Leigh Bardugo. Flatiron, $29.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-250-88425-1
Two people with magical powers and sketchy pasts plot their escape from the Spanish Inquisition in this poignant romantic fantasy from bestseller Bardugo (Hell Bent). After Luzia Cotado, a housemaid hiding her Jewish heritage, allows her ambitious...
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Leigh Bardugo. Flatiron, $29.99 (496p) ISBN 978-1-250-31310-2
Bestseller Bardugo, best known for her YA Grishaverse novels, returns to the more adult struggles of Alex Stern, low-level L.A. drug dealer turned Yale scholarship student thanks to her ability to see and corral ghosts (“Grays”), in this thrilling...
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Leigh Bardugo. Flatiron, $27.99 (480p) ISBN 978-1-250-31307-2
Bardugo’s excellent first fantasy novel for adults (following her highly regarded Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone YA series) introduces an antihero who is just the right person to take on rising dangers in an elitist society. Galaxy “Alex” Stern’s...
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Leigh Bardugo. Imprint, $19.99 (528p) ISBN 978-1-250-14228-3
In this sweeping dramatic fantasy, Bardugo returns to her Grishaverse and the events in both the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology. Young King Nikolai struggles to maintain order in the kingdom of Ravka following war against the...
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Leigh Bardugo. Holt, $18.99 (480p) ISBN 978-1-62779-212-7
When the score of a lifetime presents itself, criminal mastermind Kaz Brekker assembles a crack team of talented outcasts. Their mission: to rescue a prisoner from the most secure prison in the world, so that the secrets he holds can be exploited by
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Leigh Bardugo. Holt, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9459-6
In a strong debut, Bardugo draws inspiration from Russian and Slavic myth and culture to kick off her Grisha trilogy. In the nation of Ravka, Alina Starkov is a junior cartographer’s assistant in the army, while her best friend Mal is an expert...
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Naomi Alderman et al. Morrow, $28.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-313605-2
In this disappointing anthology of authorized pastiches featuring Agatha Christie’s Jane Marple, some contributors fail to play fair with readers by not sharing the clues the elderly amateur sleuth relies on, and almost none of the tales effectively
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