Title: The Doubt Factory (Audio) Unabridged Author: Paolo Bacigalupi Narrator: Emma Galvin Publisher: Listening Library (2014) Genre: YA, Contemporary Thriller Alix, the privileged daughter of a man who is paid to protect the reputation of large Corporations by sowing doubt, falls into the hands of tech savvy orphan pranksters set on changing the world. Doubt…
Month: February 2016
The Quality of Silence
Title: The Quality of Silence Author: Rosamund Lipton Publisher: Crown Publishing, Feb. 16, 2016 Genre: Mystery, Thriller Isolation, darkness. A wife in denial, chasing what only she believes. A vulnerable young girl, oblivious and trusting. Then there are the killers closing in as they cross vicious, ice-bound Alaska when no one else will. Arrrrgh! I…
Death Spiral
Title: Death Spiral Author: Leena Lehtolainen Translator: Owen F. Witesman Date Published: December 8th 2015 (translation) First published 1997. Publisher: AmazonCrossing Genre: Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Series: Maria Kallio #5 A young figure skater is murdered with her own skates and seven-month pregnant police investigator Maria Kallio is on the trail of the brutal killer….
The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention
Title: The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention Author: Rajan Menon Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (expected pub. Date March 3, 2016) The introduction says this is a book for anyone interested in international relations, but I disagree. This book is for anyone interested in truly developing real humanitarian principles everywhere in their lives, from their own…