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Week of November 28, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of November 28th include BLACK CAKE by Charmaine Wilkerson, a moving debut novel in which two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past --- a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake; Stuart Woods' A SAFE HOUSE, an adrenaline-charged thriller that finds Stone Barrington taking on a vengeful rival as he tries to hide and protect those closest to him; APPARENTLY THERE WERE COMPLAINTS, a laugh-out-loud, juicy and touching memoir from Emmy Award­–winning actress Sharon Gless, who dishes about her five decades in Hollywood, where she took on some of the most groundbreaking roles of her time; and the paperback original THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT by Kimberly Belle, a deeply addictive thriller that explores the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing.

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David Guterson, author of The Final Case

A girl dies one late, rainy night a few feet from the back door of her home. The girl, Abeba, was born in Ethiopia. Her adoptive parents, Delvin and Betsy Harvey --- conservative, white fundamentalist Christians --- are charged with her murder. Royal, a Seattle criminal attorney in the last days of his long career, takes Betsy Harvey’s case. An octogenarian without a driver’s license, he leans on his son --- the novel’s narrator --- as he prepares for trial.

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