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In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of October 19th and October 26th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.
This week, we are calling attention to our first “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event, which will take place on Thursday, November 19th at 8pm ET. Our special guest will be Jeanine Cummins, the author of AMERICAN DIRT. We will be embracing a new format for this program. Carol Fitzgerald will chat with Jeanine, and then we are planning to have 15 book group participants who have read the book join the conversation, asking Jeanine questions and telling us about their reading experience. Other readers are invited to join as audience members to watch the program --- and in the last 10 minutes, we will entertain questions from this group. If you would like to attend this event as a participant or as an audience member, sign up here by Monday, November 16th at 10am ET.
Also, we are sharing Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Lisa Jewell, whose new psychological thriller, INVISIBLE GIRL (an upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On pick), is about a young woman’s disappearance and a group of strangers whose lives intersect in its wake. Lisa reveals her inspiration for the book, which came from a rather innocuous sighting that got her imagination going. She also talks about the incel ideology, which one of her characters has embraced, and the strange ways that it has crept into society. And she gives us her thoughts on perfectionism --- how it influences her work and affects her life in general. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.
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Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
As so many book and author events are happening online these days, we are highlighting a number of them that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links below for more info and to register.
October 5-25: Boston Book Festival
Here are some virtual author panels you may want to attend. Click here for the full schedule.
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Thursday, October 22nd at 6pm ET: Reading Like a Writer: Perspective: Margot Livesey (THE BOY IN THE FIELD), Rishi Reddi (PASSAGE WEST)
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Friday, October 23rd at 6pm ET: Fiction at the End of the World: Lydia Millet (A CHILDREN'S BIBLE), Jenny Offill (WEATHER)
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Saturday, October 24th at 11:45am ET: Fiction: Don't Look Behind You: Stephen Chbosky (IMAGINARY FRIEND), Joe Hill (FULL THROTTLE), Paul Tremblay (SURVIVOR SONG), Jen Waite (SURVIVAL INSTINCTS)
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Sunday, October 25th at 1pm ET: Fiction: Witches and Other Bad Heroines: Quan Barry (WE RIDE UPON STICKS), emily m. danforth (PLAIN BAD HEROINES), Layne Fargo (THEY NEVER LEARN), Alix E. Harrow (THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES)
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Sunday, October 25th at 3:45pm ET: Homeland Elegies: Ayad Akhtar (HOMELAND ELEGIES)
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Sunday, October 25th at 6pm ET: Memoir: Extraordinary Beginnings (pre-recorded): Mikel Jollett (HOLLYWOOD PARK), Megan Margulies (MY CAPTAIN AMERICA), Honor Moore (OUR REVOLUTION)
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Sunday, October 25th at 6pm ET: Memoir: Secrets, Lies, and the Mysteries of Our Youth (pre-recorded): Betsy Bonner (THE BOOK OF ATLANTIS BLACK), Nick Flynn (THIS IS THE NIGHT OUR HOUSE WILL CATCH FIRE), Helen Fremont (THE ESCAPE ARTIST)
Wednesday, October 21st at 3pm ET: Warwick's Virtual Event: Warwick's will host John Grisham as he discusses his new book, A TIME FOR MERCY, and answers YOUR questions. Submit your question here.
Wednesday, October 21st at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": Every Wednesday, Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry and Mary Alice Monroe talk books and writing on their "Friends and Fiction" Facebook group page. Their special guest will be Elizabeth Berg, who will talk about her upcoming memoir, I'LL BE SEEING YOU.
Wednesday, October 21st at 9pm ET: Live Talks Los Angeles Virtual Event: Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey will be in conversation with John Grisham discussing his memoir, GREENLIGHTS.
Sunday, October 25th at 3pm ET: Murder By The Book Virtual Event: Join Murder By The Book for an online event featuring Lee Child and Andrew Child, who have teamed up to write the latest installment in the Jack Reacher series, THE SENTINEL. They will be in conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan, whose most recent novel is THE FIRST TO LIE.
Sunday, October 25th at 7pm ET: Elliott Bay Book Company Virtual Event: Novelist Jess Walter will read from and talk about his new novel, THE COLD MILLIONS. He will be joined in conversation by Timothy Egan, the award-winning author of numerous books, most recently A PILGRIMAGE TO ETERNITY.
Tuesday, October 27th at 2pm ET: Simon & Schuster's Book Club Favorites Online Event: Andrew David MacDonald will join members of the Simon & Schuster team for a Facebook Live Book Club chat about WHEN WE WERE VIKINGS, which is now in paperback and is this month's pick for S&S's Book Club Favorites.
Tuesday, October 27th at 7pm ET: Barnes & Noble Virtual Book Club Event: Barnes & Noble will host a Facebook Live discussion for their October book club pick, LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, featuring author Rumaan Alam.
This Week's Bonus News:
Announcing Our First “Bookaccino Live” Book Group Event with Jeanine Cummins, Author of AMERICAN DIRT,
on Thursday, November 19th at 8pm ET
On Thursday, November 19th at 8pm ET, we will host our first “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event via Zoom. Our special guest will be Jeanine Cummins, who will discuss AMERICAN DIRT, an Oprah’s Book Club selection and a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
For this event, there will be two ways to participate.
Fifteen guests who have read AMERICAN DIRT will join Carol Fitzgerald "on stage" to be part of the discussion, interacting with Jeanine and giving us their feedback on the book.
Other readers will watch the event and will be able to pose a question during the last 10 minutes of the program.
If you would like to attend the event as a participant or as an audience member, please sign up here by Monday, November 16th at 10am ET. We will send the link and password for the program on the morning of the 19th. If you are one of the 15 on-stage participants, we will confirm with you by the 17th. Our room can hold up to 500 attendees, so feel free to invite your friends and fellow book group members.
Click here to sign up for our first "Bookaccino Live" Book Group event.
On Sale the Week of October 19th in Hardcover
October 20th
CARY GRANT: A Brilliant Disguise by Scott Eyman (Biography)
Born Archibald Leach in 1904, Cary Grant came to America as a teenaged acrobat to find fame and fortune, but he was always haunted by his past. His father was a feckless alcoholic, and his mother was committed to an asylum when Archie was 11. He believed her to be dead until he was informed she was alive when he was 31. Because of this experience, Grant would have difficulty forming close attachments throughout his life. He married five times and had numerous affairs. Despite a remarkable degree of success, Grant remained deeply conflicted about his past, his present, his basic identity, and even the public that worshipped him. Drawing on Grant’s own papers, extensive archival research, and interviews with family and friends, this is the definitive portrait of a movie immortal.
Simon & Schuster | 9781501192111
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman (Historical Mystery)
England, 1191. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar, England’s vaunted Mistress of the Art of Death, is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie, to carry on her craft. Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie is sent to Ely, where her path will cross with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for her. A village girl has disappeared --- and she’s not the first. Over the past few months, several girls from the villages surrounding Ely have vanished. When the body of one of the missing is discovered, Allie manages to examine the remains before burial. The results lead her to suspect that a monstrous predator is on the loose.
William Morrow | 9780062562388
A DOG'S PERFECT CHRISTMAS by W. Bruce Cameron (Fiction)
The problems fracturing the Goss family as Christmas approaches are hardly unique, though perhaps they are handling them a little differently than most people might. But then a true emergency arises, one with the potential to ruin not only Christmas, but everything holding the family together. Is the arrival of a lost puppy yet another in the string of calamities facing them, or could the little canine be just what they all need?
Forge Books | 9781250163585
EX LIBRIS: 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani (Literary Criticism/Essays)
In the introduction to her new collection of essays, Michiko Kakutani writes: "In a world riven by political and social divisions, literature can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures and religions, national boundaries and historical eras. It can give us an understanding of lives very different from our own, and a sense of the shared joys and losses of human experience." Readers will discover novels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today’s most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation.
Clarkson Potter | 9780525574972
THE FALL OF SHANNARA: THE LAST DRUID by Terry Brooks (Fantasy)
Since he first began the Shannara saga in 1977, Terry Brooks has had a clear idea of how the series should end, and now that moment is at hand. As the Four Lands reels under the Skaar invasion --- spearheaded by a warlike people determined to make this land their own --- our heroes must decide what they will risk to save the integrity of their home. Even as one group remains to defend the Four Lands, another is undertaking a perilous journey across the sea to the Skaar homeland, carrying with them a new piece of technology that could change the face of the world forever. And yet a third is trapped in a deadly realm from which there may be no escape.
Del Rey | 9780399178542
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR by Rose Carlyle (Psychological Thriller)
Cynical and insecure, Iris has long been envious of her twin sister Summer’s seemingly never-ending good fortune, including her perfect husband, Adam. Called to Thailand to help her sister sail the family yacht to the Seychelles, Iris nurtures her own secret hopes for what might happen on the journey. But when she unexpectedly finds herself alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean, everything changes. When she makes it to land, Iris allows herself to be swept up by Adam, who assumes that she is Summer. With her sister gone, Iris is one step closer to the hundred-million-dollar inheritance left by her manipulative father. On the edge of being exposed, how far will she go to ensure no one discovers the truth? And just what did happen to Summer on the yacht?
William Morrow | 9780063030145
GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey (Memoir)
I’ve been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me. Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries. I found stories I experienced, lessons I learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions, beliefs about what matters, some great photographs, and a whole bunch of bumper stickers. So I took a one-way ticket to the desert and wrote this book: an album, a record, a story of my life so far.
Crown | 9780593139134
MAKE ME RAIN: Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni (Poetry)
For more than 50 years, Nikki Giovanni’s poetry has inspired, enlightened and dazzled readers. As sharp and outspoken as ever, this artist long hailed as a healer and a sage returns with this profound book of poetry in which she continues to call attention to injustice and give readers an unfiltered look into the most private parts of herself. In MAKE ME RAIN, she celebrates her loved ones and unapologetically declares her pride in her black heritage, while exploring the enduring impact of the twin sins of racism and white nationalism.
William Morrow | 9780062995285
THE MIRROR MAN by Jane Gilmartin (Science Fiction/Thriller)
The offer is too tempting: be part of a scientific breakthrough, step out of his life for a year, and be paid hugely for it. When ViMed Pharmaceutical asks Jeremiah to be part of an illegal cloning experiment, he sees it as a break from an existence he feels disconnected from. No one will know he’s been replaced --- not the son who ignores him, not his increasingly distant wife --- since a revolutionary drug called Meld can transfer his consciousness and memories to his copy. From a luxurious apartment, he watches the clone navigate his day-to-day life. But soon Jeremiah discovers that examining himself from an outsider’s perspective isn’t what he thought it would be, and he watches in horror as “his” life spirals out of control.
Mira | 9780778309642
PLAIN BAD HEROINES written by emily m. danforth, with illustrations by Sara Lautman (Gothic Fiction)
Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary’s book splayed beside them. Less than five years later, the school closes its doors forever --- but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property. Over a century later, Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer Merritt Emmons publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the “haunted and cursed” Gilded Age institution.
William Morrow | 9780062942852
THE SILENCE by Don DeLillo (Fiction)
It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022. Five people, dinner, an apartment on the east side of Manhattan. The retired physics professor and her husband and her former student waiting for the couple who will join them from what becomes a dramatic flight from Paris. The conversation ranges from a survey telescope in North-central Chile to a favorite brand of bourbon to Einstein’s 1912 Manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity. Then something happens, and the digital connections that have transformed our lives are severed. What follows is a dazzling and profoundly moving conversation about what makes us human.
Scribner | 9781982164553
TO HOLD UP THE SKY by Cixin Liu (Science Fiction/Short Stories)
In TO HOLD UP THE SKY, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space --- from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physics to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself. Written between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China.
Tor Books | 9781250306081
On Sale the Week of October 19th in Paperback
October 20th
ATTICUS FINCH: The Biography: Harper Lee, Her Father, and the Making of an American Icon by Joseph Crespino (Biography)
The publication of GO SET A WATCHMAN in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a small-town racist. In ATTICUS FINCH, historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee's father provided the central inspiration for each of her books. A lawyer and newspaperman, A. C. Lee was a principled opponent of mob rule, yet he was also a racial paternalist. Harper Lee created the Atticus of WATCHMAN out of the ambivalence she felt toward white southerners like him. But when a militant segregationist movement arose that mocked his values, she revised the character in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD to defend her father and to remind the South of its best traditions.
Basic Books | 9781541644939
THE BOY FROM THE WOODS by Harlan Coben (Thriller)
Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. Now an adult, he still doesn't know where he comes from, and another child has gone missing. No one seems to take Naomi Pine's disappearance seriously, not even her father --- with one exception. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde, with whom she shares a tragic connection, to use his unique skills to help find Naomi. Wilde can't ignore an outcast in trouble, but in order to find Naomi, he must venture back into the community where he has never fit in, a place where the powerful are protected even when they harbor secrets that could destroy the lives of millions.
Grand Central Publishing | 9781538748206
CHRISTMAS AT THE ISLAND HOTEL by Jenny Colgan (Fiction)
Paperback Original
On a tiny, beautiful and remote island, a new hotel opening is a big event. New mother Flora MacKenzie and her brother, Fintan, are working themselves half to death to get it ready in time for Christmas. Its impressive kitchens throw together two unlikely new friends. Isla Gregor is a hardworking young girl who has been a waitress in the island's cafe, dreaming of a bigger, better life. Konstantin Pederson is working his way up in the hotel's kitchens too…but he is also, secretly, the only son of the Duke of Utsire. Konstantin has been sent to learn what it is to work hard for a living, before receiving his inheritance. As the island’s residents and special VIP guests gather for the grand opening gala, Christmas is in the air. But so are more than a few small-town secrets.
William Morrow Paperbacks | 9780062911285
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS ON TRADD STREET by Karen White (Fiction)
The ongoing excavation of the centuries-old cistern in the garden of Melanie Trenholm’s historic Tradd Street home has been a huge millstone, both financially and aesthetically. Local students are thrilled by the possibility of unearthing more Colonial-era artifacts at the cistern, but Melanie is concerned by the ghosts connected to it that have suddenly invaded her life and her house. A past adversary is convinced there is a long-lost Revolutionary War treasure buried somewhere on the property Melanie inherited --- untold riches rumored to have been brought over from France by the Marquis de Lafayette himself and intended to help the Colonial war effort. This person will stop at nothing to possess it, even if it means destroying everything Melanie and Jack hold dear.
Berkley | 9780399584985
THE CONTENDER: The Story of Marlon Brando by William J. Mann (Biography)
The most influential movie actor of his era, Marlon Brando changed the way other actors perceived their craft. His approach was natural, honest and deeply personal, resulting in performances --- most notably in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront --- that are without parallel. Brando’s impact on American culture matches his professional significance; he both challenged and codified our ideas of masculinity and sexuality. Brando was also one of the first stars to use his fame as a platform to address social, political and moral issues, courageously calling out America’s deeply rooted racism. William Mann’s biography of the Hollywood legend illuminates this culture icon for a new age.
Harper Paperbacks | 9780062427724
THE COOKBOOK CLUB: A Novel of Food and Friendship by Beth Harbison (Fiction)
Paperback Original
Margo Everson sees the call out for The Cookbook Club and knows she has found her people. Recently dumped by her self-absorbed husband, she has little to show for her marriage but a dilapidated old farm house and a collection of well-loved cookbooks. Aja Alexander just hopes her new-found friends won’t notice that she gets queasy every time she looks at food. It’s hard hiding a pregnancy, especially one she can’t bring herself to share with her wealthy boyfriend and his snooty mother. Trista Walker left the cutthroat world of the law behind and decided her fate was to open a restaurant…not the most secure choice ever. The women bond immediately, but it’s not all popovers with melted brie and blackberry jam.
William Morrow Paperbacks | 9780062958624
DREAMS OF EL DORADO: A History of the American West by H. W. Brands (History)
In DREAMS OF EL DORADO, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame --- and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise. But El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East.
Basic Books | 9781541672543
THE GERMAN HOUSE by Annette Hess, translated by Elisabeth Lauffer (Historical Fiction)
Eager for her wealthy suitor, Jürgen Schoormann, to propose, Eva Bruhns dreams of starting a new life away from her parents and sister. But Eva’s plans are turned upside down when an investigator, David Miller, hires her as a translator for a war crimes trial. As she becomes more deeply involved in the Frankfurt Trials, Eva begins to question her family’s silence on the war and her future. Though it means going against the wishes of her family and her lover, Eva, propelled by her own conscience, joins a team of fiery prosecutors determined to bring the Nazis to justice --- a decision that will help change the present and the past of her nation.
HarperVia | 9780062910301
GIRL by Edna O’Brien (Fiction)
I was a girl once, but not anymore. So begins GIRL, Edna O’Brien’s harrowing portrayal of the young women abducted by Boko Haram. Set in the deep countryside of northeast Nigeria, this is a brutal story of incarceration, horror and hunger; a hair-raising escape into the manifold terrors of the forest; and a descent into the labyrinthine bureaucracy and hostility awaiting a victim who returns home with a child blighted by enemy blood.
Picador | 9781250239914
HOW THE DEAD SPEAK: A Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Novel by Val McDermid (Mystery/Thriller)
Construction is suddenly halted on the redevelopment of an orphanage after dozens of skeletons are found buried in the grounds. Forensic examination reveals they date from between 20 and 40 years ago, when the nuns were running their repressive regime. But then a different set of skeletons are discovered in a far corner, young men from as recent as 10 years ago. When newly promoted DI Paula McIntyre learns that one of the male skeletons is that of a killer who is supposedly alive and behind bars --- and the subject of one of Carol Jordan’s miscarriage investigations --- it brings Tony Hill and Carol irresistibly into each other’s orbit once again.
Grove Press | 9780802157348
THE INNOCENTS by Michael Crummey (Historical Fiction)
A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them alive. Muddling through the severe round of the seasons, through years of meager catches and storms and ravaging illness, it is their fierce loyalty to each other that motivates and sustains them. But as seasons pass and they wade deeper into the mystery of their own natures, even that loyalty will be tested.
Anchor | 9781984898234
MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN: Essays by Leslie Jamison (Essays)
In its kaleidoscopic sweep, MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN creates a profound exploration of the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession. Among Leslie Jamison's subjects are 52 Blue, deemed "the loneliest whale in the world"; the eerie past-life memories of children; the devoted citizens of an online world called Second Life; the haunted landscape of the Sri Lankan Civil War; and an entire museum dedicated to the relics of broken relationships. Jamison follows these examinations to more personal reckonings --- with elusive men and ruptured romances, with marriage and maternity --- in essays about eloping in Las Vegas, becoming a stepmother and giving birth.
Back Bay Books | 9780316259651
MIDWINTER MURDER: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery by Agatha Christie (Mystery/Short Stories)
Paperback Original
There’s a chill in the air, and the days are growing shorter. It’s the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fire with these wintry whodunits from the legendary Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This chilling compendium of short stories --- some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple --- is an essential omnibus for Christie fans and the perfect holiday gift for mystery lovers.
William Morrow Paperbacks | 9780063030367
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo (Supernatural Thriller/Dark Fantasy)
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs and much, much worse. In fact, by age 20, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. She arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, but their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive.
Flatiron Books | 9781250751362
THE OLD SUCCESS: A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha Grimes (Mystery)
When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police, is called in. While he stands in the Sicily Islands, Inspector Richard Jury --- 20 miles away on Land’s End --- is at The Old Success pub, sharing a drink with the legendary former CID detective Tom Brownell, a man renowned for solving every case he undertook. Except one. In the days following the mysterious slaying of the Parisian tourist, two other murders take place: first, a man is shot on a Northhamptonshire estate, then a holy duster turns up murdered at Exeter Cathedral in Devon. Macalvie, Jury and Bronwell set out to discover if these three killings, though very different in execution, are connected.
Grove Press | 9780802148995
PURSUIT by Joyce Carol Oates (Supernatural Thriller)
As a child, Abby had the same recurring nightmare night after night, in which she wandered through a field ridden with human skulls and bones. Now an adult, Abby thinks she’s outgrown her demons, until, the evening before her wedding, the terrible dream returns and forces her to confront the dark secrets from her past she has kept from her new husband, Willem. The following day --- less than 24 hours after exchanging vows --- Abby steps out into traffic. As his wife lies in her hospital bed, sleeping in fits and starts, Willem tries to determine whether this was an absentminded accident or a premeditated plunge, and he quickly discovers a mysterious set of clues about what his wife might be hiding.
Mysterious Press | 9780802157324
THE SUN DOWN MOTEL by Simone St. James (Supernatural Thriller)
Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City. To help pay for it, she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary. Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. She decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982. And she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed her aunt.
Berkley | 9780440000204
VICKSBURG: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy by Donald L. Miller (History)
Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the last stronghold of the Confederacy on the Mississippi River. It prevented the Union from using the river for shipping between the Union-controlled Midwest and New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. The Union navy tried to take Vicksburg, which sat on a high bluff overlooking the river, but couldn’t do it. General Grant moved his army south and joined forces with Admiral Porter, but even together they could not come up with a successful plan. At one point, Grant even tried to build a canal so that the river could be diverted away from Vicksburg. In VICKSBURG, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city.
Simon & Schuster | 9781451641394
WRECKED: A Faye Longchamp Mystery by Mary Anna Evans (Mystery)
Paperback Original
The suspicious drowning death of Captain Edward Eubank breaks archaeologist Faye Longchamp's heart. It also confuses her, because he was found in scuba gear and she's never heard him even mention scuba diving. During their last conversation, he told her that he believed he'd found a storied shipwreck, but when Faye checks it out, she finds nothing there. If there's no treasure, then why is her friend dead? But the situation quickly escalates beyond a murder mystery. Surrounded by a community struggling in the aftermath of a major hurricane that has changed the very landscape, Faye grapples not only with the loss of her friend, but with her fears for her daughter, who is being romanced by a man who may be very dangerous.
Poisoned Pen Press | 9781464214028
On Sale the Week of October 26th in Hardcover
October 26th
THREE WOMEN DISAPPEAR by James Patterson and Shan Serafin (Thriller)
Accountant Anthony Costello has a talent for manipulating both numbers and people, turning losses into profits, enemies into allies --- and vice versa. When Costello is found murdered in his own home, three suspects had motive. All three had access to his home. And all three women are missing. Are they in the wind --- or in the grave? Eyes are on Detective Sean Walsh, whose personal connection to the case is stronger than leads to solve it. Neither the powerful bankroll behind Costello nor Walsh's vengeful superior officer can budge the investigation, yet as Walsh continues to dig, he uncovers even more reasons the women have to stay hidden --- from the law, and from each other.
Little, Brown and Company | 9780316541619
October 27th
THE COLD MILLIONS by Jess Walter (Fiction)
The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While 16-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singer who performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far more dangerous creature: a mining magnate determined to keep his wealth and his hold on Ursula. Dubious of Gig’s idealism, Rye finds himself drawn to a fearless 19-year-old activist and feminist named Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he stands.
Harper | 9780062868084
GROUP: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate (Memoir)
Christie Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control. Why then was she driving through Chicago fantasizing about her own death? Why was she envisioning putting an end to the isolation and sadness that still plagued her in spite of her achievements? Enter Dr. Rosen, a therapist who calmly assures her that if she joins one of his psychotherapy groups, he can transform her life. All she has to do is show up and be honest about everything. Christie is skeptical, insisting that she is defective, but Dr. Rosen issues a nine-word prescription that will change everything: “You don’t need a cure, you need a witness.” So begins her entry into the strange, terrifying and ultimately life-changing world of group therapy.
Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster | 9781982154615
I'LL BE SEEING YOU: A Memoir by Elizabeth Berg (Memoir)
Elizabeth Berg’s father was an Army veteran who was a tough man in every way but one: He showed a great deal of love and tenderness to his wife. Berg describes her parents’ marriage as a romance that lasted for nearly 70 years. But then her father developed Alzheimer’s disease, and her parents were forced to leave the home they loved and move into a facility that could offer them help. It was time for their children to offer practical advice, emotional support and direction, to the best of their abilities. The mix of emotions on everyone’s part could make every day feel like walking through a minefield. Then came redemption.
Random House | 9780593134672
INSIDE STORY by Martin Amis (Fiction)
This autobiographical novel had its birth in the death of Martin Amis' closest friend, the incomparable Christopher Hitchens, and it is within that profound and sprawling friendship that INSIDE STORY unfurls. From their early days as young magazine staffers in London, reviewing romantic entanglements and the latest literary gossip, Hitch was Amis' wingman and adviser, especially in the matter of the alluringly amoral Phoebe Phelps --- an obsession Amis must somehow put behind him if he is ever to find love, marriage and a plausible run at happiness. Other significant figures competing as Amis' main influencers are his father, Kingsley; his hero, Saul Bellow; the weirdly self-finessing poet Philip Larkin; and significant literary women, from Iris Murdoch to Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Knopf | 9780593318294
LOVE YOUR LIFE by Sophie Kinsella (Romantic Comedy)
Ava thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a remote writers’ retreat in coastal Italy. At the retreat, she’s not allowed to use her real name or reveal any personal information. When the neighboring martial arts retreat is canceled and a few of its attendees join their small writing community, Ava, now going by “Aria,” meets “Dutch,” a man who seems too good to be true. They embark on a baggage-free, whirlwind love affair. But then their real identities --- Ava and Matt --- must return to London. As their fantasy starts to fade, they discover just how different their personal worlds are. Can they reconcile their differences to find one life together?
The Dial Press | 9780593132852
MEMORIAL by Bryan Washington (Fiction)
Benson and Mike have been together for a few years, but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. When Mike finds out that his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan, he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it.
Riverhead Books | 9780593087275
THE NOEL LETTERS by Richard Paul Evans (Fiction)
After nearly two decades, Noel Post, an editor for a major New York publishing house, returns to her childhood home in Salt Lake City to see her estranged, dying father. What she believed would be a brief visit turns into something more as she inherits the bookstore her father fought to keep alive. Reeling from loneliness, a recent divorce and unanticipated upheavals in her world, Noel begins receiving letters from an anonymous source, each one containing thoughts and lessons about her life and her future. She begins to reacquaint herself with the bookstore and the people she left behind, and in doing so, she starts to unravel the reality of her painful childhood and the truth about her family.
Gallery Books | 9781982129606
RED COMET: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark (Biography)
With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials --- including unpublished letters and manuscripts; court, police and psychiatric records; and new interviews --- Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant daughter of Wellesley, Massachusetts, who had poetic ambition from a very young age and was an accomplished, published writer of poems and stories even before she became a star English student at Smith College in the early 1950s. Determined not to read Sylvia Plath's work as if her every act, from childhood on, was a harbinger of her tragic fate, Clark evokes a culture in transition, in the shadow of the atom bomb and the Holocaust, as she explores Plath's world.
Knopf | 9780307961167
THE SENTINEL: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Thriller)
In broad daylight, in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee, Jack Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. He intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution. The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town’s data, records, information…and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, look innocent and clear his name. Reacher is intrigued; there’s more to the story. The bad guys who jumped Rutherford are part of something serious and deadly, involving a conspiracy, a cover-up and murder --- all centered on a mousy little guy in a coffee-stained shirt who has no idea what he’s up against.
Delacorte Press | 9781984818461
SHAKEUP: A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods (Thriller/Adventure)
Upon returning from a dangerous coastal adventure, Stone Barrington is looking forward to some normalcy with the leading lady in his life. But when a grisly crime arrives on his doorstep, along with some suspicious new clients eager for his help, Stone realizes peace and quiet are no longer an option. As it turns out, the mastermind behind the malfeasance rocking New York City and the nation's capital wields a heavy hand of influence. And when Stone is unable to recruit those closest to the case to his side, he is left with few leads and a handful of dead-ends. But with the help of important people in high places --- and the expertise of alluring new friends --- Stone is more than ready to rise to the occasion.
G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9780593188323
A SOLITUDE OF WOLVERINES by Alice Henderson (Thriller)
While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land. Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by cameras positioned in remote regions of the preserve. But when she reviews the photos, she discovers disturbing images of a severely injured man seemingly lost and wandering in the wilds. Then another invasive predator trespasses onto the preserve. The hunter turns out to be another human --- and the prey is the wildlife biologist herself. Alex realizes too late that she has stumbled onto a far-reaching illegal operation and now has become the biggest threat.
William Morrow | 9780062982063
STORIES FROM SUFFRAGETTE CITY edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis (Historical Fiction/Short Stories)
STORIES FROM SUFFRAGETTE CITY is a collection of short stories that all take place on a single day: October 23, 1915. It’s the day when tens of thousands of women marched up Fifth Avenue, demanding the right to vote in New York City. Twelve of today's bestselling authors --- Steve Berry, Chris Bohjalian, Megan Chance, Katherine J. Chen, Fiona Davis, Jamie Ford, Christina Baker Kline, Paula McLain, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Alyson Richman, M.J. Rose and Lisa Wingate --- have taken this moment as inspiration to raise the voices of history and breathe fresh life into their struggles and triumphs. The characters depicted here --- some well-known, others unfamiliar --- each inspire and reinvigorate the power of democracy.
Henry Holt and Co. | 9781250241320
WHERE I COME FROM: Stories from the Deep South by Rick Bragg (Essays)
WHERE I COME FROM is a collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by celebrated author, newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair with Tupperware") to the decline of country music, from the legacy of Harper Lee to the metamorphosis of the pickup truck, the best way to kill fire ants, the unbridled excess of Fat Tuesday, and why any self-respecting southern man worth his salt should carry a good knife, this book is an ode to the stories and the history of the Deep South, written with tenderness, wit and deep affection.
Knopf | 9780593317785
THE WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP by Fannie Flagg (Fiction)
Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop with his mother, Ruth, and his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town’s popular Whistle Stop Cafe, known far and wide for its fun and famous fried green tomatoes. But sadly, as the railroad yards shut down and Whistle Stop became a ghost town, nothing was left but boarded-up buildings and memories of a happier time. Then one day, Bud decides to take one last trip, just to see what has become of his beloved Whistle Stop. In so doing, he discovers new friends, as well as surprises about Idgie’s life and the town itself. He also sets off a series of events that change his life and the lives of his daughter and many others.
Random House | 9780593133842
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BLIND SEARCH: A Mercy Carr Mystery by Paula Munier (Mystery)
Nine-year-old Henry is lost in the woods. Again. Only this time he sees something terrible. When a young woman is found shot through the heart with a fatal arrow, former Army MP Mercy Carr thinks that something is murder. But Henry, a math genius whose autism often silences him when he should speak up most, is not talking. Now there’s a murderer hiding among the hunters in the forest --- and Mercy and her retired bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, must team up with their crime-solving friends, game warden Troy Warner and search-and-rescue dog Susie Bear, to find the killer. When an early-season blizzard hits the mountains, cutting them off from the rest of the world, the race is on to solve the crime, apprehend the murderer and keep the boy safe until the snowplows get through.
Minotaur Books | 9781250766373
CRAZY STUPID BROMANCE by Lyssa Kay Adams (Romantic Comedy)
Paperback Original
Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came forward as a victim of a celebrity chef’s sexual harassment. When a new customer approaches to confide in her, the last thing Alexis expects is for the woman to claim they’re sisters. Unsure what to do, Alexis turns to the only man she trusts --- her best friend, Noah Logan. Computer genius Noah left his rebellious teenage hacker past behind to become a computer security expert. Now he only uses his old skills for the right cause. But Noah has a secret: He’s madly in love with Alexis. When she asks for his help, he wonders if the timing will ever be right to confess his crush.
Berkley | 9781984806130
CREATURES by Crissy Van Meter (Fiction)
On the eve of Evangeline’s wedding on Winter Island, the groom may be lost at sea, a dead whale is trapped in the harbor, and Evie’s mostly absent mother has shown up out of the blue. From there, the narrative flows back and forth through time as Evie reckons with her complicated upbringing --- a weed-dealing, charming but neglectful father, a wild-child best friend --- in this lush land off the coast of Southern California.
Algonquin Books | 9781643750835
CRITICAL POINT: A Cas Russell Novel by S. L. Huang (Science Fiction/Thriller)
Math-genius mercenary Cas Russell has stopped a shadow organization from brainwashing the world, and discovered that her past was deliberately erased and her superhuman abilities deliberately created. And that's just the start. When a demolitions expert targets Cas and her friends, and the hidden conspiracy behind Cas' past starts to reappear, the past, present and future collide in a race to save one of her dearest friends.
Tor Books | 9781250749918
DEEP STATE by Chris Hauty (Political Thriller)
Recently elected President Richard Monroe --- populist, controversial and divisive --- is at the center of an increasingly polarized Washington, DC. Never has the partisan drama been so tense or the paranoia so rampant. In the midst of contentious political turf wars, the White House chief of staff is found dead in his house and West Wing intern and ex-Army grunt Hayley Chill is positive that it’s not from natural causes. Determined to find the truth, Hayley uncovers shocking evidence that a wide-ranging conspiracy is running beneath the surface of DC in an effort to undermine the rule of law --- and democracy itself. Soon, Hayley is in a race against time to reveal the truth and save the life of the next victim: the president.
Pocket Books | 9781982126599
THE FORGOTTEN DAUGHTER by Joanna Goodman (Fiction)
Paperback Original
1992: French-Canadian factions renew Quebec’s fight to gain independence, and wild, beautiful Véronique Fortin, daughter of a radical separatist convicted of kidnapping and murdering a prominent politician in 1970, has embraced her father’s cause. So it is a surprise when she falls for James Phénix, a journalist of French-Canadian heritage who opposes Quebec separatism. At the same time, James’ older sister, Elodie Phénix, one of the Duplessis Orphans, becomes involved with a coalition demanding justice and reparations for their suffering in the 1950s when Quebec’s orphanages were converted to mental hospitals, a heinous political act of Premier Maurice Duplessis that affected 5,000 children.
Harper Paperbacks | 9780062998316
THE HOUSE OF BRIDES by Jane Cockram (Psychological Thriller)
Miranda receives a mysterious letter from a young cousin in England that plunges her into a dark family mystery. Her mother, Tessa, died when Miranda was a child. The young woman’s only connection to the Summers family is through Tessa’s famous book, The House of Brides --- a chronicle of the generations of women who married into the infamous Summers family and made their home in the rambling Barnsley House, the family’s estate. The house’s current “bride” is the beautiful, effervescent Daphne, who saved Barnsley from ruin, turning the estate into an exclusive culinary destination and hotel. Curious about this legendary family she has never met, Miranda arrives at Barnsley posing as a prospective nanny. But Barnsley is not what Miranda expected. What happened in this house? Where is Daphne? What darkness lies hidden in Barnsley?
Harper Paperbacks | 9780062939302
HOUSE OF CORRECTION by Nicci French (Psychological Thriller)
Paperback Original
When a body is discovered in Okeham, England, Tabitha is shocked to find herself being placed in handcuffs. She’d only recently moved back to her childhood hometown, not even getting a chance to reacquaint herself with the neighbors. How could she possibly be a murder suspect? As Tabitha is shepherded through the system, her entire life is picked apart and scrutinized. But most unsettling, her own memories of that day are a complete blur. From the isolation of the correctional facility, Tabitha dissects every piece of evidence, every testimony she can get her hands on, matching them against her own recollections. But as dark, long-buried memories from her childhood come to light, Tabitha begins to question if she knows what kind of person she is after all.
William Morrow Paperbacks | 9780063021358
JUST WATCH ME by Jeff Lindsay (Thriller)
Riley Wolfe is a master thief who targets the wealthiest 0.1 percent and is willing to kill them when they’re in his way. In JUST WATCH ME, Riley aims for an extraordinary target in a heist that will make history. He will try to steal the Crown Jewels of Iran. Yes, these jewels are worth billions, but the true attraction for grabbing them comes down to one simple fact: it can’t be done. No one could even think of getting past the airtight security and hope to get away alive, let alone with even a single diamond from the Imperial Collection. No one but Riley Wolfe. He’s always liked a challenge. But this challenge may be more than even he can handle. Aside from the impenetrable security, Riley is also pursued by a brilliant and relentless cop who is barely a step behind him.
Dutton | 9781524743956
LET IT SNOW by Nancy Thayer (Romance)
Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toy shop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers. But when her Scrooge of a landlord, Oscar Bittlesman, raises her rent, it seems nearly impossible for Christina to continue business on the wharf. Even so, Christina hopes there is a warm heart underneath Oscar’s steely exterior. When she bonds with Wink, his sweet, young granddaughter who frequents the shop, it becomes clear that perhaps he isn’t so cold after all. And with the help of Wink’s uncle, who happens to be a charming and very handsome bachelor, this may be the best Christmas any of them could have ever imagined.
Ballantine Books | 9780593159637
ME by Elton John (Autobiography)
Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of 23, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived, and the music world would never be the same again. His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with song-writing partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.
St. Martin’s Griffin | 9781250770288
MURDER, SHE WROTE: THE MURDER OF TWELVE by Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land (Mystery)
Still staying at the Hill House hotel while her beloved home is being rebuilt, Jessica Fletcher finds herself sharing the space for a weekend with a dozen members of a wedding party who have gathered there for a rehearsal dinner. The families of the bride and groom can't stand each other but have agreed to put aside years of long-simmering tension to celebrate the nuptials. Unfortunately, weather forecasters underestimated the severity of a storm that turns into a historic blizzard that dumps nearly five feet of snow on Cabot Cove, leaving everyone stranded. But the hotel guests have bigger things to worry about than bad weather conditions, because a murderer has shown up uninvited --- one who has vowed to take them down one by one.
Berkley | 9781984804341
THE MUSEUM OF DESIRE: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman (Psychological Thriller)
LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis has solved a lot of murder cases. On many of them --- the ones he calls “different” --- he taps the brain of brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. But neither Alex nor Milo are prepared for what they find on an early morning call to a deserted mansion in Bel Air. This is predation, premeditation and cruelty on a whole new level. Four people have been slaughtered and left displayed bizarrely and horrifically in a stretch limousine. Confounding the investigation, none of the victims seems to have any connection to any other, and a variety of methods have been used to dispatch them. As Alex and Milo make their way through blind alleys and mazes baited with misdirection, they encounter a crime so vicious that it stretches the definitions of evil.
Ballantine Books | 9780525618546
THE QUEENS OF ANIMATION: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt (Biography)
From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated films of Walt Disney Studios have moved and entertained millions. But few fans know that behind these groundbreaking features was an incredibly influential group of women who fought for respect in an often ruthless male-dominated industry and who have slipped under the radar for decades. In THE QUEENS OF ANIMATION, bestselling author Nathalia Holt tells their dramatic stories for the first time, showing how these women infiltrated the boys' club of Disney's story and animation departments and used early technologies to create the rich artwork and unforgettable narratives that have become part of the American canon.
Back Bay Books | 9780316439145
A REASONABLE DOUBT: A Robin Lockwood Novel by Phillip Margolin (Mystery/Thriller)
Criminal defense attorney and former MMA fighter Robin Lockwood does not believe in magic. Behind every good illusion is a good explanation --- unless you consider the work of Robert Chesterfield, that is. One of her firm’s former clients, Chesterfield is a career magician who was linked to a series of suspicious deaths. Even though he walked free, Robin can’t help but wonder if he was as innocent as he appeared. Now, decades later, the mystery surrounding Chesterfield has taken a dark turn. When he stages his greatest-ever trick, called the Chamber of Death, Chesterfield himself turns up dead at the end. With dozens of witnesses --- and no one with any idea of how it was orchestrated --- Robin finds herself at loose ends as she tries to untangle this twisted case…and learn the truth about Chesterfield, once and for all.
St. Martin’s Paperbacks | 9781250118882
TREACHEROUS STRAND: An Inishowen Mystery by Andrea Carter (Mystery)
A woman’s body washes up on a remote beach on the Inishowen Peninsula. She is identified as Marguerite Etienne, a French woman who has been living in the area. When local sergeant Tom Molloy dismisses Marguerite’s death as the suicide of a disturbed and lonely woman, solicitor Ben (Benedicta) O’Keeffe cannot let it lie. Disturbed by what appears to be chilling local indifference to Marguerite’s death, Ben pieces together the last few weeks of the French woman’s life in Inishowen. What she discovers causes her to question the fragile nature of her own position in the area, and she finds herself crossing boundaries --- both personal and professional --- to unearth local secrets long buried.
Oceanview Publishing | 9781608093984
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