The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
The Fires by Sigrídur Hagalín Björnsdóttir,
translated by Larissa Kyzer
Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

If you’re the excitable type who enjoys it when things blow up or burn down—but in a book, Congressman Gaetz, only in a book!—this month brings two wonderfully incendiary books with explosions both metaphorical and literal.

But don’t despair if you prefer the long game or the slow burn. There’s something here for you as well, and its rewards can be found in The Twyford Code, the second novel by English writer Janice Hallett, whose debut, The Appeal, was such a hit last year. Though she continues to play with form, her new book is different.