Lionel Shriver is the author of eight novels and the recipient of the 2005 Orange Prize for her acclaimed book We Need to Talk About Kevin, a thriller and close study of maternal indifference. Her new novel, The Post-Birthday World, explores two different outcomes that hinge on a woman’s decision to either leave or remain with her longtime boyfriend after an illicit kiss with another man.

A reporter for 20 years, including more than a decade at the Baltimore Sun, Laura Lippman infuses her Tess Monaghan Mysteries with the authenticity of experience.  Another Thing to Fall is Lippman’s tenth novel in the critically acclaimed series which has earned such prestigious prizes as the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Shamus Award, and the Agatha Award.