Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Andrea Bartz, The Last Ferry Out
(Ballantine)
“Andrea Bartz is a master of suspense, and her fifth novel, The Last Ferry Out, is maybe the most unputdownable yet. I was hooked from the first few pages as Bartz expertly drew me into a gripping narrative. . . . It still makes my heart race thinking about it. Bartz keeps the twists coming ’til the last page.”
–Elle
Anna Bailey, Our Last Wild Days
(Atria)
“A bewitching slice of southern Gothic, in Our Last Wild Days, Anna Bailey cements thier reputation for writing thought-provoking, character-driven crime fiction.”
–Paula Hawkins
Michael Connelly, Nightshade
(Little Brown and Co.)
“Connelly’s compulsively readable, best-selling crime fiction is propelled by justice-seekers committed to their calling, no matter the risks…With an intriguingly low-key but skilled and principled hero, his significant other, a pesky if useful reporter, a conniving mayor, and a crime boss known as Baby Head, Nightshade is a gripping and promising start to crime virtuoso Connelly’s new series.”
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Dete Meserve, The Memory Collectors
(Crooked Lane Books)
“You’ll want to spend as much time as possible with this time-twisting thriller!”
–Al Roker, NBC News Today Show
Jenny Morris, An Ethical Guide to Murder
(MIRA)
“An Ethical Guide to Murder is a fabulous book! Jenny Morris has taken the ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. Thea is a relatable, messy character whose trials and tribulations kept me laughing all the way to the emotional gut punch. What a marvellous debut!”
—Alice Bell
Jaime Lynn Hendricks, Their Double Lives
(Scarlet)
“All hail the queen of the page-turner.”
–Ashley Winstead
Sarah Pinborough, We Live Here Now
(Flatiron)
“Brilliant. This book shows Sarah Pinborough at the absolute top of her game, it’s up there with Behind Her Eyes. I read it in a frenzy in one day and the twist completely blew my mind. I adored every page.”
–Lisa Jewell
Frederic S. Durbin, The Country Under Heaven
(Melville)
“The best of the (weird) west. Durbin invokes eldritch terrors to examine the peculiar, lawless hellscape that was the American West following the civil war.” —Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger
Linwood Barclay, Whistle
(William Morrow)
“As the horror mounts, Barclay grounds the action through the eyes of his well-developed protagonist, offering scares and pathos in equal doses. It’s a top-shelf chiller.”
–Publishers Weekly
Jaclyn Goldis, The Safari
(Atria/Emily Bestler)
“[T]he perfect literary treat for readers who like matching wits with an author while doing a bit of armchair traveling… Goldis once again deftly tips her literary cap to the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, in another cleverly constructed puzzler that brings all the delights of classic Golden Age mysteries into the 21st century.”
–Library Journal
Chris Pavone, The Doorman
(MCD)
“This adrenaline-pumping thriller from bestseller Pavone delivers a lacerating, Tom Wolfe–worthy dissection of Manhattan society in the post-Covid era. . . Page-turning from the opening paragraph to its killer finale, the narrative combines noirish atmosphere with a sharp attunement to the particular depravities of ultrawealthy urbanites. Pavone’s provocative look at the city that never sleeps will keep readers up well into the wee hours.”
–Publishers Weekly
