Thrills and Chills
- Different Class by Joanne Harris (Touchstone): Harris's newest novel is a thriller set in a British prep school and involves a Latin teacher, a new headmaster, and a past scandal.
- Containment by Hank Parker (Touchstone): The first sign of trouble is seen in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in this bioterrorism thriller that pits a mad scientist against the good ones.
- My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry (Pamela Dorman): A newly married London lawyer makes some questionable friends who, years later, threaten to turn her world and marriage upside down.
- Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac (Soho): Set in Argentina, this novel in translation tells the story of a student gone slightly off-kilter and explores humanity: past, present, and future.
- Dance on the Volcano by Marie Vieux-Chauvet (Archipelago): Newly translated into English this story about sisters is set during the Haitian revolution and looks at racial and economic divides.
- A Word for Love by Emily Robbins (Riverhead): An American exchange student in Syria gets caught up in the life, loves, and secrets of her host family.
- Days without End by Sebastian Barry (Viking): In the mid-1800s, a young man, newly arrived from Ireland, joins the U.S. Army to fight first the western Indians and then the southern Rebels.
- The Signal Flame by Andrew Krivak (Scribner): Set in the Vietnam War era in a small town in Pennsylvania, this novel focuses on the effects of war on three generations of men and their families.
- The Echo of Twilight by Judith Kinghorn (Berkley): In 1914 England, a young woman accepts a position as lady's maid for a Northumberland family, unprepared for how war would affect her relationship with the family.
- The Antiques by Kris D'Agostino (Scribner): Set in upstate New York, this book is about a dysfunctional family reunited as their father lies dying during a hurricane; humor lightens the mood.
- Traveling Light by Lynne Branard (Berkley): This road trip story is about a woman who decides to leave North Carolina for the west after inadvertently becoming the caretaker of a stranger's ashes.
- Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson (Ecco): In a psych experiment / utopia gone wrong, can a young mother and an idealistic child psychologist find a brighter future?
I've been seeing Perfect Little World around and am interested. I feel like I could either love this one or not be able to get through it b/c of all the parenting stuff...as a young mom, that stuff generally either perfectly speaks to me or turns me off completely.
ReplyDeleteI keep telling myself I'm going to read an ebook next and then I forget. You've got some great titles on your reader.
ReplyDeleteThank you for bringing Different Class to my attention! Gentlemen and Players - at this same school, with the same Latin teacher - is one of my favorites ever! I wish Audible had an audio version of it but if I have to go hardcopy, I will!
ReplyDeletei am so behind ... but i am making notes, thanks!
ReplyDeleteoooh...Perfect Little World sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteMy Husband's Wife looks interesting, I'll have to add it to my ever-increasing TBR list.
ReplyDeleteThis post is incredibly dangerous for my TBR! I basically want them all - especially the thrillers and the Past Wars section!
ReplyDeleteThe Echo of Twilight catches my eye. Looks like you have some great reading ahead!
ReplyDeleteNice list. My Husband's Wife keeps catching my eye, perhaps it's the cover and the twisted title. I was send The Echo of Twilight, but not sure when I'll get to it, it was unsolicited and I've got so many other I want to read. I'm reading a lot of e galleys this month too.
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading.
The only one I am familiar with is Echos of Twilight. I do like the sound of a couple of others.
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to the new Joanne Harris book. Lots of other good titles here!
ReplyDeleteI like how My Husband's Wife sound! An I think after finish Wild, I will be craving for more traveling reading so I'll check out Traveling Light. Thanks for sharing this list!
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