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The Postmortal by Drew Magary
This was a fun and frightening dystopian novel with an original twist. A cure for aging is discovered (in an Oregon lab, no less). After some debate about its safety and ethics, it becomes widely available, though not without opposition from terrorists. What could go wrong with mass immortality? Follow the blog of John Farrell, who evolves from attorney to “end specialist” who euthanizes people who can’t stand living any longer.
Dead Sleep by Greg Illes
This was a hard-to-put-down story of a tough photojournalist who takes on a serial killer who is anonymously selling paintings of his victims. Visiting a Hong Kong museum, Jordan Glass encounter the exhibition of “The Sleeping Women,” and sees her missing sister. She teams up with the FBI to hunt for the killer—who is also hunting her. Plenty of twists and turns.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
I read Everyone on This Train is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson and enjoyed it—the witty meta-mystery narrative and homage to the conventions of the genre. Everyone in My Family is the first book in the series, if two books can be a series, and I enjoyed this one a bit less. Ernie Cunningham is a likeable character but there seemed to be too many implausible twists (and at least one instance where Stevenson confused himself).
