Freshly arrived at the bookseller

Among all the books that have recently arrived in bookstores, here are a few that caught our attention.

The queen of darknessJulia Bartz

This first novel by a New York therapist (and bestseller of New York Times) came to pique our curiosity from the first pages. In an isolated mansion, a writer famous for her feminist horror novels invites five young women for a writing residency which turns out badly for one of them. A thrilling closed session, we promise.

The queen of darkness

Julia Bartz (translated from English by Laurent Boscq)

Sonatina

446 pages

Paul McCartney doesn’t wear socks in his sandalsMarcelle Beaudin

Those who like tragicomedies with a backdrop of romantic breakups will surely have a good time in the company of this sixty-year-old who looks back with humor on her life, since her childhood on the North Shore, after spending 38 years with the same man.

Paul McCartney doesn’t wear socks in his sandals

Marcelle Beaudin

Saint-Jean Editor

256 pages

DefectorsElie Hanson

This brand new futuristic thriller from the Montreal author (who signed, among others Disappearance in Cairo) takes us to Detroit, in 2055. The Catholic Church has taken control of the United States and is enslaving the citizens. When a young woman tries to escape to Canada, a race against time ensues to reach a resistance base near Montreal.

Defectors

Elie Hanson

Schooner

232 pages

The African prince, the translator and the NaziDidier Leclair

Didier Leclair is the pen name of author Didier Kabagema, born in Montreal and based in the Queen City, and who won the Trillium Prize in 2000 for Toronto, I love you in addition to being a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. This very recent title is a spy novel which transports us to Paris, in 1941, under the German Occupation, against a backdrop of diamond trafficking.

The African prince, the translator and the Nazi

Didier Leclair

David Editions

272 pages