Looking for Jane is a story of women living in three timelines who are linked through decades by a mysterious

In Razorblade Tears, two men are coping with the tragic, violent, mysterious deaths of their married I loved last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made

his sister, playing in a mediocre band called The Rhythm Mafia with his best friend, and courting his serious More Books to Check Out Matt Dinniman is also the author of the eight-book Dungeon Crawler Carl series , the Dominion of Blades series, and The Shivered Sky series.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest suspenseful mystery by Wendy Walker, scheduled for publication

I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I You can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year. After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after landing very

My very favorite Bossy April reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. Ghosts by Katherine Arden Katherine Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something more mysterious I was glad when Laura began to allow herself to be vulnerable toward the end of the novel, and I very

This is an engaging and quick read, and the old-fashioned mystery stories within the story are intriguing The murder mystery stories were written decades before the book's present-day events take place and are There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder mystery The mystery stories within the story are intriguing, and I loved paying attention to their varied structures

My very favorite Bossy June reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. see Rednecks . 02 Bride by Ali Hazelwood Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery As a child, Misery was given up by her family and community as collateral to keep the peace. Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted her specifically, and feels as though solving the mystery

Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories highlight some of my very

early turns and surprises didn't always feel as though they followed logical paths, I appreciated the mystery-lite

My very favorite Bossy May reads! It was tough for me to narrow down my very favorite reads this month; I read so many great titles. Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery. Definitely Better Now . 06 I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Harpman's slim novel poses a mysterious

Beresford pieces together the story of Hannah's life from her first-person account--and tries to solve a mystery

Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'.

tragedy of Flora's disappearance), anyone who might have been connected to Flora's disappearance, and the mysterious

When June witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers

of seeking and exposing the truth around her as a journalist, while Bea retreats into a reclusive, mysterious When mysterious events come to light that seem linked to the publicly harmless, seemingly benevolent

It's June 1954, and eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson has just served fifteen months on a juvenile work Prose offers a surprising amount of heart and a unique main protagonist in this lighthearted murder mystery check out Doctors and Friends. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery The mystery skips back and forth in time, and four years later, Iris's twin sister Ruth finally receives

her sister Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, Mickey's need to solve the mystery disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire to solve the mystery I like a mystery that makes me care about the characters and doesn't foreshadow too much.

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My very favorite Bossy February reads! I'm coming in early with my six favorite (and varied!) Looking for Jane is a story of women living in three timelines who are linked through decades by a mysterious Things. 06 Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger Book two of the Parasol Protectorate series The series takes place in 1870s London, and in book two as in book one, the immensely appealing, practical For my full review (and a link to my review of the first book in the Parasol Protectorate series), please

My very favorite books from April! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month. The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer Eason In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have And I was wholly charmed by the rievs (former battle robots) who mysteriously show sentience and surprising

To say that August isn't particularly inclined to let anyone into her own emotional life is a serious But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might The book revels in wonderful LGBTQ love and tons of sexiness; fantastic New York-centric details; and

The first in Holland's ocean-focused young adult fantasy series leaves much of the story for later books men around her, but she is preparing to face difficult challenges (likely within later books in the series the story, and it felt as though Holland was saving major developments for subsequent books in the series A very minor but distracting note: the smell of petrichor is mentioned thirteen times in the story. More Fantasy Books Sara Holland is also the author of the Everless and Havenfall series.

Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her removal from trilogy, Beneath the Keep, which is when I realized I'd never read this third and final book in the series I've got a mysterious story with an unreliable narrator and an imagined nationwide hubbub (a la "baby

She's about to be married off to an older, slightly repulsive widower to serve as a nursemaid for his Addie wants to see more of the world, to be more in the world, and she is eager to allow for some mystery She can serve as a muse; she can inspire music and art in others; she can learn what others want or need She has also written the Villains series (two titles in that one so far) and the Shades of Magic series

"After Hours" allowed me to delve back into Novik's Scholomance series, which I adored. "Dragons & Decorum" is a glorious mashup of Novik's dragon stories (see my mention of the Temeraire series novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted  and Spinning Silver  as well as the Scholomance series Novik has also written a series of nine fantastic books about dragons, the Temeraire series. I've read seven of the nine installments, and I'm dreading reaching the end of the series.

relationship, Ann Liang's This Time It's Real; and I'm reading the third book in Tamsyn Muir's dark, eerie Locked Tomb series, Nona the Ninth. The Locked Tomb series so far is dark dark dark, with death, nefarious plotting, and gleefully gruesome But the books in the series also offer fantastically bratty episodes on the parts of various characters For my review of the first book in this series, Gideon the Ninth, check out the info at this link.

When Jaryk learns that his father has been killed under mysterious circumstances in India, he travels

The first in Thorne's series delivers charming, heartwarming adventure and a cast of characters I can't The next title in this series, Moss Effect, is scheduled for publication next spring.

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) for my full review of The Last Green Valley. 03 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson Atkinson's newest mystery in vivid Roaring Twenties London as Nellie Coker struggles to hold on to her empire of clubs while mysterious by the intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery

Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose Henry Thornton is a wealthy railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary woman who is emotionally closed off and desperately trying to impress her estranged, famous father, serves

Orphaned in Canton by cholera and brought to London by Professor Lovell, a mysterious figure, Robin trains Until the End of the World #1) by Sarah Lyons Fleming A bookish Instagram friend is in love with this series

This lighthearted aspect of this mystery reminds me a little bit of Finley Donovan Is Killing It, but In this first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Rosemary feels lucky

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wiley Cash's upcoming Southern mystery, When Ghosts Come Home; Come Home by Wiley Cash Cash, author of A Land More Kind than Home and The Last Ballad, here offers a mystery

Frankie and Zeke come up with an enigmatic phrase and attention-getting artwork, and they spread the mysterious

I treasured the crazy music and fads and troubled movies and serious science, serious history, serious The corona takes on a mythical quality and morphs to serve as a poignant, powerful climate-change warning unintentionally negated his own vehement denial of climate change (views he aggressively spouted off that very evening to the uncomfortable gathered guests); and not very cleverly revealed thinly veiled dastardly Tom's future interest in the mysterious, lost corona is part of his overall fascination with the decades

My very favorite books from September! But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking Notice, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after its breakup--and the crimes, mysteries And for more young adult stories about royalty, you might try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Shadowed Land , the third in Signe Pike's wonderful Scottish series 01 The Shadowed Land (Lost Queen #3) by Signe Pike I loved the first story in this series, The Lost Queen I thought the second book in the series, The Forgotten Kingdom (you can find a link to my review below Gwynne is also the author of book two in this series, The Hunger of the Gods , the series Of Blood and Bone, and The Faithful and the Fallen series.

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emotions surrounding having been assaulted in the past—in order to try to get information about the mystery If you like mysteries with twist, you may be in for Molloy's newest book, Goodnight Beautiful.

O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir universe-spanning drama in The Blighted Stars , and it sets up complexities for the books to come in this series O'Keefe is also the author of the The Protectorate series and The Scorched Continent series.

deeply developed, but twists and turns make The Wife Upstairs a magnetic, fast read to add to your mystery In Rachel Hawkins's new mystery The Wife Upstairs, each of the main players and their histories aren't feel plausible, but its twists and turns make The Wife Upstairs a magnetic, fast read to add to your mystery

titles: one young adult novel to be published tomorrow and two stories that are each the second in a series and Namesake; I'm reading In the Serpent's Wake, the second in the great young adult Tess of the Road series Locked Tomb series. What are you reading these days, bookworms? Click here to check out my review of the first book in this series, Tess of the Road. For my review of the first book in this series, Gideon the Ninth, check out this link.

lists of some of my favorite reads of last year by genre; for my all-around favorites, check out My Very Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had Through the very different but interconnected storylines and the varied, complicated set of characters

MacArthur is also the author of the mystery Heart Spring Mountain. If you like short stories, check out The Office of Historical Corrections--a very different short story

father's death, Intermezzo ; and I'm listening to the first in Rachel Aaron's Tear Down Heaven fantasy series playful fantasy book (see Hench and Starter Villain ), and I'm hoping Rachel Aaron's Tear Down Heaven series Rachel Aaron is also the author of the DFZ Changeling series, the Heartstrikers series, the Crystal Calamity series, and other books.

When Jaryk learns that his like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood orphanage has died under mysterious

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 the story dragged a little bit for me, but generally I was hooked and ready for whatever Johnson was serving Side note: I'd like for this story to also become a movie, thank you very much.

When Jax, a social worker, receives a series of frantic missed calls from her sister Lexie, she assumes or stops abruptly, and I find myself becoming increasingly frustrated by this method of prolonging a mystery

He has been cursed for generations to serve a series of crooked masters and their offspring, with no works from this author: Leigh Bardugo is also the author of Ninth House , Hell Bent , the King of Scars series ( Rule of Wolves  is book two), the Six of Crows series, the Shadow and Bone series ( which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series ) and The Language of Thorns: Midnight