Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Helen Cooper, The Other Guest
(G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
“Difficult-to-put down thriller… Brilliantly characterized, boldly plotted, and boasting an ending that readers will think they have figured out only to have everything turned around. The perfect vacation thriller.”
–Booklist, starred review
Dwyer Murphy, An Honest Living
(Viking)
“Murphy’s hard-boiled rendering of the city is nothing short of exquisite . . . For anyone who wants a portrait of this New York, few recent books have conjured it so vividly.”
–The New York Times Book Review
Matt Query and Harrison Query, Old Country
(Grand Central)
“Propulsive. The Querys nicely work the worldbuilding into the action [and] when the horror elements hit, they hit hard. Fans of Joe Hill and Paul Tremblay will want to check this out.”
–Publishers Weekly
Madeline Martin, The Librarian Spy
(Hanover Square)
“Madeline Martin immerses us in the expertly rendered and fascinating worlds of Lisbon and Lyon during the war as we follow the stories of two brave women who are willing to risk everything for the cause of freedom. Uplifting, inspiring and suspenseful, this is one to savor!”
–Natasha Lester
Karen Cleveland, The New Neighbor
(Ballantine)
“Satisfying twists . . . It’s clear that we never really know our neighbors”
–Kirkus Reviews
Megan Miranda, The Last to Vanish
(Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books)
“This eerie thriller…can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining.”
–Booklist, starred review
Brian Freeman, Robert Ludlum’s the Bourne Sacrifice
(G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
“Colorful characters and solid plotting continue to make this series a pleasure.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Allison Montclair, The Unkept Woman
(Minotaur)
“A believable postwar tale with troubled heroines who must juggle lovers, spies, and an unexpected villain.”
–Kirkus Review
Natasha Pulley, The Half-Life of Valery K
(Bloomsbury)
“From state tyranny and crimes against humanity to ingenuity and valor under deadly pressure as well as humor and forbidden love, Pulley’s brilliantly conceived, vibrantly realized, and complexly suspenseful tale is all the more resounding in the glare of Russia’s recklessness at Chernobyl during its latest, horrific invasion of Ukraine.”
–Booklist, starred review
Mark Billingham, The Murder Book
(Atlantic Monthly Press)
“Masterly… the intricate plot matches superior characterizations. Thorne fans will eagerly await his next outing.
–Publishers Weekly, starred review
