The language in these books is constructed with care, and may skillfully combine several style elements. Due to sophisticated narrative structure, these stories can often be read on a number of levels.
#3 in The First Law trilogy The conclusion to an adventurous, inventive, and bloody trilogy with fascinating characters and complex plots. Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie – he knows how to spin a good yarn. This final book in the First Law trilogy hits all the notes. The odd combination of travelers has returned… Read More Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Loo’s whole world revolves around her father. At age 12, he’s the only parent she’s ever known. Loo’s mother, Lily, drowned when she was just a baby. Hawley and Loo have lived many places since and they never stayed in one place for too long – Hawley was always ready to pack up and move… Read More The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
A private plane crashes shortly after taking off from Martha’s Vineyard. Only two of the eleven people on board survive – a child and Scott Burroughs. Scott was flying to New York in the hopes of turning his paintings, an outlet for his personal demons, into a source of income. Instead, he becomes a media-created… Read More Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Liane Moriarty has perfected the art of the slowly-revealed, devastating event that changes everything. In this case, three couples’ lives are affected by something that happened a few weeks before. The dynamics between each couple are quite different and all of their voices are eventually heard as they remember and react to “the day of… Read More Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Jean’s husband was hit by a bus and killed but she’s not all that torn up about it. Glen was the main suspect in the kidnapping of a child, an accusation that turned their lives upside down. Told from several points of view, the author builds an uneasy more than suspenseful story about Glen and… Read More The Widow by Fiona Barton
