I received two new books recently, a finished copy and an ARC for possible review. They both look very good, being in one of my favorite genres - mystery.
Sons and Brothers
By Kim Hays
Publisher: Seventh Street Books, April 2023
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Genre: mystery, detective fiction, set in Bern, Switzerland
About The Book: A suspicious drowning, ugly secrets, and unresolved romantic tension . . .
Walking his dog along Bern’s icy Aare river, a surgeon in his seventies drowns. When his bruised corpse is found, his watch is missing. A mugging gone wrong? The more Swiss police detective Giuliana Linder and her assistant Renzo Donatelli learn about Johann Karl Gurtner, the more convinced they are that he was no random victim. (publisher)
Kim Hays is a dual Swiss/US citizen. Sons and Brothers is the second mystery in her Polizei Bern series; the first, Pesticide, was shortlisted for the 2020 Debut Dagger award by the Crime Writers’ Association.
Thanks to Wiley Saichek of Wiley Publicity for a copy of this book.
A Disappearance in Fiji by
Publication: June 6, 2023 by Soho Crime
Genre: debut historical mystery
About the book:
An indentured Indian woman goes missing from a sugarcane plantation in 1914 Fiji. The local newspapers scream “kidnapping.”
Akal Singh investigates while confronting the conditions of the indentured workers’ existence and the racism of the British colonizers in Fiji—along with his own thorny notions of personhood and caste.
(publisher)
Thanks to Soho Crime for a review copy
Library book:
This one I never got a chance to finish. The cover and title are intriguing enough I'm eager to finish it this time and find out more.
About: two Asian American women band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise--an incisive blend of fashion, crime, and friendship from the author of Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners.
Peering behind the curtain of the upscale designer storefronts and the Chinese factories where luxury goods are produced, Kirstin Chen interrogates the myth of the model minority through two women determined to demand more from life. (publisher)
What are you reading this week?
Memes: The Sunday Post hosted byThe Caffeinated Bookreviewer. Also, It's Monday: What Are You Reading, and Sunday Salon, Stacking the Shelves, Mailbox Monday
Just starting 'The Nanny State Made Me - In Search of a Better Britain' by Stuart Maconie, followed by 'The Prestige' by Christopher Priest.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the books!
DeleteI visited Fiji briefly on a trip to New Zealand in the mid-1980s. I'm sure that I got only the surface of cultural understanding, but it was fascinating. I'm looking forward to hearing how the book works for you.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy armchair traveling with books set in places I've not visited. I'm looking forward to more on Fiji.
DeleteSons and Brothers looks especially good to me. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI like books set in Scandinavia.
DeleteSuch a great crop of books this week - 2 made my TBR since I'm looking for books set all over the world for my 'read the world' self challenge. Fiji and Switzerland make great possibilities. I've been to Fiji so wonder how much the book will evoke memories......
ReplyDeleteTerrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
I enjoy getting information about place and culture from different books too.
DeleteI hope to read them all soon!
ReplyDeleteThe two mysteries do look interesting. I hope you enjoy them all!
ReplyDeleteI hope to!
DeleteI hope you enjoy all of these. I like the sound of A Disappearance in Fiji
ReplyDeleteInteresting setting and story.
DeleteFiji's a great setting.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read many books in this setting.
DeleteSounds like some great books. Hope you enjoy, including your library book this time around. Frustrating when you run out of time to read something, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteYes, I have been returning too many library books partially read or totally unread.
DeleteThat's the downside of library books---due dates. I like being able to delay the arrival of an ebook by a few weeks when an e-library book is available and I am overbooked.
ReplyDeleteThe cover on Sons and Brothers is powerful with possibility.
Looking forward to reading it.
DeleteCounterfeit sounds interesting. I hope you get a chance to finish it.
ReplyDeleteIt's on my list!
DeleteOooh! All of these books look interesting! Hope you have a great week!
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Thanks for the enthusiastic visit.
DeleteBoth of those books sound very interesting. I hope you enjoy them when. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting.
DeleteSons and Brothers looks good. Hope you enjoy it. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to them all.
DeleteLots of mysteries this week... A Disappearance in Fiji looks good. Hope you enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteI hope to.
DeleteYour books look good, especially A Disappearance in Fiji. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteHaven't visited Fiji so looking forward to an armchair travel visit.
DeleteI hope you enjoy all three of these, Harvee. Counterfeit is on my TBR shelf--I keep hearing good things about it. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteIt intrigued me as well and I'm wondering how it ends!
DeleteAll of your books look good, especially Sons and Brothers. Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI love reading Scandinavian authors.
DeleteLove the cover of the second one! Hope you enjoy all your new books! Thanks for visiting me on Lisa Loves Literature earlier too.
ReplyDeleteThe cover can make the book, they say.
DeleteAll three of your books sound intriguing and are new to me. Hope you are enjoying them!
ReplyDeleteHave yet to start them, but soon.
DeleteWhat an intriguing description of Sons and Brothers! A Disappearance in Fiji sounds fabulous! I love when books show the personal growth of their protagonist! Happy Reading!
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DeleteReally cool. I don't think I have ever read a book about Fiji!
ReplyDeleteMe neither.
DeleteFiji is an unusual setting! Hope you enjoy your books!
ReplyDeleteI hope to read them soon.
DeleteThese all look like good books!
ReplyDeleteMary @Bookfan
Thanks for the visit.
DeleteI just began Icebreaker today!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are liking it.
DeleteA Disappearance in Fiji looks like such an interesting read! It's an area I know little about and sounds like a fascinating place for a mystery. Have a great week and happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI like to armchair travel too.
DeleteIf I read about Fiji right now, I might just hop on a plane. I'm ready for some sun! Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteSame here.
DeleteThe Fiji mystery sounds great.
ReplyDeleteIt does.
DeleteThanks for visiting, Kathy.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are getting mysteries to enjoy. Disappearance in Fiji looks interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week and Happy Reading!
Thanks, Martha. I look forward to disappearing into Fiji with that book.
DeleteSons and Brothers and A Disappearance in Fiji sound interesting. And I'm curious to know what you'll think of Counterfeit.
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