Olga Dies Dreaming

Both literal and metaphorical storms plague the Acevedo family in Xochitl Gonzalez's Olga Dies Dreaming. In the years since their mother left them to join a radical political movement, Olga and Pedro have become shining stars in New York. Pedro is a congressman, while Olga is one of the city's most sought-after wedding planners. But there are cracks in the lives of the siblings that are only magnified by the return of their mother. Blanca happens to reappear just in time for hurricane season, leaving Olga and Pedro to reckon with the damage she did to their lives.

Reckless Girls

Rachel Hawkins's latest thriller Reckless Girls gives Agatha Christie's classic And Then There Were None a twisted modern update. When six 20-somethings embark on a voyage to a secluded island with a history of shipwrecks, they expect nothing more than a blissful stay. Instead, they soon discover the island is a much darker place than they could have imagined. First, one of them disappears, and then another one ends up dead, leaving the remaining ones to unravel the mystery of what's really going on before they all meet an untimely demise.

The School for Good Mothers

Who gets to decide what it means for a woman to be a good mother? That's the question at the centre of Jessamine Chan's searing novel The School for Good Mothers. Everything in Frida Liu's life is complicated: her job is a disappointment to her parents, and her husband doesn't even bother to hide his affair. The one thing in Frida's life that is perfect is her daughter Harriet, but when Frida makes one mistake, the government suddenly has the power to decide whether or not she's a good mother and if she's fit to parent Harriet.