Paperback releases for the week of May 12th include THE ROM-COMMERS, Katherine Center's rom-com about writing a rom-com, which our reviewer Pamela Kramer thinks is one of Center’s best books yet and assures readers that they will fall in love with the two protagonists; ALL FOURS by Miranda July, an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life; WE SOLVE MURDERS, which kicks off a brand-new mystery series from Richard Osman and introduces readers to a detective duo who appear to be mismatched; Frank Figliuzzi's LONG HAUL, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways, revealing the FBI Highway Serial Killings Initiative’s hunt for the long-haul truckers behind an astonishing 850 murders --- and counting; and LEFT FOR DEAD by Eric Jay Dolin, a tale of intriguing complexity that tells the true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812.
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Paperback releases for the week of May 5th include THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese, a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith and medicine that follows three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret; Lucy Foley's THE MIDNIGHT FEAST, a deliciously twisty locked-room mystery set at a luxe coastal retreat; I WILL RUIN YOU, an intriguing psychological thriller from Linwood Barclay, in which a teacher’s act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer; Ann Hood's THE STOLEN CHILD, a moving, page-turning novel about an unlikely duo venturing through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate; and THE YEAR OF LIVING CONSTITUTIONALLY, which chronicles A.J. Jacobs' hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America’s foundational document?
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The newly released
A FASHIONABLY FRENCH MURDER is the third installment in
Colleen Cambridge’s
An American in Paris Mystery series. American expat Tabitha Knight has found a new life in postwar Paris, along with a delightful friend in aspiring chef Julia Child. Yet there are perils in peacetime too, as a killer infiltrates one of the city’s most famous fashion houses. Colleen was a voracious reader at a very young age, and that’s because her mother instilled in her the same love of books that she had. This helped pave the way for Colleen to develop a special bookish bond with her own children.
Internationally bestselling author
Anna Snoekstra is back with her latest novel,
THE ONES WE LOVE, which is now available. This gripping domestic thriller follows the newly transplanted Jansen family, who moved from Australia to Los Angeles for a fresh start. When their reality soon turns into a living nightmare, they each must ask themselves how far they will go to protect the ones they love. Anna’s mother certainly knows a thing or two about protecting her daughter. Read on as Anna explains how a trip to the library when she was seven years old became one of the most important days of her life.