Heroes of the Frontier
The New York Times Book Review – Barbara Kingsolver The common writerly mistake is to slight child characters for lack of a formed intelligence. But by around age 6, the psychologists tell us, we already have the I.Q. and most of the personality we're ever going to get. It's a rich combination—personhood unconstrained by the […]
How to Party With an Infant
06/27/2016 In her funny and sensitive fourth novel, Hemmings (The Descendants) explores the intersection of personhood and parenthood. Mele Bart is a single mother in San Francisco navigating the world of potty-training specialists, elite preschools, playdate etiquette, and nanny envy. To top it all off, she is contemplating attending the wedding of the father of […]
Insidious
Publishers Weekly 06/27/2016 Two complex cases propel bestseller Coulter’s absorbing 20th FBI thriller featuring married FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock (after 2015’s Nemesis). In Washington, D.C., businesswoman Venus Rasmussen, who still runs Rasmussen Industries at age 86, believes that it isn’t just her old-lady stomach the third time she suffers from food poisoning. […]
The Muse
Booklist “[A] smart blend of literary and commercial fiction with intriguing characters and a compelling mystery at its center… Burton creatively infuses historical fiction with mystery in her exploration of the far-reaching consequences of deception, the relationship between art and artist, and the complex trajectory of women’s desires.
You Will Know Me
"[Abbott] is in top form in this novel. She resumes her customary role of black cat, opaque and unblinking, filling her readers with queasy suspicion at every turn." ¯Jennifer Senior, New York Times
Someone Always Knows
Finally settled into their new home after losing their house in a fire, and fully established in their new shared offices, private investigator Sharon McCone and her business partner husband Hy are starting to feel comfortable. That calm is shattered when Hy's former colleague Gage Renshaw–a shady troublemaker who they had presumed dead–reappears, and it's […]
Truly Madly Guilty
“Captivating, suspenseful…tantalizing…Moriarty spins a vivid tale about three couples grappling with guilt as they find their way through the trials of marriage, parenting and friendship.” ¯People Magazine
The Virgin's War
“Not only has Andersen created a believable world, but characters readers have taken to heart. There is intrigue, passion, family drama, loyalty, sadness and great joy within these pages. As the novel moves quickly and intelligently to its climax, [Laura] Andersen fans will rejoice!”—RT Book Reviews
White Bone
“Another perfectly calibrated installment in Pearson’s thriller world tour (with earlier stops in Shanghai, Amsterdam, and Istanbul); puzzling clues and immersive, full-sensory descriptions of Kenya balance cutthroat international criminal networks and teeth-clenching firefights.”—Booklist
The Woman In Cabin 10
“A classic "paranoid woman" story with a modern twist in this tense, claustrophobic mystery…The cast of characters, their conversations, and the luxurious but confining setting all echo classic Agatha Christie; in fact, the structure of the mystery itself is an old one: a woman insists murder has occurred,everyone else says she's crazy. But Lo is […]