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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (which should be titled Maiden, Mother, Snail) revisits the lives of Susan and Merlin (from The Left-Handed Booksellers of London). Susan is being stalked by serial killer statues and her only hope is the secretive order of the Booksellers. [more inside]
posted by CMcG on Aug 11, 2024 - 1 comment

"When 30-something freelance medium Claire Hendricks is invited to an old university friend's country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along. In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire's side, because she's been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of seventeen. ... Teaming up with the least unbearable members of the Wellington-Forge family - depressive ex-cop Basher and teenage radical Alex - Claire and Sophie determine to figure out not just whodunnit, but who they killed, why and when." [more inside]
posted by paduasoy on Dec 28, 2023 - 3 comments

"From then on whenever he heard the song he thought of the death of Munson." With these words, Ray Carney--furniture salesman and semi-retired jewel fence--is back in Colson Whitehead's newest book, Crook Manifesto, the sequel to his 2021 crime novel, Harlem Shuffle. [more inside]
posted by MonkeyToes on Aug 9, 2023 - 5 comments