Publishing This Week: A New Series from Michael McGarrity

Publishing This Week

Hello,

Tuesday being 4th July, we have a relatively quiet week for new books, so I've included brief info on all eight notable titles below, including The Long Ago by Michael McGarrity, the first in a spin-off series from his Kevin Kerney novels. If you want to find out more about any of the books, just click "More Info" for the full jacket description and early reviews.Alternatively, you can go direct to our "New This Week" section.

The "New" section is also home to our Publishing by Month lists, where you can look ahead to see what's publishing soon and back to previous months; debuts are indicated by a yellow highlight.

Enjoy!

Davina, BookBrowse Publisher

This Week's New and Notable Books

There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. You can see them all in our “What’s New” section.

More about how we pick and rate books.

The Long Ago: A Novel
by Michael McGarrity

On sale Jul 4 from W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Mysteries. 384 pages
Members' Rating: 4/5

A soldier returns home from Vietnam in the early 1960s to search for his missing sister in this gripping story of broken lives and a search for happiness.

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One Summer in Savannah: A Novel
by Terah Shelton Harris

On sale Jul 4 from Sourcebooks
Genre: Literary Fiction. 464 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive.

Starve Acre: A Novel
by Andrew Michael Hurley

On sale Jul 4 from Penguin Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in an ancient farm in northern England, soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.

The Librarianist: A Novel
by Patrick deWitt

On sale Jul 4 from Ecco
Genre: Literary Fiction. 352 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself.

The Ice Harp: The American Novels
by Norman Lock

On sale Jul 4 from Bellevue Literary Press
Genre: Historical Fiction. 240 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

Ralph Waldo Emerson battles dementia while debating whether to intercede in a Black soldier's unjust arrest.

A Good House for Children: A Novel
by Kate Collins

On sale Jul 4 from Mariner Books
Genre: Thrillers. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

The dazzling debut novel from Kate Collins—a feminist gothic mystery spanning decades, in the vein of Mexican Gothic and The Essex Serpent.

Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
by Beth Nguyen

On sale Jul 4 from Scribner
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 256 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement.

President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
by CW Goodyear

Debut Author
On sale Jul 4 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 624 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5

The first comprehensive biography in decades of the extraordinary, tragic life of America's twentieth president—James Garfield.

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