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Linnea Hartsuyker, “The Golden Wolf” (Harper, 2019)
Linnea Hartsuyker
The Golden Wolf

Harper, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network August 20, 2019 C. P. Lesley

When I spoke with Linnea Hartsuyker back in 2017, her epic saga was just beginning. The first novel opens with her hero, Ragnvald, seeing a vision of a golden wolf who will unite the feuding kingdoms of Norway under one rule. The vision sets the course of Ragnvald’s life, bringing... Read More
Karen Hugg, “The Forgetting Flower” (Magnolia Press, 2019)
Karen Hugg
The Forgetting Flower

Magnolia Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network August 15, 2019 GP Gottlieb

Planted in her mind while the author was working as a professional gardener, The Forgetting Flower (Magnolia Press, 2019) tells the story of Renia, a working- class young woman who left Crakow to live in Paris. She manages a flower shop for the obnoxious, oblivious owner, who is tone-deaf regarding... Read More
G. P. Gottlieb, “Battered” (D. X. Varos, 2019)
G. P. Gottlieb
Battered
A Whipped and Sipped Mystery
D. X. Varos, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network August 6, 2019 C. P. Lesley

It is not easy to interview a writer of murder mysteries without giving away too many details, but when an author not only manages to create a full and complex cast of characters but also sweetens the deal with recipes for everything from cakes to zucchini dip (given in detail... Read More
Kate Braithwaite, “The Girl Puzzle” (Crooked Cat Books, 2019)
Kate Braithwaite
The Girl Puzzle

Crooked Cat Books, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network August 5, 2019 C. P. Lesley

Nellie Bly is in some respects a household name, yet the passage of time has erased many of her accomplishments from popular memory. One of the first well-known female journalists, she wrote for Joseph Pulitzer’s acclaimed paper The World, traveled around the world in less than eighty days, married a... Read More
Laury Silvers, “The Lover” (Kindle Direct Publishers, 2019)
Laury Silvers
The Lover
A Sufi Mystery
Kindle Direct Publishers, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & Faith August 5, 2019 Kristian Petersen

Zaytuna just wants to be left alone to her ascetic practices and nurse her dark view of the world. But when an impoverished servant girl she barely knows comes and begs her to bring some justice to the death of a local boy, she is forced to face the suffering... Read More
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, “This is How You Lose the Time War” (Saga Press, 2019)
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This is How You Lose the Time War

Saga Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Science FictionNew Books Network August 1, 2019 Rob Wolf

For Blue and Red—arch enemies at the center of Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone’s epistolary novella, This is How You Lose the Time War (Saga Press, 2019)—the only thing that endures after millennia of espionage and intrigue is love. El-Mohtar and Gladstone are themselves avid letter writers who favor fountain... Read More
Eyal Kless, “The Lost Puzzler: The Tarakan Chronicles” (Harper Voyager, 2019)
Eyal Kless
The Lost Puzzler
The Tarakan Chronicles
Harper Voyager, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in Literature July 30, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

A picaresque novel about a serious boy with special powers, The Lost Puzzler takes place in an impoverished, technologically backwards world. After the fall of the advanced Tarakan Empire, the remaining population struggles to get by on what remains of their technology. Others turn to a rural existence, adhering to... Read More