A propulsive cyberpunk thriller that imagines a corporate-owned Alaska teetering on the brink of global war, asking whether the people who start fires can survive the conflagration In Dillenback’s debut novel, MIR.EXE, Alaska has seceded from the United States, and a superconducting alloy called PermaFlux has made it the richest nation on Earth—all of it […]
A tense, character-driven mystery in the Puerto Vallarta expat community Puerto Vallarta is popular with American tourists and expatriates, which keeps its US consulate busy. For Consul Amanda Pennyworth, it’s practically bureaucratic bliss, but it also poses a dilemma. “She had become so comfortable here. And that, of course, was exactly what the State Department, […]
The Coworker by Freida McFadden on August 23, 2023 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Domestic, Fiction / Thrillers / General Pages: 370 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. […]
There is a moment early in Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell where the protagonist, freshly abandoned by her soon-to-be ex-husband, goes to a concert alone. Not as a dramatic gesture. Not as a healing ritual. She just wanted to see the band. That specificity, the low-stakes, lived-in particularity of it, sets the tone for everything […]
Synopsis: Nine-year-old Zoe Meadows is the new kid in Ivy Creek. For homeschooled Zoe, every day starts the same: breakfast, then to the living room where Miss Ellis awaits. Only today, Zoe can’t focus—not when she notices neighborhood children playing outside, children she’s yet to meet. Watching all this unfold, Zoe’s parents decide it’s time […]
A bumper month of May sees the much anticipated release of John of John by acclaimed Scottish author Douglas Stuart and new novel from the wonderful ‘Pemi Aguda. Enjoy 5 Marvelous New Books for May 2026! This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. 5 Marvelous […]
An ambitious coming-of-age novel that blends existential philosophy with teenage-self discovery When a philosophy-obsessed teenager begins uncovering the truth behind her childhood trauma, her search for meaning blurs the line between fate, faith, and coincidence. Tom McEachin’s The Metamorphosis of Marna Love introduces readers to sixteen-year-old Marna Love, a high school sophomore growing up in […]
The Anniversary by Alex Finlay on May 12, 2026 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense Pages: 320 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads If you’re looking for a thriller that slowly tightens its grip until you can’t look away, The Anniversary delivers exactly that. Centered around the chilling legend of […]
There is a bloodstain on the kitchen wall of a samurai house in Kagoshima that has no business being there. Lee Turner licks it off his thumb on the first page of Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker, and from that moment, the novel refuses to let go. This is a book about two people […]
Funny, sharp, and infinitely voicey—a glimpse inside the mind of a love-deprived writer aching to be seen It’s any writer’s dream: an empty house to write in and not pay for. Bonus points if you get to do it in the Hamptons with a fancy coffee maker and hot rich dudes around every corner. But […]