A Clever Epistolary Mystery Filled With Secrets, Misdirection, and Amateur Theater Drama Goodreads | The Silent Appeal Release date: September 1, 2026 Publisher: Atria Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: From “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) Janice Hallett, a follow-up to her blockbuster debut novel The Appeal, featuring the Fairway Players as they put on Agatha … Continue reading The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett Review
Tag: Epistolary
A Town With Half the Lights on by Page Getz
Goodreads Release date: April 22, 2025 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Genre: General fiction Synopsis: For readers of J. Ryan Stradal and The Music of Bees (with a dash of FX’s The Bear) comes a quirky and refreshing epistolary novel about family of culture-shocked Brooklynites transplanted to Goodnight, Kansas and their fight for their unexpected lifeline: the legendary May Day … Continue reading A Town With Half the Lights on by Page Getz
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Release date: January 25, 2022 Publisher: Atria Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: This murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child—but when escalating lies lead to a dead body, everyone is a suspect. The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals for an Arthur Miller play, when tragedy strikes the … Continue reading The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Please Send Help by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: July 16, 2019 Publisher: Wednesday Genre: YA Blurb: In this hilarious follow-up novel to the New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyone But You, long distance best friends Ava and Gen have finally made it to the same time zone (although they’re still over a thousand miles apart). Through their hilarious, sometimes emotional, but always … Continue reading Please Send Help by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin
When You Read This by Mary Adkins
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: February 5, 2019 Publisher: Harper Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: For fans of Maria Semple and Rainbow Rowell, a comedy-drama for the digital age: an epistolary debut novel about the ties that bind and break our hearts. Iris Massey is gone. But she’s left something behind. For four years, Iris Massey worked side … Continue reading When You Read This by Mary Adkins
Hey Ladies! by Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 1, 2018 Publisher: Abrams Genre: Chick Lit Blurb: Based on the column of the same name that appeared in The Toast, Hey Ladies! is a laugh-out-loud read that follows a fictitious group of eight 20-and-30-something female friends for one year of holidays, summer house rentals, dates, brunches, breakups, and, of course, … Continue reading Hey Ladies! by Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss
I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: September 5, 2017 Publisher: Wednesday Books Genre: YA Blurb: Dear Best Friend, I can already tell that I will hate everyone but you. Sincerely, Ava Helmer (that brunette who won’t leave you alone) We're still in the same room, you weirdo. Stop crying. G So begins a series of texts and emails … Continue reading I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin