Did I already mention that there are SO many great books coming out this week? We already talked about Mary Kubica’s THE OTHER MRS. and Sherri L. Smith’s THE BLOSSOM AND THE FIREFLY, and here’s another for the trifecta: Lori Rader-Day’s latest “riveting” (Library Journal) and “harrowing” (Kirkus) thriller, THE LUCKY ONE.

Lori Rader-Day is the Edgar Award-nominated and Anthony Award- and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of UNDER A DARK SKY, THE DAY I DIED, LITTLE PRETTY THINGS, and THE BLACK HOUR. She co-chairs the mystery conference Murder and Mayhem in Chicago and serves as the national president of Sisters in Crime. Her new book is THE LUCKY ONE, set in a true-crime amateur online sleuth community.

Lori’s recommendation: A BROKEN WOMAN by Dharma Kelleher.

“When I'm writing, I like to read books that are very different from mine,” she says. “I got that chance when I recently read Dharma Kelleher's A BROKEN WOMAN, from her Jinx Ballou series. (I hadn't read the first books in the series, so it stands alone just fine.) Jinx is a bounty hunter at the end of her rope financially, professionally, and emotionally, from a personal loss, when she's asked to help a transgender woman stay *out* of jail, instead of turning her in, where she's likely to get hurt, or worse. Jinx is a trans woman, so she understands the danger, but she's torn between duty, justice, and a justice that some parts of our society can't count on. Jinx kicks all kinds of doors down, which is really satisfying.”