To Be Read Books: The Break In; I Did Warn Her; Wanting

 TBR List

The Break In by Katherine Faulkner, Aug. 26, 2025; Gallery Books, NetGalley.  Mystery, thriller, suspense

After killing an intruder in self-defense, a wealthy London mother must unravel a terrifying mystery filled with twists and turns, from the author of the “deliciously twisted thriller” (People) The Other Mothers.

I Did Warn Her by Sian Gilbert, June 17, 2025; William Morrow, NetGalley, thriller

A superyacht in the middle of the Atlantic.
A stewardess running away from her past.
A fatal secret.

Below deck, nothing stays hidden for long. (publisher)

Book beginning:

SASHA:

I don't deserve it: the sparkling sea lapping against the pier, the smell of salt and petrol, the freedom that awaits me. I don't deserve any of it. 

Wanting by Claire Jia, July 1, 2025; Tin House Books, NetGalley, contemporary, multicultural

A searing novel of envy, longing, and regret across three lives and two countries that asks how far we’ll go for a friendship, a romance, a dream.

Ye Lian is thriving in Beijing and wants for nothing – until her childhood best friend, Luo Wenyu, comes back after a decade in California. Luo has a successful career, a millionaire American fiancé, and a mansion in the Beijing suburbs–throwing Lian’s own reliable choices into high relief.

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