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Elizabeth Zelvin Author Of Death Will Help You Leave Him

From Elizabeth's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Elizabeth's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Elizabeth Zelvin Why Elizabeth loves this book

A place and time new to me with an appealing and original heroine. I not only learned a lot but wanted to know more. After reading the first book, I immediately got and read the whole series. Each one took me deeper into Singapore under the British, then the Japanese, then after the War as Su Lin's story unfolded as well as providing a fresh mystery and an expanded cast of characters. What I learned about the Japanese and the Chinese in Singapore and the Philippines led me to some fascinating mysteries in my own extended family.

By Ovidia Yu ,

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3 authors picked The Frangipani Tree Mystery as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore.

1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting Governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly - and in mysterious circumstances - mission school-educated local girl Su Lin - an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage - is invited to take her place.

But then another murder at the residence occurs and it…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Elizabeth Zelvin Author Of Death Will Help You Leave Him

From Elizabeth's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Elizabeth's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Elizabeth Zelvin Why Elizabeth loves this book

This novel in stories of a woman on the run pulled me right in. I cheered every time the woman made a friend or solved a murder and ached for her every time she had to abandon one new life for the next one to stay safe. I loved how the bookish librarian grew into a woman of action with the strength to protect herself and make hard choices.

By Anna Scotti ,

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1 author picked It's Not Even Past as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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A PhD candidate who can quote Shakespeare, Baudelaire, and Louis Leakey with ease, the brainy but naive librarian we know as “Cam Baker” must go on the run, trusting Witness Protection to keep her alive as she jumps from one alias to another, always just a step ahead of her ruthless ex and his cartel henchmen.

Hiding her intelligence and education, Cam accepts menial jobs that will let her stay on the down-low, experiencing the best and worst of the human condition along the way. From her first placement as nanny to two over-achieving teenaged girls in Billings, Montana to…


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