My Thoughts:Y’all know I’m a sucker for boarding school novels. But, I’ve had read some stinkers over the past few years.Shadow of the Lionsis NOT one of the stinkers! It’s been described as a “literary thriller,” which I’m not sure I agree with. I’d say it’s more ...
Loyalties and identities will be tested in this sweeping fantasy and a fast-paced thriller that bravely explores the tensions at the dawn of the nuclear age. Buy it: Amazon | B&N | IndieBound Sarahland by Sam Cohen In Sarahland, Sam Cohen brilliantly and often hilariously explores the ways ...
A legal thriller by Erica Katz has already been optioned by Netflix, and novels by Naoise Dolan and Kate Reed Petty were sold at auction. Kawai Strong Washburn has literary bona fides, as does Raven Leilani, Benjamin Nugent, and Ilana Masad. Our nonfiction selections range from comedian ...
Kill promises to rewrite American expectations of popular Bollywood cinema, bringing a darkly violent action thriller to the screens. Set on a train to Delhi, the movie follows a commando (Lakshya) and his friend as they try to reunite with the man’s lover after her family takes her away ...
A chilling psychological thriller about a marriage, a way of life, and how far one woman will go to keep what is rightfully hers Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead ... ASA Harrison - 《Penguin》 被引量: 2发表...
bucking the recent thriller trend of the women being victims. And, while I didn’t loveGirls Like Usquite as much asThe Banker’s Wife, it’s still a stellar mystery in an interesting setting.Girls Like Usis more police procedural than thriller and the ending isn’t outlandish at all, ...
In this historical thriller, it is 1828 in the German port city of Bremen: a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on a true story. Starring Suzan Anbeh, Elisa Thiemann, Christoph Gottschalch. ...
The Shadow of the Wind is one of the most beautifully written novels I’ve ever read. The book is so many things at once: a mystery, a thriller, a romance, but most importantly, a love letter to book lovers. It’s one of my favorite books of all time for that exact r...
A Fiona Seres adaptation of the classic 1930s thrillerThe Wheel Spinsfor the BBC, also filmed by Hitchcock as “The Lady Vanishes.” Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends’ raucous and unsociable behavior escal...
and the new book has the same mixture of courtroom theatre and visceral channelling of thriller mechanics.The Pleareads like an idiosyncratic cross between Elmore Leonard and John Grisham, but bursts with its own individual flavour.