Per Petterson on the NYT Bestseller list

Per Petterson is placed on the 16th place on the New York Times bestseller list for paperbacks this week! Very nice for Per Petterson!
Paperback Trade Fiction, Published: August 10, 2008
1. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by [...]

The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth

The Day of the Jackal is a novel about whose main character is the Jackal, a highly feared and infamous terrorist at the time when this novel was written. The plot of the book is a (fictional) account of an attempt by this terrorist to assassinate president de Gaulle.
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The Prodigal Daughter, by Jeffrey Archer

The Prodigal Daughter is the follow up on the great novel Kane and Abel. Both are outstanding novels by Jeffrey Archer.

The main character, Florentyna Rosnovski, is a formidable and unforgettable character. One of the most interesting characters in Archer’s books. She endears herself to readers as a young girl through her [...]

World Without End, by Ken Follett

This book is a follow-up on the enormously popular Pillars of the Earth. About the relationship between the two books, Follett says: ” Ever since The Pillars of the Earth was published in 1989, readers have been asking me to write a sequel. The book is so popular that I’ve been nervous about trying to [...]

The Appeal, by John Grisham

From The Appeal, Chapter 1: “The courtroom was in a state of high alert, as if bombs were coming and the sirens were wailing. Dozens of people milled about, or looked for seats, or chatted nervously with their eyes darting around. When Jared Kurtin and the defense army entered [...]

The Shepherd, by Frederick Forsyth

Published in 1976, The Shepherd is a story seemingly based upon Forsyth’s own experiences as a RAF pilot. It is the story of a De Havilland Vampire pilot, going home on Christmas Eve 1957, whose aircraft suffers a complete electrical failure over the North Sea en route from Celle in northern Germany to RAF Lakenheath [...]

Icon, by Frederick Forsyth

The context for Frederick Forsyth’s Icon is post-Glasnost Russia. The country is in crisis, and a new post-Fascist political party emerges, with a new, strong presidential candidate. A highly popular and charismatic politician, victory was all but guaranteed for Komarov.
Then a secret document surfaces in the West. The document contains extremely very sensitive [...]

The Camel Club, by David Baldacci

David Baldacci is a great thriller writer, and writes the best conspiracy thrillers. His plots are interesting and the action is fast.
However, the Camel Club books (three now, and this is the first), differ a lot from his other books. The main reason for this is the Club itself. It consists of four misfits, drawing [...]

James Patterson & Howard Roughan: You’ve Been Warned

The Patterson bestseller factory has turned out another high-drama thriller, this time in collaboration with Honeymoon coauthor Howard Roughan. You’ve Been Warned may not be his best, but it is good.
Kristin Burns, a New York City nanny and aspiring photographer, is devoted to the two children under her care, but her desire for [...]

The Great Train Robbery, by Michael Crichton

The Great Train Robbery, an old thriller by Michael Crichton (first published in 1975) takes us to the underground world of betrayal and crime in Victorian England.
We witness, first-hand, probably the most intriguing money hoist in history. We travel with Edward Pierce, a criminal mastermind, and discover how he puts together a team of specialists [...]