Never Go Home

Swann’s hard-hitting sequel to 2020’s Never Go Back focuses on Susannah “Suzie” Faulkner, who was raised by her underworld-connected uncle, Gavin Lester, after her parents’ murders and now avenges crime victims. After Suzie deposits a child rapist in a parking lot for the police to find outside of San Antonio, Tex., Caesar, an old friend, arrives to tell her that her brother, Ethan, needs her help back home in Atlanta. Ethan has been approached by Finn, who served with their father in the Army and is looking for his share of $10 million in cash he claims he and their father stole while stationed in Iraq 15 years earlier. Arriving in Atlanta, Suzie and Caesar learn that Gavin had a heart attack while waiting for them at the airport. As Gavin struggles for life in the hospital, Suzie is forced to do some dirty business for him. Meanwhile, Finn refuses to believe the Faulkner siblings don’t have the stolen fortune. With the lives of the few people she cares for on the line, Suzie delves into her father’s past to find the truth. Lisbeth Salander fans will relish Suzie’s pitiless approach to obtaining justice. Agent: Peter Steinberg, Foundry Literary + Media. (Aug.)