Brooklyn: Brooklyn used her charm and her god-given hustling and manipulating skills to get what she wanted—no matter who it hurt. When she finally gets her due, how does she remember her life? Out in Feb from @stmartinspress @StMartinsPress

Knight’s Wyrd: This reissue of a dark fantasy set in medieval time introduces a new generation to this award-winning work. Out now from @torbooks

Memory and Desire: A newspaper editor is forced to confront his deepest secrets while his struggling paper is preparing to publish an exposé on south Florida’s dirty politics, shady deals, & powerful cartel. Out in Sept from @simonandschuster

To all of you at PRH—and especially those I worked with over the decades when I was freelancing (using my IRL name)—my thoughts are with you.

mysteries and thrillers on my July list part 4 -- 4/4 The Spider: psychological thriller @AAKnopf The Stolen Coast: mystery & detective @VikingBooks Thicker Than Water: psychological thriller @AtriaBooks A Twisted Love Story: psychological thriller @BerkleyPub

Mysteries & thrillers on my July list part 3 -- 3/4 A Likeable Woman: thriller & suspense @BerkleyPub Mrs. Plansky's Revenge: mystery & detective @ForgeReads The Murder Wheel: mystery & detective @MysteriousPress One of Us Is Back: thriller & suspense @penguinrandom

Mysteries and thrillers on my July list 2/4 Dead of Winter: suspense & horror @Sourcebooks Her, Too: psychological thriller @harperbooks How Can I Help You: thriller & suspense @PutnamBooks Kala: crime @doubledaybooks

Mysteries & thrillers on my July list 1/4 All Is Not Forgiven: @BlackstoneAudio The Anniversary: @groveatlantic The Bitter Past: mystery & detective @MinotaurBooks Cutting Teeth: domestic thriller @Flatironbooks

4 of 5 stars to Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong goodreads.com/review/show?id…

3 of 5 stars to Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin goodreads.com/review/show?id…

Thanks to a very good friend, I'm now at bethfishreads@bsky.social Come find me there ... Will we ever settle on one social media site?

On my #nonfiction list for July: * Behold the Monster: true crime @Sourcebooks * Bogie & Bacall: biography @harperbooks * Deepest Map: science @HarperCollins * Eight Bears: nature @wwnorton * Little Book of Exoplanets: space @PrincetonUPress * Muscle: anatomy @wwnorton

3 of 5 stars to The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon goodreads.com/review/show?id…

I'm still looking for a bluesky invite if you happen to have one ... thanks.

Hope you found something to add to your summer reading list! (or winter list for my friends in the southern hemisphere)

A YA thriller set on a small island where 10 teen influencers are gearing up to participate in a reality TV show. Out in October from @WednesdayBooks

Primarily set 50-some years after the civil rights movement; this story explores a Black family's history from 19th-century Senegal to 21st-century Georgia. Out in August from @HenryHolt

A quirky pandemic novel in which an elderly widow, a single-mother nurse, and the nurse's two children move in together to wait out lockdown. Out in September from @AmazonPub

In the latest entry in the Cameron Winter series, the ex-spy turned English professor sets his mind to solving the murder of a wealthy family from the Chicago suburbs. Out in October from @MysteriousPress