The best books of the week

Wunderland
Jennifer Cody Epstein (fiction, Crown)
Things have never been easy between Ava and her mother, Ilse; there were too many secrets (what exactly was Ilse doing during World War II?). But when Ilse’s ashes arrive at Ava’s apartment, they also come with a stack of unsent letters addressed to someone Ava has never heard of.

The Time Collector
Gwendolyn Womack (fiction, Picador)
When Roan West touches an object, he can sense its past. Roan’s friend Stuart, a fellow psychometrist, has tracked down several objects that challenge recorded history. But then Stuart disappears, making him one of several psychometrists to have suffered the same fate.

Killing Eve: No Tomorrow
Luke Jennings (fiction, Mulholland Books)
Fans of the BBC America show “Killing Eve,” starring Sandra Oh as a former MI6 operative on the trail of a strange and fascinating female assassin, can get their fix with this sequel to “Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle.”

Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule
Gordon Thomas and Greg Lewis (nonfiction, Dutton Caliber)
A fascinating look at the everyday Germans who resisted Hitler’s rule in ways big and small (all dangerous), from helping to forge passports that helped Jews escape to those who passed secrets to Allied spies.

The Missing Years
Lexie Elliott (fiction, Berkley)
Alisa has inherited half of an old Scottish estate (the other half belongs to her father, despite the fact that he hasn’t been seen in 27 years). The manor is beautiful, the neighbors are strange and it’s clear from the beginning that the place holds plenty of secrets.

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