Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Ande Pliego, You Are Fatally Invited
(Bantam)
“Readers who love puzzles, locked-room mysteries, and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None will enjoy this inaugural effort by Pliego, with its chilling conclusion.”
–Library Journal
Anna Sophia McLoughlin, A Girl Like Us
(Sourcebooks)
“A Girl Like Us is a captivating, suspenseful tale of marriage, murder, and madness. Anna Sophia McLoughlin crafts a layered, atmospheric look at celebrity, wealth, and vulnerability―and what happens when those closest to us take advantage of it. I didn’t want it to end, but I desperately needed to keep reading!”
–Clémence Michallon
Heather Levy, This Violent Heart
(Montlake)
“Get ready for This Violent Heart, an explosive and well-crafted mystery wrapped in identity and love, and the effects long-held secrets can have on insurmountable guilt and grief. Levy’s storytelling delivers with a layered dual timeline and soulful voice that will leave you entirely gutted.”
–Yasmin Angoe
Margot Bennett, Someone From the Past
(Poisoned Pen Press)
“An acerbic, tightly structured whodunit that remains a brilliant example of how to do more with less.”
–Kirkus Reviews
V. Castro, The Pink Agave Motel
(CLASH)
“Castro is one of the most exciting genre authors on the scene right now, and this might be her most powerful book yet.”
–Paste
R.S. Burnett, Whiteout
(Crooked Lane)
“The opening chapters drop readers into a gripping, claustrophobic scenario . . . Burnett shows promise.”
–Publishers Weekly
Jo Nesbo (t. Robert Ferguson), Blood Ties
(Knopf)
“Nesbø brilliantly plunges readers into the psyche of a charming killer, leavening the bloodshed with pop culture references and dashes of the lacerating humor that suffuses his Harry Hole series. The result is a chilling and darkly funny noir that will haunt readers long after the last page.”
–Publishers Weekly
Laura McCluskey, The Wolf Tree
(Putnam)
“[An] eerie, gothic-tinged debut mystery . . . Thanks to McCluskey’s expert melding of modern crime procedural and ancient folklore, suspenseful slow burns and intense high-stakes action, fans of stories set in closed communities with something to hide will revel in this assured and absorbing debut.”
–Book Page
Jeff Macfee, The Contest
(Datura)
“The Contest is a thrilling suspenseful mind bending adventure.”
–S.A. Cosby
Callan Wink, Beartooth
(Spiegl & Grau)
“One of the best and fiercest heist stories since A Simple Plan . . . Beartooth is unstoppable, the literary treasure you’ve been looking for.”
–Junot Diaz
