Peter

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Peter is a huge fan of fine literature and psychological thrillers. Hence his liking of Emily St. John Mandel, who expertly fuses both.

He also owns Brilliant Books, has a charming English accent, and occasionally, a beard.

 

The Lola Quartet (Hardcover)

By Emily St. John Mandel
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781609530792
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Published: Unbridled Books, 5/2012
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Beautifully complex. A celebration of bad decisions and unlikely connections. This should be made into a noir indie movie, it would be a classic.

Someone said recently that "Emily St. John Mandel is the Terrance Malik of literature", I think she's more like Christopher Nolan.

Peter

Before I Go to Sleep (Paperback)

By S. J. Watson
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780062060563
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 2/2012
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Wonderfully enigmatic story of a woman who awakes each morning with no memories at all.

A delightfully literate, claustrophobic and tense psychological thriller.

The Odds: A Love Story (Hardcover)

By Stewart O'Nan
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780670023165
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Published: Viking Adult, 1/2012
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A delightfully modern love story from the master of efficient prose.

Stuart O'Nan can express in a paragraph what would take most authors an entire chapter.

Peter

The Likeness (Paperback)

By Tana French
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143115625
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Published: Penguin Books, 5/2009
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Even better than her debut, In the Woods, this is gut-grinding suspense from one of the best writers of psychological thrillers.

Peter

In the Woods (Paperback)

By Tana French
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143113492
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Published: Penguin Books, 6/2008
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If you like psychological suspense that's well written with complex, genuine characters, then Tana French's debut thriller is for you.

Peter

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy (Paperback)

By Stieg Larsson
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780307454546
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Published: Vintage, 6/2009
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Cutting edge literary writing and a first class mystery. In Lisbeth Salander, Stieg Larsson has created the year's most compelling, fascinating, and unique character.

Peter

Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)

By Daniel Kahneman
$30.00
ISBN-13: 9780374275631
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 10/2011
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This will change the way you think. Or rather, explain to you why it is that you think the way you do.

Peter

Miles from Nowhere (Paperback)

By Nami Mun
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9781594483981
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Published: Riverhead Trade, 9/2009
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Raw, stunning, and riveting. Rarely can anyone write of such harrowing experiences with such beauty.

Peter

The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny (Hardcover)

By Wendell Steavenson
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780061721786
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Published: Harper, 3/2009
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A gripping account of the rise and fall of one of Saddam Hussein’s favorite generals- a hero of the Iran/Iraq war. A fascinating insight into the psyche of the Iraqi People

Peter

On Chesil Beach (Paperback)

By Ian Mcewan
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780307386175
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Published: Anchor, 6/2008
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A profoundly moving story of what can happen when things are not said.

Peter

The Music of Chance (Paperback)

By Paul Auster
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780140154078
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Published: Penguin Books, 12/1991
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A fabulously written story of the nature of chance and the quest for freedom

Peter

The Singer's Gun (Paperback)

By Emily St. John Mandel
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781609530426
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Published: Unbridled Books, 4/2011
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BOOK OF THE YEAR 2010

An intelligent, superbly written thriller. This kept me enthralled from start to finish. Protagonist Anton Walker has grown up knowing only corruption and longs for escape. But doing one last favor for his cousin result in a profound change in his life.

Peter