Four4U: Forthcoming London Mysteries

It's Friday and as I was checking order carts and reserve ratios this week, I noticed an interesting connecting thread among several titles coming out in October, generating the idea for today's #44U list. 

All four titles are mysteries set in London: two center around real historical figures (a detective and a writer & his detective), one offers a spin on a famous British detective, and last but far from least, is a collection of short stories about an infamous London murderer.

   

By Gaslight by Steven Price - William Pinkerton, son of Allan Pinkerton founder of the famed US detective agency, comes to London to unravel his father's only unsolved case

Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster by Karen Lee Street - a debut novel where reality and fiction mix. Writer and poet, Edgar Allan Poe travels to London to ask his friend, the famed detective C. August Dupin, to solve a family mystery

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas - first in new 'Lady Sherlock' series. Charlotte Holmes, dissatisfied with her lot as a female in Victorian era London, deliberately makes herself a social pariah in order to pursue a calling as a detective, taking on the name of Sherlock Holmes

The Big Book of Jack the Ripper Stories edited by Otto Penzler - a massive collection of new and well-known tales dealing with the real-life London serial killer, whose identity continues to be a enigma as well as an inspiration to mystery writers.

Twitter hashtag: #44U or #4-4-U 

Forthcoming Titles Librarians Like!

The Publisher-Librarian Connection

On the first Tuesday of each month, Nora Rawlinson of EarlyWord hosts GalleyChat, an hour long chat (in 140 characters or less) with librarians and other interested parties about the Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) they have been reading.

It is a great way to learn about titles coming out later in the year which customers may want to read or reserve. Here are 21 titles mentioned during the April GalleyChat which took place Tuesday afternoon, 4/7/2015:

Armada by Ernest Cline - a new novel from the author of Ready Player One

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler - a librarian, a mysterious book and a curse! Of course this one attracted GalleyChatter attention! :-) 

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain - a new novel from the author of The Paris Wife

Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg - a debut novel from the author of not one but two bestselling memoirs

Eeny Meeny by M. J. Arlidge - a crime thriller and the Penguin First Flights Debut Author selection for April

Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave - Wine, love, family, secrets and humor - what more could you ask!

Fair Fight by Anna Freeman - debut historical fiction about women's boxing in 18th Century England!

The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye - suspenseful, historical fiction by the author of The Gods of Gotham

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson & Brent K. Ashabranner - a companion novel to Atkinson's bestselling Life After Life

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul G. Tremblay - dark, funny and terrifying; sounds like a great pick for fans of Horror

In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume - an Adult novel from the popular and beloved author of the YA classic Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal - a sensory exploration of the Midwest, foodie culture and a mother-daughter relationship; a debut novel

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins - an epic contemporary fantasy which consider the question of how to remain human if you want to be God?'
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George - an intuitive bookstore owner prescribes book based on the needs of his customers!

Nature of the Beast by Louise Penney - a new Chief Inspector Gamache mystery!

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley - romantic, historical fiction follows a young adopted woman searching for her past, the first in a new series
Wonder Garden by Lauren Acampora - a debut collection of stories taking a look at the flawed lives of myriad people in the same suburban community 

And some titles coming to the catalog (very ) soon ...

All the Rage by Coutrney Summers - a powerful, new Young Adult novel along the lines of Laure Halse Anderson's award-winning Speak
Signal by Patrick Lee - new title from the author of 2014's HOT thriller, Runner

Slade House by David Mitchell - another decades-spanning, mind-bending novel from the author of 2014's The Bone Clocks; GallyChatters were eager for this one 
Where Women Are Kings by Christie Watson - a heartrending story of family love (both good and bad) amid emotional and cultural tension.