Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Jonathan Kellerman, Jesse Kellerman, The Burning
(Ballantine)
“Edison is an interesting protagonist, a good man for whom finding the truth is more important than anything else, including his own safety. He’s gentle and strong, compassionate and ruthless, methodical and impulsive.”
Booklist
Andrea Camilleri, Riccardino
(trans. from the Italian by Stephen Sartarelli)(Penguin)
“Incisive wit colors this insightful and intriguing farewell. The sad, poetic ending is perfect.”
Publishers Weekly
Lincoln Michel, The Body Scout
(Orbit)
“Completely weird and still completely real. Delightful—I couldn’t put it down.”
Shea Serrano
Jon McGregor, Lean Fall Stand
(Catapult)
“Lean Fall Stand is a beautiful piece of work and should win a roomful of prizes. Jon McGregor writes plainly and exactly, like a poet, and the precision of his writing makes every heart-beat register. The quality of his attention is a flicker of light around the fragile human condition, and it leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story.”
Hilary Mantel
Craig Johnson, Daughter of the Morning Star
(Viking)
“As usual, Longmire, a Vietnam War vet, shrugs off some serious physical knocks, including falling into a canyon, on the way to a dramatic showdown with a killer and a bittersweet if hopeful ending. Fans will hope the sheriff has no plans to retire soon.”
Publishers Weekly
Jean-Patrick Manchette, The N’Gusto Affair
(New York Review of Books)
I believe Jean-Patrick Manchette is one of the greatest writers since Dashiell Hammett. . . . Like Hammett before him, Manchette stands apart, further yet to the left, as extreme and as far as any writer has yet dared to stand.”
David Peace
Kate Moretti, The Spires
(Thomas & Mercer)
“Moretti…amps up the betrayals inch by inch until you’re wondering if things can possibly get worse.”
Kirkus Reviews
Kerry Anne King, Other People’s Things
(Lake Union)
“Other People’s Things is a mesmerizing novel with an unforgettable, indomitable heroine. Kerry Anne King is at the top of her game, weaving humor and magic and reality into a story that shines with surprise.”
Maddie Dawson
Jane Casey, The Killing Kind
(HarperCollins)
“Nobody understands the dark gap between justice and the law better than Jane Casey.”
Val McDermid
Jane Ward, In the Aftermath
(She Writes Press)
“Ward masterfully builds a sense of dread with mundane details in the first section, and the way that she finds significance in moments of ordinary, everyday life is reminiscent of the work of Anne Tyler. This deeply empathetic novel deals sensitively with difficult subjects. . . . An insightful and psychologically astute story of ordinary people moving forward after personal tragedy.”
Kirkus Reviews
