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Quick Review: I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL by Natalie Sue (Borough Press)
Would you want to know what your colleagues say behind your back? Jolene certainly doesn’t. She’s riddled with anxiety, depressed, and hates her coworkers. The less she knows about them, the better. So...
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Quick Review: WHERE ARE YOU, ECHO BLUE? by Hayley Krischer (Dutton)
A novel about celebrity, fandom, and the price of ambition following a journalist’s obsessive search for a missing Hollywood starlet When Echo Blue, the most famous child star of the nineties,...
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Quick Review: WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE RIVER by Shannon Bowring (Europa...
A very welcome return to Dalton… It’s been five years since Bridget Theroux’s death shocked the small town of Dalton, Maine, leaving behind husband Nate and daughter Sophie, now a vibrant young child....
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Quick Review: DOUBLE EXPOSURE by Elissa R. Sloan (William Morrow)
An interesting, albeit flawed look at Hollywood celebrity culture A sweeping drama about two A-list stars — a former star couple — as they cross each other’s paths over and over again through the...
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Annotated Excerpt: POSSIBLE HAPPINESS by David Ebenbach (Fitzroy Books)
Today we have an annotated excerpt from David Ebenbach‘s latest novel, Possible Happiness. Published by Fitzroy Books, here’s the synopsis: Eleventh-grader Jacob Wasserman is just trying to get by....
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Excerpt: I THINK WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE by Suzy Krause (Radiant Press)
In a couple of weeks, Radiant Press is due to publish the latest novel from Suzy Krause, I Think We’ve Been Here Before. To mark the occasion, the publisher has provided CR with an excerpt to share...
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Quick Review: THE SAVAGE, NOBLE DEATH OF BABS DIONNE by Ron Currie (G. P....
A fantastic tale of identity, crime, and the long tail of violence Your ancestors breathe through you. Sometimes, they call for vengeance. Babs Dionne, proud Franco-American, doting grandmother, and...
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Excerpt: WHEN WE CHASED THE LIGHT by Emily Meeker (Lake Union)
Tomorrow, Lake Union is due to publish the latest novel by Emily Beeker: When We Chased the Light. A new novel set in Golden Age Hollywood, here’s the synopsis: A Hollywood legend. A legacy of secrets....
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Upcoming: THE RUSH by Beth Lewis (Viper)
Next summer, Viper is due to publish The Rush, the new novel from Beth Lewis — author of the widely-acclaimed The Wolf Road. I’ll admit, it was the cover that caught my attention first (it’s frankly...
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Upcoming: SO FAR GONE by Jess Walter (Harper)
I’m a relative newcomer to Jess Walter‘s work, and thus-far I’ve only read his short fiction — all of which has been superb, and I can’t recommend We Live in Water and The Angel of Rome highly enough....
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Upcoming: ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books / Hutchinson...
The next novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid was announced a little while ago. Atmosphere is “an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and the extraordinary lengths we...
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Upcoming/Out Now: THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE by Jonathan Coe (Europa Editions...
I’m woefully behind on Jonathan Coe‘s novels, but his latest has really caught my eye (and will probably shoot right to the top of my TBR pile). The Proof of My Innocence is a “political critique...
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Quick Review: THE LIGHTNING BOTTLES by Marissa Stapley (Simon & Schuster)
A mystery and a love-letter to the 90s music scene A story of rock ‘n’ roll and star-crossed love — about grunge-era musician Jane Pyre’s journey to find out what really happened to her husband and...
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Upcoming: MAKING HISTORY by K. J. Parker (TorDotCom)
TorDotCom recently unveiled the cover for K. J. Parker‘s next novella, Making History. If you’ve been reading CR for even a little while, you’ve probably noticed that I am a big fan of Parker’s work;...
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