Where is the sex in crime fiction? It’s a question I think about every seven seconds-I mean, a lot. Sara Gran, Book of the Most Precious Substance (Dreamland Books) This is Slocum’s first novel and I hope not his last. The story of an African-American violinist whose beloved and valuable Stradivarius is stolen delves into the world of art theft and the world of classical music and comes up with something that feels fresh and original. Slocum’s book, however, is something I cannot hype enough. Plenty of buzz books (that is an industry term) are not that buzzy when you look beyond the blurbs and the cover art. Pek’s book is funny in a sly way and smart in the way it explores the intersection between identity and technology.īrendan Slocumb, The Violin Conspiracy (Anchor Books) When one of her clients goes missing, Claudia uses the skills she’s developed from years of mystery reading to try and find him. So she lands a job at The Verifiers, a referrals only online-dating detective agency. Pek has a neat premise: her protagonist, Claudia Lin, is an Asian-American trying to sidestep her family’s expectations: she does not want to become a lawyer or marry someone her mother fixed her up with (actually, she prefers girls).
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