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Kate has met the perfect guy... Scott is witty, fun, and beautiful. They can sit together and not even say a word, and she will be happy forever. Yet, when she drops her life in Leeds to move in with him, poof, he's gone. Without communication for 24 hours. No texts. No calls. She's made... Continue Reading →
Dr. Theo Cray is back... and this one is just as good as the first three books. The reader can see how Theo's past cases are affecting him: the survivor's guilt, the distance he's created from his girlfriend, Jillian, and most importantly, the possibility that he has contracted the Hyde virus. Yet, when a woman... Continue Reading →
The Good Cop is a book that holds up two things: meticulous detective work and painstaking journalism. Set in Munich between the wars, Steiner has written about the rise of Nazism from the point of view of the police force and the press. The book is just about 200 pages, but it is filled with... Continue Reading →
After the events of Bluebird, Bluebird, Darren Matthews is stuck in an office in Houston compiling evidence on the Arryan Brotherhood of Texas. His marriage has found stability, but his mother is blackmailing him about the location of the weapon used in the grand jury investigation. He appeases her with money, but it is a... Continue Reading →
One of the best ‘puppet-master’ thrillers I’ve ever read. The Passengers is an explosive look at innovation, social media, and autonomous vehicles. A near-future Britain has mandated Level 5, fully automated cars... and one morning a terrorist named The Hacker takes over the controls of eight vehicles. The inside of these cars are then broadcast... Continue Reading →
In a chilling dystopian world, the economy is ruled by the calorie, the measure of life, of trade, and of pain. Farms of young girls are set up in dilapidated apartment buildings... they serve many purposes: to breed, to grow new organs, and to feed the wealthy of the population. Ration focuses on one particular... Continue Reading →
This book belongs in a special category here on Paul's Picks... it is a rare one-day read. I was obsessed with this one. A scorcher of a slow burn that took me back to its pages in 5 sittings. I just had to finish. Ware has a unique way of depositing her characters alone in... Continue Reading →
I read Zero Sum Game last year and enjoyed Cas Russell's character and her new crew's fight against the telepaths. But at the heart of it, Cas is the draw of this series. The vectors and statistics, the automatic mathematical deductions, and her mysterious past... She's a loner who now has a 'found-family' in Arthur,... Continue Reading →
Jake and Clara meet in first class on a flight from Boston to Denver. After quitting her teaching job and becoming a recluse, Clara has decided to kill herself and thinks the Maroon Bells in the Rockies would form the best background for her final resting place. Jake’s life is spinning out of control: his... Continue Reading →
