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Writing the Novel - Lawrence Block; Block
Writing lessons from the crown prince of suspense For more than five decades, Lawrence Block has written novels. He has produced hard-boiled detective stories, taut suspense thr... -
Vanishing Act - Thomas Perry
From Publishers WeeklyPerry's sixth novel (after Sleeping Dogs) is a taut thriller that at times reads like an extended, though flawed, character study of its heroine. Jane Whitefi... -
To the Ends of the Earth - Paul Theroux
Product Description"Travel writing at its best."THE HOUSTON POSTAuthor and travel writer Paul Theroux does what no one else can: he travels to the isolated, unusual, and fascin... -
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Many will greet this taut, clear-eyed memoir of grief as a long-awaited return to the terrain of Didion's venerated, increasingly rare persona... -
The Train Was On Time - Heinrich Boll
Heinrich Böll's taut and haunting first novel tells the story of twenty-four-year-old Private Andreas as he journeys on a troop train across the German countryside to the Eastern f... -
The Midnight Hour - Brenda Jackson
From Publishers WeeklyWith this taut, over-the-top romantic thriller, Jackson revisits her popular Madaris Family and Friends series (_Surrender_, etc.). For five years, ex-Marine ... -
The Charnel Prince - J. Gregory Keyes
Amazon.com ReviewWith The Charnel Prince, author Greg Keyes keeps up the pace set by __ with a second taut entry in his series--the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone. The Briar King has .... -
Game of Patience - Susanne Alleyn
From Publishers WeeklyAfter A Far Better Rest (2000), an homage to Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, Alleyn returns to postrevolutionary Paris in her second novel, a taut p... -
Finding Nouf - Zoe Ferraris
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Zoë Ferraris’s electrifying debut of taut psychological suspense offers an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of men and women there. When sixte... -
Creep - Jennifer Hillier
Pulsing with the dark obsession of Radiohead's song 'Creep,' this taut thriller - Jennifer Hillier's superb debut - rockets from its seductive opening to a heartpounding climax not...