Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
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Femi Kayode, Gaslight
(Mulholland)
“Kayode delivers another ensnaring, vividly realized, suspenseful, and witty tale of a reluctant yet gifted investigator who susses out the truth about people trapped within entrenched criminality and injustice.”
–Booklist
Nalini Singh, There Should Have Been Eight
(Berkley)
“Singh writes with gripping passion and an acute eye for social commentary, all while delivering a divinely engaging mystery.”
–Entertainment Weekly
Clea Simon, To Conjure a Killer
(Polis)
“An otherworldly fun trip…I couldn’t figure out which group provided the most fun: the clueless humans or the ever-so-sly cats.”
–Mystery Scene
Katherine Howe, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself
(Henry Holt)
“Howe has created a suspenseful, swashbuckling adventure filled with fiendish characters and historical detail.”
–Library Journal, Starred Review
Richard Snow, Sailing the Graveyard Seas
(Scribner)
“[Snow] deftly recounts that mortal episode, which helped to set the Navy on a modern course. . . . [he] offers a compelling psychological portrait of the antagonists . . . Drawing on contemporary accounts, Mr. Snow vividly evokes the myriad trials faced by the so-called saplings.”
–Wall Street Journal