Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Mick Herron, Slough House
(Soho)
“Herron has certainly devised the most completely realised espionage universe since that peopled by George Smiley.”
–The Times (UK)
Ben McPherson, Love and Other Lies
(William Morrow)
“McPherson dramatically highlights the tensions between Norway’s native and immigrant populations as the plot builds to a devastating conclusion. This powerful, thought-provoking novel deserves a wide readership.”
–Publishers Weekly
Alex Tresniowski, The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP
(Simon & Schuster)
“This suspenseful, well-written true-crime tale will be an eye-opener for anyone who assumes that after Reconstruction, lynching remained a serious threat only in the South. High-velocity historical true crime.”
–Kirkus Review
Michael Koryta, Never Far Away
(Mulholland)
“Well-developed characters enhance the high-octane plot. Fans of nail-biting suspense will be in heaven.”
–Publishers Weekly
Linda Castillo, A Simple Murder
(Minotaur)
“Murder in Amish country has a certain added frisson, and Castillo’s the master of the genre.”
–People
Emilya Naymark, Hide in Place
(Crooked Lane)
“An original, satisfying roller-coaster ride for domestic suspense fans.”
–Publishers Weekly
C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls
(Ballantine Books)
“Tudor . . . strikes again with another thriller filled with twists and turns right up to the mind-bending ending.”
–Library Journal
Alison Epstein, A Tip for the Hangman
(Doubleday)
“[T]hrilling and romantic . . . Epstein successfully evokes both the beauty and the brutality of 16th-century England.”
–Historical Novel Society
Bryan Reardon, Let Her Lie
(Crooked Lane)
“A virtuoso exercise for serious players determined to keep playing each other to the bitter end.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Lucy Atkins, Magpie Lane
(Quercus)
“Lucy Atkins excels at creating highly intelligent, slightly eccentric outsiders. I was completely immersed… and preoccupied, and appalled, by such credible characters. I loved it.”
–Sarah Vaughan
