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How Many Hats Does One Need? Literally!
It has been a super busy week as we are juggling a number of projects, as well as noodling some new plans. I met with my book group, and we had a terrific conversation about A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith, the first classic title that we have read as a group. I loved it, and even though I only got halfway through it before the meeting, I am looking forward to finishing it, even if it means that I read just a chapter a night.
Next up for me are two upcoming releases. SHOULD I FALL by Scott Shepherd, a follow-up to last year’s THE LAST COMMANDMENT, will be in stores on Tuesday. Scott has written for television for decades, and his books have that same brisk feel. He just wrapped up working on “Monarch”, a new series that is scheduled to air starting in September on FOX. Megan Miranda’s THE LAST TO VANISH, which releases on July 26th, has been all but calling out to me from the top of my “to be read” pile. I keep thinking that next week will be better for personal reading than this last week was. One can always dream, right? THIS is THE week, right?
We hosted this month’s “Bookaccino Live” preview event on Wednesday afternoon. I talked about 26 books releasing between now and August 2nd, along with eight from September, that I wanted to get on your radar. You can watch it here and see a list of the featured titles here. It has been two years since we started this program, and we are thrilled that so many people still are joining us each month.
Next month’s “Bookaccino Live” preview event will take place on Wednesday, August 10th at 2pm ET. I will present titles releasing between August 9th and September 6th, along with a few from October, that I think will appeal to you. Click here to sign up. Those attending the live event will be asked to answer a survey about the books from the presentation that they are most interested in reading and will be eligible to win a prize.
In David Baldacci’s new thriller, THE 6:20 MAN, a cryptic murder pulls a former soldier turned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl beneath the opulent world of finance.
Our reviewer Ray Palen calls the book “a simply brilliant read that I cannot recommend highly enough. Just when you think you have everything figured out, Baldacci pulls the rug out from under you and sends you spinning in another direction. This is exactly what a fun thriller is supposed to feel like.”
David Baldacci calls Ruth Ware “the Agatha Christie of our generation,” and her new novel, THE IT GIRL, is the latest example of why this is true. This propulsive mystery follows a woman as she searches for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.
According to our reviewer Rebecca Munro, “Ruth Ware has been described as “indefatigable,” and while I typically don't quote other reviewers, I can't think of a better description for this brilliant, engrossing writer. THE IT GIRL is all the best of Ware --- insidious evil, shivering suspense, shocking final reveals --- with perhaps some of her strongest character development to date.” I was so happy today to see this book arrive via Dean, my favorite UPS delivery man!
Word of Mouth Reminder
THE IT GIRL is one of the books we’re giving away in our current Word of Mouth contest; the other is PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN by Daniel Silva, which we will review next week. Submit your comments about the books you’ve read by Friday, July 22nd at noon ET, and you’ll have a chance to win both these titles.
Our True Crime Author Spotlight returns with HELLTOWN: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod. Bestselling author and renowned investigative journalist Casey Sherman tells the shocking true story of literary legends Kurt Vonnegut and Norman Mailer and their dueling obsession with the investigation of Tony Costa. This charismatic hippie turned notorious Cape Cod serial killer murdered and dismembered at least four women in the late 1960s and buried them in the woods near picturesque Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Ray Palen says, “HELLTOWN does a tremendous job of piecing together who Tony Costa was while providing the motivations and inner voice you would expect from a work of fiction, making it compulsively readable. It is quite graphic and does not pull any punches to that effect. The fact that Costa shares these pages with Vonnegut and Mailer is doubly unique and adds a touch of credibility you don’t normally get from a true crime book.” I agree with Ray and look forward to interviewing Casey soon!
Other books we’re reviewing this week include:
Summer Reading Update
ACTS OF VIOLET is one of the books we gave away in this week’s Summer Reading contests, along with THE BEST IS YET TO COME by Debbie Macomber and THE TRUE LOVE BOOKSHOP by Annie Rains. Our contests will resume on Tuesday, July 26th at noon ET when our prize book will be SUGAR AND SALT by Susan Wiggs.
Remember to Vote in Our Poll
Our poll continues to ask which of 30 fiction titles releasing this month you are planning to read. Let us know by clicking here.
News & Pop Culture
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese Witherspoon introduces the cast of the film here.
“Black Bird” on Apple TV+: I started this series, developed by Dennis Lehane, the other night, and it has all the feels of a Lehane novel on the screen. I am partway through the second episode, but since it does not drop all at once, I am easing into it. The series is based on the true crime memoir, IN WITH THE DEVIL: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption, by James Keene and Hillel Levin.
“Virgin River” on Netflix: The new season drops on July 20th.
“Ted Lasso”: I am not sure if this is a repeat, as it is summer, but here’s a piece about “Ted Lasso” from “60 Minutes.”
Quibble with the Emmy Nominations: One major nomination for “This Is Us” (no cast members were nominated) and none for “1883” while other shows got more than a dozen just makes me crazy. I think both were brilliantly done, and after looking at the complete list of nominees, I have lots of questions.
As I mentioned in the discussion following this month's “Bookaccino Live” presentation, I wanted to buy a straw cowboy hat for sitting outside. Somehow it’s a hat shape that I like. One I have is faded, another really just belongs on the shelf in my office, and the third I just bought. For humor, I have three of the new one. I ordered from Outback Trading on my phone. They had one for $10. I got up to get the PIN number for my credit card, which I never remember, and logged on again to buy it. Just as I was checking out, I saw there were two in the cart. I hit every button on my phone to try to cancel the order. When I did not get an immediate confirmation, I assumed it had not gone through and ordered again. So now I have three! It’s always something.
We have a very, very healthy patch of poison ivy outside, and I am determined to rid us of it. I bought a hazmat suit last week, and I also plan to double-glove to clear it. We are attacking some parts of the property that have not been cleared before, and others that have been overrun for a couple of years now. We have a really terrific neighborhood teen helping us with weeding and mulching, and he has been a godsend. He has helped us get to where we are now, and we are ready to press ahead. And to get more mulch!
Peaches still abound at our house. I made two pies last week --- one for us and one for my parents. I also made two strawberry rhubarb pies for the freezer. As Tom went to bring them to the basement freezer, he found two pies there most likely from last summer, and I am guessing they are peach. I marvel at the basement freezer. It’s from the house that Tom grew up in --- and it’s avocado green. We think it's about 60 years old.
Last weekend at the farmers' market, I paid an arm and a leg for some sour cherries. I realized that a triple berry pie that I love to make calls for sour cherries, so I am going to make that this weekend. May I please pit all the cherries!
Tom and I are going to see Where the Crawdads Sing on Tuesday night. I love half-priced Tuesday movies! For the record, Tom has not read the book, but I still bought him a ticket. As I tell him all the time, “I am Wife of the Year!” Oh, and to prove again that I deserve this title, I also will share that I know this weekend is the British Open. Luckily it is on very early in the morning, so it will not clash with my plans for things that need to get done this weekend, unlike the Masters and the US Open that call for much couch time.
Read on, and have a great week.
Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)
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Featured Review: THE 6:20 MAN by David Baldacci
THE 6:20 MAN by David Baldacci (Thriller)
Audiobook available; read by Zachary Webber, Christine Lakin and Mela Lee
Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan, where he works as an entry-level analyst at the city's most prestigious investment firm. Then one morning, Devine's tedious routine is shattered by an anonymous email: She is dead. Sara Ewes, Devine's coworker and former girlfriend, has been found hanging in a storage room of his office building, prompting the NYPD to come calling on him. If that wasn't enough, before the day is out, Devine receives another ominous visit, a confrontation that threatens to dredge up grim secrets from his past in the army unless he participates in a clandestine investigation into his firm. Reviewed by Ray Palen.
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Featured Review: THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware
THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Imogen Church
April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends --- Will, Hugh, Ryan and Emily --- during their first term. By the end of the year, April was dead. Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.
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New True Crime Author Spotlight:
HELLTOWN by Casey Sherman
HELLTOWN: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman (True Crime)
1969: The hippie scene is vibrant in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Long-haired teenagers roam the streets, strumming guitars and preaching about peace and love...and Tony Costa is at the center of it all. To a certain group of smitten young women, he is known as Sire --- the leader of their counter-culture movement, the charming man who speaks eloquently and hands out hallucinogenic drugs like candy. But beneath his benign persona lies a twisted and uncontrollable rage that threatens to break loose at any moment. Tony Costa is the most dangerous man on Cape Cod, and no one who crosses his path is safe.
When young women begin to disappear, Costa's natural charisma and good looks initially protect him from suspicion. But as the bodies are discovered, the police close in on him as the key suspect. Meanwhile, local writers Kurt Vonnegut and Norman Mailer are locked in a desperate race to secure their legacies as great literary icons --- and they both set their sights on Tony Costa and the drug-soaked hippie culture that he embodies as their next promising subject, launching independent investigations that stoke the competitive fires between two of the greatest American writers.
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Click here to read our review.
Click here to read more in our True Crime Author Spotlight.
Don't miss our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with
Casey Sherman later this month.
Featured Review: ACTS OF VIOLET
by Margarita Montimore
ACTS OF VIOLET by Margarita Montimore (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by various narrators
Nearly a decade ago, iconic magician Violet Volk performed her greatest trick yet: vanishing mid-act. Though she hasn’t been seen since, her hold on the public hasn’t wavered. Her sister, Sasha, took over their mother’s salon and built a quiet life for her daughter, Quinn. But Sasha can never seem to escape her sister’s orbit or her memories of their unresolved, tumultuous relationship. Then there’s Cameron Frank, determined to finally get his big break hosting a podcast devoted to all things Violet --- though keeping his job hinges on an exclusive interview with Sasha, the last person who wants to talk to him. Meanwhile, Sasha begins to experience an unsettling series of sleepwalking episodes and coincidences, which all lead back to Violet. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.
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Featured Review: REPUTATION by Sarah Vaughan
REPUTATION by Sarah Vaughan (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Julie Teal
As a politician, Emma has sacrificed a great deal for her career --- including her marriage and her relationship with her daughter, Flora. A former teacher, the glare of the spotlight is unnerving for Emma, particularly when it leads to countless insults, threats and trolling as she tries to work in the public eye. Fourteen-year-old Flora is encountering heartless bullying. When another teenager takes her own life, Emma lobbies for a new law to protect women and girls from the effects of online abuse. Now, Emma and Flora find their personal lives uncomfortably intersected…but then the unthinkable happens. A man is found dead in Emma’s home. A man she had every reason to be afraid of and to want gone. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.
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Featured Review: GHOST LOVER by Lisa Taddeo
GHOST LOVER: Stories by Lisa Taddeo (Fiction/Short Stories)
Audiobook available, read by a full cast
Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends crash into life’s responsibilities, but the magic of their glory days comes alive again at the moment they least expect it. In these nine riveting stories, Lisa Taddeo brings to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love and the mania of grief. Reviewed by Jana Siciliano.
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Bookreporter.com's 18th Annual
Summer Reading Contests and Feature
Summer is here! At Bookreporter.com, this means it's time for us to share some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Contests and Feature. We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through the end of August, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
Our next prize book will be announced on Tuesday, July 26th at noon ET.
This year’s featured titles include:
Click here to read all the contest details and learn more about our prize books.
A FACE TO DIE FOR: An Eve Duncan Novel by Iris Johansen (Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Elisabeth Rodgers
Archaeologist Riley Smith has been obsessed with Helen of Troy since she was a small girl, trailing her professor father all over the world in search of the tomb of the world’s most beautiful woman. Professor Smith put his life on the line to prove that, instead of a myth, Helen had been a living, breathing queen. Riley seeks the help of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, who has the unusual skills necessary to recreate the face that launched a thousand ships --- revealing Helen’s true appearance for the first time in history. But convincing Eve to take on the challenge will be difficult because her efforts could come at great personal risk to her and her family. Reviewed by Christine M. Irvin.
AGENT JOSEPHINE: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis (Biography)
Audiobook available, read by Damien Lewis
Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music-hall diva renowned for her singing and dancing, her beauty and sexuality. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all “negroes and Jews.” Yet instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. In AGENT JOSEPHINE, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer’s life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers --- a cover for her spying work --- Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served --- the US, France and Britain. Reviewed by Barbara Bamberger Scott.
THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS: A Memoir by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Memoir)
Audiobook available, read by Marisol Ramirez
Ingrid Rojas Contreras' maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with what the family called “the secrets”: the power to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick and move the clouds. And as the first woman to inherit “the secrets,” Rojas Contreras’ mother was just as powerful. Mami delighted in her ability to appear in two places at once, and she could cast out even the most persistent spirits with nothing more than a glass of water. While living in the U.S. in her 20s, Rojas Contreras suffered a head injury that left her with amnesia. As she regained partial memory, her family was excited to tell her that this had happened before. Decades ago, Mami had taken a fall that left her with amnesia, too. And when she recovered, she had gained access to “the secrets.” Reviewed by Barbara Bamberger Scott.
THE DISINVITED GUEST by Carol Goodman (Psychological Thriller/Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Imani Jade Powers
Lucy Harper still has traumatic memories and lingering health problems from the 2020 pandemic. So, when a new virus surfaces years later, she and her husband, Reed, seek refuge on his family’s private island off the coast of Maine. Ostensibly safely sequestered with their five closest friends and family, Lucy should feel at ease. So why does she feel the weight of the island’s dark history pushing down on the group? As Lucy uncovers Reed’s family secrets and the island’s history as a quarantine hospital for typhus patients, she becomes obsessed with the past and feels her own grip on reality slipping. Tempers flare, strange signs appear in the woods, and accidents turn deadly. Is the island haunted by the dead? Or is someone amongst the living taking their revenge? Reviewed by Ray Palen.
THE MERMAID OF BLACK CONCH by Monique Roffey (Fiction/Magical Realism)
Audiobook available, read by Ben Onwukue and Vivienne Acheampong
In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a mermaid by the name of Aycayia. Once a beautiful young woman, she was cursed by jealous wives to live in this form for the rest of her days. But after the mermaid is caught by American tourists, David rescues and hides her away in his home, finding that, once out of the water, she begins to transform back into a woman. Now David must work to win Aycayia's trust while she relearns what it is to be human, navigating not only her new body but also her relationship with others on the island. As David and Aycayia grow to love each other, they juggle both the joys and the dangers of life on shore. But will the former mermaid be able to escape her curse? Reviewed by Jana Siciliano.
WE LIE HERE by Rachel Howzell Hall (Domestic Thriller/Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Alaska Jackson
TV writer Yara Gibson is back in her hometown of Palmdale, California, to host her parents’ 20th anniversary party. Everything is going according to plan until she receives a disturbing text: I have information that will change your life. The message is from Felicia Campbell, who claims to be a childhood friend of Yara’s mother and insists on talking to Yara “before it’s too late.” But the next day is already too late for Felicia, whose body is found floating in Lake Palmdale. Before she died, Felicia left Yara a key to a remote lakeside cabin. In the basement are files related to a mysterious tragedy, unsolved since 1998. What secrets was Felicia hiding? How much of what Yara knows about her family has been true? Reviewed by Ray Palen.
BIG GIRL by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan (Fiction)
Growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem, eight-year-old Malaya hates when her mother drags her to Weight Watchers meetings. She’d rather paint alone in her bedroom or enjoy forbidden street foods with her father. For Malaya, the pressures of her predominantly white Upper East Side prep school are relentless, as are the expectations passed down from her painfully proper mother and sharp-tongued grandmother. As she comes of age in the 1990s, she finds solace in the music of Biggie Smalls and Aaliyah, but her weight continues to climb --- until a family tragedy forces her to face the source of her hunger, ultimately shattering her inherited stigmas surrounding women’s bodies and embracing her own desire. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.
DARK OBJECTS by Simon Toyne (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Shazia Nicholls
A glamorous woman is murdered in her ultra-luxurious London mansion, and her husband goes missing. But according to public records, neither of them exists. The only leads police have are several objects arranged around the woman’s body, including a set of keys and a book called How to Process a Murder by Laughton Rees --- a book that appears to have helped the killer forensically cleanse the crime scene. Laughton Rees is an academic who doesn’t usually work live cases after the brutal murder of her mother as a teen left her traumatized and emotionally scarred. But the presence of her book at this scene draws her unwillingly into the high-profile investigation and media circus that springs up around it. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.
Next Week’s Notables:
Noteworthy Books Releasing on July 18th and 19th
Below are some notable titles releasing on July 18th and 19th that we would like to make you aware of. We will have more on many of these books in the weeks to come. For a list of additional hardcovers and paperbacks available the week of July 18th, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.
July 18th
SHATTERED: A Michael Bennett Thriller by James Patterson and James O. Born (Thriller)
Nothing could tear Detective Michael Bennett away from his new bride --- except the murder of the woman who was his partner and best friend.
July 19th
THE BIG DARK SKY by Dean Koontz (Supernatural Thriller)
A group of strangers bound by terrifying synchronicity becomes humankind’s hope of survival in an exhilarating, twist-filled novel by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.
THE BODYGUARD by Katherine Center (Romantic Comedy)
Katherine Center’s highly anticipated new novel is the feel-good, undeniably romantic, deliciously witty binge-read of the summer.
THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Historical/Science Fiction)
From the bestselling author of MEXICAN GOTHIC and VELVET WAS THE NIGHT comes a dreamy reimagining of THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU set against the backdrop of 19th-century Mexico.
THE KINGDOMS OF SAVANNAH by George Dawes Green (Literary Thriller/Mystery)
Savannah may appear to be “some town out of a fable,” with its vine flowers, turreted mansions and ghost tours that romanticize the city’s history. But look deeper and you’ll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale.
PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN by Daniel Silva (Thriller/Adventure)
In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived.
THE RETREAT by Sarah Pearse (Psychological Thriller/Mystery)
From the New York Times bestselling author of THE SANATORIUM, a Reese’s Book Club pick, Detective Elin Warner uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway.
SHOULD I FALL by Scott Shepherd (Mystery/Thriller)
A retired Scotland Yard Inspector races to prove the innocence of a falsely accused fugitive --- his daughter’s fiancee --- in this whodunit from “a marvelous storyteller” (Michael Koryta).
THE SWEET REMNANTS OF SUMMER: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel by Alexander McCall Smith (Mystery)
The latest Isabel Dalhousie novel finds our favorite moral philosopher caught up in a delicate dispute between members of a prominent family as her husband, Jamie, is dragged into his own internecine rivalry.
SWITCHBOARD SOLDIERS by Jennifer Chiaverini (Historical Fiction)
From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini comes a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I --- the women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory.
THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK by Jennifer Hillier (Psychological Thriller)
THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels LITTLE SECRETS and JAR OF HEARTS. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future.
Click here to see the latest "On Sale This Week" newsletter.
From left to right: Eve Chase, Daniel Silva, Alison B. Hart
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
As many book and author events are still 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.
Sunday, July 17th at 12pm ET: AMIT: AMIT cordially invites you to a conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, who will talk about his latest Gabriel Allon thriller, PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, with his wife, CNN Special Correspondent Jamie Gangel.
Monday, July 18th at 2pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Eve Chase will discuss her latest novel, THE BIRDCAGE, and Lisa Jewell will talk about her upcoming thriller, THE FAMILY REMAINS.
Tuesday, July 19th at 2pm ET: : Simon & Schuster's Book Club Favorites: Tom Perrotta will join members of the Simon & Schuster team to discuss his new novel, TRACY FLICK CAN'T WIN, which is July's pick for S&S's Book Club Favorites.
Tuesday, July 19th at 8pm ET: Fabled Bookshop & Cafe: Fabled's Book Club will discuss THE MEASURE for its July book club. Nikki Erlick will be on hand to talk about her debut novel, which also is this month's "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club pick.
Wednesday, July 20th at 4pm ET: Warwick's: Warwick's will host Eve Chase as she discusses her new book, THE BIRDCAGE, with Rosie Walsh and Jeniffer Thompson.
Wednesday, July 20th at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": The "Friends and Fiction" authors --- Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry --- will talk to Jennifer Weiner, whose latest novel is THE SUMMER PLACE. Mateo Askaripour, the author of BLACK BUCK, will appear on the Aftershow.
Thursday, July 21st at 9pm ET: Skylight Books: Alison B. Hart will be in conversation with Julia Phillips about her new book, THE WORK WIFE, a richly observed novel about female ambition, complicity and privilege.
Friday, July 22nd at 8pm ET: Warwick's: Books & Books, Miami Book Fair and Warwick's present Daniel Silva as he launches his new book, PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, in conversation with his wife, television journalist Jamie Gangel.
"Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts
“Bookreporter Talks To” is a video and podcast series that delivers a long-form, in-depth author interview every week. For years, Carol has moderated book festivals and author events around the country. But we know that readers often do not live where they can attend an author event. Our goal is to bring these author interviews to readers, wherever they may be. Watch on video, or listen as a podcast. (The podcasts include audio excerpts.)
Here is our latest interview:
Other authors we've interviewed include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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Jennifer Hillier (THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK)
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Casey Sherman (HELLTOWN: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
Our Latest Poll: July Fiction Releases to Anticipate
Which of the following fiction titles releasing in July are you planning to read? Please check all that apply.
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THE 6:20 MAN by David Baldacci
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ACTS OF VIOLET by Margarita Montimore
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ARMORED by Mark Greaney
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THE BEST IS YET TO COME by Debbie Macomber
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THE BIG DARK SKY by Dean Koontz
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THE BODYGUARD by Katherine Center
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CHRYSALIS by Lincoln Child
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COLD, COLD BONES: A Temperance Brennan Novel, by Kathy Reichs
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THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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THE DISPLACEMENTS by Bruce Holsinger
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THE EDGE OF SUMMER by Viola Shipman
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FELLOWSHIP POINT by Alice Elliott Dark
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HONEY AND SPICE by Bolu Babalola
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THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware
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THE KINGDOMS OF SAVANNAH by George Dawes Green
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THE LAST TO VANISH by Megan Miranda
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THE PALLBEARERS CLUB by Paul Tremblay
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PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN by Daniel Silva
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REPUTATION by Sarah Vaughan
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RISING TIGER by Brad Thor
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RIZZOLI & ISLES: LISTEN TO ME by Tess Gerritsen
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SHATTERED: A Michael Bennett Thriller, by James Patterson and James O. Born
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SHOULD I FALL by Scott Shepherd
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SISTER MOTHER WARRIOR by Vanessa Riley
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SUGAR AND SALT by Susan Wiggs
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THE SWEET REMNANTS OF SUMMER: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel, by Alexander McCall Smith
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SWITCHBOARD SOLDIERS by Jennifer Chiaverini
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THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK by Jennifer Hillier
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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin
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UPGRADE by Blake Crouch
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None of the above
Click here to vote in the poll by Friday, July 22nd at noon ET.
Word of Mouth Contest: Tell Us What
You're Reading --- and You Can Win Two Books!
Tell us about the books you’ve finished reading with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from July 8th to July 22nd at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware and PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN by Daniel Silva.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the books you write about, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For rules and guidelines, click here.
- To see reader comments from previous contest periods, click here.
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