Terror, in all its subtle forms, charges Ways to Hide in Winter, a debut novel by Sarah St.Vincent set deep in Pennsylvania’s Blue Ridge Mountains. When she meets the young man she will call “the stranger,” Kathleen cooks him an egg sandwich and surprises him by proving his assumptions about her are unfounded. “My family…
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti is an adventure epic of literary suspense that follows the relationship of a low-level criminal father and his beloved daughter. Survival, as it plays out in Hannah Tinti’s Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, is not a one-time lucky feat. In this, Tinti’s second novel, we learn…
What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin is a spellbinding novel of psychological suspense, set in the glamorous, wealthy world of Hollywood. It is nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel. “It’s like the worst of both worlds.” That’s how Kelly Lund sees her home life, and in Alison Gaylin’s hands, this moment of…
What You Don't Know by JoAnn Chaney is a gripping, terrifying debut novel that follows those most affected by an infamous serial killer. “He doesn't deny anything.” Coming from Paul Hoskins, the gumshoe detective who has just identified a man responsible for deadly attacks across Denver, this admission might set you feeling that his case is…
