Take your mind off the current campaign and celebrate the upcoming Presidents’ Day the right way—with a good book! These political thrillers offer a glimpse into a complicated, nuanced, exciting—and hopefully purely fictional—intrigues plaguing the most powerful people in the world.   Deception Point by Dan Brown Before there was The Da Vinci Code there… Read More »

The bitter cold can be the perfect setting for all kinds of things to go wrong in an unsuspecting fictional character’s world. Take a quick escape into the chilling and thrilling worlds of one of these wintry mysteries. ‘Cause sure, it may be cold outside … but nowhere near as cold or dark as it… Read More »

PROLOGUE 1985 LYDIA GAZED ABSENTMINDEDLY outside the kitchen window, the bright May sunshine glinting off the dew-glazed sweet-potato vine that cascaded from the window box just be­yond the screen. It was barely seven thirty, and fifteen-year-old Jack and eleven-year-old Amy were already on the bus, making the forty-minute ride to school. Their last day before… Read More »