Itâs a new year, and time for hope and self-examination and ... maybe some new books? Visit your local bookstore and wish them well for 2021 â and donât miss that new-in-paperback table, which might hold these recommended titles and many more.
âA Beautiful Crimeâ by Christopher Bollen (HarperCollins, $16.99).
âWhat makes the crime in Bollenâs stylish new novel so beautiful is that the perpsâ plan works out even better than theyâd hoped â at least for a while,â wrote Washington Post reviewer Dennis Drabelle of âA Beautiful Crimeâ last year. In a plot that sounds very Patricia Highsmith-influenced, the tale focuses on two young New Yorkers and co-conspirators determined to carry out a fraudulent plan including some questionable silver and a crumbling palazzo in Venice, Italy. At a time when we canât visit Venice ourselves, Drabelle suggests, âyou might want to settle for a few cuticle-biting hoursâ with this book.