Allure of Deceit

Suspense novels about charity, religion, literacy and women fleeing control

Thursday, January 22

Foster

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  Foster by Claire Keegan is a compact book, sharp like a punch to the gut, about children's lack of control in this world and a summer ...
Wednesday, January 7

Abuse

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  Four people, strangers, are connected via serial pedophiles, or as the book jacket of The Elements by John Boyne suggests: an enabler, an...
Sunday, December 28

Unbelievable

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  The plot of The Black Wolf by Louise Penny describes what was once unthinkable – invasion of Canada by the more powerful, more populated...
Wednesday, December 3

Paradise slips away

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One person’s paradise is another person’s hell.  The setting of State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg is bleak – rainy, flood-prone Flori...
Monday, November 10

Audition

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Individuals play multiple roles from day to day – child and parent, spouse and work colleague, friend and rival. Such exercises are more aud...
Friday, October 17

In need of a friend

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A bright, talented, loving child lives grows up with a paranoid father who falls for conspiracy theories about politics, The parents neglect...

Family memories

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We manipulate our memories and they also manipulate our behavior far into the future. Things Don’t Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collin...
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Susan Froetschel is the author of five mystery books, including Allure of Deceit and Fear of Beauty, set in Afghanistan. Her novels explore parents and children who tackle public policies that others in their community take for granted.
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