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“Sometime This Century” Is an Enchanting Regency Romance Across Time

Sometime This Century is an enchanting fusion between Regency romantic comedy of manners and time-travel adventure vividly executed by author Samantha Silva. Protagonist Annabel Blake, age 22, aspiring novelist and obsessive Jane Austen fanatic, daydreams about living in early 19th-century England. She is introverted and dateless and has a penchant…

Linda HitchcockAugust 17, 2026

Fiction

Karen Odden’s Riveting Tale of Thieves and Treachery in Victorian London

Gifted mystery writer and Victorian English scholar Karen Odden draws attention while garnering accolades with An Artful Dodge, a novel set in late 19th-century London. Well-trained gangs of elegantly clad women shoplifters, pickpockets and clever thieves are pitted against constables and private detectives hired to protect the growing number of…

Linda HitchcockAugust 14, 2026

Thrillers

A Newly Sold Home Hides a Dark Past in Catherine Ryan Howard’s “Buyer Beware”

Would you buy a haunted house? Some people might, while others would get back in their cars and race off at the first spooky sound. Sometimes people will buy a house for its historical significance, like a castle or manor that dates back several centuries. There is also a rule…

José H. BogránAugust 11, 2026

Fiction

More Soul-Satisfying Travels Through Time in Latest Kawaguchi

Reading Toshikazu Kawaguchi is akin to taking a necessary soul-satisfying pause in the middle of a hectic day with a refreshing cold beverage or soothing cup of tea. Before I Knew I Loved You is the sixth book in the best-selling magical, heart-warming series that began with Before the Coffee…

Linda HitchcockAugust 5, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Riley Sager’s “The Unknown” Is His Creepiest Thriller Yet

I was already a huge fan of Riley Sager before The Unknown. I’ve read all of his previous best-selling thrillers and even got the opportunity to interview him once. So I was pretty sure right from the start this would be a good book. I just didn’t know it was…

R.G. BelskyAugust 5, 2026

Fiction

Chloe Gong Brings “Flesh & False Gods” Series to Exhilarating Conclusion

Explosive. Breathtaking. It all comes down to the wire in the action-packed conclusion to Chloe Gong’s Flesh and False Gods trilogy, Eyes of Kings. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, the trilogy is set within the world of Talin, in which individuals can jump from body to body using their…

Kiersten BjorkAugust 4, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

How Do You Hide From the Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done?

Her memories of that night are never the same. They are both little girls, Unnur and her friend Freyja, alone on a black-sand Icelandic beach, the waves clutching at them. In one memory, Freyja ignores her pleas and walks into the sea. In another, Unnur yanks Freyja’s head underwater until…

Neil NyrenJuly 31, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

“Murder by Design” Delivers a Brilliant New Detective Duo

Murder By Design launches prolific #1 best-selling author, screenwriter and television producer Lee Goldberg’s latest quirky thriller/mystery series with the introduction of insurance investigator/detective Edison Bixby and his narrator-sidekick struggling actor and writer Wally Nash. The dialogue sizzles while delivering hilarity alongside a sensational murder cleverly disguised as an unfortunate…

Linda HitchcockJuly 30, 2026

Fiction

“The Scoop” Is a Sharp, Addictive Satire of the Media Machine

Author Erin Van Der Meer gained insider perspective and in-depth experience as a journalist, which served her well in writing the bitingly satirical debut novel, The Scoop. It’s an irresistible, stay-up-late, guilty reading pleasure about protagonist Frankie Miller, a recently unemployed journalist weighed down by multiple rejections from reputable publications…

Linda HitchcockJuly 29, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

“The Fine Art of Lying” Is a Sophisticated Thriller of Art and Deception

Alexandra Andrews’ much-lauded 2021 debut novel Who is Maud Dixon, published in twenty-eight languages, continues to impress. Acid-honed superb writing and a surprising plot have justified the skyscraper-high expectations for her second novel, The Fine Art of Lying. The two words “VENETIAN RED” spelled out in capital letters in the…

Linda HitchcockJuly 24, 2026

Nonfiction

Kristin Casey’s Fearless Memoir of Survival and Self-Worth

Kristin Casey's Casey Dancer takes on subject matter most memoirists would soften or sanitize: a return to stripping at thirty-nine after a stalled real estate career, a decade of dating in sobriety and an eventual pivot into professional companionship work. Casey refuses to flinch from any of it.

BookTribJuly 6, 2026

Fiction

“Murder Most Delicious” Serves Up a Charming Parisian Mystery

Daniel Postel-Vinay is a devout Francophile who frequently visits France with her French husband. Murder Most Delicious is both a cozy mystery and love letter to beautiful Paris, the City of Light. American sommelier Olivia Beech, rolling suitcase in tow, has flown to the French capital from New York and…

Linda HitchcockJuly 22, 2026

Fiction

Jenny Jackson’s “The Shampoo Effect” Is a Beach Read That Goes Beyond Romance

The Shampoo Effect delivers exactly the kind of warm, breezy atmosphere that makes you want to pack a bag and head for the coast.

Pejuola RansomeJune 30, 2026

Fiction Romance

Rachel Lynn Solomon’s “Extracurricular” Delivers Smart, Swoony Romance

Girl begins to hate job. Girl quits job. Girl goes to college for the experience and degree she never had. Girl matches wits with professor. Girl and professor… might… like… each other? Though this is an extremely simplified summary of Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon, if you’re interested in forbidden…

Krysti OstermeyerJuly 14, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Frozen Fear Meets Ancient Intelligence in “Icefall”

There's a moment early in Icefall where an Alaska state trooper pulls open the door of a stranded Amazon delivery van and finds the driver catatonic, frozen in place with Sinatra still playing softly on the radio. It's a small, eerie image, and it tells you everything about what this…

BookTribJuly 14, 2026

Fiction

Finding the Next Chapter in Andrew Forrester’s “How the Story Goes”

Andrew Forrester has made a fine impression with his debut novel, How the Story Goes, a charming, upbeat literary romance set in the small fictional town of Whelk Harbor, Massachusetts.

Linda HitchcockJuly 1, 2026

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