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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Kathy Wang, Impostor Syndrome (Custom House) “Like John le Carré filtered through Tom Wolfe, Impostor Syndrome encapsulates our Facebook anxieties perfectly.” The Millions David Gordon, Against the Law (Mysterious Press) “This one has everything, from a car chase that makes what Steve McQueen does with that Mustang in Bullitt seem like a Sunday drive, to a showdown in a Russian bathhouse that is part Marx Brothers and part Kill Bill. For anyone with a taste for blood-spattered comic capers featuring characters who vault off the page, Against the Law is an exquisite fever dream in…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Ben Winters, The Quiet Boy (Mulholland) “Winters has proved himself to be one of our most fascinating genre blenders of crime and speculative fiction, a writer who never fails to challenge his readers to embrace new ideas and new forms of reality. A wonderful, thoughtful book.” –Booklist Nancy Tucker, The First Day of Spring (Riverhead) “A stunning debut…Suspenseful? You bet. Heart-rending? From beginning to end.” –The Washington Post Sam Riviere, Dead Souls (Catapult) “Mordant, torrential, incantatory, Bolano-esque, Perec-ian, and just so explosively written that I had to …
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Stephen Mack Jones, Dead of Winter (Soho) “Like Walter Mosley and Joe Ide, Jones builds a raucous and endearing cast of characters from his inner-city setting, fusing neighborhood camaraderie with streetwise know-how and head-banging action. This is a fine thriller in the grand hard-boiled tradition, but it’s also a sensitive, multifaceted portrait of race in America.” –Booklist Linwood Barclay Find You First (William Morrow) “Barclay melds a solid, winning plot with in-depth character studies, including his supporting characters. . . The tense Find You First gains its suspense fro…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Nicci French, The Other Side of the Door (William Morrow) “A pitch-perfect thriller . . . French takes the time to tease out individual characters to a degree seldom seen in crime fiction, saving the final plot twist for the last page.” –Publishers Weekly Dominique Barberis, A Sunday in the Ville-d’Avray (Other Press) “Provocative…A study of desire and contentment, time and expectation, this slim novel raises alluring questions about paths not taken…fans of Patrick Modiano will appreciate this.” –Publishers Weekly Sarah Blau, The Others (Mulholland) “A compelling and often…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Jessica Fellowes, The Mitford Trial (Minotaur) “Inspired by the larger-than-life Mitford family and a real-life murder, Fellowes delivers a ripping-good read.” –Booklist Allie Reynolds, Shiver (Putnam) “Deep in the breathtaking winter bleakness of the French Alps, revenge—and perhaps even murder—is most definitely afoot…This suspenseful debut thriller by a former freestyle snowboarder contains both style and substance.” –Kirkus Reviews Lisa Gardner, Before She Disappeared (Dutton) “Fans of this incredible author, police procedurals, timely immigrant stories, strong determin…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Jonathan Ames, A Man Named Doll (Mulholland) “While the macabre seriousness of the crimes and the narrator’s good-nature and sardonic humor might seem to be at odds, Ames makes it work through assured plotting, superb local color, and excellent prose. Readers will happily root for Doll, a good detective and a decent human, in this often funny and grisly outing.” –Publishers Weekly Zhanna Slor, At The End of the World, Turn Left (Agora Books) “This wonderful debut is a match for patrons who enjoyed Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (2000) or Rachel Zhong’s Goodbye, Vitamin (2017). It’s al…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Bryan Christy, In The Company of Killers (Putnam) “Christy makes his fiction debut with an exceptional adventure thriller… A riveting plot, complex characters, deep backstory, and an engrossing setting enhance this finely written novel about justice, personal responsibility, and saving the environment.” –Publishers Weekly Edward White, The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock (W.W. Norton & Co.) “White distinguishes his work with an inspired approach…. An absorbing, thoughtful, and balanced look at a master of his medium.” –Library Journal Mariah Fredericks, Death of a Showma…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Flynn Berry, Northern Spy (Viking) “Thrillingly good . . . Flynn Berry shows a le Carré-like flair for making you wonder what’s really going on at any given moment . . . Berry won an Edgar for Under the Harrow in 2017. Here comes another contender.” –The Washington Post Erik Hoel, The Revelations (Overlook Press) “Erik Hoel has crafted an audacious literary thriller. The Revelations is hilarious and deeply serious, heady and carnal and intellectual, all at once.” –Catherine Chung Wallace Stroby, Heaven’s a Lie (Mulholland) “Tough and touching…Blue collar grit meets noir, then…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Thomas Perry, The Left-Handed Twin (Mysterious Press) “Perry seasons the fast-moving chase narrative with engrossing details about becoming a new person, from constructing a false identity to relearning how to move through daily life in an unrecognizable way. This time, though, there is a stunning extra: with the mobsters closing in, Jane hopes to lose her pursuers by hiking Maine’s Hundred-Mile Wilderness, the most arduous stretch of the Appalachian Trail…Another stunner from a modern master.” ― Booklist (starred) Kevin Birmingham, The Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky and the Gentl…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Victoria Helen Stone, The Last One Home (Lake Union) “Stone gradually reveals her multifaceted characters’ secrets as the intricate, fast-paced plot builds to a surprising conclusion. Fans of dark, twisted tales of dysfunctional families will be satisfied.” –Publishers Weekly Paula Munier, The Hiding Place (Minotaur) “The sequel to Blind Search is a riveting, fast-paced story of family and small-town secrets. Tension builds quickly in the emotional story involving unforgettable working dogs and the people who love them.” –Library Journal Allison Brennan, Tell No Lies (MIRA)…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Val McDermid, 1979 (Atlantic) “McDermid is at her considerable best here, raising the stakes ever higher and conjuring the atmosphere of the newsroom so strongly that the cigarette smoke will have you coughing. The good news is that this excellent novel marks the start of a new series.” Laura Wilson, The Guardian John Banville, April in Spring (Hanover Square) “Sumptous, propulsive and utterly transporting, APRIL IN SPAIN is the work of a master writer at the top of his game.” Bookreporter Tess Little, The Last Guest (Ballantine) “Little intercuts the party’s aftermath with…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Pamela Dorman Books) “Osman follows The Thursday Murder Club, his supremely entertaining debut, with an even better second installment. . . A clever, funny mystery peopled with captivating characters that enhance the story at every quirky turn.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review) James Queally, All These Ashes (Polis) “Queally, himself a former crime reporter for the Star-Ledger in New Jersey, brings both reporting expertise and novelistic flair to this second Avery mystery. Absorbing throughout.” Booklist (Starred Review) Loren Estleman, C…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Doubleday) “Two-time Pulitzer winner Whitehead (The Nickel Boys) returns with a sizzling heist novel set in civil rights–era Harlem.” Publishers Weekly, starred review Julia Dahl, The Darkest Hours (Minotaur Books) “A fast-paced thriller with multiple perspectives.. [Dahl] provides a timely story about an always relevant topic.” Library Journal Tori Eldridge, The Ninja Betrayed (Agora Books) “Eldridge’s series just keeps getting better. While readers can enjoy this book without having read the first two, a series highlight is Lily’s evoluti…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Alma Katsu, Red Widow (Putnam) “Katsu, a longtime intelligence analyst for the C.I.A. and N.S.A, writes what she’s most professionally familiar with after years in the paranormal and horror noel trenches. The plotting is sophisticated and laced with surprises, but what stands out most is the emotional core of Lyndsey and Theresa’s alliance, and whether there is room, in a nest of vipers, for true sisterhood.” –The New York Times Book Review Camilla Sten, (transl. Alexandra Fleming), The Lost Village (Minotaur) “Very hard to put down…delivers maximum dread with remarkable restrain…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * William Kent Krueger, Lightning Strike (Atria Books) “This sensitive, moving prequel introduces and draws readers into the series. Krueger has written another perceptive coming-of-age novel, the poignant story of a father and son trying to understand each other.” –Library Journal (starred review) Peter Heller, The Guide (Knopf) “Heller is an expert at building suspense, and he’s a first-rate nature writer, lending authenticity to the wealth of wilderness details he provides… The Guide is a glorious getaway in every sense, a wild wilderness trip as well as a suspenseful journey to…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Melissa Ginsburg, The House Uptown (Flatiron) “Melissa Ginsburg’s page-turner is a devastatingly simple trap: characters so beguiling you settle in for a charming coming-of-age fable before realizing the spring is snapping shut on an inexorable and satisfying calamity. The theme is the-past-isn’t-dead-it-isn’t-even-past, but painted not with Faulkner’s heavy hand so much as with the crisp ingenuity of Ross Macdonald.” –Jonathan Lethem, Harlan Coben, Win (Grand Central) “Twisty—and we’d expect no less from the author of hot thrillers like Tell No One and Missing You.” –AARP Nadi…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night (Del Rey) “It’s hard to describe how much fun this novel is—Moreno-Garcia, whose Mexican Gothic (2020) gripped readers last year, proves to be just as good at noir as she is at horror. The novel features memorable characters, taut pacing, an intricate plot, and antiheroes you can’t help but root for. A noir masterpiece.” –Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Jonathan Santlofer, The Last Mona Lisa (Sourcebooks) “The Last Mona Lisa brings together past and present, seasons it with intriguing characters, and brushes it with plot twists that you d…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Andrea Bartz, We Were Never Here (Ballantine) “Bartz takes the idea of a ‘frenemy’ to new heights. . . . Yet another expert vivisection of female modes of communication and competition.” –Los Angeles Times Megan Abbott, The Turnout (Putnam) “Abbott’s novels are often described as crime fiction, and, while indeed she works with mystery and suspense and draws on noir and Gothic tropes, her goal seems less to construct intricate, double-crossing plot problems than to explore the dark side of femininity….In other words, Megan Abbott is a mood.” –The New York Times Book Review Nao…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Megan Miranda, Such a Quiet Place (Simon and Schuster) “Miranda, who makes the setting, where everyone knows one another and ends up fearing one another, all the more chilling for its seeming normality, is a master of misdirection and sudden plot twists, leading up to a wallop of an ending. A powerful, paranoid thriller.” –Booklist Ace Atkins, The Heathens (Putnam) “Exceptional. . . Atkins artfully alternates between that pursuit and Colson’s search for the people he believes slaughtered Byrd. The diverse cast of characters and their intricate relationships elevate this above mos…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Christina McDonald, Do No Harm (Gallery Books) “McDonald offers a painful look at two hot-button topics: the desperate opioid crisis, and a system that allows the cost of cancer pharmaceuticals to extend far beyond the reach of so many. Is what Emma does an unforgivable betrayal of her medical oath, her husband, and herself? It will be up to the reader to decide if the ends justify the means.” –Booklist Charles Finch, An Extravagant Death (Minotaur) “Lenox’s latest adventure has humanity, heart, and humor; it offers a captivating glimpse of America’s richest citizens in the late …
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Dea Poirier, After You Died (Agora Books) “Nicely written…The engrossing narrative switches between Asher’s reality and the fantasy world of his increasingly disturbing dreams, until the two realms seem to merge.” –Publishers Weekly Glen Erik Hamilton, Island of Thieves (William Morrow) “The island of thieves is poised for a reenactment of Lord of the Flies. As ever, Van proves to be a wry, reliable guide through the relentless action of Hamilton’s always thrilling series.” –BookPage Miranda Beverly-Whitmore, Fierce Little Thing (Flatiron) “Written in beautiful prose…Captiva…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Samantha Downing, For Your Own Good (Berkley) Just finished reading this wonderfully dark, twisty and compelling thriller set in a prestigious private school. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end.” –B.A. Paris Owen Matthews, Red Traitor (Doubleday) “Cold War buffs will particularly enjoy the ride, though any reader who appreciates the finer points of espionage and foreign intrigue will also be well satisfied.” –Publisher’s Weekly Daniel Silva, The Cellist (Harper) “Gabriel Allon goes after the deadliest weapon at the Russian president’s disposal—his money…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears (Flatiron) “Razorblade Tears is superb. No doubt, S. A. Cosby is not only the future of crime fiction but of any fiction where the words are strong, the characters are strong and the story has a resonance that cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our times.” Michael Connelly T.J. Newman, Falling (Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster) “One of the year’s best thrillers . . . This novel is like the films Die Hard and Speed on steroids . . . Newman keeps up an extreme pace from the first page.” Library Journal Tess Gerritse…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Laurie Flynn, The Girls Are All So Nice Here (Simon and Schuster) “A sharp, pitch-black thriller that takes the mean-girls trope to another level.” –Kirkus Donna Leon, Transient Desires (Atlantic Monthly Press) “Atmospheric . . . The action builds to a thrilling denouement involving coast guard boats and navy commandos.” –Publishers Weekly J.T. Ellison, Her Dark Lies (MIRA) “Mesmerizing…Fans of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca will want to check out this compulsively readable tale.” –Publishers Weekly Kate Quinn, The Rose Code (William Morrow) “Quinn (The Huntress) retu…
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Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Laura Lippman, Dream Girl (William Morrow) “Lippman never stops twisting the plot into a deliciously intricate pretzel, right up to the jaw-dropping finale. This is both a beguiling look at the mysteries of authorship and a powerful #MeToo novel, but that’s only the tip of a devilishly jagged iceberg…” –Booklist Nicci French, What To Do If Someone Dies (William Morrow) “Crisply written, intelligently plotted and has plenty to say about the necessary selfishness of grief.” –The Guardian Joe Lansdale, Moon Lake (Mulholland) “Lansdale nails the storyline, nails the susp…
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