Books Tagged With literary mystery

Title: No One You Know

Publisher: Random House Books

Summary:

"Heartbreaking and compelling...a thoroughly riveting literary mystery." Booklist, starred review

"An intelligent, emotionally convincing tale about a family tragedy and the process of storytelling." The Boston Globe "Richmond follows her compulsively readable The Year of Fog with an equally addictive encore." The Denver Post

About the Book

All her life Ellie Enderlin had been known as Lila’s sister. Until one day, without warning, the shape of their family changed forever. Twenty years ago, Lila, a top math student at Stanford, was murdered in a crime that was never solved. In the aftermath of her sister’s death, Ellie entrusted her most intimate feelings to a man who turned the story into a bestselling true crime book—a book that both devastated her family and identified one of Lila’s professors as the killer. Decades later, two Americans meet in a remote village in Nicaragua. Ellie is now a professional coffee buyer, an inveterate traveler and incapable of trust. Peter is a ruined academic. And their meeting is not by chance. As rain beats down on the steaming rooftops of the village, Peter leaves Ellie with a gift—the notebook that Lila carried everywhere, a piece of evidence not found with her body. Stunned, Ellie will return home to San Francisco to explore the mysteries of Lila’s notebook, filled with mathematical equations, and begin a search that has been waiting for her all these years. It will lead her to a hundred-year-old mathematical puzzle, to a lover no one knew Lila had, to the motives and fate of the man who profited from their family’s anguish. A novel about the stories and lies that strangers, lovers and families tell—and the secrets we keep even from ourselves. For fans of Alice Sebold, Kate Atkinson, and Gillian Flynn.

Title: The Wonder Test - a Silicon Valley thriller

Publisher: Information not available

Summary:

a gripping psychological thriller about helicopter parents, the 1%, and the dark side of suburbia

"Gripping, frightening, swift as a bullet." Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Michelle Richmond introduces a tough and spirited new protagonist, FBI Agent Lina Connerly, in this exhilarating race to save Silicon Valley teens from their own parents’ ambition and greed. "A high-spirited, riveting novel..." Anita Feliicelli for San Francisco Chronicle "A gripping blend of danger and sharp social commentary on high-stakes education, the 1%, & suburban tropes." Booklist, starred review Recommended for fans of Tana French, Sue Grafton, David Baldacci, Paula Hawkins, and Gillian Flynn. An Amazon Best Book of July  Bookshop.org  /  Amazon / Kindle / Barnes & Noble  / Powells Add The Wonder Test on Goodreads  "A sharply written, subtly satirical thriller." Publishers Weekly "Chilling but heartwarming." Wall Street Journal "Fluid, engaging." The New York Times Meet Lina Connerly, the FBI agent at the heart of The Wonder Test:

She’s a profiler and counter-intelligence specialist, skilled at tradecraft, hand-to-hand combat, firearms, ocean swimming, fluent in French and Russian and can call in tech support from D.C. She’s a kind of new Wonder Woman. Don Noble for Alabama Public Radio  

About The Wonder Test

Escaping New York City and the espionage case that made her question everything, recently widowed FBI agent Lina Connerly returns home to sell the house she has inherited in tony Greenfield, California. With her teenage son Rory, Lina hopes to reassemble her life, reevaluate her career, and find a clear way forward. Adrift and battling insomnia, she discovers that her father’s sleepy hometown has been transformed into a Silicon Valley suburb on steroids, obsessed with an annual exam called The Wonder Test.

When students at her son’s high school go missing, reappearing under mysterious circumstances on abandoned beaches, Lina must summon her strength and her investigative instincts, pushing her own ethical boundaries  to the limits in order to solve the crimes. Meanwhile, an old espionage case called Red Vine keeps calling her back into the fold. While Lina struggles to balance her new role as a single mother and the complex counterintelligence puzzles she is so adept at solving, Greenfield’s shadowy dangers creep closer to her own home.

A searing view of a culture that puts the wellbeing of children at risk for advancement and prestige, and a captivating story of the lengths a mother will go for her son.

"A two-in-one winner: a gripping thriller set in a Stepford-esque California suburb, and a story of surviving loss and building family bonds. With a realistic protagonist, well-described setting, and an uber-creepy villain, it will please readers who like their stories with action and heart in equal measure.—Liz French, Library Journal "The Wonder Test features a terrific, clever, and timely concept, and Lina Connerly, a loving mother, is also exactly the kind of tough-as-nails heroine to chase down the truth. Gripping, frightening, swift as a bullet. The last hundred pages could give you whiplash." Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A high-spirited, riveting novel. It combines the relentless, competitive pressure of growing up in affluent Silicon Valley suburbs with a future already coming round the bend. By blending the speculative and the familiar, Richmond makes us believe." Anita Feliicelli for San Francisco Chronicle "Fast-paced and smart, thoughtful and full of heart...combines the thrilling twists of a Sue Grafton novel and the literary complexity of the best Tana French." Amanda Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters "Like Stepford Wives but with Silicon Valley scions and their delusional dreams for their offspring, The Wonder Test blends a mystery with some tart social commentary...With the 1% gone wild and the no-nonsense FBI agent wading into crazytown to find out why, the scene is set for a sure-footed, darkly funny, semi-satirical thriller that never misses a beat." —Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Book Review, Amazon Best Books of July "The overlay of international spycraft on suburban California, whose shiny facade conceals the most heinous of sins and vanities, is surprisingly effective. The plot is sound, the action exciting, and the characters resoundingly human." Kirkus Reviews "The Wonder Test deftly explores the underbelly of San Francisco, the pressures of Silicon Valley, and the love between a mother and her teenage son. I was captivated by the novel’s simultaneously tough and tender protagonist, FBI agent Lina Connerly, and the plot twists kept me riveted until the small hours of the morning. After this, I’ll read anything Michelle Richmond writes." —Vendela Vida, author of We Run the Tides A fast-paced, moving exploration of motherhood & money, danger & deception, privilege & pretense...the perfect thinking person’s page-turner: smart, suspenseful, layered. I couldn’t put it down.” Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Mother May I “The Wonder Test paints a rich, complex picture of the San Francisco Bay Area that both resonates with its natural beauty and captures the darker aspects of being the extremely privileged cyber capital of the world.”—Alice LaPlante, New York Times bestselling author of A Circle of Wives

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