Admin_99 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Bethany C. Morrow, Cherish Farrah (Dutton) “Morrow returns to adult fiction with a chilling thriller about race, class, and female friendship… The shocking ending to this suspenseful novel with a masterfully drawn narrative voice will leave readers breathless.” Booklist Sara Gran, The Book of the Most Precious Substances (Dreamland Books) “Gran perfectly captures the eccentric world of antiquarian bookselling while portraying a profound and magical reckoning with loss and the possibility of going on. She has outdone herself. ” Publishers Weekly, starred review Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Berkley Books) “While the follow-up to Arsenic and Adobo is a cozy mystery, it’s darker, dealing with PTSD, predatory behavior, dismissive attitudes toward mental health, and other issues. Filipino American food and culture, as well as family and community, remain essential elements in the story.” Library Journal, starred review Henry Farthing, The Ghost Moths (Blackstone) “Farthing’s sprawling plot unfolds in short, elegantly written chapters…An ambitious, stylishly written, thought-provoking tale.” Kirkus Reviews Kristen Bird, The Night She Went Missing (MIRA) “Bird’s gripping debut…does a good job dramatizing the extraordinary lengths mothers will go to protect their children. This twisty…tale of misdeeds among the privileged shows real promise.” Publishers Weekly Emilya Naymark, Behind the Lie (Crooked Lane) “Naymark hits the rhythms of small-town life perfectly and maintains tension by alternating perspectives. Lisa Unger fans will want to take a look.” Publishers Weekly, starred review Sarah Blake, Clean Air (Algonquin) “[An] engrossing and suspenseful tale that simultaneously delivers a lyrical homage to motherhood and a piercing vision of the fragility of humankind’s relationship with the natural world.” Booklist Calla Henkel, Other People’s Clothes (Doubleday) “Absorbing and electric…Henkel masterfully brings every inch of Hailey and Zoe’s world to life with her live-wire prose.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review Jonathan Kellerman, City of the Dead (Ballantine) “The death of a naked man, hit early one morning by a van near the UCLA campus, kicks off bestseller Kellerman’s complex 37th Alex Delaware novel (after 2021’s Serpentine).” Publishers Weekly Rick Bleiweiss, Pignon Scorbion and the Barbershop Detectives (Blackstone) “Bleiweiss’s entertaining debut introduces Chief Police Insp. Pignon Scorbion…Golden age fans appreciative of a light approach to traditional tropes will be eager for a sequel.” Publishers Weekly View the full article Michael Neff Algonkian Producer New York Pitch Director Author, Development Exec, Editor We are the makers of novels, and we are the dreamers of dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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