In this second book of the Aunties series, Meddelin “Meddy” Chan is finally marrying the man of her dreams. She and Nathan had been college sweethearts once but broke up and subsequently lost touch. Happily, they were reunited during the events of the first book, and are now set to be married in his hometown…
Peter Swanson is the Boston-based author of eight novels of suspense. His name has appeared on both the Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers lists and his books have been honored with awards and recognitions including the New England Society Book Award (The Kind Worth Killing), an NPR Book of the Year (Her Every…
Marshall Summer Naval School is everything for the girls of Deck Five. Fiercely proud of their traditions, the teenage girls come from all around the world to spend three glorious months of the year striving for excellence, as they learn and practice the skills they’ll need to compete in (and win) the Victory Race that…
Early one morning a female jogger runs for her life. She’s terrified because the person coming after her is relentless. She tries to hide in the underbrush but “he’s almost upon her and she can’t take it.” She screams, bolts up out of her hiding place, and staggers forward like a wounded deer. Suddenly she’s…
Oh, this book stabbed me repeatedly in the memories of my own adolescence, when I too was a young woman searching for transcendence and meaning and ran headlong into immovable orthodoxy instead. My situation was different, however, from the teenagers’ experience at the heart of this book. Where I gradually fell away from tradition, repulsed…
Dane Behr’s debut marks a notable new entry into the still nascent Midwestern Gothic genre, evoking a sense of place as unforgettable as the cat and mouse relationship between the detective and killer in this atmospheric novel of hard rain and small towns in mid 20th century America. Oscar, Iowa in the 1960s is a…
Val Chesterfield has always been the introverted twin, the subdued one. Compared to her brother Andy, her whole existence has been quietly domestic. She’s dedicated herself to a semi-cloistered life in the halls of academia, studying diverse and dead languages, while gregarious, gorgeous Andy traveled around the world following his passion for climate science, in…
Louise Candlish writes just the smartest, most socially conscious thrillers! Her latest novels go for the gut when navigating real, modern social concerns while also making readers question who really is the bad guy in her narratives. The tension in her books ratchets up with the stakes, as her protagonists almost invariably find themselves careening…
Rob Cussen lives in a beautiful California suburb with her handsome husband Irving and two beloved daughters Callie and Annie. But the cracks are beginning to show in her picture-perfect life. Irving cheats on her constantly, and while Annie, the youngest and her favorite, is the sweetest child, Rob worries about strange, friendless twelve-year-old Callie.…
Texas Ranger Tom Bell has barely ridden into the outskirts of the East Texas town of Pine Top when trouble comes looking for him. Flagged down by a local kid who claims to have found a dead body, Tom is, of course, obliged to investigate, never mind that he’s there on a mission to apprehend…
