And you can hear about a few of today’s new releases on this week’s episode of All the Books! Patricia and I discussed Ruinsong, Barely Functional Adult, Escape Pod, and more great new books. Happy reading! Marion Lane is a young woman who has been working for Miss Brickett’s for four months when something dreadful happens: an employee is found murdered. And since strangers from aboveground can’t come down into the agency’s tunnels, the killer must be someone at Miss Brickett’s. When Marion’s friend and colleague is accused of the crime, Marion takes it upon herself to solve it—even if it means breaking rules and losing her job and possibly her life. With the help of a couple of other agents—who she may or may not be able to trust—she attempts to escape detection as she detects around the detective agency. (Detect, detect, detect!) (Content warning for mentions of murder, violence, chemical use, description of suicide on page, and gore.) Backlist bump: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (Content warning for mentions of racism, eating disorders, chemical abuse, cancer, mental illness, and child death.) Backlist bump: Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi This book is so INTENSE. It jumps back and forth from the robbery in progress to Nora’s earlier life with her mother, a con woman married to a dangerous man. It’s so well done, extremely cinematic. I can’t wait to see the Netflix adaptation with Millie Bobby Brown! (Content warning for descriptions of chemical use, physical violence, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, child abuse, murder, torture, and gore.) Backlist bump: Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe
