There’s a lot of heavy hitters coming out this August, all of which are impossible oneself away from (I should know). Below, you’ll find the following: new series installments from Robert Jackson Bennett and William Kent Krueger, the first in a new series from Robyn Gigl, moody character studies from Lawrence Osborne and Chris Bohjalian, daring thrillers from Jennifer Hillier and Josh Silver, haunting gothics from Riley Sager, Donyae Coles, and Jennifer Givhan, and high-concept mysteries from Ellery Lloyd and Raphael Montes.Article continues after advertisement
Robyn Gigl, All We Hide
(Soho Crime)
I’m psyched for Robyn Gigl’s All We Hide, the first in a new series featuring trans detective Lauren Kelly, as she fights rampant departmental discrimination and tries to solve the decades-old murder of a former high school classmate. Sherry Darling was the first out trans girl Kelly ever met, and a beacon of hope to her closeted classmate; she was also the victim of a brutal killing, blamed on her since-exonerated boyfriend—and the closer that Kelly gets to finding the real killer, the more determined the town elders are to stop her. –MO
Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood
