EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD follows chronically anxious Gilda as she navigates her way through a world where death lurks around every corner. Or does it? Her crippling health-anxiety, along with her deep-seated need to please everyone but herself, runs nearly every aspect of her life. Accepting a job as a receptionist…
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE follows Bill Furlong, a coal merchant, as he prepares for the busy holiday season in Ireland. While making a delivery to a convent, Bill is witness to a practice that goes unspoken amongst those in town forcing him to question his morality and confront his past. Claire Keegan’s story gripped me…
Following the success of CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN, author Richard Chizmar returns to the scene of the crime with BECOMING THE BOOGEYMAN. Potentially inspired by the outcome of Michelle McNamara’s I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, the novel opens with the now convicted killer Josh Gallagher caught years after the murders had taken place through DNA…
Following the success of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, acclaimed author and journalist David Grann is back with a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder with his new book, THE WAGER. The story follows a ramshackle British vessel as it pursues a Spanish warship that had been believed to contain unfathomable treasure. Along the way,…
BROKEN HARBOUR follows Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy and his rookie partner Richie as they investigate the murder of a family in an abandoned development community. As the pair arrive, the children and father lay lifeless, but the mother is still clinging to life. As the picture develops and suspects come into focus, can Mick and Richie…
CAMP DAMASCUS follows Rose Darling, a young woman raised in Neverton, a small town nestled in the Montana mountains. Neverton is also the home of Camp Damascus, the world’s most effective gay conversion camp. When Rose begins experiencing what she believes are hallucinations that feel more like memories, her perfect Christian life begins to unravel…
Author Garrett M. Graff has been churning out critically acclaimed releases the last few years. Back in 2020, I read and reviewed his oral history of 9/11, THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY; a book I still think about often. Since then, he’s crafted a new and updated history of Watergate, an investigative look at…
With CITY OF DREAMS, Don Winslow delivers his penultimate novel; the second book in his Danny Ryan Trilogy. After escaping Rhode Island, Ryan takes up residence on the West Coast hoping to put the mob life behind him. However, as we all know, it isn’t that easy. Ryan has made a lot of powerful enemies…
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