9/11/2023 0 Comments Simon rich kathleen hale![]() Trust is told first as a memoir by tycoon Benjamin Rask, aimed at setting the record straight after being blamed for the calamitous fall of the stock market in 1929. ![]() ![]() I’m a huge fan of stories that explore the nature of narrative itself, so I couldn’t resist the structure of this innovative tale. The brilliant title of Hernan Diaz’s new novel of the stock market refers to not only financial trusts and human trust, but also the trust that a reader has for a manipulative narrator. Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for spin-off previews highlighting some favorite crossover genres, including scifi and fantasy, historical fiction, and our latest obsession, horror. (Also because this preview was assembled by a former bookseller, the old joke about booksellers recommending emotionally devastating titles as beach reads does apply but only for, like, a third of the titles on this list.) ![]() Let’s see which is higher-this year’s record temperatures, or the number of books on your to-read list after scrolling through the following. It may be the fact that this CrimeReads editor moved back to Texas, but did anyone else feel like summer started months ago?!? Or maybe I just felt that way because I started reading for the summer preview back in February, to make sure I dedicated plenty of time to picking out the cleverest, twistiest, most puzzling and pulse-pounding mysteries I could find for your poolside consumption over the next few months. ![]()
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