Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Alex Segura, Secret Identity
(Flatiron)
“You don’t have to be a comics fan to love this novel; it’s a masterful book filled with real heart and soul. A triumph.”
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Peng Shepherd, The Cartographers
(William Morrow)
“The Cartographers is wildly imaginative and totally mind-bending in the best possible way. Shepherd has crafted a juicy mystery masquerading as a grown-up scavenger hunt filled with astonishing twists and revelations.”
Bookpage, starred review
Wayne Johnson, The Red Canoe
(Agora)
“A powerful story of Indigenous people who are abused but also determined to battle brutality and corruption themselves when they can’t rely on the authorities.”
Library Journal, starred review
Sam Lloyd, The Rising Tide
(Scarlet)
“Absorbing and deftly written . . . Lloyd is a born storyteller.”
The Herald
Ron Franscell, ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling
(Berkley)
“A thrilling book about the lengths to which investigators went to catch an elusive killer and a pivotal moment in the history of criminal investigation.”
Library Journal
Donna Leon, Give unto Others
(Atlantic Monthly Press)
“Another moving meditation on the vagaries of human relationships posing as a mystery novel. There is no ambiguity about the unalloyed affection millions of readers feel toward Guido Brunetti, one of crime fiction’s most popular protagonists.”
Booklist, starred review
Harlan Coben, The Match
(Grand Central)
“The topical follow-up to Coben’s best-selling The Boy from the Woods addresses reality shows, DNA searches, cyberbullying, and social media influencers in a suspenseful novel guaranteed to be a hit.”
Library Journal, starred review
Gigi Pandian, Under Lock and Skeleton Key
(Minotaur)
“Pandian is in top form in this thoroughly enjoyable series launch. . . Lovers of traditional mysteries with quirky characters will be well rewarded.”
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Peter Swanson, Nine Lives
(William Morrow)
“Swanson again takes the idea of fiction as homage to deliriously vertiginous new heights… While the tension mounts deliciously as we wonder if there will be any survivors, the real fascination here is the explanation itself—and what it reveals about the cancerous effects of guilt and obsession.”
Booklist, starred review
Chaz Smith, Blessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw
(Abrams)
“Journalist Smith delivers a rollicking portrait of his cousin Daniel David Courson, the scion of a prominent evangelical Christian family who is also a notorious bank robber…an intriguing tale of rock bottoms, daredevil escapes, and life on the wrong side of the law. Readers will enjoy the ride.”
Publishers Weekly
