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Today’s theme: authors I discovered in 2024! Here they are, in no particular order.
Soraya M. Lane – As much as I enjoy historical fiction, I’m not sure why it took me so long to read one of Soraya M. Lane’s books. I read and loved The Sapphire Daughter, and I will definitely read more of her work!
Sherry Shindelar – Again with the historical fiction! I had the opportunity to read her book Texas Forsaken for a blog tour. Marvelous!
Kit Trzebunia – I read and reviewed The Gatherer, possibly one of the best coming-of-age fantasies I have ever read. It was a massive book, but didn’t feel like one as I was reading. I will read everything she writes, ever, just in case it’s as good as The Gatherer. Even if it’s only three-quarters as good, it’ll be amazing.
R. J. Koreto – I made R. J. Koreto’s acquaintance with The Turnbull Murders, the second in his Historic Homes series. I absolutely loved it! Modern setting, a connection to history, architecture and design, a well-written mystery – give me more!
M. L. Condike – Condike’s Genealogy Mysteries are also connected to history, and I find them intriguing. The first in the series is The Desk from Hoboken. Her sleuth, RaeJean Hunter, not only solves mysteries through the use of genealogy, she also seems to have a touch of the Sight, because she always has a curious relationship to an artifact that helps her find the answers she seeks. I hope Condike has a lot of books for us in this series!
Amanda Wen – I adored her book The Rhythm of Fractured Grace. Dual-timeline, romance, clean, a story that points us to the greatest Story – so many of my favorite things!
Janyre Tromp – Her historical fiction Darkness Calls the Tiger is fantastic. I liked that it focused on a historical event I wasn’t terribly familiar with, Japan’s efforts to take over Burma and the rest of mainland Asia during World War II.
M. R. Dimond – I started with the fifth in her Black Orchid Enterprises Mystery series, Hallow. I loved it so much, I’ve got the first four to read! She did a great job of weaving together multiple mystery threads and writing characters I came to really care about.
Tessa Afshar – Another author I’ve known about for a while but haven’t read until this year. The Queen’s Cook was a remarkably good work of biblical fiction, and I will now read everything she writes.
W. H. Adair – I discovered Adair through Reedsy. Deliver Us from Evil. . .and the Six O’Clock News was a delightful cozy mystery, and I’ve already got the second in the series lined up on my Kindle.
And there you go! Have you read any of my new favorites? If you haven’t, do any of them sound like authors you’d like to get to know? Leave a comment, and go link up on the TTT page for this week!
The only one I’ve read is Soraya M. Lane, but I do have a couple of Tessa Afshar’s books on my TBR shelf. I do enjoy cozies and historical fiction, so there are a couple on here I will have to check out.
The Gatherer sounds like something I’d really like. Thanks for the recommendation and the visit earlier.
I like Amanda Wen’s books!! I have not read Jayrne Tromp yet. Great list of books!
I haven’t read any of these authors. Sometimes it is overwhelming to even think about try to read them all! Ha!
Adair’s book sounds good.
I haven’t heard of any of these authors, but there are several that seem like good fits for me. I’ll take a closer look at them for sure.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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So many new-to-me authors to try! I haven’t read any of these, but I am definitely interested in several. R.J. Koreto’s book especially sounds like something I would really enjoy. Thank you for sharing!
The Sapphire Daughter sounds interesting. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you.