Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunset City | 2016 | Melissa Ginsburg | Buy |
| 2 | The House Uptown | 2021 | Melissa Ginsburg | Buy |
Melissa Ginsburg has written two standalone novels. Sunset City (2016) follows a woman investigating the murder of her best friend in Houston, mixing grief with a noir mystery. The House Uptown (2021) is set in New Orleans and involves a teenage girl sent to live with her artist grandmother, whose neighbor has recently died.
Both novels are literary fiction with crime elements and Southern settings. They have been praised for their atmospheric writing and complex characters.