March 10, 2023

March 10, 2023

“Time, Time, Time. See What’s Become of Me.”

And so begins my least favorite weekend of the year, when daylight saving time begins. I will spend next week jet-lagged like I took a red-eye back from California. Incidentally, I am beyond my red-eye days. Give me the 7:30am flight from California any time as that has proven to help me conquer jet lag.

Featured Review:
ALL THAT IS MINE I CARRY WITH ME
by William Landay
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title

ALL THAT IS MINE I CARRY WITH ME by William Landay (Domestic Thriller/Mystery)
Audiobook available; read by David de Vries, Joyce Bean, Patrick Lawlor and Scott Merriman
Ten-year-old Miranda Larkin comes home from school to find her house eerily quiet. Her mother is missing. Nothing else is out of place. There is no sign of struggle. Her mom’s pocketbook remains in the front hall, in its usual spot. So begins a mystery that will span a lifetime. What happened to Jane Larkin? Investigators suspect Jane’s husband. A criminal defense attorney, Dan Larkin would surely be an expert in outfoxing the police. But no evidence is found linking him to a crime, and the case fades from the public’s memory. Jane’s three children --- Alex, Jeff and Miranda --- are left to be raised by the man who may have murdered their mother. Two decades later, the remains of Jane Larkin are found. The investigation is awakened. The children, now grown, are forced to choose sides. Reviewed by Kate Ayers.

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ALL THAT IS MINE I CARRY WITH ME will be a Bookreporter.com
Bets On pick. Don't miss Carol's commentary later this month.

Featured Review: THE CURATOR by Owen King

THE CURATOR by Owen King (Historical Fantasy)
Audiobook available, read by Marin Ireland
It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed “the Fairest.” It is distinguished by many things, from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, its essential unmappability. Dora has a secret desire --- to find where her brother went after he died, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. She is offered one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

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 Special Contest:
Enter to Win an Advance Copy of
THE HOUSE OF LINCOLN by Nancy Horan,
Releasing June 6th

Nancy Horan, author of the New York Times bestseller LOVING FRANK, returns with THE HOUSE OF LINCOLN, a sweeping historical novel that tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's ascendance from rumpled lawyer to U.S. president to the Great Emancipator through the eyes of a young asylum-seeker who arrives in Lincoln's home of Springfield from Madeira, Portugal. The book doesn't release until June 6th, but we have 25 advance copies to give away to readers. To enter, please fill out this form by Friday, March 17th at noon ET.

THE HOUSE OF LINCOLN by Nancy Horan (Historical Fiction)
Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, 14-year-old Ana Ferreira lands a job in the Lincoln household assisting Mary Lincoln with their boys and with the hostess duties borne by the wife of a rising political star. Ana bears witness to the evolution of Lincoln's views on equality and the Union and observes in full complexity the psyche and pain of his bold, polarizing wife, Mary.

Along with her African American friend Cal, Ana encounters the presence of the underground railroad in town and experiences personally how slavery is tearing apart her adopted country. Culminating in an eyewitness account of the little-known Springfield race riot of 1908, THE HOUSE OF LINCOLN takes readers on a journey through the historic changes that reshaped America and that continue to reverberate today.

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New Release Spotlight:
THE SISTER EFFECT by Susan Mallery

THE SISTER EFFECT by Susan Mallery (Fiction)
Finley McGowan is determined that the niece she’s raising will always feel loved and wanted. Unlike how she felt after her mom left to pursue a dream of stardom, and when the grandfather who was left to raise them abandoned her and her sister, Sloane, when they needed him most. Finley reacted to her chaotic childhood by walking the straight and narrow --- nose down, work hard, follow the rules.

Sloane went the other way.

Now Sloane is back, as beautiful and as damaged as ever…and she wants a relationship with her daughter. She says she’s changed, but Finley’s heart has been burned once too often for her to trust easily. But is her reluctance to forgive really about Sloane or worry over losing what she loves the most? With the help of a man who knows all too well how messy families can be, Finley will learn there’s joy in surrendering and peace in letting go.

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New Release Spotlight:
THE LOST ENGLISH GIRL by Julia Kelly
A Simon & Schuster Book Club Favorites Pick for March

THE LOST ENGLISH GIRL by Julia Kelly (Historical Fiction)
Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what’s expected of her: marry a Catholic man from her working-class neighborhood and have his children. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a fling with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man with dreams of becoming a famous Jazz musician, Viv knows that a swift wedding is the only answer. Her only solace is that marrying Joshua will mean escaping her strict mother’s scrutiny. But when Joshua makes a life-changing choice on their wedding day, Viv is forced once again into the arms of her disapproving family.

Four years later and on the eve of World War II, Viv is faced with the impossible choice to evacuate her young daughter, Maggie, to the countryside estate of the affluent Thompson family. In New York City, Joshua gives up his failing musical career to serve in the Royal Air Force, fight for his country and try to piece together his feelings about the family, wife and daughter he left behind at 19. However, tragedy strikes when Viv learns that the countryside safe haven she sent her daughter to wasn’t immune from the horrors of war. It is only years later, with Joshua’s help, that Viv learns the secrets of their shared past and what it will take to put a family back together again.

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- Click here to sign up to attend Simon & Schuster's Book Club Favorites virtual event featuring Julia Kelly and Armando Lucas Correa on Tuesday, March 28th at 1pm ET.

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Don't miss our review of the book in next week's newsletter.

Featured Review: WEYWARD by Emilia Hart

WEYWARD by Emilia Hart (Historical Fiction/Magical Realism)
Audiobook available; read by Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley and Nell Barlow
2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. The cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great-aunt had a secret. 1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer. Her mother taught her their magic, which is rooted in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom. 1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Her mother was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.

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Featured Review: GO AS A RIVER by Shelley Read
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title

GO AS A RIVER by Shelley Read (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Cynthia Farrell
Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land. Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, unknowingly igniting as much passion as danger. When tragedy strikes, Victoria leaves the only life she has ever known. She flees into the surrounding mountains where she struggles to survive in the wilderness with no clear notion of what her future will bring. As the seasons change, she also charts the changes in herself, finding in the beautiful but harsh landscape the meaning and strength to move forward and rebuild all that she has lost, even as the Gunnison River threatens to submerge her homeland. Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman.

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GO AS A RIVER will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's commentary in next week's newsletter.

Bookreporter.com's 12th Annual
Spring Preview Contests and Feature

Spring is in the air (or will be very soon)! We’ve already caught the fever --- and it’s being fueled by some wonderful new and upcoming releases. Our 12th annual Spring Preview Contests and Feature spotlights many of these picks, which we know people will be talking about over the next few months. We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through mid-April. You will need to check the site to see the featured book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce each title, which you can sign up for here.

Our next prize book will be announced on Monday, March 13th at noon ET.

This year's contest titles are:

• THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah
• THE GIFTS by Liz Hyder
• THE GOLDEN DOVES by Martha Hall Kelly
• THE LIES I TELL by Julie Clark
• THE LOST ENGLISH GIRL by Julia Kelly
• LOYALTY by Lisa Scottoline
• ONCE WE WERE HOME by Jennifer Rosner
• THE ONLY SURVIVORS by Megan Miranda
• THE SHOP ON ROYAL STREET by Karen White
• TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY by Linwood Barclay

Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.

March’s New in Paperback Roundups

March's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah, a powerful American epic about love, heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression --- a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, millions were out of work, and even the land seemed to have turned against them; Amor Towles' THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America spanning just 10 days and told from multiple points of view; THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware, an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder; Laura Dave's THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, a page-turning novel of domestic suspense about a woman who thinks she has found the love of her life --- until he disappears; and THE LAST TO VANISH, a gripping and propulsive thriller from Megan Miranda that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass.

Among our nonfiction highlights are THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED, John Green's open-hearted exploration of the paths we forge and an unironic celebration of falling in love with the world; CRYING IN H MART, Michelle Zauner's unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother and forging her own identity; I'LL SHOW MYSELF OUT, the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, who hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies and possibilities of midlife; SEEING GHOSTS by Kat Chow, a captivating portrait of grief and the search for meaning from a singular new talent as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family; and Abe Streep's BROTHERS ON THREE, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community.

Find out what's New in Paperback for the weeks of
March 6th, March 13th, March 20th and March 27th.

More Reviews This Week

THE ANGEL MAKER by Alex North (Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Rosalie Craig
At the cusp of graduation, Katie Shaw had big dreams, a devoted boyfriend and a little brother she protected fiercely. Until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever. Years later, still unable to live down the guilt surrounding what happened to her brother, Chris, Katie struggles to separate the real threats from the imagined. Then she gets the phone call: Chris has gone missing and needs his big sister once more. Meanwhile, Detective Laurence Page is facing a particularly gruesome crime. A distinguished professor of fate and free will has been brutally murdered just hours after firing his staff. All the leads point back to two old cases: the gruesome attack on teenager Christopher Shaw, and the despicable crimes of a notorious serial killer who, legend had it, could see the future. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom by Larry Loftis (Biography)
Audiobook available, read by Christa Lewis
Corrie ten Boom was a groundbreaking, female Dutch watchmaker whose family unselfishly transformed their house into a hiding place straight out of a spy novel to shelter Jews and refugees from the Nazis during Gestapo raids. Even though the Nazis knew what the ten Booms were up to, they were never able to find those sheltered within the house when they raided it. Corrie stopped at nothing to face down the evils of her time and overcame unbelievable obstacles and odds. But even more remarkable than her heroism and survival was Corrie’s attitude when she was released. Miraculously, she was able to eschew bitterness and embrace forgiveness as she ministered to people in need around the globe. Reviewed by Barbara Bamberger Scott.

THE FAREWELL TOUR by Stephanie Clifford (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Carrington MacDuffie
Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time. Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow of a packed house before she makes the last, and most important, stop on the tour: the farm she left behind at age 10 and the sister she is finally ready to confront about an agonizing betrayal in their childhood. As the novel crisscrosses eras, we see her striving to build a career in the male-dominated world of country music, including the hard choices she makes. Nearing her final tour stop, Lil is forced to confront those choices and how they shaped her life. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.

WHAT HAPPENED TO RUTHY RAMIREZ by Claire Jiménez (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Claire Jimenez
When 13-year-old Ruthy disappeared after track practice without a trace, it left her family scarred and scrambling. One night, 12 years later, oldest sister Jessica spots a woman on her TV screen in “Catfight,” a raunchy reality show. She rushes to tell her younger sister, Nina: This woman's hair is dyed red, and she calls herself Ruby, but the beauty mark under her left eye is instantly recognizable. Could it be Ruthy after all this time? Jessica and Nina hatch a plan to drive to where the show is filmed. When their mother Dolores catches wind of their scheme, she insists on joining, along with her best friend, Irene. What follows is a family road trip and reckoning that will force the Ramirez women to finally face the past and look toward a future --- with or without Ruthy in it. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.

THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS: A Return to Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Historical Fantasy)
Audiobook available, read by Kevin Kenerly
Atticus Turner and his father, Montrose, travel to North Carolina, where they plan to mark the centennial of their ancestor’s escape from slavery by retracing the route he took. But an encounter with an old nemesis turns their reenactment into a real life-and-death pursuit. Back in Chicago, George Berry fights for his own life. Diagnosed with cancer, he strikes a devil’s bargain with the ghost of Hiram Winthrop, who promises a miracle cure. But to receive it, George will first have to bring Winthrop back from the dead. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Horace Berry joins his mother, Hippolyta, and her friend, Letitia Dandridge, on a research trip to Nevada. But Hippolyta has a secret agenda that will take her and Horace to the far end of the universe and bring a new threat home to Letitia’s doorstep. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

A KILLING OF INNOCENTS by Deborah Crombie (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Gerard Doyle
On a rainy November evening, trainee doctor Sasha Johnson hurries through the crowd in London's historic Russell Square. Out of the darkness, someone jostles her as they brush past. A moment later, Sasha stumbles and then collapses. When Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his sergeant, Doug Cullen, are called to the scene, they discover that she's been stabbed. Kincaid immediately calls in his detective wife, Gemma James, who recently has been assigned to a task force on knife crimes that are on the rise. As the team unravels the victim's tangled connections, another murder raises the stakes. Kincaid, Gemma and their colleagues must put even friendships on the line to find the killer stalking the dark streets of Bloomsbury. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.

MURDER AT HAVEN'S ROCK by Kelley Armstrong (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Thérèse Plummer
Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run. Haven’s Rock isn’t the first town of this kind, something detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, know firsthand. They met in the original town of Rockton. But greed and deception led the couple to financing a new refuge for those in need. This time around, they get to decide which applicants are approved for residency. There’s only one rule in Haven’s Rock: stay out of the forest. When two of the town's construction crew members break it and go missing, Casey and Eric are called in ahead of schedule to track them down. When a body is discovered, Casey and Eric must find out what happened to the dead woman and locate those still missing. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.

A DEATH AT THE PARTY by Amy Stuart (Domestic Thriller)
Nadine Walsh’s summer garden party is in full swing. But she finds herself standing over a dead body in her basement while her guests clink glasses upstairs. What happened? How did it come to this? Rewind to that morning when Nadine is in her kitchen, making last-minute preparations before she welcomes more than a hundred guests to her home to celebrate her mother’s birthday. But only her mother knows that today isn’t just a birthday party. It marks another anniversary as well. Still, Nadine will focus just on tonight. Everyone deserves a celebration after the year they’ve had. A chance for fun. A chance to forget. But it’s hard to forget when Nadine’s head is swirling with secrets, haunting memories, and concerns about what might happen when her guests unite. Reviewed by Megan Elliott.

BRUTES by Dizz Tate (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Eleanor McCormick
In Falls Landing, Florida --- a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes and scorched bougainvillea flowers --- something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of 13-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she? Watching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives. Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman.

A NOBLE CUNNING: The Countess and the Tower by Patricia Bernstein (Historical Fiction)
The heroine of A NOBLE CUNNING --- Bethan Glentaggart, Countess of Clarencefield, a persecuted Catholic noblewoman --- is determined to try every possible means of saving her husband Gavin's life with the help of a group of devoted female friends. Amid the turbulence of the 1715 Rebellion against England's first German king, George I, Bethan faces down a mob attack on her home, travels alone from the Scottish Lowlands to London through one of the worst snowstorms in many years, and confronts a cruel king before his court to plead for mercy for Gavin. As a last resort, Bethan and her friends must devise and put in motion a devilishly complex scheme featuring multiple disguises and even the judicious use of poison to try to free Gavin. Reviewed by Barbara Bamberger Scott.

Next Week's Notables:
Noteworthy Books Releasing on March 14th

Below are some notable titles releasing on March 14th 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 March 13th, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.

48 CLUES INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY SISTER by Joyce Carol Oates (Mystery)
When a woman mysteriously vanishes, her sister must tally up the clues to discover her fate. Bit by bit, like ripping the petals off a flower blossom, revelations about both sisters are uncovered.

ALL THAT IS HIDDEN: A Molly Murphy Mystery by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles (Historical Mystery)
"Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in this latest installment of Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles' New York Times bestselling historical mystery series.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE: An Ali Reynolds Mystery by J.A. Jance (Mystery/Thriller)
Ali Reynolds and High Noon Enterprises face the dangerous consequences of one man’s desperate search for revenge in this unputdownable thriller from J.A. Jance, the New York Times bestselling author who “has been delivering must-read books for a long time” (The Real Book Spy).

DUST CHILD by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Fiction)
From the bestselling author of THE MOUNTAINS SING comes a richly poetic and suspenseful saga about two Vietnamese sisters, an American veteran and an Amerasian man whose lives intersect in surprising ways, set during and after the war in Việt Nam.

GOOD DOG, BAD COP: A K Team Novel by David Rosenfelt (Mystery)
For the K Team, playing "good dog," "bad cop" is all fun and games...until there's a body on the scene in the next K Team novel by bestselling author David Rosenfelt.

HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano (Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of DEAR EDWARD comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?

I WILL FIND YOU by Harlan Coben (Thriller)
Five years ago, an innocent man began a life sentence for murdering his own son. Today he found out his son is still alive.

ONCE WE WERE HOME by Jennifer Rosner (Historical Fiction)
From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II.

THE REAL WORK: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik (Essays)
Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn --- and master --- a new skill?

RED LONDON by Alma Katsu (Thriller)
CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan's newest asset might just be her long-needed confidante...or her greatest betrayal. RED LONDON is a sharp and nuanced race-against-the-clock story ripped from today's headlines.

SO SHALL YOU REAP: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon (Mystery)
In this 32nd installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti’s own youthful past helps solve a mysterious murder.

THE TEACHERS: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins (Social Issues/Education)
New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins has penned a riveting, must-read year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what’s really going on behind school doors.

WOLF TRAP by Connor Sullivan (Thriller)
This “adrenaline rush of a novel” (Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author) follows a shadow operative in the midst of a conspiracy with worldwide implications, from the author of the “fast-paced international thriller” (New York Journal of Books) SLEEPING BEAR.

Click here to see the latest "On Sale This Week" newsletter.

From left to right: J.A. Jance, Donna Leon, Ann Napolitano

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.

Saturday, March 11th at 1pm ET: Warwick's: Warwick's will host Julia Kelly as she discusses her new book, THE LOST ENGLISH GIRL, with Hazel Gaynor. The acclaimed author of THE LIGHT OVER LONDON has penned an epic saga of love, motherhood and betrayal set against World War II.

Monday, March 13th at 7pm ET: Rogue Reads: Meet award-winning authors Cara Black, Brendan Dubois, William Landay and Brittany Butler. They will read from their new novels, answer questions and discuss their relationships with their characters. The event will be emceed by Rogue Women Writers' very own Tosca Lee.

Monday, March 13th at 7:30pm ET: “Lisa Live!”: Join Lisa Scottoline every Monday night through March 27th as she hosts her weekly “Talking LOYALTY” video series and Facebook Live events leading up to the publication of her historical novel, LOYALTY, on March 28th. And be sure to enter the LOYALTY Pre-order Sweepstakes!

Tuesday, March 14th at 3:30pm ET: Barnes & Noble Book Club: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome Paula Lichtarowicz for a live book club event to discuss THE SNOW HARE, February's B&N Book Club pick. She will be in conversation with Shannon DeVito, the Director of Category Management at B&N, and Miwa Messer, B&N’s Editorial Director.

Tuesday, March 14th at 4pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Donna Leon will talk about SO SHALL YOU REAP, the 32nd installment in her bestselling series, in which a connection to Commissario Guido Brunetti’s own youthful past helps solve a mysterious murder.

Tuesday, March 14th at 8:30pm ET: Book Passage: Ann Napolitano will be in conversation with Angie Kim about her new novel, HELLO BEAUTIFUL, a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?

Wednesday, March 15th 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 Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and Sarah Penner about their latest novels, Quế Mai's DUST CHILD and Penner's THE LONDON SÉANCE SOCIETY.

Friday, March 17th at 2pm ET: Barnes & Noble: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance for a live virtual discussion of COLLATERAL DAMAGE as part of the B&N Midday Mystery Virtual Event series. Jance will be in conversation with the bestselling author of the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, Anne Hillerman.

 "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 are our latest interviews:

• William Kent Krueger (THE LEVEE) Video | Podcast
• Shelley Read (GO AS A RIVER) Video | Podcast

Other authors we've interviewed include:

• J.T. Ellison (IT'S ONE OF US) Video | Podcast
• Alli Frank and Asha Youmans (NEVER MEANT TO MEET YOU) Video | Podcast
• Bonnie Garmus (LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY) Video | Podcast
• Allegra Goodman (SAM) Video | Podcast
• Jane Harper (EXILES) Video | Podcast
• Jamie Fiore Higgins (BULLY MARKET: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs) Video | Podcast
• Jennifer Hillier (THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK) Video | Podcast
• Sally Koslow (THE REAL MRS. TOBIAS) Video | Podcast
• Lynda Cohen Loigman (THE MATCHMAKER'S GIFT) Video | Podcast
• Clare Mackintosh (THE LAST PARTY) Video | Podcast
• Deborah Goodrich Royce (REEF ROAD) Video | Podcast
• Hank Phillippi Ryan (THE HOUSE GUEST) Video | Podcast
• Dani Shapiro (SIGNAL FIRES) Video | Podcast
• Casey Sherman (HELLTOWN: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod)
  Video | Podcast
• Thrity Umrigar (HONOR) Video | Podcast

Upcoming interviews include:

• Sadeqa Johnson (THE HOUSE OF EVE)
• William Landay (ALL THAT IS MINE I CARRY WITH ME)
• Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo (THINGS I WISH I TOLD MY MOTHER)

Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.

Our Latest Poll: March Fiction Releases to Anticipate

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