Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Jean Kwok, The Leftover Woman
(William Morrow)
“A heart-wrenching examination of transracial adoption and its influence in the lives of a Chinese American child and the two mothers who love her.”
–Elle Magazine
Lev A.C. Rosen, The Bell in the Fog
(Forge Books)
“Gripping…Rosen’s candid portrayal of the casual cruelties perpetrated on queer people in the 1950s provides a novel and edifying foundation for a traditional mystery. Readers will be ready for the next Mills adventure as soon as this one ends”
–Publishers Weekly
Helen Garner, This House of Grief
(Pantheon)
“Garner’s book is superbly alive to the narrative dynamics of the case . . . what consumes her are the difficult questions that seem to lie beyond the reach of formal narration: the deepest assumptions of class and gender and power; the problem of how well we ever understand someone else’s motives.”
–James Wood, The New Yorker
Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness
(Abrams)
“In sharp, no-nonsense prose, Monroe describes delving into the psyches of such killers as Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and finding love with a fellow agent, with whom she survived the 1992 FBI siege at Ruby Ridge. Readers interested in criminology will devour this.”
–Publishers Weekly
Camilla Grudova, Children of Paradise
(Atlantic Books)
“There’s a strange, tortured beauty to Children of Paradise… A magnificently spiky commentary on the detrimental nature of work hierarchies and zero-hours contracts.”
–The Guardian (UK)
Chris Hadfield, The Defector
(Mulholland)
“A complex and potentially deadly Cold War drama . . . Before Hadfield was an astronaut, he was a test pilot, and this novel draws heavily on his experiences… Hadfield’s writing is superb. He is a gifted storyteller, able to take his real-world experiences and turn them into a gripping and intensely realistic fictional story.”
―Booklist
Richard Armitage, Geneva
(Pegasus)
“[A] propulsive debut. Armitage speeds his thriller around a twisty plot as hair-raising as an Olympic luge run. This promising performance demands an encore.”
–Publishers Weekly
Petra Rautiainen (transl. David Hackston), Land of Snow and Ashes
(Pushkin Press)
“A beautifully written novel and a thriller that will keep readers turning the page to find out the truth about this disgraceful chapter of Finnish history”
–Harvard Review
Caitlin Starling, Last to Leave the Room
(St Martin’s Press)
“A stylish and chilling technothriller, Last to Leave the Room had me rapt at every page. Starling once again succeeds with this tense, atmospheric tale of genius and hubris, one that will have readers question their sense of identity until the chilling end.”
–Victor Manibo
Richard Chizmar, Becoming the Boogeyman
(Gallery)
“Becoming the Boogeyman is a worthy and frightening sequel to Chizmar’s Chasing the Boogeyman. Terrific storytelling. You won’t be disappointed.”
–Stephen King
