The Race
Publisher Weekly Review: Leaving courtroom thrills behind, Patterson crafts an absorbing and suspenseful account of a dirty run for the Republican presidential nomination. Sen. Corey Grace, a Republican from Ohio, became a public hero during the Gulf War after surviving the crash of his jet and enduring months of captivity and torture. Thirteen years later, […]
Chat
Publisher Weekly Review: Relationships always drive Mayor's plots, but never more so than in this intricate, suspense-filled 18th Joe Gunther novel (after 2006's The Second Mouse). When Gunther's mother and brother are almost killed in a suspicious car accident, he helps Deputy Sheriff Rob Barrows narrow in on a local, lawless family with a grievance […]
Gentlemen of the Road
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Pulitzer Prize winner?Chabon (The Yiddish Policemen's Union) recreates 10th-century Khazaria, the fabled kingdom of wild red-haired Jews on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, in this sprightly historical adventure. Zelikman and Amram, respectively a gawky Frank and a gigantic Abyssinian, make their living by means of confidence tricks, doctoring, […]
Wishful Thinking
Benjamin Bartholomew Piff thought all of his wishes had finally come true?he?s traded in his soggy cot at Pinch?s Home for Wayward Boys for a Feathered Funicula at the Wishworks Factory. He?s even been named manager of Kids? Birthday Wishes (ages 3?12)?and he can?t wait to settle in to his new (and improved!) life. But […]
Slam
School Library Journal Review Starred Review. Gr 9 Up?Sam has slammed many times while skateboarding, but he slams in a different way when he learns that he is going to be a father. He is nearly 16 when he meets Alicia, and the relationship moves quickly, ending just as fast. Then, on his birthday, he […]
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Down River
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Hart surpasses his bestselling debut, The King of Lies (2006), with his richly atmospheric second novel, which offers a tighter plot, more adroit pacing and less angst. Five years earlier, Adam Chase was arrested for murder, largely on the basis of his stepmother's sworn testimony against him. He was acquitted, […]