Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Louise Hegarty, Fair Play
(Harper)
“Brilliant . . . . Readers, especially fans of Richard Osman, will happily go along with the plot’s many reversals and take heart in its surprisingly tender conclusion. Hegarty’s wonderfully eccentric characters, expert knowledge of classic whodunits, and ability to balance silly hijinks and serious emotional stakes mark her as a writer worth keeping tabs on. For mystery lovers, this is a joy.”
–Publishers Weekly
Belinda Bauer, The Impossible Thing
(Atlantic Monthly)
“Magnificently executed . . . [The Impossible Thing] has my vote for the most unusual crime novel in recent memory . . . Subplots abound . . . with the egg as the unvoiced yet central character of them all.”
–Bruce Tierney, BookPage
Nita Prose, The Maid’s Secret
(Ballantine)
“A big-hearted examination of wealth and social class.”
–Oprah Daily
Molly Harper, A Proposal to Die For
(Berkley)
“A light-hearted murder mystery with plenty of twists to keep you guessing, a heroine to root for, a hunk to drool over, and everything–and I do mean everything–you could ever want to know about the cut-throat world of wedding-proposal event planners. And while this may be a rom-com, but Harper uses her trademark snark to get in a few sly winks at influencer culture, the clueless rich, and the inviolate code that is southern etiquette. Charming, delicious–and deadly.”
–Alma Katsu
Adam Plantinga, Hard Town
(Grand Central)
“Once again, Plantinga hits the mark, serving up perfectly paced action and intriguing new wrinkles to Kurt’s psychology. This series has legs.”
–Publishers Weekly
Yiğit Turhan, Their Monstrous Hearts
(MIRA)
“Their Monstrous Hearts is a beautiful, yet haunting, story of memories, generations, and sparkling mysteries. The beautiful prose poses important questions of connection throughout one’s life, and the ghosts that hover over us. And like the beating of delicate butterfly wings, one will be transfixed by the mystery that unravels masterfully. There is magic in Turhan’s words.”
–Cynthia Pelayo
Kelly Mullen, This Is Not a Game
(Dutton)
“Mimi and Addie have plenty of time to pool their resources, question the boilerplate suspects, one-up each other’s brightly witty remarks, puzzle over a truly ingenious series of clues, and solve the murder. Oops, make that murders. . . Despite the title, this is absolutely a game from the first word to the last.”
–Kirkus
Antonio Muñoz Molina (tr. Curtis Bauer), Your Steps on the Stairs
(Other Press)
“Originally published in Spain in 2019, this psychologically informed exploration of loss may resonate even more with readers in our current tumultuous moment.”
–Booklist
Daniel Breyer, Smokebirds
(Rare Bird Books)
“Fans of Succession should flock to Smokebirds, a riveting, read-it-in-one-sitting debut novel about one über-wealthy family’s very bad vacation. Breyer’s debut is buoyant and incisive–a beach ball wrapped in razor wire.”
–Andrew Ridker
Casey Sherman, Blood in the Water
(Sourcebooks)
“Bestseller [Casey] Sherman delivers a riveting true crime tale.”
–Publishers Weekly
