Thursday, February 21, 2019

Meg's Picks: March 2019, part 1

Need something new, maybe something a little different than your same old, same old? Here are a few titles coming out next month that just might help jolt you out of that rut!

In Another Time, by Jillian Cantor. Cantor (The Lost Letter, Margot, etc.) follows multiple timelines as she tells the story of German bookstore owner Max Beissinger and earnest Jewish violin student Hanna Ginsberg. It's 1931 when the two meet and their chemistry is instant. Their love is soon tested by a dramatically shifting political climate, and by a secret that Max is keeping, one that he hopes may save Hanna as Germany becomes too dangerous for her to stay... I'm recommending this one for fans of Kate Atkinson's Life After Life and Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife.

The Wolf and the Watchman, by Niklas Natt Och Dag. After night watchman Mickel Cardell pulls a body from a lake, a series of time-sensitive events unfold  as he and police investigator Cecil Winge race to find a killer. This suspenseful tale takes the pair all over 18th-century Stockholm, exploring redemption and justice even in the bleakest places as they question mercenaries, beggars and madams. Rich and poor, pious and fallen, living and dead--all will be connected to the body pulled from the lake. I'm recommending this debut from Och Dag to fans of Caleb Carr's The Alienist.

Beautiful Bad, by Annie Ward. When Ian and Maddie meet, Ian is serving in the British army and Maddie is a travel writer visiting a friend overseas. Now, almost twenty years later, the two are married and have a young son--from all outward appearances, their marriage in Middle America is perfect. In the aftermath of a camping accident, however, Maddie is left physically and emotionally scarred. Therapy for her anxiety includes writing exercises to work out Maddie's long list of fears and anxieties, her tumultuous past with Ian, and what finally brings police to the scene of a shocking crime. Recommending this for fans of Ruth Ware (The Woman in Cabin 10, etc.), Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train, etc.), and Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies, etc.).

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