Deb Lewis from The Poisoned Pen has some book suggestions for the next several months. If the direct links don’t send you to the right spot in the Webstoe, try the overall link, https://store.poisonedpen.com/.
Rules For Aging and Larceny by Julia London (pb)
Ocean’s Eleven meets the Golden Girls when an all-female group of chaotic, elderly thieves come out of retirement for one last heist against a young Crypto-loving DudeBro-type… while trying to repair their fractured friendship along the way.
For fans of Deanna Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age and Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth.
If Books Could Kill by Kate Eberle (pb)
A NOVEL LOVE STORY meets LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS in this rom-com following Roxie Mitchell, an adventure-loving romance reader who finds herself trapped in a meet-cute turned murderous.
How To Kill A Crimewriter by Sarah Lotz (pb)
After the untimely death of her bestselling crime novelist mother, a young woman teams up with the fictional “ghost” of the heroine from her mother’s series in order to solve her mother’s murder.
The Night Hunter by Natalie Moss
In a remote corner of the South African bush, two sisters reunite to bury a family secret once and for all, but when they’re stranded among the wild animals, they find a predator far more dangerous waiting for them in the shadows. . . .
The Novel Detective by Teresa Dovalpage
A twisty, genre-bending metafictional mystery set in Cuba past and present about a writer returning to her long-lost hometown to seek the buried truth about two suspicious deaths at her Havana high school, perfect for fans of Chanel Cleeton and Jean Hanff Korelitz
Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
From the award-winning author of Winter Counts comes a new thriller about life—and death—on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
The Country Road Murders by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker’s legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family.
The Season of Sinking by Daphne Woolsoncroft
From a hit true crime podcaster turned novelist, a woman’s unsettling past creeps back into her consciousness as she returns to her hometown and begins to suspect the locals are hiding a terrible secret swirling around her mother’s recent death.
It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women’s lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this “deliciously dark, devilishly addictive” (Alice Feeney, bestselling author of My Husband’s Wife) novel.
Reviews:
One Good Eye by Kevin Wade (Aug)
A sequel to Johnny Careless brings back our protagonist, Police Chief Jeep Mullane, to Long Island to sort out the haves and have-nots, each involved in their brand of criminal activity. Jenny the Pirate, a childhood friend (and perpetual love) of Jeep’s, is being blackmailed over a tragic, secret incident in her past. Does Kevin’s previous history as a writer for Blue Bloods make me imagine Jeep as Tom Selleck? Or is it a flashback to Robert Parker’s Chief Stone? If you like a detective who has a strong moral compass, is conflicted, and is smart, with an ending you totally did not see coming, this series is for you!
The Witches of Cambridge By Alice Hoffman (Sept)
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman has written a dazzling addition to her Practical Magic series with this book about 2 young women, from totally different backgrounds, beginning college in the 1950s. One rich, one poor, one polished and sophisticated, one a farm girl: but both bound together by the secret knowledge that their blood runs black, they possess a mysterious 11th finger, have uncontrolled magical powers and are, unknown to them, the descendants of the original witches of Cambridge. Secret letters, flashbacks to the 1660’s, and the oppression of women in both time periods are woven in but the story of the friendship between the 2 girls shines brightly. Highly recommended.
