Summer has now begun and with it also the holidays: if you are looking for some books to pack in your suitcase that will keep you company under the umbrella and during the trip, the month of July has many new releases in store. Novels, thrillers, detective stories, fantasy, young adult there is a volume for each of you, here are the most interesting new releases.
The Window Crime by Filippo Venturi
Filippo Venturi’s mystery begins in a rainy Bologna. Here Emilio, the owner of the Vecchia Bologna restaurant is about to close the place when Maicol arrives. All the restaurateurs know the slightly over the top man nicknamed Charlie Chaplin and who orders a rosetta with mortadella every evening. This time Maicol shows up shocked and covered in blood, a few hours later the body of a boy is found. The body is found in one of the most famous places in the city, via Piella where there is a small window overlooking the canal that runs through the city and has become a tourist destination. Initially the suspicions fall on Maicol, Emilio, although reluctant, finds himself involved in the case and investigating the nightlife, the world of influencers and the history of Bologna.
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Murder in the Bookstore by Anita Davison
Always a mystery, but this time historical is the one by Anita Davison set in London in 1915 struggling with the war that is devastating Europe. For years in England the suffragettes have been trying to assert their rights and with the men at the front many of them are covering their roles. Hannah Merrill is among the young people who want to assert their independence and for this reason she has decided to stay in London next to her aunt Violet, an energetic woman, with whom she runs the Covent Garden bookshop. One morning when she arrives at work she discovers the body of her friend Lily-Anne among the shelves. From the very beginning Hannah understands that she is among the main suspects, and to convince Inspector Farrell of her innocence, she investigates with the help of her aunt. The two women find themselves grappling with secrets, misunderstandings and the need to discover the culprit before they themselves become victims.
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Alice Still Doesn’t Know by Carlotta Fruttero
Alice is about to lose the house where she grew up and still lives, so she is willing to do anything to not give it up: to do so, however, she must look at the past and face it. The most difficult choice she must deal with is the one that completely changed her life ten years earlier. Alice has always been a dreamer and when she met the man she thought was the man of her life, she decided to throw herself totally into the relationship convinced that all her doubts and uncertainties would disappear. Now, years later, she finds herself reflecting on that love and the things she did or could have avoided doing, facing a long and painful journey.
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They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Scarlett Clark has a double life, by day she is a professor of Literature at Gorman University, by night a serial killer who kills only males guilty of committing acts of violence against colleagues and students, but who have never been punished. Up until now she has managed to get away with it because the murders have always been considered suicides. Now that she is ready to kill the most important and illustrious victim of her “career”, the university begins to investigate the victims more carefully. In the meantime, Carly Schiller is a first-year student, who after leaving her small town and her emotionally abusive father tries to go unnoticed. Allison, her self-assured and self-assured roommate, is the one who ruins her plans. Despite their different personalities, they become friends immediately and when Allison is harassed during a party, Carly is overwhelmed by an uncontrollable rage and the desire to punish the aggressor.
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A Throne of Ruins by KF Breene
The bestselling author of fantasy and paranormal romance returns with the sequel to “A Ruin of Roses.” The protagonist, after being freed by Nyfain, the dragon prince, knows that no one can be truly free in the kingdom and that it is only a matter of time before they find him and the demon king himself comes to claim him. The only way to save himself is to make a pact with Nyfain, but how can the protagonist ally himself with the one who tortured the people he loved?
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Philip K. Dick’s Out of Place
The Nielsons live in an ordinary and orderly suburb of a small town in America in the 1950s. Victor works in a supermarket and Margo, his wife, is a housewife who takes care of her son Sammy. The normality of the family is turned upside down by the presence of Ragle Gumm, Margo’s brother. The man is a veteran, unemployed and single who spends his days playing the contest organized by the local newspaper, which he regularly wins. A routine that leads Ragle to exasperation that little by little creates an identity crisis, to the discovery of the truth that turns out to be a great farce.
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Ask again, yes di Mary Beth Keane
Among the young adult novels, Mary Beth Keane’s book tells the story of Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, two fourteen-year-olds who have known each other forever because they are neighbors and grew up together. What seemed like it would last forever suddenly ends when a dramatic event hits their families and the two kids are forced to separate. Their bond, however, is much stronger than any difficulty, so much so that they try to do everything they can to get back to each other.
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Mrs. Mohr Disappears by Maryla Szymiczkowa
In Krakow in 1893, Zofia is not satisfied with the role assigned to women by society. Wife of a university professor and a skilled housewife, she decides to make herself noticed. The woman wants to excel in the fundraising of the charity lottery that must be held with the patronage of the rich residents of Casa Helcel, a retirement home run by nuns. Zofia, however, does not take into account the sudden disappearance of one of the guests that creates a great commotion in the retirement home, especially when the body of the old woman is found. What for many is considered a natural death, for Zofia is shrouded in mystery. A devourer of detective novels and a dreamer, she begins to investigate in secret with the help of her faithful maid and a reluctant nun.
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The Queen of the Trails by Marco Malvaldi and Samantha Bruzzone
Serena is the mother of two daughters with an unstoppable flair thanks to her latest job as a sommelier and a sunny disposition. Corinna, on the other hand, is a police superintendent, a bit rough but linked by a deep harmony with Serena. A friendship that will come in handy when she has to investigate a case involving the wine world of the Tuscan village of Bolgheri. After years, the three-wheeler of the Marquis Crisante Olivieri Frangipane, head of an ancient family of wine producers, who disappeared in 2013, has been found in the artificial basin of the Tegolaia estate. Before passing into the hands of a Dutch multinational, the estate had become the target of Crisante’s pranks. When the count’s body also appears on the estate, the two investigators are certain that to solve the case they must get to the bottom of the skirmishes that have divided the two families for years.
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The Air Wizard by Mauro Garofalo
On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, with the help of some friends, stretched a steel cable between the Twin Towers in New York and, suspended at 417.5 meters, without any protection, crossed the two buildings back and forth eight times. The image of that man suspended in the void remains in the memories of those who witnessed the feat and in the imagination of those who were not there. Petit’s feat is proof that dreams have no limits. It is precisely from this fixed point that Mauro Garofalo’s desire to create an imaginary biography was born, a fantastic story that combines a coming-of-age novel and adventure.
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