Jo Jones – autistic, hyperlexic, and kind of exhausted – is having a rough time. When her semi-estranged mother dies and leaves her a decrepit estate in Yorkshire, Jo leaps at the opportunity to leave the US and start fresh across the pond. But why is the estate’s handyman so shifty? What happened to the …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. What are the elements of an instant bestseller, a book that makes it onto the bestseller list …
Molly the maid is back – and there is another murder at the Regency Grand Hotel. This time, Molly knows the victim, who didn’t remember her at all. As she thinks back to when she was around the mysterious Mr. Grimthorpe as a young girl, she can’t help thinking she may know who and why …
Phinney Books welcomes you to the 14th annual Holiday Bookfest featuring dozens of authors signing their books. Along with the author signings, a selection of authors will be reading from their books, and Greenwood’s Bureau of Fearless Ideas tutoring center will create an interactive Bookmakers Space, where new or seasoned writers can put together a …
Here is Spencer Quinn’s Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge, which is the story of a 70-ish year old widow who gets caught up in a phone scam. The villains drain all of her bank accounts, like phone scammers do, and think they have hit the jackpot. Unfortunately (for them), Mrs. Plansky has recently had a hip replaced, and …
Are you looking for a fast-paced mystery that’ll keep you guessing till the last page? Look no further than Killing Me. The opening scene starts with Amber being trapped in a serial killer’s van. He goes by “the Pikachu Killer.” Escaping by a hair (after being shaved and painted blue) by a woman in a …
Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans I loved every page of this compelling, funny, suspenseful book. Imagine “Rear Window” meets a queer, teen version of “The Lovebirds.” Bianca is endearingly awkward and charmingly honest as a narrator and character, and the good people who enter and stay in Bianca’s orbit are …
This really did feel like a futuristic “The Thin Man” in space, complete with the smoldering wife/husband chemistry, the swanky cocktails, the glamorous fashion, the charming dog, and the determined sleuths. I loved it! Bonus elements that added layers of satisfaction were a culture that normalizes pronouns at introduction (plus lots of nonbinary pronouns and …
What do you get when you have donuts, an alien cult, and a writer’s missing ex-wife? A Joe R. Lansdale novel! Let the entertaining banter carry you through the revelations that our writer uncovers in the search for his missing ex-wife and her husband in connection with a local cult. –Abbie, Trail’s End Bookstore, Winthrop, …
Harini Nagendra’s The Bangalore Detectives Club is out in paperback. It’s the first in a charming cozy series set in 1920’s Bangalore. It’s more Alexander McCall Smith than Jo Nesbø, if you were wondering where we’re going to shelve it in the mystery section. Book club peeps, take note. –A Good Book, Sumner, WA Treat yourself …
