Sleepers in the Snow, by Joanne Harris is a thoughtful, engrossing novel, which on the surface is a study in the complexities of dementia, but on a deeper level, it really can be read as an updated and inverted work of folk horror. It is not a thriller in the traditional sense.
Our Noble Selves is a delightful comic novel, one that only Kate Atkinson can write. While crimes do occur, the primary “action” surrounds the formulation and execution of 1951’s “Festival of Britain,” a grand, post-war, feel-good bash. It’s a major effort to lift the UK out of the doldrums following the trauma and destruction of WWII.
Night of the Mallrats/Nicolina Torres Oct. 6, 2026/Harper Perennial The purported genre of Night of the Mallrats by Nicolina Torres is a bit misleading, as is its title. While advertised as a “supernatural horror and time-travel thriller novel,” it’s much more of a...
Tyler Sedgewick is a 40 something operative who half-heartedly works for a detective firm called “Cyclops Eye,” trailing errant spouses, occasionally landing an assignment overseas. He’s bored, and when, in a nod to Tom Ripley, he is asked by a wealthy American businessman, James Knight, to track down his wayward twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Chana, whom he thinks is in Turkey.
The Terrarium/Katie Collom Bantam/November 10, 2026 Annie, our narrator Katie Collom's The Terrarium, is a mid-thirties underachiever barely making ends meet between cat-sitting gigs and slinging lattes at The Jumping Bean. She has no car because she can't afford one,...
The Unhaunting/Micaiah Johnson G.P. Putnam's Sons/September 29, 2026 A unique twist on the standard "haunted house" trope, Micaiah Johnson's The Unhaunting honors Shirley Jackson in the author's sophomore effort. Shantell's life has been filled with loss, resulting in...
