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...
Time to Burn/Ellery Lloyd August 4, 2026/Harper It would have been easy for Ellery Lloyd–a pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team–to get stuck in a quagmire considering the intricate plot of Time to Burn, which is told from two different perspectives crossing...
