New novels from favorite authors and debuts are on the horizon. What's on your reading list?
Searching for Sylvie Lee, by Jean Kwok. I adored Kwok's debut, Girl in Translation (2010), and given the buzz about her upcoming novel, I'm extra excited. Amy Lee's family was too poor to keep her older sister Sylvie, who was then raised for some time by a distant relative. Now an adult, Sylvie has disappeared, and as Amy starts to retrace Sylvie's steps in an effort to find her, she uncovers a number of her sister's deeply buried secrets. For those who like a page-turner with strong family ties, this should be at the top of your list for summer reads.
Conviction, by Denise Mina. Mina, who is best known for her series of novels set in historical Glasgow (The Red Road, etc.), moves seamlessly into the present with a timely new novel of suspense. Anna McDonald left her past behind in London and started over in Glasgow, which was great, until it wasn't. Now her husband's run off with her best friend, Estelle. Anna and Estelle's former rock-star husband fall in together on a road-trip that follows the true-crime podcast they're binge-listening...until Anna's past looms up on all sides. A story in a story that is getting some excellent advance praise.
Girl in the Rearview Mirror, by Kelsey Rae Dimberg. I'm always on the lookout for the next debut smash, and I think this might be just such a novel. Finn Hunt is bored with her office job and jumps at the chance to nanny for Phoenix's first family, the Martins. Philip is being groomed to take on his father's seat in the Senate, and Marina is a museum director who oozes class and glamor. Finn's new life as nanny to four-year-old Amabel makes her feel protective of the family she views as completely ideal...until a stranger hands her information that shatters her illusions and may yet bring down the family's dynasty. This is one to watch!
The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo. Speaking of brilliant debuts to watch next month, Lombardo's thriller is garnering huge praise already. David and Marilyn meet and marry in the 1970s, raising four daughters in a rambling suburban Chicago home that had belonged to Marilyn's father. The daughters all find professional success of one sort or another, but decades later, none of them have yet found the spark shared by their parents, even after forty years of marriage. Each of the four sisters struggles in different ways, and sibling rivalries and secrets are never far below the surface over the course of the story, one year in the Sorenson family. Expect your friends to be talking about this one.
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