10 New Books Coming Out This Week

Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.

Rupert Holmes, Where the Truth Lies
(Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster)

“Holmes, who has won honors galore for his inventive storytelling on Broadway, [delivers] a giddy fun-house ride through bygone eras.”
—The New York Times Book Review

Hank Schwaeble, Normal for the Spider
(Blackstone)

“Sleek as a snake and twisty as a screw, Normal for the Spider is Hank Schwaeble in top form. Highly recommended.”
–Ronald Malfi

John Verdon, Ghost Barn
(Counterpoint)

“Verdon’s ninth and final fair-play puzzle featuring private detective Dave Gurney is a fitting send-off for an exemplary series . . . Verdon constructs an intricate, surprising mystery without sacrificing an ounce of characterization. This swan song cements Gurney’s place in the PI hall of fame.”
–Publishers Weekly

Kate Atkinson, Our Noble Selves
(Doubleday)

“Atkinson deftly blends the tragicomic spirit of Evelyn Waugh’s post-WWII novels with the cringe comedy of The Office in her latest history-mystery. . . . Excellent characterization and telling historical details in a wonderfully invigorating read.”
—Booklist

Saratoga Schaefer, A Thousand Monstrous Forms
(Crooked Lane Books)

“Haunting and evocative, the book’s realistic characters will draw readers in, and the surprising plot twists won’t let them go.”
–Library Journal

Richard Osman, We Chase Shadows
(Pamela Dorman)

“Osman is in fine form with this spry sequel to We Solve Murders. . . The adventure that ensues is brimming with Osman’s trademark wit and brio, and his characters delight. . . Keep Amy, Steve, and Rosie’s adventures coming.”
–Publishers Weekly

Kelly McWilliams, American Nightmare
(Crown)

“In McWilliams’ adult debut, the prose is strong and clear, the twentieth-century American landscape easily sucks the reader in, and the dual POV between Clark and his enemy lends the thrill of a crime novel and gives the work a page-turning momentum. . . . American Nightmare is a well-plotted historical thriller that can spark wider conversation.”
–Booklist

Allison Brennan, I’ll Be Watching You
(Hanover Square)

“Confidently paced and plotted, this addition will satisfy fans of the Angelhart series.”
–Booklist

Gary Disher, Sanctuary
(Mysterious Press)

“An intricate thriller with a surprisingly sympathetic search for security and family by master thieves.”
–Kirkus

Zoje Stage, Something of a Calling
(Blackstone)

“Stage is a writer with a gift for the lyrical and the frightening.”
–New York Times Book Review