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Buccola, Allison. Catch Her When She Falls. Random. Feb. 2022. 368p. ISBN 9780593231296. $27. THRILLER/PSYCHOLOGICAL

Senior year in high school was not the glory time Micah Wilkes had anticipated; her best friend, Emily, was murdered, and Micah’s boyfriend was convicted of the crime. A decade later, Micah has pulled herself together—she owns a coffee shop in her small Pennsylvania town—and is beginning to rethink what she knows about the murder. Then a true crime blog resurrects the case, homing in on Emily’s long-vanished younger brother as a possible culprit. A thriller with a literary bent and an insider’s perspective—Buccola is an attorney.

Henkel, Calla. Other People's Clothes. Doubleday. Feb. 2022. 320p. ISBN 9780385547352. $28. THRILLER

Studying in Berlin to escape painful memories of her best friend’s murder, art student Zoe Beech befriends another U.S. exchange student, starry-eyed Hailey Mader, and together they obsess over the notorious Amanda Knox trial while happily subletting a prewar apartment from famed thriller writer Beatrice Becks. Soon, though, Zoe suspects that Beatrice is watching them, intent on using their lives as fodder for her next book. From Berlin-based playwright/artist Henkel.

Mayquist, Kit. Tripping Arcadia. Dutton. Feb. 2022. 368p. ISBN 9780593185209. $26. SUSPENSE/GOTHIC

After her father is injured and then fired, Lena helps support her parents by grabbing an ambiguous-sounding job with the louche, wealthy, Boston-based Verdeaus; she helps the family doctor tend to Jonathan, the family’s sickly, alcohol-unsteady heir. As she works the family’s over-the-top parties (struggling to resist  Jonathan’s gorgeous sister, Audrey), she learns a shocking truth: the Verdeaus are responsible for her father’s misfortune. And she vows revenge. From bisexual, trans masculine writer Mayquist.

Click here for additional new Prepub Alert columns   Buccola, Allison. Catch Her When She Falls. Random. Feb. 2022. 368p. ISBN 9780593231296. $27. THRILLER/PSYCHOLOGICAL Senior year in high school was not the glory time Micah Wilkes had anticipated; her best friend, Emily, was murdered, and Micah’s boyfriend was convicted of the crime. A decade later, Micah has pulled herself together—she owns a coffee shop in her small Pennsylvania town—and is beginning to rethink what she knows about the murder. Then a true crime blog resurrects the case, homing in on Emily’s long-vanished younger brother as a possible culprit. A thriller with a literary bent and an insider’s perspective—Buccola is an attorney. Henkel, Callsa. Other People's Clothes. Doubleday. Feb. 2022. 320p. ISBN 9780385547352. $28. THRILLER Studying in Berlin to escape painful memories of her best friend’s murder, art student Zoe Beech befriends another U.S. exchange student, starry-eyed Hailey Mader, and together they obsess over the notorious Amanda Knox trial while happily subletting a prewar apartment from famed thriller writer Beatrice Becks. Soon, though, Zoe suspects that Beatrice is watching them, intent on using their lives as fodder for her next book. From Berlin-based playwright/artist Henkel. Mayquist, Kit. Tripping Arcadia. Dutton. Feb. 2022. 368p. ISBN 9780593185209. $26. SUSPENSE/GOTHIC After her father is injured and then fired, Lena helps support her parents by grabbing an ambiguous-sounding job with the louche, wealthy, Boston-based Verdeaus; she helps the family doctor tend to Jonathan, the family’s sickly, alcohol-unsteady heir. As she works the family’s over-the-top parties (struggling to resist  Jonathan’s gorgeous sister, Audrey), she learns a shocking truth: the Verdeaus are responsible for her father’s misfortune. And she vows revenge. From bisexual, trans masculine writer Mayquist. Click here for additional new Prepub Alert columns