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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