Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Paul Vidich, Beirut Station
(Pegasus)
“This taut, nuanced spy thriller centered on Lebanese American CIA agent Analise Assad further establishes Vidich as a new master of the genre. Vidich ably describes daily life in a war-torn setting and convincingly highlights the dangers Analise faces as a woman in her position.”
–Publishers Weekly
Elizabeth Hand, A Haunting on the Hill
(Mulholland)
“Honoring Jackson’s story while owning this revival, Hand deploys masterful storytelling to merge the house’s familiar covetousness with witches’ tales, feminist themes of repression and unfulfilled promise, and character evolution that subtly matches the house’s growing malevolence. Pitch perfect.”
–Booklist
Lori Rader Day, The Death of Us
(William Morrow)
“Lori Rader-Day is a brilliant interrogator of complex characters and complex relationships. The Death of Us is rich and engrossing, a novel full of surprises that always ring true.”
–Lou Berney
Michele Campbell, The Intern
(St Martin’s Press)
“This page-turner from the author of It’s Always the Husband delivers a suspenseful narrative with empathetic characters, while also raising timely, provocative questions about corruption within the justice system. Perfect for fans of legal thrillers.”
–Library Journal
Nicola Lagioia (transl. Ann Goldstein), The City of the Living
(Europa Editions)
“Lagioia’s literary thriller provides a more complicated picture of crime and punishment than many crime novels, and the vivid depictions of Rome leap from the page.”
–Library Journal
Daniel Sweren-Becker, Kill Show
(Harper)
“Sweren-Becker has crafted a clever, fast-paced, utterly absorbing tale that feeds into audiences’ fascination with true crime even as it explores the complex ramifications.”
–Booklist
Yomi Adegoke, The List
(William Morrow)
“Adegoke delivers a thought-provoking account of the power of social media to amplify and to silence, as well as the devastating effects of online pileups that catch innocent bystanders in their wake. This timely novel demands to be discussed.”
–Booklist
David Mccloskey, Moscow X
(Norton)
“[An] entertaining espionage caper….McCloskey mixes the tradecraft of John le Carré with the glitz of Sidney Sheldon…to produce a narrative filled with double- and triple-crosses enriched by pitch-perfect insider details.”
–Publishers Weekly
Jo Nesbo (transl. Neil Smith), The Night House
(Knopf)
Nesbø deftly guides readers on a journey much larger than many will expect from the slim volume . . . Expectations of genre, setting, and mood are subverted as a simple horror novel unfolds into a story that encompasses grief, mid-life crises, and more.”
–Library Journal
McKenzie Funk, The Hank Show
(St. Martin’s)
“This is an account of how the lives of everyday Americans became transparent to the government, insurance companies, banks, fraudsters, and others…Excellent storytelling and impeccable research.”
–Booklist
