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Last Word

A Review To Die For Author: Taylor Adams Taylor Adams has proven himself yet again in The Last Word; he is a master of the thriller, of the suspenseful, twisting narrative with shocks and surprises, of deeply wounded yet empathetic characters caught in wildly escalating situations that, somehow, we breathlessly believe. In this story, we have an ominous grey beach, waves pounding relentlessly on shore. It’s off season, only a few residents remain. Among them is Emma and her dog, Laika. Emma is house-sitting, and she likes the solitude, the aloneness. It’s perfect for what she has in mind. Her [...]

Frances Carden2024-02-02T16:02:14-07:00February 2nd, 2024|Tags: book review, botm, read, reading, thriller|

Great Gimmelmans, The

Coming-of-Age as a Bank Robber Author: Lee Matthew Goldberg In this high-speed, crime-ridden, coming-of-age-tale, twelve-year-old Aaron Gimmelman watches his family lose everything, go on the run, and turn into a group of murderous bank-robbers. The real kicker? Aaron is the sensible member of the family, the only realist in the disturbed bunch, and he started his own family down this road of crime. It begins with the stock crash of ’87. Formerly affluent, high-roller Barry Gimmelman (the father) is suddenly broke. Everything was bought through debt, through promises, through the assurance that the future held success. It’s all going back now. [...]

Frances Carden2023-12-14T19:36:05-07:00December 14th, 2023|Tags: book review, crime, drama, read, reading, thriller|

Breathless

Murder on the Mountain Author: Amy McCulloch Cecily Wong is a journalist famous for failure, and this is her last chance at redemption. Her ex-boyfriend, also a journalist, was always seeking the greatest thrill. The biggest mountain, the hardest challenge. He is the one who told her about the famous mountaineer, Charles McVeigh, who is climbing eight mountains over eight thousand feet each without supplemental oxygen, without the help of ropes, all in one year. Charles is about to finish his own self-imposed challenge on the last, easiest mountain: Manaslu. Even beginners can tackle this mountain. Now, Cecily is on that [...]

Frances Carden2023-10-15T10:38:41-07:00October 15th, 2023|Tags: botm, read, reading, suspense, thriller|