She's Not There
Engrossing . . . The characters pulsate with life.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Death of a Nurse
"Macbeth, when roused to action, is very canny at solving mysteries, and the Highlands setting is always satisfying. A fine mix of eccentric characters, vivid landscape, and engaging mystery."¯Booklist
Two If By Sea
“A gripping new family drama… Mitchard deftly weaves together domestic drama with taut suspense as she builds to a heart-stopping climax…Mitchard explores new territory in this unusual and suspenseful tale.” (Booklist)
Hanging Mary
The untold story of Lincoln's Assassination 1864, Washington City. One has to be careful with talk of secession, of Confederate whispers falling on Northern ears. Better to speak only when in the company of the trustworthy. Like Mrs. Surratt. A widow who runs a small boardinghouse on H Street, Mary Surratt isn't half as committed […]
The Portable Veblen
Publishers Weekly ¡ï 09/21/2015 A marriage proposal opens this offbeat and winning novel by New Yorker contributor and author McKenzie (Stop That Girl). Thirty-year-old Veblen Amundsen-Hovda, ¡°independent behaviorist… and freelance self,¡± has only known Paul Vreeland, a 34-year-old neurologist, for three months. This might explain Veblen¡¯s feeling of trouble, ¡°as if rushing toward a disaster,¡± […]
Early Autumn
Overview: A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own. With a contract out on his life, he […]
A Friend of Mr. Lincoln
¡ï 11/16/2015 Bestselling author Harrigan¡¯s 10th book, after 2011¡¯s Remember Ben Clayton, is superb historical fiction focusing on the period 1832¨C1861, from Lincoln¡¯s early years as a tireless circuit-riding lawyer and Illinois state legislator to his election as the 16th president. Lincoln¡¯s fictional friend here is Cage Weatherby, a struggling poet who first meets Lincoln […]
The Quality of Silence
Publishers Weekly š 12/21/2015 Astrophysicist Yasmin Alfredson, the heroine of this heart-stopping page-turner from bestseller Lupton (Afterwards), makes a desperate gamble to save her marriage and flies with her deaf 10-year-old daughter, Ruby, from their home in London to Alaska, where her husband, Matt, a wildlife filmmaker, has been shooting in a remote area north […]
The Ex
Publishers Weekly 10/26/2015 Near the start of bestseller Burke’s gripping standalone, New York City DA Olivia Randall receives a desperate phone call from the school-age daughter of her ex-fiancé, Jack Harris, whose wife, Molly, was killed in a mass shooting three years earlier at Manhattan’s Penn Station. Jack has now been implicated in a triple […]
Brotherhood In Death
Library Journal 09/01/2015 In this latest starring Lt. Eve Dallas, Dennis Mira is about to chastise his cousin, judge/senator Edward Mira, for selling their grandfather's West Village brownstone when Edward appears, battered and bloodied, then promptly vanishes.