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Week of April 7, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of April 7th include Michael Connelly's complex, satisfying and twisty thriller, THE WAITING, in which LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter; THE LITTLE LIAR by Mitch Albom, an unforgettable story of truth and lies set during the Holocaust; KNIFE, Salman Rushdie's searing, deeply personal account of enduring --- and surviving --- an attempt on his life 30 years after the fatwa that was ordered against him; Genevieve Kingston's DID I EVER TELL YOU?, the most extraordinary, life-affirming memoir you will ever read about the power of love; and the paperback original THE PAGE TURNER by Viola Shipman, a sharp, witty and entirely delightful family drama about a young romance writer who makes a discovery that throws her elitist family into chaos.

Michael Connelly, author of The Waiting: A Ballard and Bosch Novel

Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet 20 years ago. His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the City of Angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles. Meanwhile, Ballard’s badge, gun and ID are stolen. She works the burglary alone, but her mission draws her into unexpected danger. So she knocks on the door of Harry Bosch. At the same time, Ballard takes on a new volunteer to the cold case unit: Bosch’s daughter, Maddie, now a patrol officer. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city’s library of lost souls --- a case that may be the most iconic in the city’s history.