Every Thursday, we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. It’s a bit like a game of Scattergories mixed with a title-driven Rorshach test, with a dash of market research. Last week, we did the WHERE theme; now let’s do the WHEN! When the Stars …
Jon Reznick is former Special Forces, CIA “black ops,” and current FBI. consultant. Sometimes his ops are “on the books;” other times he operates outside formal control. He lives in Rockland, Maine. He operates worldwide. He usually is a loner but he has resources. Among his resources in this story are Martha Meyerstein, Assistant Director …
Did you binge listen to Serial when it came out? Do you love listening to murder podcasts and watching true crime documentaries? If you answered yes to either of those questions then Sadie is the book for you! Using a dual perspective, you follow Sadie on her revenge quest to kill the murderer of her younger sister as …
I thoroughly enjoyed this legal thriller. The central character, Maya, is the lone holdout on a highly publicized murder trial. After convincing her fellow jurors to acquit, their lives are never the same. Ten years later, Maya is a successful attorney suddenly accused of murdering a fellow juror. A multilayered whodunit with a few really …
To this reader, two of the scariest book and life scenarios are that of cybersecurity and cyberterrorism. Richard Sandford in his novel The Soul Snatchers has achieved both scenarios. The time is the near future. The locales include the San Juan Islands in Washington State, Seattle, Portland (Oregon) and the Bay Area of California. The …
It’s midsummer and high time to celebrate the publication of a new thriller by Seattle writer Kevin O’Brien. While he ventured to Lopez Island for his last novel, They Won’t Be Hurt, many of the twists and turns of his new book, The Betrayed Wife, take place in Seattle, including a key scene at the Century Ballroom, …
Seattle7Writers, the nonprofit collective of Pacific Northwest authors, partners with independent bookstores this summer to introduce readers to favorite authors and raise money for literacy nonprofits. In July, Island Books hosted the Seattle7Writers cookout to benefit Team Read, a nonprofit organization that pairs struggling young readers with trained teen reading coaches for one-on-one tutoring after school and …
As a reader, I have lists of authors that are favorite writers. Sometimes I like to discover authors that are “new” to me. Brad Thor is an old favorite. The last time I read a book by Mr. Thor was 5 years ago (my bad!). I returned to the world of Scot Harvath with Use …
This chilling high school slasher story has all the elements of romance that are expected from Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss), with the added thrill of a suspenseful whodunit mystery and increasingly gruesome horror. –Lucy, teen reviewer for Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA Get a copy from Queen Anne Book Company or …
The world has gone wacko lately, and in the fictional world of The Marriage Pact, a secret group forms that ostensibly seeks to protect the integrity of marriage. With guidelines to follow to keep the worst from happening, it isn’t long before newlyweds Alice and Jake find themselves in trouble. One of them breaks a …
