The 6:20 Man, by David Baldacci – 12 July
Prolific American crime/mystery writer David Baldacci is back with another one. This time, it’s The 6:20 Man. Every day, Travis Devine takes the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan. When his coworker and former girlfriend is found dead, the “murder pulls a former soldier turned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl beneath the opulent world of finance.”
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin – July 5
“This is not a romance, but it is about love,” the beginning of the book’s summary reveals. “Two friends come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.”
Our Wives Under the Sea, by Julia Armfield – July 12
“Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home.”
What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix, by Tasha Suri – July 5
I never thought I’d read the phrase, ‘A Wuthering Heights Remix’, but here we are. Tasha Suri’s retelling of Brontë’s classic, “follows Heathcliff, the son of an Indian sailor who arrives on the Yorkshire moors feeling more and more ostracised. He resides in the home of Catherine, whose father is attempting to mould her into a young lady of society, even if she longs for something else. When Catherine’s father dies, the relationship between the two threatens to unravel, but can they withstand the test of time?”
The It Girl, by Ruth Ware – 12 July
“April was the first person Hannah met at Oxford. By the end of the year, April was dead. Now, a decade later, the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison, but a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide…including a murder.”
