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Very Quick Review: THE ROAD TO DALTON by Shannon Bowring (Europa Editions)
An excellent novel about the lives, loves, and secrets that make up a small town community It’s 1990, and the lives of the inhabitants of Dalton, Maine play on. Rose goes to work at the diner every...
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Upcoming: THE LAST DAYS OF THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS by Sarah Tomlinson (Flatiron)
It’s always interesting to see how a smash-hit book can spur the rise of a mini-genre, and there’s no denying that Taylor Jenkins-Reid’s Daisy Jones & the Six generated a lot of interest in...
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Quick Review: THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE by Julie Schumacher (Doubleday)
Professor Jason Fitger returns for another academic misadventure Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor available to chaperone Payne...
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Excerpt: THOSE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR by Kia Abdullah (HQ)
Today we have an excerpt from Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah. A “gripping thriller about nightmare neighbours”, the novel has been selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Out now,...
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Excerpt: THE PLINKO BOUNCE by Martin Clark (Rare Bird Books)
Today, we have an excerpt from The Plinko Bounce, the latest legal thriller/mystery by Martin Clark. I’m a relative newcomer to Clark’s work, having only started reading him with 2019’s The...
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Very Quick Review: SET FOR LIFE by Andrew Ewell (Simon & Schuster)
A well-written campus novel, but one that — despite early promise — doesn’t deviate much from the well-worn template A creative writing professor at a third-tier college in upstate New York is on his...
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Guest Post: THE CORSET & THE JELLYFISH by Nick Bantock (Tachyon)
When the publishers and I were working out which of my drabbles to include in the upcoming, The Corset and the Jellyfish, there were a few stories that the editorial team felt had issues, or due to...
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Quick Review: THE HELSINKI AFFAIR by Anna Pitoniak (Simon & Schuster)
Pitoniak’s engaging, gripping first foray into espionage fiction IT’S THE CASE OF AMANDA’S LIFETIME, BUT SOLVING IT WILL REQUIRE HER TO BETRAY ANOTHER SPY — WHO JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE HER FATHER. SPYING...
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Excerpt: WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES by Emily Bleeker (Lake Union)
Today, we have an excerpt from When We Were Enemies by Wall Street Journal best-selling author Emily Bleeker. A story about families, legacies, and the long impact of secrets, set in the present day...
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Upcoming: THE BOOK OF DOORS by Gareth Brown (William Morrow/Bantam)
I stumbled across The Book of Doors on NetGalley. It’s Gareth Brown‘s debut novel, and the synopsis caught my attention (later, so did the UK cover). It’s probably not surprising that “strange things...
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Excerpt: SINKING BELL by Bojan Louis (Dead Ink Books)
This Thursday (February 22nd), Dead Ink Books are due to publish a new short story collection by Navajo author Bojan Louis: Sinking Bell. The collection won a Before Columbus Foundation American Book...
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Excerpt: ONCE PERSUADED, TWICE SHY by Melodie Edwards (Berkley)
Once Persuaded, Twice Shy, a modern reimagining of Persuasion by Melodie Edwards, was published earlier this week by Berkley. To celebrate the release, the publisher has provided CR with this excerpted...
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Excerpt: CONFESSIONS OF AN ANTICHRIST by (Datura Books)
Last week, Datura Books published Confessions of an Antichrist by Marta Skaði — a novel that takes readers into the world of Norwegian heavy metal. As a long-time fan of Scandinavian metal (mainly...
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Quick Review: PRACTICE by Rosalind Brown (FSG)
Life intrudes on the life of a student struggling to write a paper A day in the life of a young student who experiences her thoughts, fantasies, and wishes as she writes about — or tries to write about...
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Very Quick Review: GOLDENSEAL by Maria Hummel (Counterpoint)
The story of two estranged friends, and the betrayal that tore them apart Downtown Los Angeles, 1990. Alone in her luxury hotel suite, the reclusive Lacey Crane receives a message: Edith is waiting for...
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Excerpt: THE YEARS SHALL RUN LIKE RABBITS by Ben Berman Ghan (Wolsak & Wynn)
On May 14th, Wolsak & Wynn are due to publish The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits, a “complex work of literary speculative fiction that spans centuries”, by Ben Berman Ghan. To mark the upcoming...
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Excerpt: GREY DOG by Elliott Gish (ECW Press)
Tomorrow, ECW Press are due to publish Grey Dog by Elliott Gish — a “subversive” literary horror debut that “disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delusions, wild beasts, and the...
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Quick Review: THE MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader Press)
A highly-anticipated new time-travel mystery A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all:...
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Excerpt: CANDLELIGHT BRIDGE by Cara Lopez Lee (FlowerSong Press)
Today we have an excerpt from Cara Lopez Lee‘s Candlelight Bridge, a historical novel about family heritage during the Mexican and Chinese Revolutions. Published tomorrow, by FlowerSong Press, here’s...
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Excerpt: PIECE OF MY HEART by Penelope Tree (Moonflower)
Piece of My Heart, the debut novel by Penelope Tree was recently published by Moonflower Books. A former model, Tree drew on her own experiences in the 1960s fashion industry to compose this novel. The...
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