Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Josh Weiss, Sunset Empire
(Grand Central)
“In Weiss’s superb sequel… Imaginative worldbuilding enhances the page-turning mystery plot. Fans of Robert Harris’s Fatherland will be enthralled.”
–Publishers Weekly
Victor LaValle, Lone Women
(One World)
“A counter to the typical homesteading narrative, this moody and masterful western fires on all cylinders. Readers are sure to be impressed.”
–Publishers Weekly
Harini Nagendra, Murder Under a Red Moon
(Pegasus)
“I’m pleased to report that Murder Under a Red Moon exceeds all my expectations. Against a roiling political backdrop — the women’s suffrage movement is growing, as is anti-British sentiment — Kaveri and Bhargavi come to a deeper understanding of each other.”
–Sarah Weinman, New York Times Book Review
Lina Chern, Play the Fool
(Bantam)
“With a delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor, Chern’s standout debut is guaranteed to delight fans of Lisa Lutz [and] Alan Bradley, and readers who enjoy witty, fast-paced mysteries.”
–Library Journal
Fred Van Lente, Never Sleep
(Blackstone)
“Well-developed characters match the fast-paced plot. Readers will eagerly await the sequel.”
–Publishers Weekly
Lisa Scottoline, Loyalty
(Putnam)
“Scottoline brings her characters to life, instilling them with wit and intellect as they navigate the corruption of Sicily’s law enforcement. Historical crime fiction fans will be riveted.”
–Publishers Weekly
T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
(Tor Nightfire)
“A House With Good Bones grapples with a thorny family legacy with heart, wit, and creeping horror. I was compelled to read the book in one breathless, white-knuckled sitting. Vultures, ladybugs, and underground children, oh my!”
–Paul Tremblay
Amulya Malladi, A Death in Denmark
(William Morrow)
“[A] superb series launch…. Præst’s pursuit of the truth takes some unexpected directions on the way to the satisfying conclusion. A killer plot matches an unusual lead sleuth, and secrets from Denmark’s WWII past enhance the story line.”
–Publishers Weekly
Evie Green, The New One
(Berkley)
“The New One is deliciously disturbing, engrossing and surprising at its every turn. This not-to-be-missed novel of family dynamics and what it really means to be human and to love is both pleasurably escapist and thought-provoking.”
–Shelf Awareness
Alan Prendergast, Gangbuster
(Kensington)
“Set against the backdrop of 1920s Denver, this colorful real-life legal thriller spotlights crusading district attorney Philip Sidney Van Cise. …. Rollicking yet scrupulously researched, this is an entertaining tribute to a brazen crimefighter.”
–Publishers Weekly
