Summer reading continues with these great new releases:
7/5: Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore
After magician Violet Volk disappeared mid-act, her sister Sasha picked up the pieces and moved on. Coming up on the ten year anniversary, with both a podcast host and her niece digging up old memories, Sasha resolves to discover the truth about Violet. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
7/5: Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
College radio host Kiki Banjo takes it as her mission to warn the women of the African-Caribbean Society against the players and cads who would break their hearts. But when she’s caught kissing Malakai Korede, who she just called out, she decides to save face by entering into a fake relationship with Malakai. Will they catch feelings? (romance) A Peak Pick!
7/5: Kaleidoscope by Cecily Wong
Sisters Morgan and Riley Brighton grow up charmed, as their parents own a global shopping empire that sources luxury goods from all around the world. When an accident brings their glittering lives crashing down, Riley undertakes a journey to find a deeper truth, and herself. (general fiction)
7/5: Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare
1936, and actress Lena is traveling to New York – and her first Broadway role – in style on the ocean-going Queen Mary. But when other passengers are murdered, Lena finds herself investigating. (historical mystery)
7/5: The Ruins by Phoebe Wynne
Ruby Ashby loves her family’s house on the coast of France, until one decadent summer unravels it all. 20 years later, the chateau is for sale, but the buyer will have to deal with its history, secrets, and another interested party. (thriller)
7/5: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Over 30 years, two friends since childhood work together as creative partners in the video game world, a legendary collaboration that brings them fame, ambition, and betrayal, as their relationship and personal identities shift and grow. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
7/12: The It Girl by Ruth Ware
A decade after her best friend at college – “it girl” April – was murdered, Hannah receives new evidence that the man convicted of the crime may have been innocent. As Hannah digs into the circumstances around April’s death, no one is safe from suspicion. (thriller)
7/12: Upgrade by Blake Crouch
During a raid on an illegal gene-hacking lab, scientists Logan Ramsay’s genome is hacked, seemingly turning him into an upgraded version of himself. Who did this, what’s their plan, and does Logan actually want to stop it? (science fiction/thriller) A Peak Pick!
7/12: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Receiving word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, former soldier Alex Easton rushes to the Usher’s estate in rural Ruritania to find unchecked fungal growth, possessed wildlife, and both Madeline and her brother Roderick behaving strangely. Can Alex unravel the secret of the House of Usher? Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” (horror)
7/19: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
On a remote estate on the Yucatán peninsula Carlota Moreau strains at the limitations of her cloistered life, as her father and his assistant conduct experiments resulting in human/animal hybrids. When Eduardo Lizalde, the son of Dr. Moreau’s patron arrives, the delicate peace is upset, beginning a dangerous chain reaction. A reimagining of H.G. Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau.
7/19: Death Doesn’t Forget by Ed Lin
Taipei night market food stall owner Jing-nan once again finds himself called to solve recent murders that threaten his business – and his freedom. (mystery)
7/26: Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Young Indigenous Ever Geimausaddle wrestles with centuries of harm done to his community as well as more recent harm, while also navigating ways to connect to his Cherokee heritage and find strength to save not just himself, but the next generation of his family. (general fiction)
7/26: The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
1963 Siberia, nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov is plucked from his term in a Siberian prison and sent to City 40, directed to serve the remainder of his prison terms studying the effects of nuclear radiation on local animals. In the secretive situation, Valery has questions, but who are his allies? (historical fiction) A Peak Pick!
7/26: A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows
In this queer romantic fantasy, Velasin vin Aaro and Caethari Aeduria are thrown together in a hastily rearranged diplomatic marriage and must trust one another in order to fend off a shadowy, unknown faction that would kill to end their alliance. (fantasy)
~ posted by Andrea G.
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