America’s most embattled diva, the one and only Britney Spears, has a memoir in the works and we are here for it. We’re heading back to Crescent City, the ghost of Agatha Christie is up to shenanigans and it’s Christmas in July this week. Prepare to fill your TBR.
Book News
Britney Spills the Tea:
Ms. Spears tells her side of the story at last in her new memoir, The Woman in Me. The tea is served hot October 24.
Sarah J. Maas Bonus Material:
The Fae have granted readers’ wishes — the January release of The House of Flame and Shadow by fantasy queen Sarah J. Maas will contain different bonus content in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada. Meanwhile, A Court of Thorn and Roses continues to make the Top 10 on the USA Today bestseller list.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Is Back!
Sweden’s number 1 internationally bestselling sleuth, the terrifying and brilliant Lisbeth Salander, is back in The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff. Questioning begins August 29.
Straight Out of an Agatha Christie Novel:
If being trapped at a stately English manor house sounds like an Agatha Christie mystery, imagine if it happened for real. Whodunit?
Christmas … In July?
Move over, Hallmark! The folks at Avon gave us a sneak peek at the holiday romances jingling your way this October. Beverly Jenkins continues her Blessings series with a holiday wedding in A Christmas to Remember. Tessa Bailey has rock and roll offspring Wreck the Halls, and Jenny Colgan reopens the doors to everyone’s favorite bookstore in Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop. And here at BookTrib we love a debut author, which is why we can’t wait to read One Christmas Morning by Rachel Greenlaw. It’s Groundhog Day meets Scrooge when Eva keeps waking up in the body of a different acquaintance.
Your Next Favorite Read
Not Your High School Greek Mythology:
Persephone must decide if she’ll marry a guy with his own underworld in Game of the Gods by Scarlett St. Clair, dropping July 25. And danger strikes at the heart of Mount Olympus as Aphrodite and Hephaestus navigate passion power play entrapping former lovers in Cruel Seduction by Katee Robert. Out August 8.
Sometimes Good People Do Bad Things:
Alice Feeney, the Queen of Twists, is back with Good Bad Girl. Can a nursing home runaway and the aide who isn’t what she seems solve the case of a stolen baby? The shocking answer pubs August 29.
Inside the Book
Rise of the Oligarchs:
Power, corruption and the hair-raising history of Romania are the focus of the fascinating conversation between author Bill Maz and podcast host Blaine DeSantis on Books & Looks. Catch Maz’s riveting story of the socio-political turmoil in 1990s Romania in The Bucharest Legacy.
Reconciliation and Reckoning:
One of the hardest things to portray on the page is a realistic reconciliation. BookTrib columnist Diane Parrish tells how Mary Beth Keane gets it right in The Half Moon and Ask Again, Yes, something Parrish is working on in her upcoming novel.
Cover Girl
Boo-tiful Art:
We adore a gorgeous book cover and the art for Let Him In by William Friend is frighteningly beautiful. Why can’t Alfie see the man standing in his daughters’ bedroom? The haunting begins October 3.
Top of the Charts
YA All Day:
Topping the YA charts on Amazon this week is Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. When we think of enemies-to-lovers romantic fantasy, we don’t usually think of rival journalists. Can they survive the war of the gods — and still make their deadlines?
Get Cozy With an Octopus:
Number one this week on Amazon’s cozy mystery charts is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. An unlikely friendship between a lonely widow and a giant Pacific octopus leads to cracking open the truth about a family tragedy.
The Drug Trafficker or the DEA Agent?
Sloan must decide between the drug dealer who saved her brother and the special agent who is trying to take him down in Too Late by Colleen Hoover. Obsession and toxic love combine for a top suspense bestseller on the USA Today charts.
