Download, read, and vote for your favorite June 2019 titles for the June 2019 LibraryReads list! Votes due May 1! THE ELECTRIC HOTEL by Dominic Smith Two starred reviews! “A compelling plot, robust characters, and finely crafted prose richly evoke a bygone age and art.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Smith’s tale is as luminous as celluloid […]
Tag: historical mystery
Thriller Thursday (9/6/18 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to some series favorites! SUNRISE HIGHWAY by Peter Blauner Two starred reviews! Lourdes Robles, a relentless young Latina detective for the NYPD, discovers a deep and sinister web of connections between the victims of a serial killer and some of the most powerful political figures in Long Island. “Exploring such subjects as police […]
Thriller Thursday (8/23/18 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to a LibraryReads debut, two series favorites, and a naval adventure! THE OTHER WOMAN by Sandie Jones Also available in audio An August 2018 LibraryReads pick and one of Library Journal’s Best Summer 2018 Debuts! Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her […]
For Your Consideration: November 2018 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite titles for the November 2018 LibraryReads list! Votes are due September 20! Click here for the full list of 2018 deadlines. NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Liane Moriarty Also available in audio A Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2018! From #1 New York Times bestselling (and LibraryReads “Favorite of […]
Booklist’s Top SF/Fantasy/Horror of 2018
Booklist’s Top 10 SF/Fantasy/Horror reading lists of 2018* include these outstanding Macmillan titles: Top 10 SF/Fantasy: 2018 (full list) BALL LIGHTNING by Cixin Liu, translated by Joel Martinsen While devoting himself to studying the atmospheric occurrence called ball lightning which struck and killed his parents Chen meets the beautiful but ruthless Lin Yun, an army […]
July 2018 All-Stars
Whether it’s literary fiction, mystery, poetry, or graphic novels, these books all have the same thing in common: multiple starred reviews! THE GOLDEN STATE by Lydia Kiesling “Kiesling’s intimate, culturally perceptive debut portrays a frazzled mother and a fractious America, both verging on meltdown. But perhaps best of all is her thought-provoking portrait of a […]
For Your Consideration: September 2018 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the September 2018 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due July 20! Click here for the full list of 2018 deadlines. AN ACT OF VILLAINY by Ashley Weaver In the 5th book in Edgar Award-nominee and librarian Ashley Weaver’s historical mystery series, Amory Ames is hired by her friend, […]
Thriller Thursday (3/29/18 Edition)
Thrills and chills abound in our #ThrillerThursday picks! THE BISHOP’S PAWN by Steve Berry Also available in audio In Cotton Malone’s first assignment ever he investigates the feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King Jr.! “In his latest Cotton Malone thriller, Berry takes on contemporary history as he weaves another tale of conspiracy […]
Thriller Thursday (3/15/18 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to chilling debuts and returning sleuths: SOMETIMES I LIE by Alice Feeney Also available in audio A March 2018 LibraryReads pick and one of Bustle’s “2018 Debuts You Need in Your TBR Pile!” My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. […]
Thriller Thursday (2/22/18 Edition)
The stars are aligning for two historical mysteries this #ThrillerThursday, plus a FREE cozy mystery sampler! THE WOMAN IN THE WATER by Charles Finch Two starred reviews & Finch won the NBCC’s 2017 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing Award! In Charles Lenox’s very first case in 1850, a trunk containing the body of a […]
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