As we dig into a season of long nights, why not also dig into a new book? Here are some suggestions to get you started, and of course don’t forget to look at our new November and December Peak Pick titles.
11/12: A Case of Matricide by Graeme MacRae Burnet
Inspector Gorski (The Accident on the A35) returns with a trio of cases that may or may not be connected: a stranger stalking the streets of a small French town, a woman who believes her son is planning to killer her, and the sudden death of a businessman. Looking for connections, Gorski also grapples with his own demons. (mystery)
11/12: The Co-op by Tarah Dewitt
LaRynn and Deacon had a short-lived fling as teenagers, and as adults they’re left shared ownership of a co-op building. They strike a deal: LaRynn will finance repairs while Deacon will do the work, and they’ll get married so LaRynn can access her family trust. As they learn to cooperate, will they discover more than just a business partnership? (romance)
11/12: Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
14-year-old Ava Bonney has a secret obsession: roadkill, and figuring out how quickly once-living things decompose. When she finds the dead body of a classmate, she insists on helping Detective Seth Delahaye figure out what has happened – and who may be next.
11/12: Every Arc Bends Its Radian by Sergio De La Pava
Private investigator Riv flees New York City for Colombia, where he agrees to help a family friend find her missing daughter, even as his investigation takes him into the orbit of a dangerous criminal empire. (general fiction/mystery)
11/12: The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy
Sixteen years after she left India to make her way in the New York publishing world, Lila De inherits her family’s ancestral home. Returning to Kolkata, Lila reunites with her extended family. All are still living in the home, all are resentful, and all must grapple with long-suppressed secrets. (general fiction)
11/12: The Story of the Forest by Linda Grant
In this family saga spanning decades, Jewish siblings Mina and Jossel navigate Bolsheviks in the woods of their home near the Baltic Sea, a move to England, World War I, and more as they reflect on the power of the stories we tell ourselves. (historical fiction)
11/12: Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, translated by Lin King
In this novel presented as a rediscovered text, Japanese novelist Aoyama Chizuko accepts a government invitation to tour Taiwan in May 1938. Chafing at the official parameters of her visit, she finds liberation when her interpreter, Chizuru, takes her all over the island, introducing her to food, landscape and people. But something is causing Chizuru to keep her distance. (general fiction)
11/19: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel
How does one describe a Murakami novel? There are lovers separated; a quest of one to find the other, taking him into a mysterious walled town where he becomes the librarian probing the boundaries between his two worlds; a young boy who may have the answers. (general fiction)
11/19: The Collaborators by Michael Idov
A CIA agent and a Russian heiress team up to find a missing Russian billionaire and figure out how he’s tied to a larger plot. (thriller)
11/26: City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
Ballerina Natalia Leonova – once famous but ruined after an accident – returns to St. Petersburg where she grapples with the ghosts of her former life, and the possibility of returning to the stage. (general fiction)
~ posted by Andrea G.
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