New in January!

Winter may bring on the blues, but things are starting to look up. Not only are we starting to gain about a minute of daylight per day, but there are new books to start the new year.  Here are some of the titles people are looking forward to with anticipation:

The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict

Benedict is known for her fiction about women who may not have gotten their due, including chemist Rosalind Franklin (Her Hidden Genius), physicist Mileva Einstein, wife of Albert, (The Other Einstein), and Hedy Lamar, the beautiful actress who was also a scientist (The Only Woman in the Room). In January she takes on the Mitford sisters in The Mitford Affair. Stylish, charming, and well-connected, the sisters became entangled in the politics of the 1930s with sometimes devastating consequences. The Mitfords have continued to fascinate for decades. They’ve even been used as fictional detectives. 

The Mitford Secret by Jessica Fellowes

This is the sixth and final book in the mystery series that uses the six Mitford sisters as characters. The series starts in the 1920s with The Mitford Murders, set in the Golden Age of mysteries.  Fellowes is the niece of Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, and knows the time period well.

Code 6 by James Grippando

Well known for his page turning thrillers, Grippando’s newest book features Kate Gamble, daughter of the owner of Buck Technologies. Her father’s work includes data integration that is used by the CIA and other counter-terrorism agencies. When someone Kate cares about is kidnapped, the ransom demand is for some of her father’s most secret technology.

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Hendrix is one of the hot names in horror, with best-selling books like The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group. The advance reviews on this one indicate that he breathes new life (pun intended, alas!) into the haunted house trope.

 

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

Lifelong friends Emily and Chess decide a girls vacation in Italy is just the thing for them to relax and reconnect.  They’re staying at a luxury villa with a somewhat checkered past: it was where a great horror novel was written, a best-selling record album created, and the site of a brutal murder—all in the same year. Hawkins is also the author of The Wife Upstairs and Reckless Girls.

Other books coming out in January:

Hunter, Stephen  The Bullet Garden (Earl Swagger)

Koontz, Dean The House at the End of the World

Krentz, Jayne Ann Sleep No More

Kubica, Mary  Just the Nicest Couple

Patterson, James  Countdown

Patterson, James House of Wolves

Perry, Thomas  Murder Book

Preston & Child, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex  Spare

Steel, Danielle  Without a Trace

Taylor, Brad  The Devil’s Ransom (Pike Logan)