That’s right, I’ve decided that in my epic #read99women project, one of the 99 authors I’m bringing to my blog to recommend a book by and/or about women will be… me!

I’ll dispense with my official bio (you can find it here) but will make one brief note before jumping into my recommendation: today’s the day that my newest novel, WOMAN 99, releases in paperback. Yay!

Now on with the fun.

Oh wait. I’ve used everyone else’s headshot in their recommendation blogpost. So I guess I need to include my headshot too? Here it is.

My recommendation is THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON by Sara Collins. I picked it up because, as I say in my BookBub review, “I'm a sucker for historical fiction about women who might or might not be guilty of murder.” (My first book, THE MAGICIAN’S LIE, and my upcoming book set in the Arctic both fit that description, and Margaret Atwood’s ALIAS GRACE is probably my favorite novel of all time.) THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON is an intense, haunting novel, and beautifully written. A bit more of my review: “Parts of this story, especially the horror of the Jamaica-set plotline that's only gradually revealed, are full of stomach-churning cruelty, but Collins's language and imagery are never gratuitous, only evocative.” You can read the full review here.

For more on, well, me, as well as WOMAN 99 and my other novels, plus other books I recommend, you can follow me on BookBub here.