Today we are letting books take us back in time to solve mysteries and fight for thrones with a disappearance in 1940s Paris, a historical fantasy duology conclusion set in an epic alternate China, and a scorching 1530s Italian summer filled with murder.
THE DARK EDGE OF NIGHT: A Henri Lefort Mystery by Mark Pryor
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“The Germans occupying Paris in winter 1940 have compelled Police Inspector Henri Lefort to investigate the disappearance of neurologist Viktor Brandt, though Lefort would rather be pursuing the beating death of a Frenchman. Then he finds a link between the two cases. Series starter DIE AROUND SUNDOWN had a somewhat uneven critical reception but clearly had fans.”–Library Journal Pre Pub Alert
HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD by Shelley Parker-Chan
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“Following the LJ best-booked SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN, Parker-Chan continues her reimagining of the Ming dynasty’s founding with Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, having successfully wrested southern China from Mongol control and eager to crown herself emperor. The only problem: courtesan Madam Zhang wants the throne for her husband.”–Library Journal Pre Pub Alert
RITUAL OF FIRE by D. V. Bishop
LibraryReads votes due by July 1st.
An atmospheric historical thriller set in Renaissance Florence where a night patrol finds a rich merchant hanged in the city’s main piazza.
THE DARK EDGE OF NIGHT: A Henri Lefort Mystery by Mark Pryor; 9781250825049; 8/15/23
HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD by Shelley Parker-Chan; 9781250621825; 8/22/23
RITUAL OF FIRE by D. V. Bishop; 9781529096484; 8/15/23
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