Nothing like a Wednesday for thinking about the books we want to read! My Wishing & Waiting on Wednesday post is linking up with two fabulous book memes, Wishlist Wednesday (hosted by Pen to Paper) and Waiting on Wednesday (hosted by Breaking the Spine).
This week’s pick:
Release date: April 1, 2014
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Synopsis via Goodreads:
Emma Donoghue’s explosive new novel, based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco.
Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heatwave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman called Jenny Bonnet is shot dead.
The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny’s murderer to justice–if he doesn’t track her down first.
The story Blanche struggles to piece together is one of free-love bohemians, desperate paupers and arrogant millionaires; of jealous men, icy women and damaged children. It’s the secret life of Jenny herself, a notorious character who breaks the law every morning by getting dressed: a charmer as slippery as the frogs she hunts.
In thrilling, cinematic style, FROG MUSIC digs up a long-forgotten, never-solved crime. Full of songs that migrated across the world, Emma Donoghue’s lyrical tale of love and bloodshed among lowlifes captures the pulse of a boomtown like no other.
Can I just say how very excited I am for this book? It has so many ingredients that I love: San Francisco’s early, wild days; saloons and burlesque and the Wild West feel; an epidemic and a murder mystery… Wow, it sounds terrific. Plus, this is by Emma Donoghue, and while I haven’t read any of her historical fiction, I did love Room and was impressed by her imagination and talent.
What are you wishing for this Wednesday?
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Bookshelf Fantasies 
That does sound really good!! Ill have to check it out on Goodreads 🙂
http://bookloverslife.blogspot.ie/2013/11/wishlist-wednesday-13.html
I only heard about this one yesterday, but the description just really grabbed me. Thanks for stopping by!
Sounds like a good read! I never heard about it before, and it doesn’t really sound like a mystery on first glance 🙂
Hope you get it soon!
My WW
I guess the mystery part is the unsolved crime — but it also sounds like there’s a lot more than just that going on! 🙂
Hmmm… this does sound intriguing and I love anything set in San Francisco! Might have to check this one out!
Me, too! I love the San Francisco settings — always a new opportunity to experience my city in new and different ways! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Ow this sounds interesting. Still a long wait though but am curious to find out more about this book. Thanks for sharing
Yeah, the wait is a bit long — but I don’t think I’ll run out of reading material between now and then!
Ohh this one sounds really good. Definitely going to be picking it up when it comes out.
My WOW: http://www.bookythoughtsandme.com/come-to-me-quietly/
I definitely want to read it — now the question is whether to preorder or just wait for the library to get it eventually! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Not sure this is my kind of book but I do love the cover!
Lauren
My Wishlist
I liked Room and I love the fact that this book sounds completely different!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Jen @ YA Romantics
I really liked Room, even though it was pretty painful to read. I hadn’t realized that besides that book, the author is mostly known for historical fiction. I’ll be interested to see her writing in a different style too!