—May Cobb, author of THE HUNTING WIVES
April 6, 2021
In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of April 5th and April 12th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.
This week, we are calling attention to our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for April, which includes Indie Next, LibraryReads, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, Reese's Book Club, the "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, and more.
We also are spotlighting THE GIRLS IN THE STILT HOUSE, which is now in stores. Perfect for readers of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING and IF THE CREEK DON'T RISE, this debut Southern novel by Kelly Mustian weaves a beautiful and harrowing story of two teenage girls cast in an unlikely partnership through murder.
Carol had the pleasure of chatting with Nadia Hashimi recently about her new novel, SPARKS LIKE STARS, which is a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection. The book centers on an Afghan American woman who returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives. Nadia talked about the troubled history of American war and politics, and how questionable behavior from certain countries tread a gray line of morality. She also discussed the effects that war has had on culture in unexpected ways and what that means for changing personal decisions as people move on. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.
April 6, 2021
This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this spring. Read more about it, and enter our Spring Preview Contest by Wednesday, April 7th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE HENNA ARTIST by Alka Joshi, which is now available in paperback. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!
April 5, 2021
This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this spring. Read more about it, and enter our Spring Preview Contest by Tuesday, April 6th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir, which releases on May 4th. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!
Kate McGahan
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.
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Bernard Berenson
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
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April 2, 2021
Happy April! For the record, I will take the April showers if they bring the May flowers. Today the temperatures moved into the "more chilly than I would like" zone. Yes, the lettuce plants are still in containers in the kitchen, so it does not freeze.
Last weekend was another great reading weekend. My friend Nancy Simpson-Brice, a bookseller from Book Vault in Iowa, suggested that I read THE PHOTOGRAPHER by Mary Dixie Carter, which releases on May 25th. It’s a brisk psychological thriller about a young woman who photographs the birthday party of a child from a privileged family, and then insinuates herself into their lives. But, as you might expect from a suspense novel, she has a ton of issues. Readers spend a lot of time inside her head, and it’s one place full of dark imagination. It will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick as it is a total escape read, which we all need these days!
Editorial Content for The Red Book: A Black Book Thriller
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Reviewer (text)
Over the course of a long and successful career, James Patterson has created a number of iconic literary protagonists. Alex Cross immediately comes to mind, with NYPD Detective Michael Bennett running a close second. His more recent creation, Detective Billy Harney of the Chicago PD, is certainly in contention as well. Read More
Teaser
When a drive-by shooting on Chicago's west side turns political, Detective Billy Harney leads the way to a quick solve. But his instincts --- his father was once chief of detectives, and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force --- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only casualties. When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going…until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.
Promo
When a drive-by shooting on Chicago's west side turns political, Detective Billy Harney leads the way to a quick solve. But his instincts --- his father was once chief of detectives, and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force --- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only casualties. When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going…until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.
About the Book
Detective Billy Harney’s reputation as a dirty cop may be the only thing keeping Chicago clean in James Patterson’s most critically acclaimed thriller since THE BLACK BOOK.
For Detective Billy Harney, getting shot in the head, stalked by a state’s attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is a normal week on the job. So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts --- his father was once chief of detectives, and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force --- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only casualties.
When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going...until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.
Audiobook available, read by Edoardo Ballerini
