From the award-winning author of ‘The Sisters,’ ‘Local Girl Missing,’ and ‘Last Seen Alive,’ comes a taut psychological thriller in which family secrets and hidden pasts build to a violent climax in a guesthouse among the idyllic Welsh mountains.
Book Review: ‘The Preserve’ Is A Fascinating Tale That Leaves You Wanting More
Decimated by plague, the human population is now a minority. Robots—complex AIs almost indistinguishable from humans—are the ruling majority. Nine months ago, in a controversial move, the robot government opened a series of preserves, designated areas where humans can choose to live without robot interference. Now the preserves face their first challenge: someone has …
Book Review: “The Night Portrait” Is A Remarkably Well-Written Tale
An exciting, dual-timeline historical novel about the creation of one of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings, Portrait of a Lady with an Ermine, and the woman who fought to save it from Nazi destruction during World War II.
Book Review: ‘Road Out Of Winter’ Is A Powerful And Compelling Read
Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty—her family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now she’s been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn’t return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented extreme winter.
Book Review: ‘Winter Counts’ Weaves An Interesting Tale
A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dangerous mission to track down the source of a heroin influx.
Book Review: ‘Scarlet Odyssey’ Is An Adventurous Quest Fraught With Danger And Excitement
Men do not become mystics. They become warriors. But eighteen-year-old Salo has never been good at conforming to his tribe’s expectations. For as long as he can remember, he has loved books and magic in a culture where such things are considered unmanly. Despite it being sacrilege, Salo has worked on a magical device …
Book Review: ‘Lost River’ Is An Exceptionally Well-Written Tale
When the small town of Angel, Kentucky, is rocked by the vicious killing of an entire infamous local crime family, the bloody aftermath brings together three people already struggling with Angel’s drug epidemic: a young medic-in-training, a DEA agent, and a former police chief who’s had to watch his own young wife succumb to …
Book Review: ‘The Summer Set’ Is The Perfect Read During These Difficult Times
The best drama happens offstage in this undeniably charming novel about an idyllic summer theater where hot stars, has-beens, and hopefuls chase roles—and each other.
Book Review: ‘No Going Back’ Is Not An Easy Story To Read And Has An Even Less Likable Protagonist
From Strand Critics Award winner Sheena Kamal, comes the third novel featuring the brilliant, fearless, deeply flawed Nora Watts whose vendetta against a triad enforcer escalates when he places a target on her daughter’s back.