REQUIRED READING
Like a House on Fire
Lauren McBrayer (f iction, GP Putnam’s Sons) Merit has lost herself in motherhood and 12 years of marriage: It’s all good, but sometimes she forgets who she used to be. When she returns to work at an architecture firm called Jager + Brandt, she’s struck by her new boss Jane, a witty superstar. As the days go by, she and Jane discover a connection that goes well beyond work.
City on Fire
Don Winslow (f iction, William Morrow) The much anticipated new title by the bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy, “City on Fire” takes us to a New England ruled by two criminal empires.
Once a Thief
Christopher Reich (f iction, Mulholland Books) Spy Simon Riske faces down enemies at every turn as he attempts to find the truth about the identity behind a nefarious private investor. Shades of James Bond.
Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath
Bill Browder (nonf iction, Simon & Schuster) Bill Browder’s “Red Notice” was the nonfiction equivalent of a high-speed car chase and its sequel “Freezing Order” is no different. A riveting account of how he became one of Putin’s biggest enemies in his campaign to expose the Russian leader’s money laundering.
Fool Me Once
Ashley Winstead (f iction, Graydon House) Lee Stone crushes it by day as communications director at a female-run electric car company; by night, she’s happy to drink people under the table and never let anyone get too close to her romantically. When an old flame from grad school shows up and he’s working for the state governor just as Lee is trying to get a clean energy bill going, things get complicated.
The Greatest Raid
Gilles Whittell (nonf iction, Oxford University Press) In March 1942, Britain launched an incredibly risky raid on the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire, where the Germans were using a dry dock for ship repairs. If the raid succeeded, the German ships would have to travel of miles back to Germany for parts. Published on the 80th anniversary of the raid.