Allure of Deceit
Suspense novels about charity, religion, literacy and women fleeing control
Saturday, January 15
Rescue
›
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Port-au-Prince in January 2010, a place already so desperately poor, prompting survivors to scramble to r...
Tuesday, December 28
Pointing out the obvious
›
Society often ostracizes its most extraordinary children. Bewilderment by Richard Powers is set in the near future in a bleak world of irr...
Monday, November 29
Imagination
›
Double Blind starts strong, but character and plot development struggle by the novel's end. Still, Edward St. Aubyn masterfully explore...
Monday, November 15
Freedom
›
A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin tells the story of an accomplished singer who angers the Chinese Communist Party and relocates to the United St...
Thursday, October 28
Self-deception
›
The novel Where the Truth Lies from British author Anna Bailey demonstrates how a community or individual can use religion as a weapon to...
Monday, October 11
Stories and myths
›
Story the series of events in a book, film or play Myth story from ancient times, especially one that was told to explain natural event...
Tuesday, September 7
Left unsaid
›
“No one is truly voiceless, he whispered, either they silence you, or you silence yourself.” After fleeing Aleppo and enduring a traumat...
‹
›
Home
View web version