March delivers a Dolly Parton/James Patterson collaboration, a deep dive into the family behind John Wilkes Booth by Karen Joy Fowler, a standalone by science fiction master John Scalzi, and much more.
3/1: The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
In 1999, four teen girls working at a Blockbuster Video are attacked and only one survives; 15 years later, a similar attack happens at an ice cream parlor. FBI agent Sarah Keller investigates, pulling original survivor Ella back into the fray to help her. (thriller)
3/1: One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Left reeling by her mother Carol’s death, Katy travels solo to the Italian town where Carol spent the summer right before meeting Katy’s father. Then Carol reappears, 30 years old, and Katy has a magical chance to start healing from grief while understanding her mom’s past decisions. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
3/7: Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
Young singer-songwriter AnnieLee Keyes follows her dreams to Nashville even as she tries to avoid darkness from her past, with help from a country music great and a hunky session musician. (thriller)
3/8: Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
An epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history, John Wilkes Booth, amid the context of a pre-Civil War America riven by moral and political divides. From the author of the 2016 Seattle Reads selection We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. (historical fiction)
3/8: Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
In this political satire, a chorus of animal voices chronicle their efforts for liberation after the death of Old Horse, a long-serving and corrupt leader of a fictional country. (general fiction)
3/8: The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard
A collection of interlocking short stories explore the relationships among friends, family, and strangers in a Black community from 1992 to 2007. (general fiction)
3/8: Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
When Lena Scott’s half-sister, Desiree, dies suddenly in what the police rule a heroin overdose, Lena has her doubts and becomes determined to figure out what happened to her sister. (mystery)
3/8: The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton
Laura Stearns leaves Nevada to attend private high school academy St. Dunstan’s in Maine, where she quickly falls under the charismatic sway of choir leader Virginia Strauss. When the new chaplain challenges power-hungry Virginia, Laura tests the limits of her devotion. (general fiction)
3/15: A Ballad of Love and Glory by Reyna Grande
This sweeping historical saga follows a Mexican army nurse and an Irish soldier during the Mexican-American War of 1846, as they fight for their survival, the fate of a nation, and for their future together. (historical fiction)
3/15: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Shea Collins runs a true crime website and scores the interview of a lifetime: Beth Greer, who was acquitted of the murder of two men in the 1977 “Lady Killer Murders.” Meeting at Beth’s isolated mansion, Shea starts to feel like something isn’t right… (thriller)
3/15: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
When Nell Young’s cartographer father dies, she discovers a strange map in his office that may be the last of its kind and which a mysterious collector is trying to destroy. As Nell tries to figure out why, she embarks on a dangerous journey that may reveal dark family secrets. (thriller)
3/15: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma
Successful Indian American attorney Kareena Mann is blindsided by her father’s decision to sell the family home. If she can find a husband in the next four months, she’ll get access to the wedding fund her late mother started for her and can use it as a down payment. Enter Prem Verma, known on TV as Dr. Dil. (romance)
3/15: Fencing with the King by Diana Abu-Jaber
Amani discovers a family mystery: a poem written on airmail paper seemingly written by her grandmother, who was a refugee in Jordan during World War I. Soon after, Amani gets a chance to travel to Jordan with her father and finds herself embroiled in unexpectedly complicated – and dangerous – family history. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
3/15: Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Stuck running food as a delivery driver during a pandemic, Jamie takes a last minute gig at the Kaiju Preservation Society, an animal rights organization. Except the dinosaur-like kaiju are both dangerous and endangered, and living in an alternate dimension. As others find a way to slip into the new universe, Jaime must protect both the kaiju and the world as we know it. (science fiction) A Peak Pick!
3/15: Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian
When magician Tempest Raj’s career is derailed, she returns home to help with her family business, building secret rooms and adding hidden nooks to homes. But then Tempest’s childhood stage double is found dead inside a wall that’s supposedly been sealed for 100 years, and Tempest wonders – was that meant for her? Is the family curse real? (mystery)
3/15: Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde
A vivid cast of characters living on the edge of society in Lagos, Nigeria are seized and challenged by spirits commanding the city’s dark energy, leading to a once-in-a-lifetime gathering. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
3/22: Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds
Seattle in 1929 is a city full of magic. Dolly White, hired as a companion for the daughter of the Commissioner of Magi, finds herself investigating the out-of-control Order of Saint Michael. This historical fantasy caper is told in reverse chronological order. (historical fiction/fantasy/mystery)
3/22: French Braid by Anne Tyler
Beginning in 1959, the Garrett family comes apart and together over 40 years. A beautiful evocation of the domestic world. (general fiction)
3/22: The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich
Gabriela Rose is a “recovery agent,” an insurance fraud investigator who moonlights by finding lost valuables and people. At the request of her grandmother, Gabriela agrees to look for the long-lost treasure of her pirate ancestor in this rollicking adventure. The start of a new series from the author of the Stephanie Plum books. (thriller)
3/29: Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The follow up to last year’s zany Dial A for Aunties finds Meddy planning her own wedding. When she realizes the vendor she’s hired to cater her wedding connected to the mafia, Meddy, her aunties, and her mother do whatever it takes to save her special day. (mystery/romance)
3/29: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Mila Pavlichenko is a librarian in Kiev, but when the Germans invade Russia she becomes a skilled sniper earning the nickname “Lady Death.” After her 300th kill, she’s sent to the United States on a goodwill tour, befriending First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. But an enemy from her past is lurking. Based on a true story. (historical fiction)
3/29: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus
This first in an Afrofuturist trilogy charts members of the far-reaching Muungano Empire as they face a series of threats, from political upstarts, to destabilizing scientific discoveries, to alien plots and the possibility of war. (science fiction)
~ posted by Andrea G.
Leave a Comment