Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.

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Tod Goldberg, Gangsters Dont Die
(Counterpoint)

“As ever, Goldberg is adept at writing about mob hits, explosions, corpses and other cases of criminal bad news with a smirking, noirish tone. But he writes with sensitivity too, from painterly depictions of the Palm Desert and Salton Sea to riffs on the Talmud that suggest Cohen’s faith isn’t entirely a put-on.”
–Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times

A.F. Carter, Boomtown
(Mysterious Press)

“Efficiently attending to each of the numerous conflicts and characters, Carter drives the narrative toward a ripping climax and adds vivid new shades to Baxter and its neighboring communities. Admirers of Ace Atkins’s down-and-dirty Quinn Colson books will find much to like.”
–Publishers Weekly

Nina Simon, Mother-Daughter Murder Night
(William Morrow)

“Simon’s dazzling debut delivers everything a mystery fan could crave, including a realistically nuanced cast of characters, a vividly evoked coastal California setting, writing imbued with a deliciously desiccated sense of wit, and a perfectly plotted murder with enough red herrings deftly dropped in to confound the most experienced mystery reader. Insightful and frequently funny analysis of family dynamics wrapped up in a cleverly crafted cozy crime novel.”
–Library Journal

Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
(Soho Crime)

“This page-turning stand-alone novel is a perfect entry point into the eccentric world of civil servants and spies that Herron’s Slough House series so wittily portrays.”
–The Washington Post

Tori Eldridge, The Ninja’s Oath
(Agora)

“Action-packed…Eldridge excels at orchestrating thrilling martial arts fights, and at brisk plotting. Everything here suggests this series can sustain a long run.”
–Publishers Weekly

RJ Jacobs, This Is How We End Things
(Sourcebooks)

“A nail-biting closed-circle mystery…Jacobs keeps readers on their toes, wringing maximum surprise out of the twists and red herrings, and effectively molds his leads into three-dimensional characters. Riley Sager fans will be pleased.”
–Publishers Weekly

Nev March, The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret
(Minotaur)

“March’s gift for elevated language nicely supports the period setting. . . Familiar mystery tropes are skillfully woven into an entertaining vintage whodunit.”
–Kirkus Reviews

Andrew Yang and Stephen Marche, The Last Election
(Akashic)

“Yang and Marche masterfully ratchet the tension to near-unbearable levels. The outcome, in this worthy 21st-century update of the 1962 classic Seven Days in May, is just possible enough to give readers nightmares.”
–Publishers Weekly

James Reich, The Moth for the Star
(7.13 Books)

“An interrogation of the nature of evil set against the backdrop of a thrilling murder mystery, The Moth for the Star’s nuanced evocations of the beautiful and the damned accumulate in a terrifyingly relevant fiction, one that will keep you guessing to the last page and beyond.”
–Jonathan Evison

Christine Wells, The Royal Windsor Secret
(William Morrow)

“The Royal Windsor Secret is a thrilling historical fiction brimming with adventure, mystery, romance, and a willful, independent heroine you will root for, all wrapped up in a scintillating secret.”
–Madeline Martin