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Like many of the novels in Nava’s award-winning series, Lies With Man explores complex morality and social justice through a legal thriller. I found her to be a strong and relatable character, and I enjoyed the dynamic between her and Lena.
The writing in Tripping Arcadia was a true pleasure to experience. With Audible, you can listen to your favorite books on-the-go, whether you're commuting, working out, or doing household chores.
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Like any good gothic novel, the setting here, with its lush details and shadow-drenched landscape, conveys a palpable mood. The author intends to explore the characters’ senses of isolation, alienation, and longing, which I, and many people in the LGBT community, can relate to.
Overall, Reprieve is a thought-provoking and eerie novel that explores the experiences of marginalized characters on the topic of racial fetishism and other forms of violence.
The story takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room in Nebraska, where a brutal murder occurs, and the lives of those present on the day of the killing are traced.
I was transported into the world of the characters and felt their hopes and fears as if they were my own. Woven between carnage and plot twists, Kelleher, a trans woman, exposes the injustices visited on trans people with great sensitivity and without being didactic.
Her third thriller, WE WERE NEVER HERE, was a Reese’s Book Club pick and an instant New York Times bestseller; it’s in development at Netflix. When she’s hired to track down the body broker, and he ends up dead, she’s the prime suspect. This fragility of moral courage is central to the novel.
Majumdar’s writing style was like a cascade, and the alternating perspectives of the three characters kept me engaged and invested in the story.
Andrew Compton is an escaped English serial killer with 23 victims under his belt, who meets Jay Byrne, another killer with an unspecified number of victims. The book is a thrilling and satisfying read that deals with important themes all marginalized groups can relate to.
When the family's patriarch is found murdered on the roof of the house—and the roads flood, trapping everyone inside—things go from bad to, yes, Biblically awful. Each one gives fresh meaning to the word “slay.”
'The Last Ferry Out' by Andrea Bartz
In my new puzzle-box mystery, a young woman travels to a remote tropical island, seeking answers about her fiancée’s death there a few months earlier.
It’s a sort of Dexter meets Hard Candy meets Thelma and Louise, and I couldn’t help but root for Scarlett as she takes down these terrible men.
As a member of the gay community, I identified with the book’s themes, even though the characters are straight. As a gay person, I could relate to Joel’s struggle of feeling trapped and suffocated by the small-town mentality.
The characters’ inner battles and their choices in the face of adversity kept me on the edge of my seat. Even after McCabe and her law partner Duane Swisher discover that Ann is a trans woman, they’re reluctant to take the case. Ransom takes it upon himself to save Vincent from the dangers of Compton and Byrne.
The title “Exquisite Corpse” refers to a surrealist writing style where multiple writers build upon each other’s narratives, creating a final result that may not be known to them.
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