Who is the Sweet Lamb of Heaven? That’s open to interpretation in Lydia Millet’s new page-turner. When Anna begins hearing voices after her daughter is […]
Dark, Deep, and Dystopian
The best kind of sci-fi, in my opinion, is the kind in which it’s clear that the author is looking at a current technology and […]
Dreaming of Dexter
Dexter, America’s favorite serial killer, has become something of a national sensation — first with a series of solidly written novels and then with his […]
To Live and Die in Philadelphia
Here at the Heights Library system, we’re nearly all fans of local author Richard Montanari — even those of us too timid to read his thrillers enjoy talking to him. And those of us who do read the Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano? We can’t get enough blood, guts and severely twisted killers.
The Devil You Know
Pepper is a rather down-on-his-luck everyman who can be a little impulsive . His idea of helping out a woman he’s sweet on is to […]
Endearing Psychopaths
Paul, the narrator of The Dinner anticipates an aggravatingly pretentious evening in the company of his famous brother and their wives. Serge has chosen an […]
Psychopath or Sociopath?
Psychopath or Sociopath? I tend to get these two terms confused. But, in Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel, Gone Girl, it’s apparent that one of the […]
When the Robots Declared War
“You must sense what you have done . . . On some level you understand. Through your actions here today — you have made humankind […]
