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We can't choose the strangers we meet.
Usually we can avoid the people who make us nervous, make us afraid.
Until we find ourselves in a situation we can't escape. Trapped.
As the storm rages outside the remote hotel, a guest has been killed. With no help on its way these strangers try to figure out what happened. This is a terrific page-turning thriller that keeps the reader guessing until the end.
Sam, a therapist goes missing. His wife Annie is frantic as what she hears about her husband after his disappearance doesn't add up. There are lots of twists and turns in the plot including one of pure genius. The story owes a lot to one of Stephen King's bestsellers as it pays tribute to the master while still maintaining a compelling story of its own.
The House Swap is a tense debut thriller from Rebecca Fleet. Caroline and Francis agree to a house swap with an anonymous online person. Little by little Caroline begins to suspect all is not what it seems. There were enough surprises and twists to keep me intrigued.
Range is a thought provoking book. It debunks the 10,000 hours rule and shows how it pays off not to just specialise in one area. David Epstein finds many entertaining ways to prove his theory as we go from the world of professional sports to a classic orchestra.
Claire Wright likes to play other people.
A struggling British actress, in New York without a green card, Claire needs work. She takes the only part she's offered: as a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers, hired to entrap straying husbands, catching them on tape with their seductive propositions.
Of course, things go wrong and the police get involved. There are many twists and turns along the way to keep the reader guessing and wondering who can be trusted.