Allie Rowbottom offers an intimate and kinetic tale of friendship and betrayal in the 1980s Los Angeles porn world. It’s a knockout. @sohopress.bsky.social

Congratulations to @asuenglish.bsky.social MFA soon-to-be-alum @solarshades.club on this starred review in Publishers Weekly for his debut novel ABSENCE, out in May from @sohopress.bsky.social!

Cover Reveal: DARK READING MATTER by @jasperfforde.bsky.social 📚🌀 Will literary Special Ops agent Thursday Next find her happy ending? The outrageous, heartfelt conclusion to Jasper Fforde’s bestselling series, will have you, Dear Reader, laughing out loud. Pre-order now at the link in our bio.

October 2026: USA and UK publication of the 8th in the Thursday Next Series 'Dark Reading Matter'

So this happened. (!!!!) Huge thanks to Publishers Weekly, @sohopress.bsky.social & @jgetzler.bsky.social for loving my jewel thief Kit Jimeson. She loves you back. 🩷 #newbooks #mystery #bookreviews #london #historical #london #heist #anartfuldodge Preorder here: bit.ly/4scm1N6

3 days only! (March 24-26) Get 25% off when you preorder AN ARTFUL DODGE (all formats - hardcover, ebook, and audio). You must be a BN member, but membership is free! Click here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-artful-... #newbooks #mystery #victorian #london @sohopress.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com

Published in New York and Toronto today 🥳 Huge thanks to @sohopress.bsky.social and @harpercollinsca.bsky.social for taking a chance on A Bad Bad Place.

All We Have Are The Connections That We Make: @robertwelbourn.bsky.social reviews James Sallis's WORLD'S EDGE (@sohopress.bsky.social)

My new blogpost today, on MURDER IS EVERYWHERE: "Book Covers: How the Sausage Gets Made." This is the true backstory behind some of my old covers & the *reveal* for my new one, AN ARTFUL DODGE! #bookcover #mystery#london @sohopress.bsky.social murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/2026/02/book...

I can now officially share the cover for ALL WE HIDE, which introduces Lauren Kelly, a trans detective working for the DA’s Office who takes on the twisty, poignant cold case murder of a local trans woman. @sohopress.bsky.social Available 8.4.2026. Pre-order now wherever books are sold.

Great to see SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET in the Washington Post’s paperback roundup. Thanks to Krista Farrell for the heads up (and the pictures of the print edition). And thanks again to E.A. Aymar for the great words in his original review. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...

Exciting news! @robyngigl.bsky.social 's back with a brand-new novel, "All We Hide," coming from @sohopress.bsky.social on August 4, 2026. #writingcommunity #writerslift #lgbt #booksky #bluesky #bookboost #writers #readers www.barnesandnoble.com/w/all-we-hid...

A new mystery in Sujata Massey’s Perveen Mistry series? Oh yes, please! THE STAR FROM CALCUTTA is set in India in 1922 at the beginning of Indian cinema. A movie censor is murdered and a leading lady vanishes. What could be better? #ewgc @sohopress.bsky.social

Preorder for a New Year bargain! #ABadBadPlace @sohopress.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com

3 days only - 25% PREORDER DISCOUNT on my new book, An Artful Dodge, from Barnes & Noble until January 1! BN membership is required but FREE, and use discount code PREORDER25 at checkout. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-artful-... #mystery #preorder #sohopress #discount

Pre-order by Jan 1 and get 25% off! Code: PREORDER25 @sohopress.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #bnpreorder #thegreathousesofpillhill #dianejosefowicz www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-...

When Mamdani was arrested for defending taxi drivers, he joined a long tradition. Con Lehane's "The Red Scare Murders" brings to life a 1949 NYC taxi strike where a Black Communist cab driver finds himself on death row. #BookSky #Netgalley #EssentialNoir @sohopress.bsky.social bit.ly/4s6WF3B

THE GLOWING HOURS by leila siddiqui comes out 2/3/26 from hell's hundred @sohopress.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social #horror #gothic #shelleys #IndianHousemaid #LakeGeneva #summer #madness #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 1/1!

THE OFFICIAL COVER REVEAL! Pre-order your copy so you'll be the first to get it: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804471...

Cover reveal for my upcoming novel!

The latest series installments from Tasha Alexandra, Lev AC Rosen and James R. Benn, plus a thrilling debut based on a true story. @atriabooks.bsky.social @minotaurbooks.bsky.social @sohopress.bsky.social www.bookpage.com/?p=219561

Clown Town by Mick Herron review – more fun and games with the Slow Horses

Good morning, Bluesky. “Dangerous is what a poet ought to be. Dangerous and drunk.” —Mick Herron, The Secret Hours—

Enjoying CLOWN TOWN! @sohopress.bsky.social

Thanks, Public Books! The brilliant A/S/L is available now from @sohopress.bsky.social!

New at PB: @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social interviews @jeannethornton.bsky.social about her new novel A/S/L (@sohopress.bsky.social), a book that reminds us: Forgetting isn’t freedom, forgiveness isn’t redemption, and in life there are no resets.

This October, we dare you to READ EVIL 🩸 RSVP + join us for a free virtual horror fiction showcase on 10/15 for a chance to win a Mystery to Me gift card, Hell’s Hundred merch, and more! Register now at crowdcast.io/c/read-evil-

Mick Herron’s CLOWN TOWN is an instant New York Times bestseller! 🌟 Don’t wait to discover the “wickedly funny” (People Magazine) new installment in the Slough House series starring Jackson Lamb and MI5’s band of misfit spies, the slow horses. Available now wherever you find your books.

The disgraced spies of Slough House embark on an avalanche of bad decisions that crescendoes to a game-changing bang in Mick Herron’s CLOWN TOWN. @sohopress.bsky.social

New Slough House book out and I’ll be up all night!!! #SlowHorses @sohopress.bsky.social 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Reviewed the new Slow Horses novel for the Washington Post by an up-and-coming writer named Mick Herron. I think this kid will do well for himself! wapo.st/3JRl5we

Happy new Mick Herron Slough House novel day to those who celebrate.

I'm really excited about a new Mick Herron Slow Horses (Slough House) book especially. lithub.com/elizabeth-gi...

Good morning, Bluesky. “Actually, thought Ash, speaking from experience plus a lifetime spent online, what boys were interested in, what men were after, was the same two things. One being blow jobs and the other an audience, to fill the time between blow jobs.” Mick Herron, Clown Town, out today!

Happy #BookBirthday to CLOWN TOWN by Mick Herron! This new novel in the Slough House series is “wickedly funny” (@people.com) and finds Jackson Lamb & the bad spies of Slough House caught in a deadly battle between MI5’s secret past and its murky future. Available now wherever you find your books.

Slow Horses author Mick Herron: ‘I love doing things that are against the rules’

Con Lehane delivers a gratifying old-school PI novel set in the thick of the McCarthy era. Fans of James Ellroy will get a kick out of this. @sohopress.bsky.social

SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET came out six months ago today. Thanks to @sohopress.bsky.social for doing an incredible job with it and to readers, booksellers, librarians, and many others who have gotten behind it. If you haven't picked it up yet, I sure hope you will. sohopress.com/books/saint-...

🌟 @usatoday.com recommends HISTORY LESSONS by Zoe B. Wallbrook as one of the best new book releases to read now! 🏛️ A college history professor must solve her superstar colleague's murder before she becomes the next target in this funny, romantic debut mystery. Available now.

‘An intoxicating mystery’. Thank you @publisherswkly.bsky.social for this review of The Diary of Lies. @sohopress.bsky.social @birlinn.bsky.social

TBR lists wait for no one🥊We are bursting with suggestions from our besties at @hachettelibrary.bsky.social, @sohopress.bsky.social, @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social, @librarylovefest.bsky.social, and @ssedlib.bsky.social which will be presented during our free webinar on 8/5! RSVP now: bit.ly/3GqEzXl

At last I can share the news! Huge thanks to my friends who listened to me blather about women thieves & jewelry heists in 1870s London; to @jgetzler.bsky.social (always) and @julietgrames.bsky.social for loving this idea. I'm humbled & grateful. #writinglife #anartfuldodge @sohopress.bsky.social

I like the idea of Paula Bomer “[breaking] through to a mainstream audience.” She’s a terrific writer. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

“A knockout novel . . . Exhilaratingly ghastly.” —The Guardian Read the full profile and review of Paula Bomer and her new novel THE STALKER by award-winning author Megan Nolan for @theguardian.com now. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

“HISTORY LESSONS brilliantly mixes pointed satire, fabulous characters (especially Daphne’s two besties) and a thoughtful meditation on whose fortunes get to rise, and whose are ground down on the altar of power.” —The New York Times Book Review Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...

Philly, here we come! Librarians, we’re excited to see all of you at the 2025 American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition (June 26–30). Come see us at Booth 1520 for author signings, galley drops, and more 📚✍️💬 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #ALAAC25 #ALA2025

“Admittedly, I was bracing myself for some type of necrophilia. But what kind of lunatic doesn’t register a corpse?” 📌 ICYMI, @milajaroniec.bsky.social reviews THE STALKER by Paula Bomer out now via Soho Press southwestreview.com/textbook-tra...

In her new novel, 'Stalker,' Paula Bomer writes about an "untalented Mr. Ripley." crimereads.com/paula-bomer-...

I loved this conversation with the wonderful @tobiascarroll.bsky.social , which FYI was held at the Algonquin Hotel! It was v classy and you had to ring a little light up bell to order a drink. Please read for some hot takes four-person RPG parties, the ethics of writing minor characters, & songs ❤️