New Books: 7 September 2021

brown, adrienne maree: Grievers

(AK Press 978-1-84935-452-3, $15, 206pp, formats: trade paperback, September 7, 2021)

Fantasy novella, the first in the Black Dawn series. A woman investigates the cause of a mysterious plague in Detroit that leaves victims in a permanent non-responsive state.

 

 

Hall, Coy: Grimoire of the Four Impostors

(Nosetouch Press 978-1944286293, $28, 250pp, formats:  hardcover, trade paperback, audio, September 7, 2021)

Gothic horror novel told in six stories, taking a dark tour of the 17th century.

 

 

Raughley, Sarah: The Bones of Ruin

(Simon & Schuster/McElderry 9781534453562, $19.99, 469pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, September 7, 2021)

Young-adult historical fantasy novel about an African tightrope walker who can’t die and a secret society’s gladiatorial tournament in an alternate 1880s London.

 

 

Wallach, Diana Rodriguez: Small Town Monsters

(Penguin Random House/Underlined 978-0593427514, $9.99, 336pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, September 7, 2021)

Young-adult horror novel about a small town, a girl, a dark angel, and a cult.

 

 

Yardley, Mercedes M.: Black Mariah: Las Vegas, Nevada

(Vesuvian/Black Spot Books, $3.99, 86pp, formats: ebook, September 3, 2021)

Fifth book in the first season of the Black Mariah series, about a near-future global conspiracy and “Defiance” force that resists their apocalyptic aims.