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Apparently, murder is today’s love language. (Bonnie and Clyde would be proud.) We've got glamorous con artists, fiercely protective homeowners, and the theatrical return of The Hunger Games.
And over on today’s Worth the Read, I'm doing my best to recruit you—yes, you!—into the Dungeon Crawler Carl cult fandom. If you have any questions, I’ll be downing Dirty Shirley cocktails at the Desperado Club until this level collapses.
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Genevieve
Senior Books Content Manager @ Pix
Current 📖: Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 2 by Matt Dinniman
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HISTORICAL THRILLER SPOTLIGHT
The Intrigue
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Thanks to her bestsellers, including Mexican Gothic and The Bewitching, Silva Moreno-Garcia has become known as a go-to for eerie-yet-glam novels. Now, she’s giving us what Library Journal, in a starred review, raves is a “seductive literary cocktail composed of equal measures of deception, danger, desire, and desperation.” In this noir page-turner, a con artist’s plan to marry a wealthy woman in 1940s Mexico goes off the rails when her cunning niece shows up.
THRILLER SPOTLIGHT
Getting Away with Murder
by Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena—”far and away one of the best psychological thriller writers in the world” (Lisa Jewell)—is back with a “deliciously devious” (Freida McFadden) new page-turner about the lengths one couple will go to to protect their home. Jill and Ted love their New York City brownstone like other people love their children. And they’ll let it go over their—or someone else’s—dead body.
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Here are a few more new books out this week that we didn’t have room to feature, but definitely deserve a spot on your radar.
Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon
(Romance)
New from the author of The Ex Talk. A former pop star trades sold-out arenas for college classrooms, only to discover an irresistible attraction to her psychology professor as they both search for a fresh start.
Dominion by Jean Kwok
(Romantasy)
New from the author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, a Read With Jenna pick. Fourth Wing—by way of Chinese mythology—meets The Hunger Games in a perilous new series where a young woman with no memory may hold the key to saving the world.
Everything to the Sea by Alicia Upano
(Contemporary Fiction)
Debut. After a devastating tsunami tears them apart, two young Hawaiian lovers spend years navigating grief, distance, and new lives before fate offers them one more chance to find their way back to each other.
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Bookworld
🚨 We finally have a title, plot summary, and cover for the new Fourth Wing-adjacent novel coming in September!
🏹 All of the Hunger Games movies are coming to theaters again with a Sunrise on the Reaping sneak peek.
🍿 Bret Easton Ellis + Ryan Murphy = ultra-glamorous chaos incoming.
❤️🔥 A new poll reveals that reading smut might be good for you.
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The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand! If you’re looking for a great weekend watch, don’t miss Peacock’s new adaptation starring Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Gemma Chan, and D'Arcy Carden.
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