Here are Jason Starr’s picks for the last lazy days of summer:
Whether you are a science fiction or just a fan of great fiction, Heaven’s Shadow, a debut novel by screenwriters David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt, has to be near the top of your must-read list. The premise is irresistible: think Contact meets Star Trek.This is the first book in a planned trilogy and I can’t wait for number two.
The End of Everything is Edgar Award winner Megan Abbott’s breakout novel and it delivers on every level—at once a searing journey into the mind of a 13-year-old girl, a gripping mystery novel, and a pitch perfect documentary of 1980s suburbia. This book defines literary-thriller with sentences so perfect you’ll want to read them again and again.
If you want a can’t-put-it-down beach read look no further than Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross. I’ve been a big fan of Gross’s standalone thrillers since he stopped co-writing with James Patterson, and this psychological chiller is my favourite of his so far.
Jason Starr is an international bestselling author of many novels. His latest thriller, The Pack, the first book in a new series, is now in bookstores from Penguin/Ace. He lives in New York.
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Here are Jason Starr’s picks for the last lazy days of summer:
Whether you are a science fiction or just a fan of great fiction, Heaven’s Shadow, a debut novel by screenwriters David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt, has to be near the top of your must-read list. The premise is irresistible: think Contact meets Star Trek.This is the first book in a planned trilogy and I can’t wait for number two.
The End of Everything is Edgar Award winner Megan Abbott’s breakout novel and it delivers on every level—at once a searing journey into the mind of a 13-year-old girl, a gripping mystery novel, and a pitch perfect documentary of 1980s suburbia. This book defines literary-thriller with sentences so perfect you’ll want to read them again and again.
If you want a can’t-put-it-down beach read look no further than Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross. I’ve been a big fan of Gross’s standalone thrillers since he stopped co-writing with James Patterson, and this psychological chiller is my favourite of his so far.