Gallant
By: VE Schwab
Release Date | March 1
Genre | Fantasy
Olivia Prior only has one thing connecting her to her past, her mother's journal that unravels into insanity towards the end. The journal has been in her possession since her time at Merilance School for Girls and when a letter arrives inviting her to come to Gallant, a relatives' manor, she eagerly accepts hoping for a new start and insight into her past. Upon arrival, nobody is expecting Olivia and despite her unwanted presence, she is reluctant to leave. There is hostility from her cousin and half-formed ghouls in the hallways but why would she leave the first place that has ever felt like home?
And Olivia can sense Gallant is hiding secrets, secrets she wants uncovered. One day Olivia discovers a ruined wall and is transported back to Gallant, but different. The manor is derelict and the half-formed ghouls from the other world are solid. It is this world she realises that caused her mother's insanity and potentially her father's homeland. Olivia has always wanted to belong and will taking place as a Prior to protect her world against the Master of the House be that opportunity? Or does she belong ruling beside him?
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Sundial
By: Catriona Ward
Release Date | March 1
Genre | Horror
Rob grew up craving a normal life and she almost had it too with her suburban house, husband, and two kids but to Rob, her eldest ruins the normalcy. Callie collects small bones and whispers to imaginary friends and her antics remind Rob of the life and family she left behind in Sundial. With her strange nature, it is time for Rob to return to Sundial and the Mojave desert, this time with Callie, knowing that when they arrive she will have to make a terrible choice. Callie is worried about her mother and the strange looks she now receives. When taken on a spontaneous trip to Sundial, Callie fears that only one will return.
Sundial is about a mother and daughter who share a darkness and a trip to the past in hopes of saving the future. It is also a novel with such fantastic use of colour on the cover that makes me even more eager to read it.
Tell Me an Ending
By: Jo Harkin
Release Date | March 1
Genre | Science Fiction
Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin is a dystopian novel following four characters and what they choose to remember or forget, forever. With technology that allows memories to be removed, what will they choose?
An architect in Arizona believes his wife is having an affair. A college dropout wonders why she can recall a city she's never visited. A former police inspector struggles with his marriage and PTSD. A young man with barely any memories travels the world in fear. Four individuals whose lives are changed by their memories and Noor, a psychologist at a memory removal clinic whose begun to suspect her boss of serious wrongdoing.
Find the review | HERE | for Tell Me an Ending
The Watchers
By: AM Shine
Release Date | March 1
Genre | Horror
Mina's car, like all other cars that cross the tree line, breaks. The forest is not on any map and within are creatures who can see you but can't be seen. Stranded and with no place to go but through the forest for help, Mina is forced into the dark only to be met by a woman screaming, urging her to find safety in a concrete bunker whose doors lock upon her arrival.
Mina finds herself trapped inside the bunker, the room designed with a wall of glass and lights that only activate at night, right when her captors come to watch. These creatures, the Watchers, observe their captives and terrible things happen to those that don't find themselves inside the bunker at night. Terrified and trapped, Mina is desperate for answers. Who are these Watchers? Why have they been imprisoned? And why are they so interested in their every move?
Don't Know Tough
By: Eli Cranor
Release Date | March 8
Genre | Mystery
Trent Powers has relocated to Arkansas to be head coach for the Denton Pirates, a local high school team with a talented but volatile running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from a troubled background where his trailer park home and life are continually terrorised by his mother's abusive boyfriend but instead of taking his anger out on others, Billy takes it out on the field.
Except, it's not long before Billy crosses the line. Instead of punishing him, Trent opens up his home, hoping that a different atmosphere can help his star player but when Billy's abuser is found murdered, there is nothing Trent can do from stopping the explosion of violence that threatens to destroy the town.
Like a Sister
By: Kellye Garrett
Release Date | March 8
Genre | Mystery
Nobody is phased when Desiree, a disgraced reality star, is found dead in the Bronx; the police and media declare the death an overdose - a tragedy but not a crime.
Desiree's half-sister Lena knows that isn't the case. Despite having spent the last decade forging her own path away from her family, Lena knows that somethings never change and Desiree would have never travelled above 125th street. It doesn't matter that they haven't spoken in two years, torn apart by Desiree's partying and their influential hip-hop mogul father, Lena is certain she is right and she is determined to prove it. She will find the killer and obtain justice regardless of the consequences.
The Summer We Forgot
By: Caroline George
Release Date | March 8
Genre | Young Adult
Darby and Morgan haven't spoken since that summer, a summer two years ago that tore them and their friend group apart. When their former science teacher's body is found at the same summer camp that caused the fracture, it raises even more questions about that summer and the memories they are missing.
The newly reunited group suspects a murder is stalking the coastal highway and to catch him, they must recover their memories of that summer. As time runs out and tensions rise, Darby and Morgan wonder if they can trust each other... or even themselves to solve the case.
The Book of Cold Cases
By: Simone St. James
Release Date | March 15
Genre | Mystery
1997 - Claire has been scarred by the vicious Lady Killer who murdered two men and left behind mysterious notes. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect having been seen fleeing the scene except with her acquittal, Beth has been found not guilty. The shame of the whole event caused her to retreat into the comfort and isolation of her mansion and Beth Greer has seldom been seen since.
2017 - Shea Collins is a nighttime true crime blogger, host of the Book of Cold Cases, who accidentally runs into Beth. The opportunity is too good for her to pass up and Shea asks for an interview, an interview Beth surprisingly agrees too. They meet at Beth's mansion regularly to discus the events surrounding the Lady Killer and her involvement but Shea is never comfortable within the mansion's grounds.
There are things that move, whispers of a girl hiding in the shadows, and with the allure of Beth, it's hard to resist returning despite her fear. But as they grow closer, Shea begins to realise that something is not right and with each meeting, she takes one step closer to either befriending a murderer or succumbing to the unknown dangers within the Greer walls.
Find the full review | HERE | for The Book of Cold Cases
Nine Lives
By: Peter Swanson
Release Date | March 15
Genre | Thriller
Nine strangers receive a list in the mail; their name one of nine on a list, nothing else. No one on the list recognises the other names and to all, the letter seems like junk mail - that is until terrible things begin to happen to those on the list. One is drowned. One is shot. A frightening pattern emerges but what do these nine strangers have in common?
FBI agent Jessica Winslow is one of those nine and she is determined to find answers. What binds them together? Is this the work of an insane individual or a mastermind? And who will be crossed off the list next?
French Braid
By: Anne Tyler
Release Date | March 22
Genre | Fiction
French Braid by Anne Tyler portrays a family's vacation and the type of relationships that can exist when bonded by blood. It is the Garrett's first and last vacation and for all, it reminds them how apart they are despite living under the same room.
Mercy aches to be an artist but her desire to paint means less time to maintain the house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters couldn't be more different and their youngest is determined to escape their orbit and none of them understand why he wouldn't want to be a Garrett. As the Garrett's age and evolve, familial influences ripple across generations leaving you as a reader to wonder, what is family?
