CrownEvanthia Bromiley. Grove, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6462-9
Bromiley debuts with a remarkable portrait of a jobless single mother as she navigates an impending eviction, pregnancy, and the watchful gaze of child protection services. Over the course of three days, Jude Woods attempts to keep her sanity and shield her nine-year-old twins, Evan and Virginia, fr... Continue reading »
The Vanishing PlaceZoë Rankin. Berkley, $30 (384p) ISBN 979-8-217-18809-3
Rankin debuts with a triumphant thriller set in rural New Zealand. At the outset, a blood-stained child named Anya enters a grocery store in the village of Koraha and starts pulling items from the shelves and devouring them. When Constable Lewis Weston arrives, he’s stunned at her resemblance to an ... Continue reading »
Coffin MoonKeith Rosson. Random House, $28 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-73340-0
Rosson, who put a fresh spin on the zombie apocalypse trope in the Fever House duology, is equally creative with vampires in this brilliant horror novel set in 1970s Oregon. After returning from the Vietnam War, Duane Minor takes a job at a bar owned by his in-laws. He and his wife, Heidi, adjust to... Continue reading »
To Heist and To HoldChristina Britton. Forever, $9.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-5387-6911-9
Britton (The Duke’s All That) launches her Wimpole Street Widows Society series with this scintillating Regency. When Heloise Marlowe’s sister-in-law asks for help recovering jewels her employer was cheated out of at the Dionysus gaming club, Heloise, a widow and former blacksmith’s apprent... Continue reading »
More Weight: A Salem StoryBen Wickey. Top Shelf, $39.99 (532p) ISBN 978-1-60309-560-0
In his impressive first solo graphic novel, animator Wickey (Supper with the Stars) does for Salem, Mass., what From Hell did for London, building layers of history around a crucial act of evil. At the core of the story sits Giles Corey, a victim of the 17th-century Salem witch tri... Continue reading »
Tantrums in AirEmily Skillings. Song Cave, $18.95 trade paper (128p) ISBN 979-8-99129-880-3
In her excellent sophomore outing, Skillings (Fort Not) combines the brutal and acerbic honesty of confessionalism with the self-deprecating humor of the New York School to create an irresistibly original work. She excels at probing her own mind, bringing gravity to even seemingly banal or ... Continue reading »
The Long March HomeMarcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee. Revell, $26.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-8007-4275-1
In this tour de force from Brotherton (A Bright and Blinding Sun) and Lee (A Single Light), four friends’ lives change irrevocably when America becomes embroiled in WWII. In 1930s Mobile, Ala., preacher’s son Jimmy Propfield shares an idyllic upbringing with childhood sweetheart Cl... Continue reading »
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and ShipwreckSophie Elmhirst. Riverhead, $28 (256p) ISBN 978-0-593-85428-0
Journalist Elmhirst debuts with an enthralling story of survival. In spring 1973, a British couple felt their sailboat shudder as a flailing, dying whale punched a hole in its hull. Months earlier, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey had sold their possessions, abandoned “suburban domestic stress,” and embar... Continue reading »
Real Japanese Cooking: The Only Japanese Cookbook You Will Ever Need!Makiko Itoh. Tuttle, $39.99 (512p) ISBN 978-4-8053-1615-3
This excellent compendium from Itoh (The Just Bento Cookbook) offers an encyclopedic introduction to “the complete range of modern Japanese home cooking.” She breaks down Japanese food into three main styles: washoku, or traditional fare, includes sake-steamed cod, mixed rice with greens (“... Continue reading »
As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase UsSarah Hurwitz. HarperOne, $32.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-337497-3
Former White House speechwriter Hurwitz (Here All Along) makes a full-throated case for Judaism’s relevance in an increasingly secular and often openly antisemitic world. Raised on a “cultural Judaism” from which she gleaned mostly “a collection of social justice slogans and self-help clic... Continue reading »
White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the HistoryAnn Bausum. Roaring Brook, $24.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-81657-3
In this searing account, Bausum (The Bard and the Book) dissects the “series of lies” that represented the beliefs of the Confederate States of America known as the Lost Cause following the conclusion of the U.S. Civil War. Across four distinct parts, frank text outlines the buildup to and ... Continue reading »
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