The Disappearance of Lyndsey Barratt
by John Wilson
from Harpercollins (Mm)
Is it crime...
Seven years ago, a young woman named Lyndsey Barratt was viciously attacked by a gang of ruthless teenage athletes, a scandalous case that made national headlines. But before justice could be done, the victim vanished without a trace...Now, one by one, those same tormentors are dying. Coincidence? Or could it be some dark angel wreaking bloody vengeance?
Or punishment?
Only one of Lyndsey's attackers is still alive. But for how long? It's up to two friendly adversaries, investigative journalist Julie Adams and by-the-book Inspector Frank Illiffe, to uncover the deadly truth in a heart-stopping case that will lead them beyond the bounds of their darkest imaginings.
A stunning thriller of retribution and psychological terror that races toward an explosive ending, The Disappearance of Lyndsey Barratt will leave you guessing until the final shocking page.
The Disappearance of Lyndsey Barratt: A Psychological Thriller
by John Wilson
from William Morrow & Company
A gorgeous young woman. Her mousy roommate. The sister who rarely visits. And a mysterious string of murders befalling the former members of a prep-school sports team who were involved years ago in the gang rape of a teenage girl. Investigative reporter Julie Adams knows that the unresolved rape case, these three elusive women, and the series of deaths are all connected. Adams was assigned to the case seven years earlier, on the very day that budding actress Lindsey Barratt was savagely assaulted by eleven schoolboys on her train ride home. When it became clear that the boys would never answer for their crimes, a still-weak Lindsey quietly fled her intensive care room, never to be heard from again. In recent months, however, Julie Adamss keen mind has locked onto a shocking and titillating pattern: All but one of the victims have been killed in bizarre accidents and more often than not, their deaths involved an unusual sexual twist and a stunning, but unidentified, woman.
A roller-coaster ride of shock and surprise, this unforgettable suspense thriller will surely be the must-read, must-figure-it-out book of the year.
Ghosts of James Bay
Fourteen-year-old Al is spending the summer on the shores of Ontario's James Bay with his eccentric archaeologist father. On their last day there, Al paddles his canoe away from the rocky, tree-lined shore and is strangely overtaken by a thick fog that disorients him. As the mist rolls over him, Al is startled to see a ship in the distance that he recognizes as the Discover, whose captain was the ill-fated Henry Hudson. Is it a ghostly apparition?
How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People: A Tactical Manual for Pragmatic Progressives
by John Wilson
from NYU Press
If we were to rely on what the pundits and politicians tell us, we would have to conclude that America is a deeply conservative nation. Americans, we hear constantly, detest government, demand lower taxes and the end of welfare, and favor the death penalty, prayer in school, and an absolute faith in the free market.
And yet Americans believe deeply in progressive ideas. In fact, progressivism has long been a powerful force in the American psyche. Consider that a mere generation ago the struggle for environmentally sound policies, for women's rights, and for racial equality were fringe movements. Today, open opposition to these core ideals would be political suicide.
Drawing on this wellspring of American progressivist tradition, John K. Wilson has penned an informal handbook for the pragmatic progressive. Wilson insists that the left must become more savvy in its rhetoric and stop preaching only to the converted. Progressives need to attack the tangible realities of the corporate welfare state, while explicitly acknowledging that "socialism is," as Wilson writes, "deader than Lenin."
Rather than attacking a "right-wing conspiracy," Wilson argues that the left needs one, too. Tracing how well-funded conservative pressure groups have wielded their influence and transformed the national agenda, Wilson outlines a similar approach for the left. Along the way, he exposes the faultlines of our poll- and money-driven form of politics, explodes the myth of "the liberal media," and demands that the left explicitly change its image.
Irreverent, practical, and urgently argued, How The Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People charts a way to translate progressive ideals into reality and reassert the core principles of the American left on the national stage.
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