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A former sex crimes prosecutor writes a fast-paced university thriller informed by his work investigating sexual misconduct. Open Bar By Dan Schorr. SparkPress. 332 pages. $17.99. In Dan Schorr’s second novel, Open Bar, scandal erupts when a university HR director discovers that a beloved softball coach has been sexually abusing teenagers in the school’s summer
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Two smart teens protect their country and their family in war-torn England. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org The Bletchley Riddle By Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin. Viking Books for Young Readers. 400 pages. $18.99. “You see, I was never the sort who dreamed of running away to join the circus. … But if I’d known there
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In Tova Mirvis’ We Would Never, a terrible crime tests a tight-knit family. by Sara Beth West & Chapter16.org We Would Never By Tova Mirvis. Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. 368 pages. $28.99. “People liked to make all kinds of proclamations about what they would never do. But people did all sorts of
A madcap murder investigation helps a family cope with a loved one’s death in Tubb’s new middle-grade mystery. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org Fowl Play By Kristin O’Donnell Tubb. Katherine Tegen Books. 288 pages. $19.99. “It’s kinda hard to hunt for a murderer,” declares young Chloe Alvarez, “when you don’t want to remember that a
Michael Sims’ latest anthology of short fiction presents antique whodunit gems. by Chris Scott & Chapter16.org The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries Edited by Michael Sims. Penguin Classics. 352 pages. $18. The origin of the detective story is, like that of many art forms, a matter of debate. Some historians credit the honor of first whodunit
Chaos ensues when Greaney’s Gray Man tackles a new foe: artificial intelligence. by G. Robert Frazier & Chapter16.org The Chaos Agent By Mark Greaney. Berkley. 560 pages. $30. Whoever controls the use of artificial intelligence for weapons will control the world. That simple premise is all you really need to know when you pick up
In Peng Shepherd’s second novel, a rare map points the way to a dreamlike — yet deadly — destination. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org The Cartographers. By Peng Shepherd. William Morrow. 400 pages. $27.99. Nell Young, the protagonist of Peng Shepherd’s second novel, The Cartographers, is born into a family of map scholars. Her mother’s celebrated
Private investigator Cole Trabalth steadfastly seeks The Truth in an absurdist, depersonalized near-future.
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