City of Windows
Robert Pobi (fiction, Minotaur Books)
NYC is having its worst blizzard in decades — and a skilled sniper is on the loose. The victim? Former FBI Agent Lucas Page’s old partner. He’d sworn off the FBI for good but for the sake of his old friend, he’s on the trail of the killer.
They Could Have Named Her Anything
Stephanie Jimenez (fiction, Little A)
Rocky and Maria come from very different backgrounds: Rocky is privileged and mostly ignored by her parents, while Maria, one of the only Latinas at their elite Upper East Side private school, comes from a big family in Queens. Each has something the other wants, and an unlikely friendship forms.
Someone We Know
Shari Lapena (fiction, Pamela Dorman Books)
There’s a lot of sneaking around going on in this suburb; a teenager has been breaking into people’s houses, hacking into their computers and perusing their secrets. When a woman in the neighborhood is murdered, it turns out there are plenty of men with something to hide.
First Cosmic Velocity
Zach Powers (fiction, G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
It’s 1964 in the USSR, and the space program is one big piece of performance art: Five capsules have been launched into space, but not one has actually returned. The secret: They’ve been using twins. And the big lie is about to be discovered.
A Particular Kind of Black Man
Tope Folarin (fiction, Simon & Schuster)
Tunde Akinola’s parents are Nigerian-born and chasing the American dream, while Tunde has a Midwestern accent but is never completely accepted in their small Utah town. Then one day, Tunde’s mother puts him and his brother in the car and drives them away. When his father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria. A powerful book about belonging and identity.
The Dearly Beloved
Cara Wall (fiction, Simon & Schuster)
Charles and Lily, James and Nan meet each other in Greenwich Village in 1963, when the husbands are hired to co-minister to the Third Presbyterian Church. The city is changing; the congregation is in upheaval and seeking steady leadership. Behind the scenes, the two couples are enduring their own heartache and struggles.
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