Books to check out NL2

This edition of book recommendations first appeared in Newsletter August 2017 edition.

Best of Summer

A MONSTROUS REGIMENT OF WOMEN by Laurie R. King: I can���t believe I���m giving top billing to a non-YA, non-fantasy read, but this book honestly takes top prize for my summer reads.��All of King���s books seem to be excellent quality, and I���m still working my way through the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, but if you can only read one King book, make it this one. Adult historical fiction/mystery with a feminist twist.
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Best Indie

GIVE UP THE GHOST & The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe: Canadian Indie author bonus points! Crewe writes disarmingly authentic teens with complex and conflicted motivations, awkward, slow-moving romances and a touch of the creepy. The Way We Fall is first in a trilogy of excellent and very Hollywood-esque plague���pocalypse thrillers. Give Up the Ghost is contemporary-paranormal, and it���s FREE��to Crewe���s newsletter subscribers.
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Best Canadian

Missing by Kelley Armstrong: The best thrillers aren���t just action-action-action. This tense, surprising read has a lot of heart. The slow-burn romance and challenging, complex characters were incredibly compelling. Armstrong also has a gift for making remote locations sound appealing. Love all her YA books. Add to your list for Halloween spine-tingling horror-lite (no paranormal, just human creepiness!)��

Bonus Round

Lockdown by Laurie R. King: I really don���t tend to recommend novels about school shootings . . . or contemporary novels, period, but this is a must-read. The level of craft alone - King writes in a dozen distinct voices, each with character development arcs and backstories -��mind-blowing literary skill. But what makes this story readable is that it brings��a distinct sense of hope to the otherwise traumatic subject matter.