John Charles

When authors become characters, the plot thickens.

Lahey’s passion for great tasting bread and his easy, accessible recipes will inspire a new batch of bakers to try their hand at turning out artisanal quality bread at home.

From yummy new options for easy, quick snack dinners to scrumptious choices that will help readers up their charcuterie board game, Sheehan’s book has got home cooks covered. In fact, the only challenge cooks will face once they get their oven mitts on Sheehan’s marvelously inventive, tasty treat of a cookbook will be deciding where to start.

A superb, marvelously informative introduction to Latine cooking and cuisine in the U.S., enriched with intriguing snippets of Salazar’s heritage and culinary journeys.

A highly readable suspense novel in the style of Riley Sager, Alice Feeney, and Lisa Jewell, with a dash of Liane Moriarty thrown in for good measure.

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.

The key trends in crime fiction this year are the desire for immersive escape, a focus on genre blends, and new takes on traditional tropes.

Alyssa Cole writes in multiple genres, including the Edgar Award–winning thriller When No One Is Watching and the Reading List Award–winning historical romance An Extraordinary Union. Her newest, One of Us Knows (Morrow), features a protagonist with dissociative identity disorder (DID) whose system of personalities work together to solve a locked-room case on a mysterious island. Cole talks with LJ about writing, research, and books she enjoys.

Readers who like their historical mysteries embellished with plenty of gothic ambience and enhanced with an abundance of dry wit will adore this splendid debut.