Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Rachel Howzell Hall, We Lie Here
(Thomas and Mercer)
“What’s most special about the book is the array of complex characters…The dialogue is sharp, observant, and emotional without ever straying into sentimentality, and the mystery of who is targeting the Gibson family manages to stay compelling despite many twists and turns…This captivating domestic thriller will keep you on your toes.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Aggie Blum Thompson, All The Dirty Secrets
(Forge Books)
“In a rarefied world of wealth and privilege, simmering secrets hide in plain sight. Heart-stopping danger will make you race through the pages to a chilling and shattering conclusion.”
–Liv Constantine
Ruth Ware, The It Girl
(Gallery/Scout)
Fans of Golden Age mysteries like Dorothy Sayers’s Gaudy Night will love the book’s Oxford setting, while readers of trendy dark academia suspense novels, in the manner of Alex Michaelides’s The Maidens, will feel right at home. Top-drawer entertainment from a modern master of mystery.”
–Library Journal
Blake Crouch, Upgrade
(Ballantine)
“Mind-bending . . . an excellent follow-up to Crouch’s other dark-science novels . . . Will appeal to readers interested in climate fiction or superhero origin stories, as well as those who enjoy smart thrillers.”
–Booklist
Tom Mead, Death and the Conjuror
(Mysterious Press)
“This debut, a tribute to John Dickson Carr and other Golden Age masters of the locked-room mystery, will appeal to nostalgia buffs and fans of the classics.”
–Library Journal
Alex Temblador, Half Outlaw
(Blackstone)
“Half Outlaw delves into a subculture few outsiders understand. Alex Temblador’s first adult novel speaks to the multilayered influences that construct an identity. Ride along on the sometimes brutal but often tender life journey of a young woman who learns she’s not half anything and the sum is greater than its parts.”
–Ana Castillo
Lizzy Barber, Out of Her Depth
(MIRA)
“I can’t rave about this book enough. Atmospheric, gripping, pacey and superbly written, Out of Her Depth has everything you want in a novel and more. I absolutely loved it.”
–Charlotte Duckworth
Kris Calvin, Under A Broken Sky
(Crooked Lane Books)
“Riveting and sophisticated, Under A Broken Sky is a wonderfully complex and surprising page-turner. Sue Grafton meets John Lescroart when a determined and honorable investigator must risk everything in search of her past and in search of justice. Do not miss this!”
–Hank Phillippi Ryan
Ann Aptaker, Hunting Gold
(Bywater Books)
“Taut, gritty, and ironic, Hunting Gold is a smart and engrossing continuation of a series that is a love letter to the genre, even as it kicks in the doors of Noir’s Old Boys’ Club with as much force as the police raid on The Green Door Club that opens the book.”
–Erica Obey
Dan Fesperman, Winter Work
(Knopf)
“The story leads to an exciting conclusion—a thoroughly surprising spin on the typical spies-on-the-run finale—but it is the relationships among the principals that give the novel its depth andpower. Like Joseph Kanon in The Berlin Exchange, Fesperman builds his story around the inner lives of his characters, an approach that transforms typical espionage tropes into universal human drama.”
–Booklist
