Listen "Episode 58: Hot Summer New Releases"
Episode Synopsis
Tana and I share some of our favorite ARCs we've read and other books that will be published this summer (and beyond).
Discussed:
Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley
Night Guest, by Hildur Knutsdottir
Daughter of Fair Verona, by Christina Dodd
The Glassmaker, by Tracy Chevalier
The Next Mrs. Parrish, by Liv Constantine
Briar Club, by Kate Quinn
Maria, by Michelle Moran
Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
Eddie Winston is Looking for Love, by Marianne Cronin
The Big Empty, by Robert Crais
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by TJ Klune
Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets, by Kate Khavari
Tell Me Who You Are, by Louise Luna
That Night in the Library, by Eva Jurczyk
A Body by the Henhouse, by Kate Wells
Last Hunt, by Audrey Cole
Arsenic Eater's Wife, by Tonya Mitchell
Pitch Dark, by Paul Doiron
Elsewhere, by Sarah Tierney
The Burning, by Linda Castillo
A Hunger to Kill, by Kim Magers
Guide Me Home, by Attica Locke
Bear, by Julia Phillips
Love Letters to a Serial Killer, by Tasha Coryell
Trust Her, by Flynn Berry
Breaking the Dark, by Lisa Jewell
Summer Pact, by Emily Giffin
Black Bird Oracle, by Deborah Harkness
Burn, by Peter Heller
Spirit Crossing, by William Kent Krueger
By Any Other Name, by Jodi Picoult
Dark Wives, by Ann Cleeves
Death at the Sign of the Rock, by Kate Atkinson
Where They Last Saw Her, by Marcie Rendon
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust, by Alan Bradley
Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty
We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman
Sleep Tight, by JH Markert
Witches of Santo Stefano, by Wendy Webb
The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich
Second Smartest Dog That Ever Lived, by Will Pass
What Does it Feel Like?, by Sophie Kinsella
Absolution, by James VanderMeer
The Grey Wolf, by Louise Penny
Robert Parker books
NetGalley
Edelweiss Plus
ARCs (Advanced Reader Copy) at your library
Discussed:
Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley
Night Guest, by Hildur Knutsdottir
Daughter of Fair Verona, by Christina Dodd
The Glassmaker, by Tracy Chevalier
The Next Mrs. Parrish, by Liv Constantine
Briar Club, by Kate Quinn
Maria, by Michelle Moran
Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
Eddie Winston is Looking for Love, by Marianne Cronin
The Big Empty, by Robert Crais
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by TJ Klune
Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets, by Kate Khavari
Tell Me Who You Are, by Louise Luna
That Night in the Library, by Eva Jurczyk
A Body by the Henhouse, by Kate Wells
Last Hunt, by Audrey Cole
Arsenic Eater's Wife, by Tonya Mitchell
Pitch Dark, by Paul Doiron
Elsewhere, by Sarah Tierney
The Burning, by Linda Castillo
A Hunger to Kill, by Kim Magers
Guide Me Home, by Attica Locke
Bear, by Julia Phillips
Love Letters to a Serial Killer, by Tasha Coryell
Trust Her, by Flynn Berry
Breaking the Dark, by Lisa Jewell
Summer Pact, by Emily Giffin
Black Bird Oracle, by Deborah Harkness
Burn, by Peter Heller
Spirit Crossing, by William Kent Krueger
By Any Other Name, by Jodi Picoult
Dark Wives, by Ann Cleeves
Death at the Sign of the Rock, by Kate Atkinson
Where They Last Saw Her, by Marcie Rendon
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust, by Alan Bradley
Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty
We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman
Sleep Tight, by JH Markert
Witches of Santo Stefano, by Wendy Webb
The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich
Second Smartest Dog That Ever Lived, by Will Pass
What Does it Feel Like?, by Sophie Kinsella
Absolution, by James VanderMeer
The Grey Wolf, by Louise Penny
Robert Parker books
NetGalley
Edelweiss Plus
ARCs (Advanced Reader Copy) at your library
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