#The best books of the week

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

Fiona Davis (fiction, Dutton)


In 1913, Laura Lyons is married to the superintendent of the New York Public Library, a post that allows them to live within the great building. But when she applies to Columbia Journalism School, her world opens up, bohemian Greenwich Village beckons — and soon she starts questioning everything about her domestic situation.

The Daughters of Foxcote Manor

Eve Chase (fiction, GP Putnam’s Sons)


An old English estate holds decades worth of secrets. In 1970, a London mother, her two kids and their nanny relocate to the family estate, hoping for a fresh start after their townhouse in the city went up in flames. But the fresh start doesn’t last long — and soon enough, a body is left in the woods. Forty years later, some are still looking for answers.

The Vacation

T.M. Logan (fiction, St. Martin’s Press)


At first, the vacation to the South of France seems like a dream come true, as Kate and her three best friends gather at a villa to celebrate Kate’s birthday. But soon after they arrive, Kate discovers illicit text messages between her husband and someone named “CoralGirl” — and she’s pretty sure it’s one of her best friends.

The Pull of the Stars

Emma Donoghue (fiction, Little, Brown)


In Dublin, 1918, the Spanish Flu is at its height and nurse Julia Power is working at an understaffed hospital, in a maternity ward where young expectant mothers are quarantined together. From the bestselling author of “Room.”

More Better Deals

Joe R. Lansdale (fiction, Mulholland Books)


In 1960s Texas, Ed Edwards is a used-car salesman, ready to get out of the sleazy business and try something new. But when he’s sent to repossess a Cadillac and meets a woman named Nancy — the wife of the Cadillac owner — Nancy suggests they kill her husband and claim his insurance policy. What could possibly go wrong?

Well Behaved Indian Women

Saumya Dave (fiction, Berkley)


Three generations of women — Simran, Nandini and Mimi — try to find happiness and navigate the space between what they think they should do — and what their dreams would have them do.