Chapter 16
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The Past Matters

A small-town murder in Greg Iles’s Cemetery Road exhumes long-buried secrets

…trilogy that began with 2014’s Natchez Burning, Iles may find his own portrait hanging in that gallery soon. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford. He earned a…

Armed and Dangerous

An American assassin hunts terrorists in Mark Greaney’s Mission Critical

…Russia rises again, does the U.S. have enough heroes like Court Gentry to put it back to sleep? Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford. He earned a…

Pushed to the Brink

Bereft fathers seek icy justice in Tim Johnston’s new thriller, The Current

…grow up, and who stays in the icy river, frozen forever at nineteen? [To read an excerpt from The Current, click here.] Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended…

The Black Scale

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s Friday Black explores racial identity through satire

…lampoons the commercialization of Christmas with a scene of mayhem and death—but this collection announces the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended…

The Descent of Man

Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered tells parallel stories of desperate families

…and otherwise, who throw themselves into unknown territories to construct new homes. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and attended Stanford. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Texas….

Mastering the Arts

B.A. Shapiro’s The Collector’s Apprentice pays homage to both modern painting and the ancient craft of the hustle

…an innocent princess, learns the peril of kissing frogs; as Vivienne Gregsby, she does not wait around for a prince to save her. Sean Kinch grew up in Austin and…

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