There are a lot of new books coming out every week. With New Release Radar, I’ll help you narrow down the week’s new book releases into the titles you should get excited about. This week, I have six great books to share with you, including a fascinating short story collection and a cozy historical mystery. Read on.
Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino
Exit Zero is a collection of twelve eerie and imaginative stories where death takes many forms — sometimes funny, sometimes strange, always unexpected. Haunting figures, like vampires, ghost girls and even paintings, slip between worlds, blurring the line between life and afterlife. With wit and wonder, Marie-Helene Bertino invites readers to pay attention and find meaning in the bizarre. Each story is a sharp, surreal nudge toward awareness.
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A Wallflower’s Guide to Viscounts and Vice by Manda Collins
Wallflower heiress Lucy Penhallow prefers mystery novels to marriage proposals. She’s thrust into the spotlight, however, when she and her best friend’s brother, the charming yet financially desperate Viscount Gilford, witness a crime. Forced into an investigation to find a missing woman, the two must use all their wit and nerve to follow the clues. As they enter into a public alliance (and maybe a bit of romance), sparks fly despite the risks to both their reputations. But someone dangerous is watching — and they’d rather see Lucy and Gilford die than succeed.
Manda Collins’ cozy historical mystery is packed with charm, romance and plenty of unexpected twists. A Wallflower’s Guide to Viscounts and Vice is the perfect read for anyone who enjoys a mix of intrigue and swoon-worthy moments.
Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
When Shell Pine spots a “Help Wanted” sign in a flower shop, she’s at rock bottom. Newly single, unemployed and living with her parents. Taking the job feels like the first good choice she’s made in a while, especially with Neve, the gorgeous florist, as her new boss. But Neve is entangled in something far darker than Shell expects. A sentient, ravenous orchid named Baby lives in the mall’s hidden corners — and he’s obsessed with Neve. As Baby’s hunger grows, so does the danger. Shell may just be the only one who can stop him before he devours everything and everyone in his path.
Blending Little Shop of Horrors with millennial ennui, Eat the Ones You Love is a deliciously disturbing retelling. Sarah Maria Griffin’s new book release is a twisted story of possession, obsession and the perils of working retail.
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Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Alice Scott, an ever-hopeful aspiring writer, and Hayden Anderson, a grumpy Pulitzer-winning journalist, both arrive on Little Crescent Island at the same time. Both are there to compete for the biography rights to Margaret Ives, a vanished heiress shrouded in scandal and mystery. Margaret offers them a one-month trial, feeding each of them different fragments of her story under strict NDAs. Alice is determined to win, both to prove herself and to finally earn her family’s respect.
But as she and Hayden circle tension, rivalry and slow-burning attraction, the line between professional ambition and personal feeling begins to blur. And with Margaret playing puppet master, the truth behind her life becomes a story with more than one possible ending.
Great Big Beautiful Life represents a departure from Emily Henry’s past novels, although fans will still love it. The sweeping, epic narrative takes center stage, but there is still a romantic plot present throughout.
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The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite
Brielle Petitfour dreams of becoming a chef. However, caring for her chronically ill mother and struggling to pay the bills keeps her grounded in reality. When her mom loses her job, Brielle turns her passion into a side hustle, cooking for wealthy clients who rave about her mysterious and unforgettable flavors. Her dishes become a hit, but no one knows the chilling truth behind them. The secret ingredient she’s using is human flesh. What started as a desperate attempt to survive is slowly turning into something much darker.
The Summer I Ate the Rich is a sharp, modern-day fable infused with Haitian zombie lore, biting humor and a deadly critique of wealth and privilege. With themes of racial and economic injustice simmering beneath the surface, Maika and Maritza ask important, thought-provoking questions under the lens of dramatic horror.
Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong
In the year 2106, Maida Sun can see an object’s entire history with a touch. While working on a cultural recovery project in San Francisco, she connects with two lives from the past through a teacup: Li Nuan, a trafficked girl from 1906, and Nathan, a hedonistic tech designer from 2006. But when Maida uncovers a political plot to enslave psions like her, she must join a resistance she feels unready for. With only her powers, fragments of the past and future and a group of fellow psions, Maida must uncover the key to stopping a dystopian future before it takes hold.
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Rich in atmosphere and layered with emotional depth, Down in the Sea of Angels is a must-read for fans of Emily St. John Mandel. Khan Wong’s new book release is an intense and thoughtful time-traveling dystopian fantasy.
You can check out these new book releases at Bookshop.org or your local bookstore. What April 22 new release are you most excited to read? Let us know below, and tune in next week to grow your TBR.
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