LAZARUS MAN by Richard Price9780374168155 | 11/12/24 East Harlem, 2008. In an instant, a five-story tenement collapses into a fuming hill of rubble, pancaking the cars parked in front and coating the street with a thick layer of ash. As the city’s rescue services and media outlets respond, the surrounding neighborhood descends into chaos. At […]
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New Edelweiss E-galleys (3/18/2024)
THE MIRROR by Nora Roberts9781250288776| 11/19/24 The haunting saga of The Lost Bride Trilogy continues with THE MIRROR, as the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of INHERITANCE presents the second sensational new novel. When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea that the house is haunted. […]
Starred Review Roundup (3/13/2024)
Stars all around! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: GLORIOUS EXPLOITS by Ferdia Lennon9781250893697 | 3/26/24 “Lennon’s debut is a wonderfully odd, riotously funny story of two poetry-loving potters in 412 BCE. This superb novel builds to a page-turning crescendo that evokes the great tragedy the men stage.”—Booklist, starred review […]
Thriller Thursday (2/6/20)
A puzzling case off the coast of France + Eve Dallas turns 50 + a murder and a mysterious baby = this thriller Thursday! THE KILLING TIDE: A Brittany Mystery by Jean-Luc Bannalec 2 starred reviews! “The fifth mystery starring Commissaire Georges Dupin of the Brittany police is as captivating and harrowing as its predecessors…By […]
Audiobook Excerpt of CHANEL’S RIVIERA
Listen up, audiobook lovers! Check out this exciting audio excerpt from Anne de Courcy’s forthcoming CHANEL’S RIVIERA. More about CHANEL’S RIVIERA: The Cote d’Azur in 1938 was a world of wealth, luxury, and extravagance, inhabited by a sparkling cast of characters including the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Joseph P. Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Colette, the […]
Thriller Thursday (8/8/19)
A French cozy, a thrilling FBI manhunt, and a fan-favorite series returns for this week’s Thriller Thursday! A NICE CUP OF TEA by Celia Imrie “A few more side plots, including numerous restaurant mishaps and a near boat crash, further complicate this busy tale of expats pursuing various business ventures in their beloved adopted village.”–Booklist […]
A Historical #ThrillerThursday (6/20/19)
Today’s #thrillerthursday celebration goes historical with Kate Mosse’s PW Best Book of Summer 2019, THE BURNING CHAMBERS! France, 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father’s bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a […]
Maximum Shelf: THE BURNING CHAMBERS
Today’s Maximum Shelf Awareness pick is Kate Mosse’s historical epic, THE BURNING CHAMBERS! France, 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father’s bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a […]
Day’s YA – ENCHANTÉE
Welcome to the final Day’s YA post of 2018! Read on for magic, deception, and hot air balloons! And see you all back here in 2019! ENCHANTÉE by Gita Trelease9781250295521Ages 12 to 18Available February 5, 2019 from Flatiron Books and Macmillan Young Listeners In order to provide for her chronically ill sister and to escape […]
Day’s YA – IN PARIS WITH YOU
Happy Friday, YA pals! This month’s theme of “books in translation” continues with a sweet French romance… IN PARIS WITH YOU by Clémentine Beauvais 9781250299161 Ages 14 to 18 Available January 8, 2019 from Wednesday Books When teenagers Tatiana and Eugene meet during a Paris summer in the suburbs, she is reading Jane Austen in […]
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