Skip to main content

Features

Week of September 5, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of September 5th include MATRIX, Lauren Groff's defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world; OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS by Gary Shteyngart, an elegiac novel about love, friendship, family and betrayal revolving around eight friends, one country house and six months in isolation; Louise Erdrich's wickedly funny ghost story, THE SENTENCE, a tale of passion, a complex marriage and a woman's relentless errors; Lisa Unger's LAST GIRL GHOSTED, a riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game in which secrets, obsession and vengeance converge; and THREE SISTERS, a story of family, courage and resilience from Heather Morris, the bestselling author of the multi-million-copy bestseller THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and CILKA'S JOURNEY.

Read more »

Kristina McMorris, author of The Ways We Hide

As a little girl raised amid the hardships of Michigan's Copper Country, Fenna Vos learned to focus on her own survival. Though she performs onstage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist, behind the curtain she's the mastermind of their act. Ultimately, controlling her surroundings and eluding traps of every kind helps her keep a lingering trauma at bay. Yet for all her planning, Fenna doesn't foresee being called upon by British military intelligence. Tasked with designing escape aids to thwart the Germans, MI9 seeks those with specialized skills for a war nearing its breaking point. But when a test of her loyalty draws her deep into the fray, Fenna discovers that no mission is more treacherous than escaping one's past.

Read more »