Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Michael Bennett, Carved in Blood
(Atlantic Monthly)
“Māori former detective Hana Westerman returns to her police-department stamping grounds when her ex-husband is gunned down during a robbery. The investigation’s focus ranges from Chinese casinos to the Māori community itself, testing Westerman’s community ties, love life, and familial loyalties.”
–Daneet Steffens, Boston Globe
Tasha Coryell, Matchmaking for Psychopaths
(Berkley)
“[A] jaunty mashup of rom-com and serial killer thriller…adventurous readers and fans of Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan series will enjoy this twisted romp.”
— Publishers Weekly
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Bewitching
(Del Rey)
““Yet another triumph from one of North America’s most exciting authors. Suspenseful and terrifying; Moreno-Garcia hits it out of the park yet again.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Kate Russo, Until Alison
(Putnam)
“[An] earnest meditation on teen angst and adult regret . . . Russo’s elegiac novel offers moving considerations of forgiveness and the often thorny nature of female friendship.”
–Publishers Weekly
Lisa Scottoline, The Unraveling of Julia
(Grand Central)
“Lisa Scottoline returns in spectacular fashion with The Unraveling of Julia… her boldest book yet. A scorching, scintillating read that’s not to be missed.”
–BookTrib
Polly Stewart, The Felons’ Ball
(Harper)
“Following Stewart’s impressive debut novel, The Good Ones (2023), this is a breakout achievement. Even dealing with the trickiest family dynamics, a shifting cast of characters, and complex twists of fate, she is in complete command. A captivating, multilayered mystery by a rising star.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Tess Sharpe, No Body No Crime
(MCD)
“Dynamic plot twists, shrewd pacing, and well-placed timeline jumps provide sturdy narrative scaffolding, but it’s Sharpe’s depiction of Chloe and Mel’s complicated relationship…that makes the novel shine. Readers who love rooting for antiheroes, or are hungry for queer stories that don’t put queerness at the very center, will adore this.”
–Publishers Weekly
Tom Mead, The House at Devil’s Neck
(Mysterious Press)
“A fiendishly clever tour de force. . . . Mead artfully dials up the suspense notch by notch, keeping readers off-balance all the way through to the masterful conclusion, which again proves that he’s a fastidious student of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr. This superlative series remains in top form.”
–Publishers Weekly
Stephen Graham Jones, Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives
(S&S/Saga Press)
“A one-two punch of grindhouse horror from one of the craft’s most inventive practitioners.”
Sara Ochs, This Stays Between Us
(Sourcebooks Landmark)
“A compelling and addictive thriller that grabs you from the first chapter and never lets go! With an atmospheric and isolated setting that increases the already palpable tension between the characters, This Stays Between Us is a must-read.”
–Sian Gilbert
