May 8, 2021
Richard Lipez
THE WASHINGTON POST – Escape to California, Lebanon, Connecticut, Provence and not-so-merry England in these five first-rate new mysteries and thrillers. Sure, readers will find plenty of danger, intrigue and suspense in these pages, but it’s all at a comfortably safe distance.
THE ANATOMY OF DESIRE BY LR DORN
Among the career possibilities my high school guidance counselor never mentioned to me some years back was “social media influencer.” This peculiar phenomenon is at the centre of LR Dorn’s spicy update of Theodore Dreiser’s 1925 classic, An American Tragedy.
In the original, social-climbing Clyde Griffiths is accused of drowning his pregnant girlfriend so he can marry a socialite.
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The Crash Palace is a book by Andrew Wedderburn.(Coach House Books, Malcolm Overend)
The Crash Palace is about a woman named Audrey, who used to work in the oil fields and attend parties at a remote lodge in the wilderness known as the Crash Palace. Audrey has long left that life behind her, and now has a daughter. But one night, she is compelled to return to the now-abandoned Crash Palace where she must also reckon with her past.
When you can read it: Jan. 12, 2021
Andrew Wedderburn is a writer from Alberta. He is also the author of
The Milk Chicken Bomb, which was a finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. He is also a musician, and writes and performs with the groups Hot Little Rocket and Night Committee.
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