FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2012
"One doesn't have to be an Edith Wharton fan to luxuriate in the Wharton-esque plotting and prose Fields so elegantly conjures."
Joining the burgeoning genre of novels concerning famous people's unknown subordinates, Fields (
The Middle Ages, 2003, etc.) offers a fictionalized account of Edith Wharton's troubled love life in large part through the eyes of her former governess and lifelong secretary, Anna Bahlmann.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"A little magic, a lot of romance and well-drawn characters make a satisfying read."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"Unique premise, empathetic characters, believable villains, all beautifully played out as a tale of the limits of love and loyalty."
In Cristofano's (
The Girl She Used to Be, 2009) latest, an all-American suburban family stumbles upon Mafioso
justice in New York City's Little Italy.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"Cumming's sixth thriller (The Trinity Six, 2011, etc.) is smart and intricate, with a large cast of cool characters and an authentic feel. "
FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"Unrelenting in its anger, pain and sorrow, but hard to put down."
The three women personifying the complicated relationship between France and Senegal in French-born NDiaye's tripartite novel, winner of France's Prix Concourt in 2009, need all the strength they can muster as they struggle to survive.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"World War II Germany may be familiar ground, but Gillham's novel—vividly cinematic yet subtle and full of moral ambiguity, not to mention riveting characters—is as impossible to put down as it is to forget."
In his debut about 1943 Berlin, Gillham uses elements common to the many previous movies and books about World War II—from vicious Nazis to black marketeers to Jewish children hiding in attics to beautiful blond German women hiding their sexuality inside drab coats—yet manages to make the story fresh.
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