Trade Review Roundup: Week of March 11

We are happy to share trade reviews for titles across all of our imprints this week. Click "Read more" below to learn more about each title and author.

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Shelf Awareness reviewed A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill

In this engaging historical mystery, aristocratic Rowland Sinclair must solve his father's murder or risk being tried for the crime himself.

Read the full review online here.

After setting out to study astrophysics, graduating in law and then abandoning her legal career to write books, Sulari Gentill now grows French black truffles on her farm in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains of NSW. Sulari is author of The Rowland Sinclair Mystery series, historical crime fiction novels (eight in total) set in the 1930s. Sulari's A Decline in Prophets (the second book in the series) was the winner of the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Fiction 2012. She was also shortlisted for Best First Book (A Few Right Thinking Men) for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011. Paving the New Road was shortlisted for another Davitt in 2013.

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Booklist reviewed The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

Readers will respond to quiet Cussy's steel spine as she undergoes cruel medical tests to ‘cure’ her blueness, and book groups who like to explore lesser-known aspects of American history will be fascinated.

Read the full review ​in the April 1 edition of Booklist and online on March 27.

Kim Michele Richardson was born in Kentucky and resides part-time in Western North Carolina. Her work includes Liar’s Bench, GodPretty in the Tobacco Field and The Sisters of Glass Ferry. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is her fourth novel.

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Kirkus Reviews reviewed Why a Daughter Needs a Mom by Gregory R. Lang, pictures by Sydney Hanson​

New parents of daughters will eat these up and perhaps pass on the lessons learned.

Read the full review in the April 1 edition of Kirkus Reviews or online on March 17.

GREGORY E. LANG is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books, including Why a Daughter Needs a Dad, Why a Daughter Needs a Mom, Why a Son Needs a Dad, Why a Son Needs a Mom, and Why I Love You. He lives in Georgia.

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Kirkus Reviews reviewed Unicorn Day by Diana Murray, illus. by Luke Flowers

Give this to the sparkle- and cupcake-obsessed child in your life.

Read the full review in the April 1 edition of Kirkus Reviews or online on March 17.

Diana Murray writes stories and poems for children. She is the author of Grimelda, The Very Messy Witch, Ned the Knitting Pirate, City Shapes, and other picture books. Her poems have appeared in magazines, including Highlights for Children. She grew up in New York City and still lives nearby with her firefighter husband.

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LUKE FLOWERS is an illuminator of the imagination that spends his days (and most nights) in his cozy creative cave illustrating and writing children’s books. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado and you can find him online at lukeflowerscreative.com

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Shelf Awareness reviewed She/He/They/Me by Robyn Ryle

Those who view gender as binary, fixed and inherently tied to certain biological and cultural behaviors may find She/He/They/Me surprising or uncomfortable, but that's why they should read it.

Read the full review online here.

Dr. Robyn Ryle is an author, speaker, and  Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Hanover College, IN. She has written for Gawker, Little Fiction/Big Truths, and CALYX Journal.

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