A bookseller pressed this into my hands when I couldn’t find what I was looking for. I read it on the plane and almost wished the flight were longer so I could finish before being jolted back to the present day.
1964, Jackson, Mississippi – sisters Violet and Marigold are desperate to leave their hometown after the deaths of their parents and older sister. They take different paths, never imagining that they have a dangerous connection to the brutal murder of three men—one Black, two white—as part of the resistance to the Summer of the Vote. Nor do they imagine their paths will lead them back to each other.
This book transported me to another time and place, making me shiver with the terror of the sisters’ fight for survival, and rejoice with relief when they choose hope – just what historical fiction ought to do.
Called One of the Best Crime Novels of the Yearby New York Times * NPR * New York Post * Washington Post * Buzzfeed * South Florida Sun-Sentinel * Library Journal * CrimeReads
From the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful novel where, after the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country . . . but can they escape the secrets they left behind?
It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally…
A rare stand-alone cozy mystery, set at a baking competition at a Vermont country estate. Six contestants, each distinct and intriguing, a hostess with a secret, and a judge the rest love to hate.
As a writer, I admire the clear, compelling flow of the story, even as we start with a prologue, move back four days, wrap up in less than a week, then ice the cake with an epilogue a year later. Add the shift between the hostess’s third-person narration and the contestants’ first-person voices, stir in our knowledge that someone’s been killed but not who, and the result could be an inedible mess. Instead, this is a thoroughly delicious read.
Cozies are sometimes criticized for using murder as a device and not addressing real-world issues. In the end, justice is served, as it should be, with a twist that shows a good cozy can hit hard and go down sweet.
“This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bake Off kept me turning the pages all night!” —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Only Murders in the Building meets The Maid in this darkly beguiling locked-room mystery where someone turns up dead on the set of TV’s hottest baking competition—perfect for fans of Nita Prose, Richard Osman, and Anthony Horowitz.
Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton, the leafy and imposing Vermont estate that is not only the filming site for “Bake Week” but also the childhood…
The owners and staff of a troubled British tech start-up rent a chalet for a ski weekend in the French Alps, complete with an in-house host and a gourmet chef, to hash out their response to a buy-out offer. When an avalanche strands them and guests start dying, it becomes clear that the odd person out holds the decisive vote – and will keep on killing to get revenge.
As we shift between a character who unravels as more of the truth is revealed and one who gathers strength and fights back, I wasn’t always sure who to believe, and that kept me riveted.
The ending is the best of suspense: a true battle between what might happen and what we hope for.
This instant New York Times bestseller and “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) from Ruth Ware follows a group of employees trapped on a snow-covered mountain.
Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide.
When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech start-up, organizes…
After leaving a dicey marriage and losing a beloved job in a corporate crash, Pepper Reece has found a new zest for life running the venerable Spice Shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Her blends and recipes are the talk of the town, and shopkeepers and shoppers alike stop by for a cup of her refreshing spice tea.
But when a panhandler named Doc shows up dead on the store’s doorstep, a Spice Shop cup in hand, the local gossip gets too hot for Pepper to handle—especially after the police arrest her staffer, Tory, for murder.
Convinced her reticent employee is innocent, Pepper sniffs out clues. But if she’s not careful, her nosy ways might make her next on the killer’s list…
