Sunday Salon: Taipei, Los Angeles, France - Soho Press mysteries

 

Thanks to Soho Press for these galleys and ARCs

The Dead Can't Make a Living by Ed Lin

Genre: mystery and thrillers, April 7, 2026

Setting: Taipei, Taiwan night market

Description

“A unique blend of tension, charm, tragedy, and optimism, with characters you’ll love and a setting so real you’ll think you’ve been there. Highly recommended.”—Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

Ed Lin's big-hearted, eye-opening fifth installment in the fan-favorite Taipei Night Market series

Crown City, a Japantown Mystery, Book 3, Feb 20, 2026

Two Japanese American men hired to investigate an art theft discover something much more sinister in turn-of-the-century California.

Huguette by Cara Black, Dec. 2, 2025; Soho Press

Genre: mystery and thriller, historical fiction

Description

In the lawlessness of post–World War II France, a resilient young woman fights to survive and make a living, no matter the cost—from the New York Times bestselling author of Three Hours in Paris and the Aimée Leduc series

Also reading

The Fortune Flip by Lauren Kung Jessen, March 17, 2026; NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing)

Genre: romance, women's fiction, multicultural

This charming rom-com from an author whose writing is “deeply romantic, real, funny, and heartfelt” (Christina Lauren) is filled with Chinese traditions, second chances, and a luck-changing love story that will appeal to readers of Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory, and Sarah Adams.

What books are on your reading list now? 

Memes:  The Sunday Post, It's Monday: What Are You Reading, Sunday Salon, and Stacking the Shelves