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

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Sara Davis-Goff, Silent City
(Flatiron)

“The novel’s worldbuilding is crisply efficient…Fast-paced and suspenseful, and the banshees satisfyingly heroic. . . A headlong thriller.”
–Kirkus

Anbara Salam, Hazardous Spirits
(Tin House)

“Atmospheric. . . . a believable portrait of the 1920s spiritualism scene. Historical fiction fans will savor this.”

Ritu Mukerji, Murder By Degrees
(Simon and Schuster)

“Like Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs, Lydia is a strong and indomitable woman who transcends her circumstances to become her true self and a crusader for social justice. This atmospheric novel heralds the arrival of a talented new writer and an unforgettable heroine.”
–Kirkus Reviews

Steve Berg, The Lost Colony
(Evets)
“Fast-paced, riveting and intriguing… a brilliant twist on an international murder mystery.”
–Pulitzer Prize winner David Zucchino

Mandy McHugh, It Takes Monsters
(Scarlet)

“Dark, disturbing, and twisty … McHugh’s biting sarcasm and witty humor take center stage in this fast-paced domestic-suspense story full of secrets, lies, and betrayals.”
–Booklist

John Grisham, The Exchange
(Doubleday)

“A tense legal thriller with nary a courtroom scene.”
–Kirkus Reviews

Allison Epstein, Let the Dead Bury the Dead
(Doubleday)

“Epstein’s unique retelling is richly enhanced by Slavic folklore, and the confusion between duty to family or country is expertly portrayed. Historical fiction fans will be spellbound.”
–Publishers Weekly

Patricia Evangelista, Some People Need Killing
(Random House)

“Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to tell this story.”
–Tara Westover

Stuart A. Reid, The Lumumba Plot
(Knopf)

“A powerful account. The author casts tremendous clarity on this important period and how essentially the world looked away. An evenhanded work of deep scholarship that clearly elucidates a largely hidden piece of U.S. foreign policy.”
–Kirkus Reviews

Wendy Walker, American Girl
(Blackstone)

“A compelling narrator, a suspenseful, complex mystery, and twists I didn’t see coming—American Girl had me on the edge of my seat for the whole ride.”
–Sara Shepard

Ye Chun, Straw Dogs of the Universe
(Catapult)

“Heartbreaking . . . Ye’s clear-eyed depictions of the characters’ internal struggles elevates what could be a litany of tragedies into a heroic story of survival. Readers will be moved.”
–Publishers Weekly