishers Weekly
Rachel Barenbaum, Atomic Anna
(Grand Central)
“Barenbaum burnishes her reputation as an up-and-coming talent with this audacious time travel story… The threads build toward a deeply satisfying denouement, and the author uses the sci-fi plot device to explore parent-child relationships and questions about the morality of changing the past. Barenbaum dares greatly, and succeeds.”
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Sally Hepworth, The Younger Wife
(St. Martin’s)
“A warped tale [that] boasts Jane Harper’s multilayered characters and Liane Moriarty’s wealthy suburban world saturated with lies and deceit. With each domestic thriller, best-selling Hepworth shines brighter and draws in more readers.”
Booklist
Edmund Richardson, The King’s Shadow
(Minotaur)
“Captivating biography of an archaeological pioneer sure to please history fans and students of the spy game.”
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Amelia Kahaney, All the Best Liars
(Flatiron)
“A dynamic, suspenseful tale of friendship and betrayal.”
Kirkus Reviews
M. Chris Fabricant, Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
(Akashic)
“Readers—especially those fond of TV detectives and their infallible crime labs—will be flabbergasted by [Fabricant’s] list of forensic techniques long used by labs, including the FBI’s, and proclaimed by highly paid ‘expert witnesses’ that, when investigated by competent researchers, turn out to be unreliable or worthless . . . A brilliant rebuttal of junk science in the courtroom.”
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
