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STILL WATERS RUN DEEP INTRODUCING ...<br />
We see a similar dynamic in the thriller<br />
murder mystery Let’s Play Murder by Kesia<br />
Lupo. Players are lured into a virtual reality<br />
game and, if they solve its murder mystery,<br />
their deepest and darkest wish is guaranteed<br />
to come true. With nods to Agatha Christie<br />
and today’s much loved escape room experiences,<br />
the novel quickly takes a dark turn as<br />
one of the characters is murdered, both virtually<br />
and in reality, and the game blacks out<br />
and glitches. To top it all off, the protagonist<br />
soon realises no one can be trusted, and to win<br />
a dream come true comes at a terrible cost.<br />
LET'S PLAY<br />
MURDER<br />
Kesia Lupo, CHF 16.90,<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing<br />
Others see success in happily-ever-after relationships, but the<br />
reality of dating is more like a horror movie than a fairy tale<br />
these days. Sloane Crosley’s Cult Classic captures that perfectly,<br />
mixing humour and suspense in an eerily funny novel that encapsulates<br />
romance in the twenty-first century. On a night out in<br />
Chinatown, Lola escapes her crowd to buy some cigarettes, but meets<br />
a flurry of ex-boyfriends on her way. Ghosts of her past haunt her<br />
on her way back and she is forced to face her current relationship and<br />
her connection with her boss, revealing he might have something<br />
to do with these seemingly coincidental tête-à-têtes with her exes.<br />
Love may be nothing but a cult, contrary to its appearances after all.<br />
Crosley plays with multiple genres in this book, from rom-coms<br />
and literary fiction to psychological thrillers,<br />
and does so masterfully through the main<br />
character’s unreliable narrative voice. But<br />
consider yourself warned: after reading this<br />
book, you may begin to question every person<br />
you’ve let into your heart and everything<br />
you’ve thought about love before …<br />
If there’s one takeaway from this book,<br />
and all the ones above, it’s that nothing<br />
is what is seems. Do not be fooled by those<br />
highlight reels – if it looks too good to be<br />
true, it probably is.<br />
CULT<br />
CLASSIC<br />
Sloane Crosley, CHF<br />
18.90, Bloomsbury<br />
Publishing<br />
“Crosley plays<br />
with multiple genres in<br />
this book, from rom-coms<br />
and literary fiction to<br />
psychological thrillers.”<br />
THE NIGHT<br />
SHIP<br />
JESS KIDD<br />
1629: shipwreck and mutiny.<br />
1989: loneliness and loss. Split<br />
across centuries, The Night<br />
Ship tells the interwoven tales<br />
of Mayken and Gil, who are<br />
connected by place and loss of<br />
parents. Kidd’s latest novel<br />
is a magical story that balances<br />
friendship and brutality<br />
against a historical backdrop.<br />
CHF 19.90, Canongate,<br />
ISBN 9781838856540<br />
CHAIN-GANG<br />
ALL-STARS<br />
NANA KWAME<br />
ADJEI-BRENYAH<br />
Two female prisoners fight<br />
in death-matches for their<br />
chance at freedom. But how<br />
real is this hope? Compared<br />
by The Washington Post to<br />
modern classics like 1984, this<br />
fresh dystopian tale explores<br />
the brutality and injustice<br />
of an American prison system<br />
less far-fetched than we’d<br />
hope it to be.<br />
CHF 19.90, Penguin<br />
Random House US,<br />
ISBN 9780375715402<br />
THIS TIME<br />
TOMORROW<br />
EMMA STRAUB<br />
Alice’s father is in hospital and<br />
it doesn’t look good. Is there<br />
any way she can help? Time<br />
travel perhaps? When Alice<br />
wakes up and it’s her sixteenth<br />
birthday, not her fortieth,<br />
she can at least relive precious<br />
moments with him. Funny and<br />
heartfelt, This Time Tomorrow<br />
is a perfect summer read.<br />
CHF 23.90, Penguin<br />
Random House US,<br />
ISBN 9780525539<strong>01</strong>8<br />
THE WISHING<br />
GAME<br />
MEG SHAFFER<br />
All readers know that stories<br />
offer refuge. In Lucy’s case,<br />
the chance to win the only copy<br />
of a new book by her favourite<br />
childhood author could mean<br />
financial security and help<br />
her finally adopt orphaned<br />
Christopher. All she has to do<br />
is win … What an absolute<br />
treat for lovers of books!<br />
CHF 23.90, Penguin<br />
Random House US,<br />
ISBN 97805937241<strong>01</strong><br />
BLOCKBUSTER BLOOMSBURY FICTION<br />
9781526638021 • TPB<br />
‘Ticks all the<br />
boxes of a literary<br />
blockbuster’<br />
Guardian<br />
9781526654410 • TPB<br />
‘Beautifully<br />
written and<br />
completely<br />
convincing’<br />
The Observer<br />
9781526634573 • PB<br />
‘A soul-searching<br />
portrait of<br />
survival and<br />
hope’<br />
Oprah Winfrey<br />
9781526660343 • TPB<br />
The powerful and<br />
moving new novel<br />
from international<br />
bestselling author<br />
Isabel Allende<br />
9781526647719 • PB<br />
‘A profound novel<br />
about friendship.<br />
I loved it to pieces’<br />
Madeline Miller<br />
9781526650078 • PB<br />
‘Terrific . . . A book<br />
that creeps up<br />
on you, wearing<br />
brass knuckles’<br />
Conn Iggulden<br />
THE LOCK-UP<br />
JOHN BANVILLE<br />
Investigating the death of a<br />
young woman who was<br />
pro contraception and abortion<br />
in Dublin in 1957, DI Quirke<br />
has plenty of surprises to<br />
uncover. A master of description,<br />
Banville’s third Strafford<br />
and Quirke mystery has a<br />
noir feel and developed characters<br />
that add layers to the<br />
suspenseful plot.<br />
CHF 26.90, Faber,<br />
ISBN 9780571370986<br />
YOU MADE A<br />
FOOL OF DEATH<br />
WITH YOUR BEAUTY<br />
AKWAEKE EMEZI<br />
If the title of this racy new<br />
romance sounds familiar, it’s<br />
not Shakespeare, but a Florence<br />
and the Machine song that the<br />
author felt suited Feyi’s journey<br />
to overcome her heart-breaking<br />
loss. Explicit from the start,<br />
and stunningly written, this<br />
is a story of grief, of love, and<br />
of finding yourself.<br />
CHF 18.90, Faber,<br />
ISBN 9780571372683<br />
PENANCE<br />
ELIZA CLARK<br />
Truth is a matter of perspective.<br />
The same goes for what really<br />
happened to a murdered teenager<br />
in a quiet seaside town.<br />
Fiction in the guise of true<br />
crime, Penance is a masterful<br />
and thought-provoking thriller<br />
exploring the media’s role in<br />
spreading information and<br />
the effects of internet culture.<br />
CHF 26.90, Faber,<br />
ISBN 9780571371778<br />
Release Date: 6 July <strong>2023</strong><br />
YELLOWFACE<br />
REBECCA F. KUANG<br />
When aspiring writer Athena<br />
Lui dies, June passes her<br />
friend’s manuscript off as her<br />
own. Can she really keep<br />
Athena’s success for herself?<br />
A satirical exploration of the<br />
publishing industry, Yellowface<br />
is a witty and revealing<br />
novel that refuses to shy away<br />
from uncomfortable issues.<br />
CHF 26.90, HarperCollins<br />
Publishers US,<br />
ISBN 9780008532789<br />
BOOKMARK 1/<strong>2023</strong> – ORELLFÜSSLI.CH
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