March 29, 2024

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For the first time in decades, we are not going to be hosting Easter at our house. Our anniversary (our 39th of marriage and 42nd since we met on a ski slope in Crested Butte, Colorado) is on Saturday, and somehow the idea of going out to dinner to celebrate sounded like a lot more fun than shopping/cooking/cleaning to host dinner. There were a few times when I felt like maybe we should just do it, but luckily I caught myself. Easter always is a tough holiday; unlike Thanksgiving and Christmas, there is not an extra day to clean up and get life back to some semblance of normalcy.

Making a dinner reservation for the group was a bit challenging as we did not want to do brunch, and we did not need the Easter Bunny to be part of our celebration. I do have very cute bunny plates, and they will make an appearance sometime in the next week or so.

Last weekend, I finished DID I EVER TELL YOU? by Genevieve Kingston. It was beautiful, heartbreaking, moving and special. It’s the kind of book that I need someone to read so I can talk about it with them, as I do not want to give anything in it away. I found myself talking to my dad about it on the phone the other night, knowing that it was not a book he would read. But we ended up having a great conversation about the themes in it, about love and loss, and keeping a loved one's memory alive, regardless of his not having read it. Book club selection, yes. Book to make you think, yes. Bookreporter.com Bets On selection, yes. It is out on April 16th and is one of our Spring Preview featured titles.

My latest “Bookreporter Talks To” interview is with Anna Quindlen, whose new novel, AFTER ANNIE, is March’s Barnes & Noble Book Club pick.

The idea for the opening of the book came to Anna in a moment, which she explains. She thought for a while about just writing from the point of view of Ali, Annie’s 13-year-old daughter, but she changed her mind as she realized that she could not see the complete purview of a person that age. Instead, she layered in Annie’s husband, Bill, and her best friend, Annemarie, to give readers a fuller picture of the impact of Annie’s life even after her death.

Annie, and what she thinks, is alive on every page. Surprisingly, AFTER ANNIE was not always the title, and the cover was not an immediate choice either. Anna also talks about what she does every day when she ends a writing session. Click here to watch the video or here to listen to the podcast.

This week, we kicked off a new contest for THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Stuart Turton’s third novel, following THE 7½ DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE and THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER. This explosively imaginative speculative thriller is about an impossible murder that triggers a world-ending phenomenon that can only be stopped by the identification of the killer.

A.J. Finn calls the book “[a] mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I've ever read...as though Agatha Christie and Stephen King had jointly rebooted ‘Lost.’” And according to Benjamin Stevenson, “Stuart Turton’s literary pyrotechnics are on full display in this magnificently sly novel. Part Holmesian deduction, part Shyamalan level twists --- Turton somehow manages to reinvent both himself and the mystery genre with every book. An absolute blast.”

In anticipation of the book’s May 21st release, we’re awarding an advance copy to 25 readers. To enter, please fill out this form by Friday, April 12th at noon ET.

#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline is back with a new domestic thriller, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS, which revolves around family, justice and the lies that tear us apart.

Here’s the premise: TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm --- except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can’t get hired anywhere except at the firm as an investigator. But one night, TJ’s world turns upside down after his older brother, John, confesses that he murdered one of their clients, an accountant he’d confronted with proof of embezzlement. TJ plunges into the investigation, but it isn’t long before he and John find themselves entangled in a lethal web of deception and murder.

Jana Siciliano has our review and says, “TJ is a rare character for a thriller --- someone who is so flawed yet so irresistible due to his charms and his desire to live a respectable life and do a good deed in order to achieve that kind of life. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS is a romp with exacting amounts of soul and sabotage, surprise and success, that even the most jaded mystery reader will find it to be a jolt to his or her system.”

Lisa has been on the road the last few days --- with stops in Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona,  Texas and New Jersey --- to talk about the book. Her tour continues through mid-April (with of couple of virtual events sprinkled in), so be sure to check out her schedule here to see if she’ll be at a bookstore or library near you.

A mysterious high-stakes game proves life-threatening in Heather Gudenkauf’s latest twisty thriller, EVERYONE IS WATCHING. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for $10 million on a game show that will be live-streamed for all the world to see. But they have no idea what to expect when they arrive at the secluded estate where the competition will take place. When long-kept secrets begin to rise to the surface, the contestants realize that someone is out for blood.

According to our reviewer Ray Palen, “Heather Gudenkauf has long been one of the most solid writers of psychological thrillers in the business. Nothing, however, will prepare readers for her latest effort, which is unlike anything she has written previously…. I absolutely loved this novel and had so much fun reading it. EVERYONE IS WATCHING made me think of Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, which saw apparently random strangers invited to a private island at the behest of a host who had a sick sense of justice.”

Other books we’re reviewing this week include:

• HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER: Kristen Perrin’s adult debut, which is March's Top LibraryReads Pick, is about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right 60 years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate. Now it's up to her great-niece to catch the killer.
   
• WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA?: An upcoming Bets On selection, Dervla McTiernan’s new book is an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other --- one seeking justice in the disappearance of their daughter, the other desperate to clear their son’s name. Don’t miss my Bets On commentary in next week’s newsletter.
   
• THE ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE: This final installment in Stephen Graham Jones’ Indian Lake trilogy picks up four years after DON'T FEAR THE REAPER as Jade Daniels returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice --- only to find that the Lake Witch is waiting for her.

Spring Preview Contest Update
In this week’s 24-hour Spring Preview contest, we gave away the aforementioned THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS by Lisa Scottoline. Next week’s prize book will be DAUGHTER OF MINE by Megan Miranda, which releases on April 9th and will be a Bets On pick. The contest will be up at noon ET on Tuesday, April 2nd. I am hoping to interview Megan next week!

Enter Our New Word of Mouth Contest
We have a new Word of Mouth contest to tell you about. Let us know by Friday, April 12th at noon ET what books you’ve read, and you’ll have a chance to win TABLE FOR TWO: Fictions by Amor Towles and THE WIVES: A Memoir by Simone Gorrindo. I look forward to interviewing Simone next week!

Vote in Our New Poll --- and Check Out Results from the Last Poll
Do you read or listen to more than one book at a time? That’s our latest poll question, which was inspired by my mention of book juggling in last week’s newsletter. Be sure to cast your votes by Friday, April 12th at noon ET.

In our previous poll, we listed 30 fiction titles releasing in paperback in March and asked which of them, if any, you have read or are planning to read. Below are your top five picks, and you can see all the results here:

• HANG THE MOON by Jeannette Walls (40%)
• PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson (34%)
• ZERO DAYS by Ruth Ware (32%)
• THE SOULMATE by Sally Hepworth (28%)
• HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry (27%)

Featured Review:
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS
by Lisa Scottoline

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS by Lisa Scottoline (Domestic Thriller)
Audiobook available; read by Edoardo Ballerini, with the dedication and author's note read by Lisa Scottoline
TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm --- except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can’t get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ’s world turns upside down after his older brother, John, confesses that he murdered one of their clients, an accountant he’d confronted with proof of embezzlement. It seems impossible coming from John, the firstborn son and Most Valuable Devlin. TJ plunges into the investigation, seizing the chance to prove his worth and save his brother. But in no time, TJ and John find themselves entangled in a lethal web of deception and murder. TJ will fight to save his family, but what he learns might break them first. Reviewed by Jana Siciliano.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here for the discussion guide on ReadingGroupGuides.com.
- Click here to visit Lisa Scottoline's website.
- Click here to see Lisa Scottoline's book tour schedule.

Click here to read our review.

Featured Review: EVERYONE IS WATCHING
by Heather Gudenkauf

EVERYONE IS WATCHING by Heather Gudenkauf (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Brittany Pressley
The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for $10 million on the game show “One Lucky Winner.” The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live-streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and zero contact with the outside world, the competitors start to feel a little too isolated. When long-kept secrets begin to rise to the surface, the contestants realize this is no longer just a reality show. Someone is out for blood. And the game can’t end until the world knows who the contestants really are. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide on ReadingGroupGuides.com.

Click here to read our review.

New Special Contest:
Enter to Win One of 25 Advance Copies of
THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD
by Stuart Turton, Releasing May 21st

Featured Review:
HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER by Kristen Perrin
March’s Top LibraryReads Pick

HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER by Kristen Perrin (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Alexandra Dowling and Jaye Jacobs
It’s 1965, and teenager Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’ night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly 60 years later, when Frances is found murdered. In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’ lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager just might have a motive for her murder. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.

- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide on ReadingGroupGuides.com.

Click here to read our review.

Featured Review:
WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title

WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan (Psychological Thriller/Mystery)
Audiobook available; read by Kristen Sieh, Stacey Glemboski, Lisa Flanagan, Robert Petkoff, George Newbern, Jenna Lamia and Preston Butler III
Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Until they leave for a weekend at his family’s cabin in Vermont, and only Simon comes home. His explanation about what happened in their last hours together doesn’t add up. Nina’s parents push the police for answers, and Simon’s parents rush to protect him. They hire expensive lawyers and a PR firm that quickly ramps up a vicious, nothing-is-off-limits media campaign. Everyone chooses a side, and the story goes viral, fueled by armchair investigators and wild conspiracy theories and illustrated with pretty pictures taken from Nina’s social media accounts. Journalists descend on their small Vermont town, followed by a few obsessive "fans." Nina’s family is under siege, but they never lose sight of the only thing that really matters --- finding their daughter. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.

- Click here to read more about the book.

Click here to read our review.

WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's Bets On commentary in next week's newsletter.

Featured Review: THE ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE
by Stephen Graham Jones

THE ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE by Stephen Graham Jones
(Supernatural Thriller/Horror)
Audiobook available; read by Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals and Andrew J. Robinson
THE ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE is the final installment in Stephen Graham Jones’ trilogy that kicked off with MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW and continued in DON’T FEAR THE REAPER. It’s been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend, Letha, and her family from incrimination. Since then, her reputation and the town have changed dramatically. There’s a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there’s one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront…until Jade comes back to town. The curse of the Lake Witch is waiting, and now is the time for the final stand. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

- Click here to read more about the book.

Click here to read our review.

Bookreporter.com's 13th Annual
Spring Preview Contests and Feature

What’s New This Month on ReadingGroupGuides.com

More Reviews This Week

MURDER ROAD by Simone St. James (Supernatural Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Brittany Pressley
April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them. When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years, and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.

THE MYSTERY WRITER by Sulari Gentill (Literary Thriller/Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Katherine Littrell
When Theodosia Benton abandons her career path as an attorney and shows up on her brother's doorstep with two suitcases and an unfinished novel, she expects to face a few challenges. What Theo never expects is to be drawn into a hidden literary world in which identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of an audience. When her mentor, a highly successful author, is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. Then the police begin looking at her brother, Gus, as their prime suspect, and Theo does the unthinkable in order to protect him. But the writer has left a trail, a thread out of the labyrinth in the form of a story. Gus finds that thread and follows it, and in his attempt to save his sister, he inadvertently threatens the foundations of the labyrinth itself. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

THE INMATE by Freida McFadden (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Leslie Howard
As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But nobody knows that Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. They certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart --- the star quarterback, the golden boy who's serving a life sentence for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there. But Shane knows. He knows more than anyone. And he will never forget. Reviewed by Ray Palen.

HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER? by Nicci French (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Jane Collingwood
On the day of Alec Salter’s 50th birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children --- especially 15-year-old Etty --- grow increasingly anxious. Then Etty and her friend, Morgan, find the body of Morgan’s father, Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide. Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley returns to the small English village of Glensted with his older brother to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Stricken with dementia, Alec is entering an elder care facility. But when the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases. Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. Reviewed by Philip Zozzaro.

SLEEPING GIANTS by Rene Denfeld (Mystery/Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Alex Hyde-White
Twenty years ago, a nine-year-old boy was swept away by powerful waves on a remote Oregon beach, his body lost to the sea. Only a stone memorial remains to mark his tragic death. For most of her life, Amanda Dufresne had no idea she had an older brother named Dennis Owens or that he had died. Adopted as a baby, she learned about him while looking into her late birth mother and is curious to know more about this lost sibling. A solitary young woman, Amanda has always felt distanced from the world around her. Her one true companion is the orphaned polar bear she cares for working at the zoo. By getting to know her birth family, she hopes to understand more about herself. Retired police officer Larry Palmer is a widower who offers to help Amanda find answers. The search leads to shocking and heartbreaking discoveries. Reviewed by Katherine B. Weissman.

THE SCANDALOUS LADIES OF LONDON: THE DUCHESS by Sophie Jordan (Historical Romance)
Audiobook available, read by Mary Jane Wells
It’s been a year since her wretched cad of a husband died, and Valencia is finally her own woman. Freedom is sweet, and life should be perfect. Until the new duke surfaces. Nothing like the haughty noblemen who populate the ton, Rhain, the newly minted Duke of Dedham, is a big brawny Welshman with an accent that makes Valencia’s knees go weak as he boldly moves into her home. With a pittance to her name, Valencia needs his support to remain in London and enjoy all the pleasures her new position as a merry widow has to offer. So a bargain is struck. Valencia will usher his sisters into Good Society and see them happily betrothed. In return, he’ll give her the financial security and independence she craves. But the more time they spend under the same roof, the more she realizes it's not safety she wants but the dangerously seductive Rhain. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.

3 SHADES OF BLUE: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan (Music/History)
Audiobook available, read by Dion Graham
The myth of the ’60s depends on the 1950s being the “before times” of conformity, segregation and straightness. This all carries some truth, but it does nothing to explain how, in 1959, America’s great indigenous art form, jazz, reached the height of its power and popularity, thanks to a number of Black geniuses so legendary they go by one name --- Monk, Mingus, Rollins, Coltrane and, above all, Miles. 1959 saw Miles, Coltrane, Bill Evans and more come together to record what is widely considered the greatest jazz album of all time, and certainly the bestselling: Kind of Blue. 3 SHADES OF BLUE is James Kaplan’s magnificent account of the paths of the three giants to the mountaintop of 1959 and beyond. Reviewed by Ron Kaplan (www.RonKaplansBaseballBookshelf.com).

FRUIT OF THE DEAD by Rachel Lyon (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Carlotta Brentan and Joy Osmanski
Camp counselor Cory Ansel --- who is 18 and aimless, and afraid to face her high-strung single mother in New York --- is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, Rolo Picazo is middle-aged, divorced and magnetic. He is also intoxicated by Cory. When Rolo proffers a childcare job (and an NDA), Cory quiets an internal warning and allows herself to be ferried to his private island. Plied with luxury and opiates manufactured by his company, she continues to tell herself she’s in charge. Her mother, Emer, who is head of a teetering agricultural NGO, senses otherwise. With her daughter seemingly vanished, Emer crosses land and sea to heed a cry for help she alone is convinced she hears. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.

DON’T FORGET ME by Rea Frey (Domestic Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Rachel L. Jacobs
All Ruby wanted was a fresh start. But after an early retirement and a relocation to a tight-knit community with her husband, Tom, and her daughter, Lily, her new beginning takes a turn. First her troubled daughter and then her husband disappear without a trace. Unsure how to cope, grief-ridden Ruby turns to her neighborhood friends to find a way forward with new hobbies, including a murder club where they try to solve cold cases. But just as unexpectedly as her family vanished, a body floats to the surface of the nearby lake. And everyone is sure the body belongs to Tom...everyone except Ruby. Determined to find out what happened to her family once and for all, Ruby digs into her neighbors’ lives, and her own, only to uncover secrets that raise more questions than they answer. Reviewed by Kate Ayers.

THE HEARING TEST by Eliza Barry Callahan (Fiction)
When the narrator of THE HEARING TEST, an artist in her late 20s, awakens one morning to a deep drone in her right ear, she is diagnosed with Sudden Deafness but is offered no explanation for its cause. As the specter of total deafness looms, she keeps a record of her year --- a score of estrangement and enchantment, of luck and loneliness, of the chance occurrences to which she becomes attuned --- while living alone in a New York City studio apartment with her dog. Through a series of fleeting and often humorous encounters --- with neighbors, an ex-lover, doctors, strangers, family members, faraway friends, and with the lives and works of artists, filmmakers, musicians and philosophers --- making meaning becomes a form of consolation and curiosity, a form of survival. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.

Next Week's Notables:
Noteworthy Books Releasing on April 1st and 2nd

Below are some notable titles releasing on April 1st and 2nd 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 April 1st, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.

April 1st

MATTERHORN by Christopher Reich (Thriller)
A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich.

April 2nd

THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES by Julia Alvarez (Fiction)
Literary icon Julia Alvarez, the bestselling author of IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES and HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic.

CITY IN RUINS by Don Winslow (Thriller)
Following CITY ON FIRE and CITY OF DREAMS, CITY IN RUINS is the explosive, impossible-to-put-down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow’s epic, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow's extraordinary career.

THE HOUSE ON BISCAYNE BAY by Chanel Cleeton (Historical/Gothic Fiction)
As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s atmospheric new novel.

THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio (Fiction)
An exuberant debut, THE HUSBANDS delights in asking: How do we navigate life, love and choice in a world of never-ending options?

I CHEERFULLY REFUSE by Leif Enger (Dystopian Fiction/Adventure)
Set in a not-too-distant America, I CHEERFULLY REFUSE is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife.

JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez (Romantic Comedy)
From the New York Times bestselling author of YOURS TRULY comes a sharp and scintillating summer novel that will make readers laugh out loud and cry happy tears.

MAX’S WAR by Libby Fischer Hellmann (Historical Thriller)
Sure to captivate readers of Kate Quinn and Kristin Hannah, MAX’S WAR is a sweeping World War II saga in which a young German Jew flees Europe, emigrates to America and joins the Army to fight Nazis.

ONE BY ONE by Freida McFadden (Psychological Thriller)
This taut story of betrayal and survival from New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden will leave you wondering if there's any way out of the woods.

SANDCASTLE INN: A Hope Harbor Novel by Irene Hannon (Romance)
He’s struggling to recoup from a tragic loss. She’s reeling from an unplanned career detour. But as they join forces to save a floundering inn, might they discover that hope and healing can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places?

SHARPE'S COMMAND: Richard Sharpe and the Bridge at Almaraz, May 1812 by Bernard Cornwell (Historical Fiction/Adventure)
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the 19th century, capturing the bravery, battles and bloodshed of Britain’s peninsular wars with this epic tale featuring his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.

SHE'S NOT SORRY by Mary Kubica (Psychological Thriller)
An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of LOCAL WOMAN MISSING and JUST THE NICEST COUPLE.

A SHORT WALK THROUGH A WIDE WORLD by Douglas Westerbeke
(Historical Fiction/Magical Realism)
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LaRUE meets LIFE OF PI in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, adventurous life of one woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a mysterious curse that will destroy her if she stops moving.

THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE by Jo Piazza (Mystery)
From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza comes a transporting novel rooted in the author’s own family history about a long-awaited trip to Sicily, a disputed inheritance and a family secret that some will kill to protect.

TABLE FOR TWO: Fictions by Amor Towles (Fiction/Short Stories)
From the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW and RULES OF CIVILITY comes a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters.

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

From left to right: Rebecca Serle, Lisa Scottoline, Anna Quindlen

 Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events

Here are three upcoming virtual book and author events that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links for more info and to register.

Tuesday, April 2nd at 3pm ET: Barnes & Noble Book Club: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome Anna Quindlen for a live virtual event to discuss AFTER ANNIE, March's B&N Book Club pick. Anna will be in conversation with Lexie Smyth, B&N's Fiction Category Manager, and Allyson Gavaletz, B&N's Publisher Liaison.

Wednesday, April 3rd 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 Lisa Scottoline about her new domestic thriller, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS.

Thursday, April 4th at 1pm ET: Simon & Schuster's Book Club Favorites: Rebecca Serle will join members of the Simon & Schuster team to discuss her latest novel, EXPIRATION DATES, which is March's pick for S&S's Book Club Favorites.

 "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:

• Anna Quindlen (AFTER ANNIE) Video | Podcast

Other authors we've interviewed include:

• Douglas Brunt (THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF RUDOLF DIESEL: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I) Video | Podcast
• Fiona Davis (THE SPECTACULAR) Video | Podcast
• Ashley Elston (FIRST LIE WINS) Video | Podcast
• Katherine Faulkner (THE OTHER MOTHERS) Video | Podcast
• Tess Gerritsen (THE SPY COAST) Video | Podcast
• Tamron Hall (WATCH WHERE THEY HIDE: A Jordan Manning Novel) Video | Podcast
• Kristin Hannah (THE WOMEN) Video | Podcast
• Jessica Knoll (BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN) Video | Podcast
• William Kent Krueger (THE RIVER WE REMEMBER) Video | Podcast
• Jean Kwok (THE LEFTOVER WOMAN) Video | Podcast
• Gilly Macmillan (THE MANOR HOUSE) Video | Podcast
• Amanda Peters (THE BERRY PICKERS) Video | Podcast
• Nita Prose (THE MYSTERY GUEST: A Maid Novel) Video | Podcast
• Hank Phillippi Ryan (ONE WRONG WORD) Video | Podcast
• Sharon Virts (VEIL OF DOUBT) Video | Podcast

Upcoming interviews include:

• Simone Gorrindo (THE WIVES: A Memoir)
• Ann Hood (THE STOLEN CHILD)
• Megan Miranda (DAUGHTER OF MINE)

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

Our Latest Poll: Juggling More Than One Book

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Word of Mouth Contest: Tell Us What
You're Reading --- and You Can Win Two Books!

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