Julie Clark has managed to shoot her way to literary stardom with only her second published novel, titled The Last Flight.
In it, we are presented with the story of Claire, controlled and domineered by her powerful husband at every turn. She concocts a plan to escape, and through a strange twist of fate involving another woman named Eva, the world believes her dead, and she ends up having to live a new life under an assumed identity.
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The Magnetism of French Canada
“Still Life” by Louise Penny – No Accidents in Three Pines
Louise Penny gives Gamache his Grand DebutThough I would argue there are still none who have surpassed Agatha Christie as the queen of murder mystery series, there are many who have come close or … [Read More...]
The Insatiable Thrill of Science
“Quantum Space” by Douglas Phillips – Lost in a Space Limbo
Douglas Phillips' Inexplicable IncidentDespite all our most technologically-advanced tools and observation methods, the realms of space travel and physics still successfully hide innumerable … [Read More...]
The Wider World Beyond the People
“Greenwood” by Michael Christie – Tracing the Tangled Roots of a Family
Michael Christie Introduces the Eternal GreenwoodsJust like with regular history, our knowledge and vision of our own family's past tends to be very murky, fragmented, and of course, generally … [Read More...]
Power of Loss
“Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi – The Fate-Scorched Family
Yaa Gyasi shows the Power of LossThe immigrant experience is, thankfully enough, something post people on this planet won't end up having to go through with. After all, what positive outcome could … [Read More...]
The Wild Six-Decade Ride
“Diamond Doris” by Doris Payne – A Jewel Thief’s Destiny
Diamond Doris Opens the Book on her LifePoliticians aside, career criminals are the kind of people we tend to know very little about, despite how many blanks we're capable of filling with our … [Read More...]
The Ever-Expanding World
“Ash and Quill” by Rachel Caine – Salvation in the Machine
Rachel Caine and her World of Dangerous KnowledgeResources and weapons are undoubtedly effective and time-tested tools of power, but they tend to pale in comparison with the amount of control and … [Read More...]
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“The Day of the Jackal” by Frederick Forsyth – The Pinnacle of Professional Killing
Frederick Forsyth might have very well written one of the absolute best criminal espionage novels when he published The Day of the Jackal back in 1971.
Following a nameless English hitman known only as The Jackal, the story focuses on his methodical preparation to carry out what might be the most ambitious assassination of all time: killing Charles de Gaulle.
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“Children of Dune” by Frank Herbert – A Dynasty Under Siege
Frank Herbert has forever marked the landscape of science-fiction with his all-time famous Dune Series, showing everyone what epic stories truly look like.
In the third entry in the series, titled Children of Dune, we follow Paul Atreides’ twin children, Leto and Ghanima, as they are caught up in their aunt Alia’s manipulative power schemes, who is also facing the unpleasant reality of treason on multiple fronts.
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“The Price of Time” by Tim Tigner – The Closed Fountain of Youth
Tim Tigner has evidently made a great decision to become an author and put to use his massive life experience for the purposes of fiction, having published one bestseller after the next.
One of his more interesting standalone works is The Price of Time, following a group of corporate bigwigs hell-bent on keeping a precious secret, and Zachary Chase, the ex-CIA agent who finds himself entangled in their web of conspiracy.
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“It All Comes Back to You” by Beth Duke – Enjoying the Simpler Revelations
Beth Duke has found two years ago the kind of breakthrough any budding author could wish for, when her novel, It All Comes Back to You, became a celebrated bestseller. In it, we are told the story of Ronni, a practical nurse and aspiring writer, whose old patient, Violet, recently passed away.
In the process, she left Ronni with a challenge: she must publish Violet’s life in a book within a year, standing to inherit a grand fortune.
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“Booked to Die” by John Dunning – The Bookseller’s Justice
John Dunning has been working on his award-winning book-centred mystery series, the Cliff Janeway novels, for over two decades at this point, offering a taste of something unique in a sea of thrillers.
The first novel which started it all, Booked to Die, introduces us to the Cliff Janeway as he first loses his badge by taking a bit of revenge on a murder suspect, and then opens a small bookshop while still searching for evidence to take the man down for good… and this is when more bodies start appearing.
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“Devolution” by Max Brooks – Stranded with Bigfoots
Max Brooks has always had a predilection for more unusual stories, and he keeps the streak alive with his new horror novel, titled Devolution.
It follows the story recovered from the journals of Kate Holland, one of the victims to a monstrous massacre which took the lives of an entire hippie commune. This is her story in the face of legendary terror and the unstoppable power of inevitability.
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“Home Before Dark” by Riley Sager – The Ghosts in the Walls
Riley Sager has proven himself to be a new powerhouse in the thriller genre, having already penned numerous bestseller in the last few years.
His latest novel, Home Before Dark, tells the story of a woman who returns to her childhood home, made famous in her father’s horror memoir. Things take a turn for the strange upon her return, and she begins to wonder if the place is truly haunted, or if something more sinister is afoot behind the old walls.
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“Paper and Fire” by Rachel Caine – The Corruption of Wisdom
Rachel Caine has begun a remarkable work in dystopian fiction and alternate history when she started The Great Library series, exploring a world where the library of Alexandria survived the great fire.
In the second book, titled Paper and Fire, we continue to follow Jess Brightwell as after one wrong move, him and his friends find themselves hunted in Alexandria and are forced to flee all the way to London.
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“The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett – Opposite Ends of Life
Brit Bennett is a relatively new author on the scene, but both her novels have already turned into bestsellers, and perhaps more importantly, her second novel titled The Vanishing Half, has opened many peoples’ eyes to her insightful worldview.
Taking place across many years and all over the United States, the story follows the fates of two sisters who escape their hometown but end up living in polar opposite worlds years down the line.
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