So We Meet Again, Suzanne Park, Avon Books – Korean American Jess Kim works hard in the Hamilton Cooper investment bank, believing she’s rising toward the top. It comes as a bombshell when she’s casually fired from the Wall Street firm via a Zoom meeting.
Grave Reservations, Cherie Priest, Atria Books – Leda Foley is a struggling travel agent by day and the face of Klairvoyant Karaoke at Castaways Bar by night.
The Box in the Woods, Maureen Johnson, Katherine Tegen Books – Stevie Bell caused a sensation when she solved a decades-old murder case centered around Ellingham Academy.
Review: Surviving Savannah, Patti Callahan, Berkley Books – History Professor Everly Winthorp suffered a tragedy when her best friend Mora was killed in a hit-and-run during a St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Lies We Bury, Elle Marr, Thomas & Mercer – The first seven years of Marissa Mo’s childhood were spent in a basement prison where she lived with Mamas Rosemary, Nora and Bethel, and her siblings Jenessa and Lily.
Bad Moon Rising, John Galligan, Atria Books – Bad Axe County Sheriff Heidi Kick’s problems rise, along with the temperatures in her corner of Wisconsin, when the murdered body of a young homeless man is found by the road.
The Last Green Valley, Mark Sullivan, Lake Union – Adeline and Emil Martel and their two young sons are Volksdeutsche, descendants of German immigrants encouraged by Catherine the Great to settle in southern Ukraine.
The Newcomer, Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin Press – Letty Carnahan opened the door to her sister’s expensive New York townhouse to find Tanya dead and the beginning of a whole heap of trouble.
Spin, Patricia Cornwell, Thomas & Mercer – NASA scientist and investigator Captain Calli Chase has a serious task on her hands when she investigates the sabotage of a rocket launch. Shadowy tech billionaire Neva Rong is in the frame for causing the crash.
Never After, Melissa De La Cruz, Roaring Brook Press – Filomena Jefferson-Cho of North Pasadena, California, feels her life is stifling. Her adoptive parents are way over-protective, hardly daring to allow Filomena out of their sight.
