Mary Poppins she ain’t. Translated from the French novella, and also previously released as Lullaby, this sinister and suspenseful tale of a nanny and her two charges is a page read more
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Beyond the Ice Limit by Preston and Child
No creature comforts here, just lots of underwater suspense. Preston and Child are back with the fourth thrilling in the Gideon Crew series. I didn’t read the first books read more
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Buy this book on Amazon.com Paranoia? Or, is something in the water? A couple honeymooning in Bora Bora discover a bag filled with loot. Both Mark, who has just lost read more
Red Lights by George Simenon
One More for the Road with Disastrous Results In this edgy short story, Simenon, the Belgian author known for the Inspector Maigret series, explores the consequences of an alcoholic’s thirst read more
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Murder by the Books “Books are time travel. True readers all know this. But books don’t just take you back to the time in which they were written; they can read more
The Delightful Life of a Suicide Pilot by Colin Cotterill
A Detective in Laos Fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency set in Botswana, and Tarquin Hall’s Vish Puri Detective series set in India, may find read more
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
Watch out for the new girl. “It is interesting to me how technology has in many ways facilitated and refined the practice of deception.” read more
Kowloon Tong by Paul Theroux
A sinister look at the 1997 handover of Hong Kong This novel is set in Hong Kong in 1997, just before its handover to China, and presents a bleak, yet read more