The Pallbearers Club

The Pallbearers Club follows Art Barbara, a lonesome teen who started his own extracurricular activity in an effort to bulk up his college applications. The club, consisting of just two people – Art and his eccentric friend Mercy – volunteers its time to act as pallbearers for those who have passed with little to no…

The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club follows.. well, The Thursday Murder Club – a group of septuagenarian amateur sleuths who meet up every Thursday in their retirement community to investigate cold cases. But what happens when the group has the opportunity to investigate a live case? Will they offer more harm than help? After hearing about this…

Faithful Place

A Faithful Place follows Frank McKey, the undercover cop introduced in Tana French’s second Dublin Murder Squad novel, The Likeness. During the holiday season, Frank returns to his childhood neighborhood, Faithful Place, following the discovery of a suitcase that once belonged to his long-lost first love. The pair, Frank and Rosie, had planned to run…

The Next Time I Die

Reeling from the sudden news that his wife wants a divorce, Steven Blitz is thrown out of his house and told to stay with his brother. On his drive over, with deteriorating road conditions, Steven narrowly avoids a head-on collision. Rattled, Steven pulls over to gather himself and calm his nerves when he notices an…

The Island

Tom, Heather and their two children are visiting Australia as a part of a business trip. Desperate to see some native wildlife, the family of four decide to take an off-the-beaten-path tour of an island off the coast. Upon arrival, things quickly go pear-shaped as the foursome find themselves on the run from the island’s…

City On Fire

With the recent announcement by Don Winslow that he will be retiring from writing to fully focus on his political activism, I panicked in thinking that maybe he had abandoned his new trilogy. Don was quick to assure his readers that not only have the next two novels already been written, but they’re scheduled to…

East of Eden

Last year, I was listening to Frank Turner’s live album, Live In Newcastle, where in introducing his song “Redemption”, he discussed reading John Steinbeck’s EAST OF EDEN as a young man. Frank relayed how it spoke to him of moral responsibility and how each of us are responsible for the choices and the decisions that…

Upgrade

As an employee of the GPA (Gene Protection Agency), Logan Ramsay is tasked with tracking down and eliminating rogue gene labs that are being used to either alter human DNA or even create new species. However, when a raid goes wrong, Ramsay awakens in a hospital bed days later in unimaginable pain. Following a barrage…