Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Tara Moss, The War Widow
(Dutton)
“Rich period detail and a fierce, feminist heroine distinguish this stylish twist on the classic 1940s detective novel.”
–Publishers Weekly
Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife
(William Morrow)
“Debut mystery author Kane blends tense domestic suspense with procedural details and legal thriller–like verbal sparring. A page-turner built on skillfully layered plotting and an intriguing protagonist.”
–Booklist
Dorothy Macardle, Dark Enchantment
(Tramp Press)
“There is a pleasant, pre-atomic flavor all through this love story of the “dancing daughter of that play-boy Frith Cunningham” and her Michael Faulkner, which makes it more a vanished enchantment than a dark one.”
–New York Times (1953, original publication)
Isis Crawford, A Catered Book Club Murder
(Kensington)
“In Crawford’s delectable 16th mystery featuring sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons (after 2019’s A Catered New Year’s Eve), art restorer Margo Hemsley fails to arrive at A Little Taste of Heaven, the sisters’ shop in Longely, N.Y., to pick up the pastry order she was supposed to bring to a book club meeting later that same evening.”
–Publishers Weekly
Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight
(Kensington)
“Adams has a knack for creating endearingly imperfect characters. Cozy fans will be well satisfied.”
–Publishers Weekly
Tarryn Fisher, The Wrong Family
(Graydon House)
“Fisher’s latest thriller is electric, like riding a roller coaster in the dark. Hairpin turns plummet to heart-stopping depths. You won’t devour this book. It will devour you.”
–Tess Callahan
Christina Dodd, Wrong Alibi
(HQN)
“No one does high-stakes, high-voltage suspense quite like Dodd.”
–Booklist
T.A. Willberg, Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder
(Park Row)
“Set in 1958 London, Willberg’s assured debut, which is equal parts mystery and whimsical fantasy, plunges Marion Lane, a first-year apprentice at the shadow spy agency Miss Brickett’s Investigations and Inquiries, into the case of Michelle White, a much-loathed filing assistant, who was stabbed to death with one of the agency’s futuristic spy gadgets.”
–Publishers Weekly
Cara Reinard, Sweet Water
(Thomas & Mercer)
“An unsparing account of ‘rich people problems’ that goes on forever, like all the best nightmares.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Jess Lourey, Bloodline
(Thomas & Mercer)
“Based on a true story, this is a sinister, suspenseful thriller full of creeping horror.”
–Kirkus Reviews
