Happy Half Hour (5/23/22)

This Happy Half Hour brings us the start of a new WWII mystery series, a compelling exploration of the death industry, a YA AAPI love story with music and second chances, and an epic fantasy about an immortal hiding as a storyteller.

DIE AROUND SUNDOWN by Mark Pryor | 9781250824820 | 8/16/22
ALL THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life’s Work by Hayley Campbell | 9781250281845 | 8/16/22
BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min | 9781250819093 | 7/26/22
THE FIRST BINDING by R.R. Virdi | 9781250796172 | 8/16/22

Additional titles we mentioned during today’s episode:

ENOLA HOLMES AND THE ELEGANT ESCAPADE by Nancy Springer | 9781250822970 | 9/6/22
SECRETS OF THE NILE: A Lady Emily Mystery by Tasha Alexander | 9781250819697 | 10/4/22
THE MITFORD SECRET: A Mitford Murders Mystery by Jessica Fellowes | 9781250819222 | 1/17/23
THE PARIS HOURS by Alex George | 9781250307200 | available now
THE LINDBERGH NANNY by Mariah Fredericks | 9781250827401 | 11/15/22
THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR by Nina de Gramont | 9781250274618 | available now
THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides | 9781250301703 | available now
HIS & HERS by Alice Feeney | 9781250833440 | available now
THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR by Sally Hepworth | 9781250217639 | available now
THE SOULMATE by Sally Hepworth | 9781250229700 | 4/4/23
LAVENDER HOUSE by Lev AC Rosen | 9781250834225 | 10/18/22
THE WITCH AND THE VAMPIRE by Francesca Flores | 9781250220516 | 3/21/23
A RESTLESS TRUTH by Freya Marske | 9781250788917 | 11/1/22
THE MAKE-UP TEST by Jenny L. Howe | 9781250837868 | 9/13/22
BILLIE STARR’S BOOK OF SORRIES by Deborah E. Kennedy | 9781250138439 | 10/4/22
AGAIN, BUT BETTER by Christine Riccio | 9781250299260 | available now
MAKE A WISH by Helena Hunting | 9781250624741 | 1/24/23
Legends of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong
NIGHT OF THE RAVEN, DAWN OF THE DOVE by Rati Mehrotra | 9781250823687 | 10/18/22
SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan | 9781250621801 | available now
THE DARK KING by Gina L. Maxwell | 9781649373274 | 9/27/22
THE LUMINARIES by Susan Dennard | 9781250194046 | 11/8/22
TAKE THE LEAD: A Dance Off Novel by Alexis Daria | 9781250817969 | 2/14/23
NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life by Margaret Sullivan | 9781250281906 | 10/18/22
SWERVE OR DIE: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing by Kyle Petty and Ellis Henican | 9781250277817 | 8/9/22
YOUR TABLE IS READY: Tales of a New York City Maître D’ by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina | 9781250281982 | 12/6/22

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