I’m a huge fan of stories that explore the nature of narrative itself, so I couldn’t resist the structure of this innovative tale. The brilliant title of Hernan Diaz’s new novel of the stock market refers to not only financial trusts and human trust, but also the trust that a reader has for a manipulative narrator. His friend Jojo is dead, just after telling Rilke about a potential haul at an old manor house, and given Jojo’s dissolute lifestyle and the police neglect of the case, it’s up to Rilke to find the person responsible.
The author of cult classic The Cutting Room returns, as Rilke the auctioneer returns to once again muddle about in the filth and muck of the underworld in the most delightful way. A perfect read for du Maurier devotees with a taste for new locales and cultures. Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for spin-off previews highlighting some favorite crossover genres, including scifi and fantasy, historical fiction, and our latest obsession, horror.Ĭañas brings a powerful gothic sensibility to the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, as her protagonist, Beatriz, desperate for stability and security, follows a mysterious man to his countryside manor and ignores the warning signs that something far more sinister may be happening on the estate. (Also because this preview was assembled by a former bookseller, the old joke about booksellers recommending emotionally devastating titles as beach reads does apply but only for, like, a third of the titles on this list.)
Let’s see which is higher-this year’s record temperatures, or the number of books on your to-read list after scrolling through the following.
Tim Bentinck, Earl of Portland, actor, David Archer in The Archers, 69 Lady (Jill) Black of Derwent, DBE, justice of the Supreme Court (2017-21), 68 Sir Colin Blakemore, emeritus professor of neuroscience, University of Oxford, 78 Johnnie Boden, founder of the clothing company Boden, 61 Pat Boone, singer, Love Letters in the Sand (1957), and actor, 88 Brian Cox, actor, Succession (since 2018), 76 Ron Dennis, founder and chairman (1984-2017), McLaren Technology Group, 75 Marlon Devonish, Olympic gold medallist in 4 x 100m relay (2004), 46 Jason Donovan, actor, Neighbours (1986-89), and singer, 54 Dame Sarah Falk, High Court judge and judicial commissioner, 60 Lord (Norman) Foster of Thames Bank, OM, architect, chairman and founder, Foster and Partners, 30 St Mary Axe (the “Gherkin”) (2004), 87 Morgan Freeman, actor, The Shawshank Redemption (1994), 85 Tom Holland, actor, Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 26 Heidi Klum, model, 49 Prof Dame Parveen Kumar, gastroenterologist, president, Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (2013-20), 80 David Lan, playwright, artistic director, Young Vic (2000-18), 70 Héloïse Letissier, singer-songwriter known as Christine and the Queens, Girlfriend (2018), 34 Sir David McVicar, opera and theatre director, 56 Alanis Morissette, singer, Ironic (1996), 48 Paco Peña, flamenco guitarist, 80 Markus Persson, co-creator, Minecraft, 43 Robert Powell, actor, Jesus of Nazareth (1977), 78 Sir Jonathan Pryce, actor, The Two Popes (2019), 75 John Pullinger, chairman, Electoral Commission, 63 Tom Robinson, singer-songwriter, Glad to Be Gay (1978), 72 Gerald Scarfe, cartoonist, The Sunday Times (1967-2017), and illustrator, 86 Bob Seely, Tory MP for Isle of Wight, 56 Nigel Short, chess player, 57 Marc Tarpenning, co-founder of Tesla, 58 Kip Thorne, Nobel prize in physics (2017), 82 Ronnie Wood, Rolling Stones guitarist, 75 Baroness (Lola) Young of Hornsey, actress and arts consultant, 71.It may be the fact that this CrimeReads editor moved back to Texas, but did anyone else feel like summer started months ago?!? Or maybe I just felt that way because I started reading for the summer preview back in February, to make sure I dedicated plenty of time to picking out the cleverest, twistiest, most puzzling and pulse-pounding mysteries I could find for your poolside consumption over the next few months.