A former Olympic athlete, body broken from overtraining, meets the handsome heir to a small kingdom and becomes his blushing bride. I’d describe this one as “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” if it was written from the perspective of Grace Kelly or Lady Di. – DMīarbara Bourland, The Force of Such Beauty Habib builds the sense of dread with slow, carefully meted out notes of obsession and intuition. –MOĪ supremely tense debut, Conner Habib’s Hawk Mountain channels Patricia Highsmith by way of Hitchcock, with a chance encounter on a beach that throws two men-one of them a long ago bully, the other the bullied-into a present-day collision. But her character was raised to be pampered, not tested, and her loyalties will soon face a breaking point as the goals of her father, his patron, and those they torture pull Carlota in opposite directions.
Carlota Moreau loves her scientist father, whose injections keep her alive she loves her fur-covered playmates, whose ailments can be ascribed to their mishmash of human and animal genes she even cares for the drunken plantation overseer who facilitates the gruesome experiments. In her latest, the Island of Doctor Moreau gets a Yucatan-set treatment, steeped in sultry atmospherics and set during the lead-up to the Mexican Revolution as the hacienda system begins to crumple. I can’t get enough of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s playful takes on classic genres. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau In Portrait of an Unknown Woman, he’s on the trail of a forged masterpiece, a painting that’s been trading hands and millions on its mysterious journey across Europe. –MOĭaniel Silva, Portrait of an Unknown WomanĮvery Daniel Silva has their own particular taste when it comes to the flavor of a new Gabriel Allon adventure, but certainly there’s some broad agreement that Allon is at his most fascinating when he’s playing to his skills as an art restorer, in addition to his career at Mossad. Paris Peralta is found at the center of a shocking crime scene, but she’s not afraid of the police: she’s afraid of the woman from her past who will recognize the crime and come calling. I’ve been obsessed with Jennifer Hillier’s sly psychological thrillers since her breakout hit Jar of Hearts, and Things We Do In the Dark promises to showcase her characters’ signature slippery grasp on morality once again.
Jennifer Hillier, Things We Do In The Dark
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