In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries

Island and awaiting her best friend Bridget's arrival when she meets Felix, a gorgeous guy serving up oysters

Alexandra Andrews's twisty-turny mystery about a reclusive author and the ambitious assistant she takes Fisher is candid, funny, charmingly offbeat, and she's mastered the art of honest self-examination. factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war between Languoreth's husband and his allies and Lailoken's master

book that Michelle's inner workings will not be revealed to Helen or to the reader, and they remain a mystery

In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all

But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might

through two timelines; the final book in a darkly playful young adult fantasy series; a quirky, campy mystery There are mysterious forces and machinations, many of which remain unclear to the reader until late in a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical mystery After a series of almost slapstick misunderstandings, Finlay is left a mysterious note implying that Cosimano's mystery has a wonderfully quirky setup and campy tone.

The relationship is one to root for, and I really liked the minor mystery, supporting characters, and

Antarctica showcases Keegan's masterful ability to distill varied lives into seemingly small moments,

and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery and he's got two dead crewmates, a chatty AI robot caregiver, a lot of complicated equipment, and a mysterious making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master

and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship or security aside from her employment for the mysterious But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking

But Arthur is mysterious, and he's not who Birdie thought he was.

MacArthur is also the author of the mystery Heart Spring Mountain.

lifesaving Black neighbors--who share resources, offer advice, and otherwise keep to themselves--and their mysterious

ocean, interviewing the oceanographers, marine biologists, and geographers focused on exploring this mysterious

her future, shares her reliance on alcohol and her experience with depression, lists her long-term, mysterious

Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time  plays with time, and I love books that play

siblings Bellatine and Isaac, a woodworker and a con artist and street performer, are reunited to claim a mysterious

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Sherry Thomas's Victorian mystery (the first in a hefty series

the suspicious circumstances surrounding Bryn's parents' long-ago deaths, and an extended family with mysterious

Ballad with my book club, and this week I reviewed When Ghosts Come Home, Wiley Cash's character-driven mystery

in a female-only boarding house in 1950s, McCarthy-era Washington, D.C., bookended by the story of a mysterious

In Fugitive Telemetry, Murderbot attempts to solve the mystery of a murder--while generally annoyed and

Meanwhile there are odd creatures doling out questionable advice, a mysterious stepmother, a land struggling

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The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Alias Emma, a fast-paced new mystery from Ava Glass; I'm listening

But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking If you like character-driven suspense and mystery books, you might also like John Hart's (grittier) books With masterful storytelling, King builds a world within each short story that feels immediate, sometimes

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry's newest light fiction novel about best friends and polar opposites Poppy and Alex on their annual vacation; Now You Say Yes, Bill Harley's irresistible middle-grade novel about orphans on a cross-country journey as they desperately try to stay together as a family; and Don't Look for Me, Wendy Walker's suspenseful, character-driven novel about a mother coping with the worst grief imaginable while a lurking evil endangers key characters' safety. Which books are you reading and enjoying these days, bookworms? 01 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry In Emily Henry's newest novel People We Meet on Vacation, best friends and polar opposites Alex and Poppy are on their annual vacation. Poppy is impulsive and fun-loving, and Alex would generally rather stay home and read than seek out adventure. The pair has long been emotionally inseparable despite living in different cities--Poppy in New York and Alex in their small hometown. But two years ago on their vacation, something BIG happened. It threatened their friendship and continues to loom over everything between them. They haven't talked about any of it, but Poppy has convinced Alex to join her again on vacation to try to recapture their effortless times together. Surely, she thinks, they can fix everything in a week. She'll just push down her strange feelings about Alex and pretend that fateful time never even happened. This is already feeling like a will they/won't they story I'll love. Henry's Beach Read was a favorite book of mine last year, and it made it into the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism. 02 Now You Say Yes by Bill Harley In Bill Harley's newest work, the middle-grade novel Now You Say Yes, we follow newly orphaned fifteen-year-old Mari and her on-the-spectrum nine-year-old stepbrother, Connor, as they strike out on a cross-country journey in a desperate attempt to avoid foster care. Mari, who finds that she's tough in the face of adversity, is bent on staying with her brother, preserving the only family they each have left. But she's not legally an adult, and she doesn't have many options of who she can rely on to keep them safe. Harley's story about loyalty, loss, and pushing forward is beautiful; it's sometimes heartbreaking and consistently lovely. 03 Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker Molly Clarke is dealing with bottomless grief. Her youngest daughter died in an unthinkable accident, and for Molly, making her way through each day is like wading through waters threatening to drown her. So she walks away--from her distant husband, her always-furious oldest daughter, her absent middle son, her broken life, and her relentless pain. At least, that's what the clues left behind seem to indicate. But the truth of what has occurred is horrible, terrifying, twisty--and fascinating. Walker's premise is difficult to read and experience on the page, but the character depth, exploration of grief, and self-actualization she offers in Don't Look for Me is pleasantly surprising and continues to build and grow. I'm flying through this tale and can't wait to find out what's what.

This mystery hit the spot for me.

Thomas Silkstone series and the Constance Piper Mystery series as well as The Light We Left Behind.

He has been cursed for generations to serve a series of crooked masters and their offspring, with no

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The People We Keep, Allison Larkin's upcoming novel about a young protagonist shaping her life through songwriting and finding human connection; Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid's newest book about siblings surfing and forging their own paths on the coast of California; and Dark Roads, Chevy Stevens's suspenseful novel, out next week, about young women going missing in British Columbia. Which books are you reading and enjoying these days, bookworms? 01 The People We Keep by Allison Larkin In Allison Larkin's upcoming novel The People We Keep, April is struggling. She's failing out of school, working some shifts at a diner, and living in a nonfunctioning motorhome that her father won in a poker game--in a town where she's never felt like she belongs. A borrowed car and an open mic night open up new possibilities while a fight with her dad sharpens her focus on leaving. So April heads out on the road with few expectations aside from changing the course of her life. She meets new people along the way and must decide whether to open her heart to them or to keep up her guard; she considers what she truly wants from her life; and she writes songs to cope with and interpret the world around her. I received a prepublication digital copy of this title courtesy of Gallery Books and NetGalley. 02 Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Although her tennis pro husband's recent infidelity with a famous tennis player is putting a damper on things, in Malibu, California, famous model and skilled surfer Nina Riva--the daughter of legendary crooner Mick Riva--is about to throw her end-of-summer party. Malibu Rising tracks each hour leading up to and into the wee hours of the legendary party (and this year's unforgettable end), while interspersing scenes from the past, including Nina's parents' tangled love story, Nina's youth, her famous surfer/photographer siblings' stories, and others. As the party spins out of control, secrets of all kinds are revealed and key characters must each determine their paths as they find themselves at crucial forks in the roads of their lives. Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of Daisy Jones & the Six, a book I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music. 03 Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens Chevy Stevens's Dark Roads is set in the wilderness and rugged terrain of British Columbia, along a highway where unsuspecting women traveling alone go missing from time to time--yet a predator never seems to be brought to justice. Teen Hailey McBride's father always taught her to be self-sufficient, to hunt, to stay tough, and to never drive Cold Creek Highway by herself. Now that he's gone, she's at the mercy of her aunt's controlling police officer husband, and Hailey decides to disappear into the wild in the desperate hope that the community assumes she's been taken by the highway killer and gives her up for dead. When Beth Chevalier arrives in Cold Creek to try to track down her sister, who disappeared from the area, she unwittingly becomes a potential target herself--while inadvertently drawing attention to the truth about Hailey's disappearance. I received a prepublication digital copy of this title courtesy of St. Martin's Press and NetGalley.

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connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens

new beginnings, told over six summers and a weekend; and I'm listening to And Then She Disappeared, a mystery

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The characters move through interesting moments and shift their understanding of previously mysterious

As the community wonders at his mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately

Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in her life. Now she must delve into the darkness of her history to try to save her mother--and uncover her own true identity. Young adult Josie is Girl One, the first of nine baby girls who were famously conceived without male sperm years ago on the now-dismantled commune The Homestead. Josie has spent her life plagued by criticism, misogyny, obsessed fans, and the weight of the fascinating, unusual circumstances of her conception. Yet she embraces her past and aims to further the scientific work of her deceased father figure, the director of the scientific advancements achieved on the commune, Dr. Joseph Bellanger. Josie's studies and desire to learn more about her "virgin birth" drive a wedge between Josie and her mother, and Josie isn't sure exactly why. When her mother disappears, Josie begins to track down the other Girls, and together the young women discover strange, unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history. They're learning to trust that the circumstances of their creation do not determine their full identities--or what they're capable of. Murphy presents the Girls as they emerge in all of their feminist, powerful glory. The men in their world are cruel, powerful, and frequently evil, but when they band together, the girls' superhuman abilities repeatedly shield them from the most grave danger--and unlock remarkable freedom for each of the women long plagued by their complicated histories. The journey isn't too easy, there are some identity realizations, love connections, and plot twists, and the ending of Girl One satisfied me. I received a prepublication digital edition of this book through Farrar, Straus and Giroux and NetGalley. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Girl One reminded me at times of Body of Stars, but this book held together more successfully for me, and I believed in the characters and their situations more completely. Both of the books felt like young adult reads to me.

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