Lead the way, ladies! THREE, count ’em, three female leads in today’s #womencrush + #thrillerthursday! THE CRAFTSMAN by Sharon Bolton Decades ago, Florence Lovelady put away horrific child murderer Larry Grassbrook, who buried his victims alive in coffins. Grassbrook has died, and now history is repeating itself. Is a copycat killer at work, or did […]
Tag: Arnaldur Indridason
August 2018 All-Stars
We’re seeing stars for these forthcoming mysteries & nonfiction science titles! THE DARKNESS by Ragnar Jónasson “A complex, fascinating mix of Icelandic community and alienation, atmospheric tension, and timely issues (immigrant exploitation and vigilante justice), Jónasson’s latest series is another must-read for crime fans who follow the work of Arnaldur Indridason and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir.” — […]
Thriller Thursday (8/2/18 Edition)
Twisty thrillers and series favorites return in today’s #ThrillerThursday picks: BLOODY SUNDAY by Ben Coes Also available in audio “A simple premise drives bestseller Coes’s excellent eighth thriller featuring indomitable CIA agent Dewey Andreas: North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is dying of cancer. It’s a complicated mission, and in the end only Dewey has […]
2018 Anthony Award Nominees
Happy #ThrillerThursday! First, congratulations to our 2018 Anthony Award nominees: Best Novel GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny Best First Novel THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK by Kristen Lepionka THE DRY by Jane Harper Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny The winners will be announced on September 8 […]
For Your Consideration: May 2018 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the May 2018 LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due March 20! Click here for the full list of 2018 deadlines. SHELTER IN PLACE by Nora Roberts One of Publishers Weekly’s Spring 2018 Literary Fiction picks! “Roberts’ latest polished novel delivers all the literary touchstones her fans have come […]
Thriller Thursday (11/9/17 Edition)
Go armchair traveling to Iceland and Virginia’s wine country with this week’s #ThrillerThursday mysteries: THE SHADOW DISTRICT by Arnaldur Indridason A November 2017 LibraryReads pick with two starred reviews! “The award-winning author of the ‘Inspector Erlendur’ series (INTO OBLIVION) continues his modus operandi of simultaneously covering a current and cold case in this new series […]
PRAIRIE FIRES and THE SHADOW DISTRICT are November 2017 LibraryReads Picks!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Macmillan has two books on the November 2017 LibraryReads list! The #9 pick is PRAIRIE FIRES: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser “The sesquicentennial observance of the birth of the author of the celebrated Little House books (65 million copies sold in 45 languages) has been the catalyst for […]
Stars for Eugenides & Indridason!
Does your library have copies of these new books from these two bestselling authors? (You should!) FRESH COMPLAINT by Jeffrey Eugenides “Pulitzer Prize–winning Eugenides’ first story collection, and his first book since THE MARRIAGE PLOT, is gifted with the strong voices and luminous prose his novels are known for. Readers will enjoy lamenting that this […]
LJ Genre Spotlight: Mystery
Library Journal‘s recent genre spotlight included five Macmillan mysteries: From the pen of Emmy Award–winning Matt Goldman, whose credits include Seinfeld, comes GONE TO DUST (Forge, Aug.), a twisty and entertaining Minneapolis-set mystery that features a Jewish private investigator. Other crime-solving protagonists of color returning this season include African American female homicide detective Lou Norton […]
Thriller Thursday (2/11/16 Edition)
Detectives are on the case in today’s #ThrillerThursday picks: INTO OBLIVION by Arnaldur Indridason “Set in Iceland in 1979, several years after the events of 2015’s REYKJAVIK NIGHTS, Indridason’s elegantly crafted procedural traces two parallel cases: recently divorced Erlendur Sveinsson’s private investigation of the disappearance of a school girl named Dagbjört a quarter-century earlier; and […]
