What can explain the success of a #1 bestselling psychological thriller? In The Woman in Cabin 10, British author Ruth Ware demonstrates one likely explanation with consummate skill. She combines elements of a whodunnit, a locked-room mystery, and an unreliable narrator without falling victim...
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A blurb on the cover of the Kindle edition reads, “You don’t have a self until you have a secret.” It’s well chosen. This statement is repeated like a mantra throughout the book. Give Me Your Hand is, in fact, a novel about a secret and its corrosive effect on the...
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Try to imagine the changes that might take place in the everyday life, language, and behavior of the human race several centuries from now. Assume, too, that our species has abandoned the Earth to seek a new life in space. It’s a staggering challenge, isn’t it? Most science fiction...
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Over the centuries, the relationship between Jews and Muslims has often shifted from intimacy to bitter enmity. In fact, historically, Muslims have been far friendlier to Jews than have Christians. The vitriol spewing out from Islamic extremists today is the most...
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The magic of place and time leaps from the pages of the best mystery novels. This engrossing detective tale is set in the Brittany salt marshes, as exotic a setting as any in the long line of clever crime stories: James Lee Burke celebrates the misty charms of rural Louisiana in his Dave...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.