During this long shadow of ransomware-attack recovery, the rest of the world has continued to turn, and books have continued to be published! As our systems finally begin to normalize and the flow of new releases and holds-placing resumes, here are some fiction titles published in June and early July that may be of interest.
6/4: Holy City by Henry Wise
Will Seems returns to his rural Southern Virginia hometown, taking a job as a deputy sheriff. When an old friend is brutally murdered, Will knows the wrong man is arrested, but no one else wants to hear it. Shunned, he sets to work alongside an unconventional private investigator hired by the local Black community. (gothic/crime fiction)
6/11: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
After spending many years as the primary caretaker for her dad, and writing screenplays in her spare time, Emma gets the chance she’s been waiting for – 6 weeks in LA writing for bigwig Charlie Yates. But Charlie doesn’t want her help and is kind of a jerk about it. Can Emma and her belief in rom-coms win him over? (romance)
6/11: The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Maya Hoshimoto once worked as a thief repatriating stolen items to alien civilizations. She’s been in hiding after a dangerous job, until a friend finds her with a request: help find an object that could save a whole species from extinction. They’re not the only ones looking, though, and the very ability to travel the galaxy may be in danger. (science fiction)
6/18: Four Squares by Bobby Finger
In 1992 New York City, Artie makes a quiet life for himself. 30 years later changes leave him looking for new connection, which he finds at the local queer senior center. (general fiction)
6/18: Parade by Rachel Cusk
In an episodic, fractured, experimental novel, Cusk explores the many possible lives of the artist G, both the same and simultaneously different people, exploring the art world, gender, family, and storytelling. By the author of the Outline series. (general fiction)
6/18: What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. Morris
Returning home after her life falls apart, lawyer Deena Wood is intrigued by the sudden death of a widower fighting to protect his family land, and his sister’s disappearance before that. As she digs into history and conspiracy that date back to Reconstruction, she comes into the path of determined, dangerous forces. (thriller)
7/2: Concerning the Future of Souls by Joy Williams
Short story master Williams returns with 99 vignettes exploring the fate of the soul across life forms, as the angel of death, Azrael, muses on his tasks. (general fiction)
7/2: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
In 1975, Barbara Van Laar disappears from the Adirondack summer camp owned by her wealthy family; 14 years earlier, her brother Bear also disappeared from the camp. State police detective Judyta Luptack digs into long buried family secrets and the web of power and influence of the Van Laar family. By the author of Long Bright River. (general fiction/mystery)
7/2: The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
Over the course of half a century, two Iranian women maintain their friendship from their childhoods in 1950s Tehran, through vagaries of fate, fortune, and emigration. (general fiction)
~ posted by Andrea G.
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