Futility
Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement winner Onoh’s latest takes place in Abuja, Nigeria, where restaurateur Chia makes a splash thanks to her hot pepper soup—don’t ask about the special ingredient—and her irresistible charm, courtesy of her male sacrifices to the god that lives in the restaurant’s walls. After British diplomat Claire has a tension-packed dinner there with her younger boyfriend, her boyfriend’s cousin, and her estranged son, the deity offers Chia and Claire a chance at revenge in what PW’s starred review called “a fun, blood-spattered tale.”
Girl Dinner
In the Atlas Six author’s latest, college sophomore Nina Kaur is rushing an exclusive sorority, referred to only as the House, that’s home to the most beautiful, successful students on campus. Adjunct professor Sloane Hartley, the House’s new faculty adviser, is floundering after her return from maternity leave and hoping some of the sisterhood’s luster will rub off on her, too. But the dark rituals responsible for the sorority’s prosperity cause Nina and Sloane to question what they can stomach in their pursuit of perfection.
Greedy
Gambling addict Ed Cook is on the run from the yakuza when he sees an ad for a preposterously lucrative job as a private chef for a reclusive socialite. Desperate, he leaves behind his wife and child in Tokyo and accepts the position at Hazeline Yamamoto’s remote mountain estate. As he learns the scope of her unusual gastronomic tastes, he finds himself feeding monsters worse than the ones he fled.
Nothing Tastes as Good
This horror novel for the Ozempic age centers on Emmett Truesdale, who’s stuck in a dead-end job and, at more than 300 pounds, in an endless cycle of failed diets. When he enrolls in a trial for a new product called Obexity, the results are instantaneously gratifying, but the side effects, including extreme cravings and blackouts, are troubling. Even more unsettling: people who were cruel to Emmett have begun to disappear, and rumor has it that a cannibalistic serial killer is on the loose.
Trad Wife
Though content creator Camille Deming has homesteading, cooking, and cleaning down pat, she can’t make it big without a baby. Hoping to boost her career, not to mention save her marriage, she makes a wish at an abandoned well; a visit from a mysterious creature, a freakishly rapid pregnancy, and intense cravings for raw meat follow. All too soon, she gives birth to a child with an even more voracious appetite.
