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| Suspense Central Selections for 2018 *2018 selections for Suspense Central are listed below by month. If you have difficulty seeing a title and/or author, all selections are listed on our Yahoo site and our meetup site. |
| Recaps, comments |
| Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey Monday, May 14, 2018 - 8p Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, 10 Triangle Plaza (Rt. 17 North), Ramsey, NJ 07446 This group meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss a specific mystery, suspense or intrigue novel. Join Moderator Aurelia Long as we discuss the month's featured selection. *The 2018 line-up of titles can be found below, after the recaps/comments. Supernatural fantasy has a new antihero in Sandman Slim, star of this gripping, gritty new series by Richard Kadrey. Life sucks and then you die. Or, if you’re James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles. Now Stark’s back, and ready for revenge. And absolution, and maybe even love. But when his first stop saddles him with an abusive talking head, Stark discovers that the road to absolution and revenge is much longer than you’d expect, and both Heaven and Hell have their own ideas for his future. Resurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse. Darkly twisted, irreverent, and completely hilarious, Sandman Slim is the breakthrough novel by an acclaimed author. |
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| Crestwood Lake by Mark R. Vogel 4/8/18 recap AM Crestwood Lake by author Mark R. Vogel, SFSNNJ guest speaker at our January New Year Dinner, was the April selection and a great choice! The book was extremely well done - good story, well developed characters and invoked a sense of foreboding that made the story that much better. Crestwood Lake is a fictional small town in Vermont. One of those lovely, picturesque little towns, near a lake with beautiful fall foliage and quaint shops. Crestwood Lake has a dark past and an even darker secret. Many of the locals happen to be descendants of the witches that escaped from the Salem with trials. The 300 year anniversary of an event the witches want revenge for is approaching. Things are happening in the quaint little town, scary things. A sheriff determined to protect his town and his close friend who knows the history must face the devil himself in this well-written Gothic tale that at times invokes Poe and Stephen King for a truly satisfying read. The book was unanimously enjoyed - we hope there's a sequel - with solid B+/A scores given. |
| The Reiver's by William Faulkner 2/12/18 recap Chris H We completed our tie-in with TSF! by discussing The Reivers by William Faulkner. Generally it was felt that the movie trimmed the book a bit, creating a better flow. Being the last book the author wrote, it was a bit more accessible than his previous writings. The book was published in June 1962; the author died the very next month. A general 'B' grade seemed to be the consensus. |
