Taking the Time Machine back to 1949. If it‘s good enough for Chandler, then it‘s good enough for me.

Willeford never fails to show the worst of humanity. Clever tie in to modern art and full of tiny details that make Willeford, Willeford.

Megan Abbott gets me every time! She pulls you in with her just-under-the-surface build up that something awful has happened to characters you care deeply about. My favorite is still The End of Everything, but this is right up there.