Picking up from yesterday’s post….
For our suspense/crime/thriller readers, here are a few new authors to try: Joe Ide has written a fascinating murder story, Hi Five, that involves arms dealers and a witness, also a suspect, with multiple personalities. This one will keep the reader on their toes. Lucy Foley’s second book, The Hunting Party, is the story of a group of friends who gather on New Years to bring in the new year and one of them turns up dead in the midst of a blizzard. The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell is set in the Hamptons and involves murder and characters who will do anything, criminal or not, for love and money. Pretty Things by Janelle Brown tosses together troubled family relationships, theft and con artistry, and fabulous settings all into a page-turning book. Alex North returns with The Shadows, another creepy, scary story that involves the blending of dreams and reality. This one will keep you up at night, so get your night lights ready!
Historical fiction, especially novels set during and around World War II, are hot now, and we’ve got several for you to enjoy. The Vanishing Sky by Annette L. Binder studies a family who is torn apart by opposing viewpoints of events in Germany as World War II comes to a close. Universe of Two by Stephen Kiernan is a fictionalized story of a real-life mathematician who worked on the Manhattan Project. The Queen’s Secret by Karen Harper is the story of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and her will of steel that helped her husband settle into his unexpected role of king and guided England through some of its darkest times. Exile Music by Jennifer Steil is the story of a Jewish family who flees Vienna for Bolivia when the German forces invade Austria. Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini is a novel about a group of American Women in Berlin who wage a secret war against Hitler. To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara is a novel of Pearl Harbor, a departure for Shaara, who has spent most of his career writing about the Civil War.
Historical fiction titles that are not set during World War II include Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles, The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner, and The Paris Hours by Alex George. Simon the Fiddler is set in post-Civil War Texas, The Paris Hours is set during the brilliant and lush Belle Epoque, and The Jane Austen Society is set in a small village in England in the years just after World War II. It is a must-read for those who enjoyed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal by Bryn Turnbull is as delicious as its title. Miss Austen by Gill Hornby is about Jane Austen’s sister, Cassandra, and her life after the death of her sister.
I’ll finish up this post by letting you all know about some science fiction/fantasy titles that we’ve just received. The Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth is an adult title written by the author of the Divergent series, and it is apocalyptic, sweeping, and brilliant. The Last Emperox by John Scalzi is the last of a trilogy and is very timely: it is about an epidemic of a viral disease. The Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh and Master Class by Christina Dalcher would be interesting to read together. They’re both stories about a not-too-distant future when women and girls are forced into roles and lives against their will by governmental powers.
I’ll write one more post this week tomorrow and let you all know about some very timely and contemporary fiction, some literary fiction, and a lot of novels about families and relationships. We have so many new books in – please come browse our new book shelves. Our browsing hours are 11am to 2pm Tuesday through Saturday. You can also read more about these and other great titles in our catalog: https://uppl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/external. From the catalog, requests can be placed for books for curbside pick up.