Katrina Carrasco

Apr 12, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | Timothy Schaffert |Katrina Carrasco |James R Goodhand |Sara Donati

This week, we review an outstanding collection of titles, including The Titanic Survivor's Book Club by Timothy Schaffert, a historical novel with "heartfelt passages on the allure of books and the emotional challenges of trying to hold on to the past"; and Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco, a "riveting queer adventure" written with "a brisk pace and cheeky playfulness." Plus, Sanae Ishida pairs her writing with the craft of sewing in the "exquisitely empowering picture book" Sashiko's...

Apr 9, 2024 | lithub.com | Katrina Carrasco

Some years ago, I joined a boxing gym so I’d be better able to write my novel’s main character, Alma Rosales. In Rough Trade, Alma loves watching bloodsports. Passing as a man, she gets into plenty of scraps of her own. She has something my boxing coach described while instructing us: a sense during a fight that each punch you take makes you stronger, keener, more riled up.

Feb 22, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | C J Tudor |Douglas Preston |Katrina Carrasco |SJ Rozan

Susan Elia MacNeal. Bantam, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-15698-8In the gripping swan song for the bestselling Maggie Hope series (following The Hollywood Spy), MacNeal weaves fascinating bits of real-life espionage into her intrepid British spy’s final mission. In January 1944, Maggie receives an assignment from Kim Philby, the head of the Iberian Section of MI6.

Feb 14, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | A J Finn |C J Tudor |Douglas Preston |Katrina Carrasco

A.J. Finn. Morrow, $30 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-267845-4From its gothic opening image of a woman facedown in a koi pond to its stunning cliffside climax, this spellbinder surpasses the high bar set by Finn’s bestselling debut, The Woman in the Window. Readers are immediately plunged into the world of Sebastian Trapp, a reclusive novelist made rich by a long-running detective series and notorious by personal tragedy.

Feb 13, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | James B. Comey |C J Tudor |Douglas Preston |Katrina Carrasco

James Comey. Mysterious Press, $30 (352p) ISBN 978-1-61316-524-9Former FBI director Comey follows up Central Park West with an entertaining second whodunit featuring former assistant U.S. attorney Nora Carleton, now employed as general counsel for Saugatuck Associates of Westport, Conn. Saugatuck, the largest hedge fund in the world, is known for its rigid moral principles.