Now, just yesterday I posted the big list of new books I’ve received and told you I would be featuring them here in New on the Shelves. And I will, I promise – but first, I’m going to feature the newest addition, which just came in today: The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney: With the compelling narrative tension and… Read more

I love a good thriller! Cane and Abe by James Grippando: A spellbinding novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, in which Miami’s top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance, which may have a chilling connection to the woman he can’t forget. Unbelievable was the word for her. Samantha Vine was unbelievably beautiful. It was unbelievable… Read more

I don’t recall requesting this one, but it certainly sounds interesting! Fiercombe Manor by Kate Riordan: In 1933, naive twenty-two year-old Alice—pregnant and unmarried—is in disgrace. Her mother banishes her from London to secluded Fiercombe Manor in rural Gloucestershire, where she can hide under the watchful eye of her mother’s old friend, the housekeeper Mrs. Jelphs. The manor’s owners, the Stantons,… Read more

What a great way to start the new year – more new books than I can read! But I will try and make time for them all. Today, it’s The Swimmer by Joakim Zander: A deep-cover CIA agent races across Europe to save the daughter he never knew in this electrifying debut thriller—an international sensation billed as “Homeland meets Stieg Larsson” that… Read more

This looks like a great historical mystery: The Body Snatchers Affair: A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini   The Body Snatchers Affair: The latest in the Carpenter and Quincannon historical mystery series from Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Two missing bodies and two separate investigations take Carpenter and Quincannon from the heights above San Francisco Bay to the depths of… Read more

Oh, I loved the last two Douglas Nicholas novels I read – you should check out my review of Something Red. The newest is Throne of Darkness: Perfect for fans of Game of Thrones, this novel from acclaimed author Douglas Nicholas continues the gripping dark fantasy series that Kirkus Reviews describes as “a more profound Harry Potter for adults.” It’s 1215 in northwest England—the eve of… Read more

I’m out of town this week and won’t have much access to the site, so I’ve got some new books for you! First, one I’m taking on the plane with me, The Deep by Nick Cutter: A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at first, like where they left… Read more

This looks to be an interesting series: The Magician’s Daughter: A Valentine Hill Mystery by Judith Janeway Magician Valentine Hill always introduces her act by announcing “Reality is an illusion. Illusion is reality, and nothing is what it seems.” When Valentine is reunited with her grifter mother, “nothing is what it seems” becomes true in real life. A wealthy socialite turns out… Read more

This is also a movie I’m really looking forward to seeing: Men, Women & Children by Chad Kultgen The author of The Average American Male and The Lie returns with a shocking, salacious, and surprisingly subtle new novel of the average American family. Like Neil Strauss and Nick Hornby, Chad Kultgen has the capacity to enthrall and astonish even the most… Read more