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Books Mom Will Love 2023

Mother’s Day is a time to recognize the woman who raised and nurtured us. To celebrate, we gave you the opportunity to win 12 books for you or the special lady in your life in our 18th annual "Books Mom Will Love" contest. Scroll down to see the five winners!

Sarah Penner, author of The London Séance Society

1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister’s death, but to do so, she must embrace the unknown and overcome her own logic-driven bias against the occult. When Vaudeline is beckoned to England to solve a high-profile murder, Lenna accompanies her as an understudy. But soon they begin to suspect that they are not merely out to solve a crime, but perhaps entangled in one themselves.

Week of April 29, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of April 29th include KILLING MOON, the 13th installment in Jo Nesbø's series starring brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole, who is assembling his own team to help find a serial killer who is murdering young women in Oslo; WITH MY LITTLE EYE by Joshilyn Jackson, the hair-raising story of a mother who moves herself and her daughter across the country to escape a dangerous stalker --- but she can’t keep herself and her daughter safe from a monster she can’t identify; Sarah Penner's THE LONDON SÉANCE SOCIETY, a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead; A LIVING REMEDY, Nicole Chung's searing memoir of class, inequality and grief; and WITHIN ARM'S REACH, the tender and perceptive debut from Ann Napolitano (originally published in 2004) about three generations of a large Catholic family jarred into crisis by an unexpected pregnancy.