The Dangers of an Ordinary Night, Lynne Reeves, Crooked Lane Books – After a delayed audition late one fall evening, teenagers Tali Carrington and June Danforth leave the Performing Arts High School in Boston and disappear into the night.
The Dangers of an Ordinary Night, Lynne Reeves, Crooked Lane Books – After a delayed audition late one fall evening, teenagers Tali Carrington and June Danforth leave the Performing Arts High School in Boston and disappear into the night.
Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous, Suzanne Park, Sourcebooks Fire – Sunny Song’s need to increase her social media standing lands her in deep trouble when her brownie baking session turns into a PG-13 peep show.
The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni, Lake Union – Vincent Bianco graduated from high school in 1979. A typical youngster on the verge of adulthood, he wants some fun in his last summer before starting college.
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.