Three VSA authors are finalists for a Zora Award:
Lindsey Stewart — The Conjuring of America — Non-Fiction
Princess Joy L. Perry — This Here is Love — Debut Fiction
Lauren Francis-Sharma — Casualties of Truth — Fiction
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In her deeply moving new novel, Fairfield County, celebrated poet and author DéLana R.A. Dameron weaves an unexpected story involving the South (in this case, rural South Carolina), horses, and cowboys – specifically, Black cowboys. In her deft narrative, she completely overturns popular, even mythic, notions of all three.
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Karin Slaughter was at work on her 2025 book We Are All Guilty Here when she came up with the idea for The Secrets We Hide, her latest novel. “The Secrets We Hide is dark, twisty, emotional, and full of secrets you won’t see coming,” she says of the new book. “It’s set in the small town of North Falls, Georgia. When newly minted sheriff Emmy Cliffton and her sister, ex-FBI agent Jude Archer, discover a devastating crime scene, it’s up to them to discover the truth of what happened.”
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Chalk up another winner for author Karin Slaughter. . . . The Secrets We Hide features a small town where everyone knows your name, but hiding secrets takes determination and more than a little luck.
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One year after the publication of her novel We Are All Guilty Here, Karin Slaughter’s latest North Falls book is here.
In The Secrets We Hide, the author’s new mystery available Aug. 11 from William Morrow, a small town is rattled by a horrifying crime.
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The Secrets We Hide (North Falls #2) by Karin Slaughter: Small town procedural series with a sheriff lead, joined by a former federal agent in the sequel. The series began with We Are All Guilty Here.
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The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter
Slaughter’s “satisfying sequel” to We Are All Guilty Here sees Georgia sheriff Emmy Clifton investigate a “complex murder case with the help of her estranged sister,” said Publishers Weekly. Slaughter remains as “skilled as ever at probing the darker side of life in Georgia.” This “bodes well for the future of the series.”
The Secrets We Hide demonstrates Slaughter’s “effortless primacy,” said the Financial Times. The latest entry in her North Falls series “deals provocatively with the fallout from a blood-spattered murder involving child abuse and exploitation.” (Aug. 11, $32, Harper Collins Publishers, Amazon)
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The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter
The next thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Good Daughter and the Will Trent Series.
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The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter
The Secrets We Hide is definitely a significant release for bibliophiles who enjoy thrilling crime novels.
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The Death Row Club by V. A. Vazquez is a USA TODAY bestseller for the week of July 22.
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Ever since #BookTok exploded on TikTok, literary criticism has opened to so many more people. Readers from different backgrounds and genres have been able to share their thoughts openly, creating a space that belongs to the general public rather than professional critics.
The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter (Mystery/Thriller)
Set in a small Georgia town, this thriller follows investigators racing to uncover the truth in a community where everyone seems to be hiding something.
“Karin Slaughter is the best thriller writer working today, and this new series just shows she’s at the top of her game.” – @baker.reads
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As I was writing my newest book, The Secrets We Hide, I was thinking about how to make the twists more intense. . . . This process had me thinking about some of the dark and twisty books that have stuck with me the most. Here are some of my all-time favorites. Warning: these TBRs are so intense that they may keep you up at night.
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It’s awards season for the comic book industry, with the Eisner Awards due to be handed out in two weeks at San Diego Comic-Con. Another prestigious award, the Harveys, which are presented annually at New York Comic Con, just announced their 2026 nominees, featuring some of the top graphic novels, webcomics, international comics and media tie-ins of the past year.
Best Children’s Book
This category honors outstanding comics and graphic novels that inspire young readers through imaginative storytelling, memorable characters, and accessible adventures
• Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
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Readers can’t seem to get enough of thrillers and mysteries, and there’s no shortage of writers eager to deliver them. Here are five new ones coming out this summer, including four by Atlanta authors ranging from veteran megaseller Karin Slaughter to up-and-comer Frank Reddy.
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Summerween is here, and that means it’s time to focus on the horrors and the thrillers. The Death Row Club by V.A. Vazquez will offer that on July 14, 2026. It’s perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Jessica Knoll, bringing a take on friendship, loyalty, and parenthood.
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Naturally, many of us are craving juicy page-turners that give us access to somewhere fabulous—plus the wicked satisfaction of discovering that paradise is actually populated by terrible people, ghoulish secrets, and/or a corpse or two stinking up that white sand beach.
This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter
Slaughter has crafted an intricate, chilling mystery that also looks into the complicated history of a single family—a thriller much richer and more disturbing than your classic whodunit.
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Nothing beats a summer book club gathering where friendship, good books, conversation, and okay—maybe a cocktail or two—collide.
All The Little Houses by May Cobb
In 1980s Longview, Texas, ambitious social climber Charleigh Andersen has built a powerful life for herself and her daughter, Nellie, using control, charm, and a bit of ruthless determination, but when a seemingly wholesome new family moves to town, it threatens to expose old insecurities and unravel the carefully constructed world Charleigh has fought to maintain.
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If you’ve watched Netflix’s The Hunting Wives—and if you haven’t, consider this a plea to fix your life immediately—then you already know that May Cobb is unmatched when it comes to writing stories about both East Texas culture and messy, generally unhinged groups of women.
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