THRILLER/FANTASY FICTION/SUSPENSE

Fairly Tale
By Stephen King

A boy, a dog, a mystery to solve and an adversary to defeat. What’s not to like? Stephen King is a masterful storyteller and early in the pandemic, he asked himself: “What could you write that would make you happy?” The result is a soaring tale of good versus evil in a dark fantasy world.
Seventeen-year-old Charlie Reade is a regular high school kid with a very dysfunctional home life. He starts to do odd jobs for Mr Bowditch, an old man who lives in a big old house with a big dog, Radar. When the old man dies, he leaves Charlie the key to an alternative universe where evil powers are intent on destroying their own world and ours. Charlie and Radar team up to save the day.

MYSTERY/THRILLER/SUSPENSE

Killers Of A Certain Age
By Deanna Raybourn

This book was an instant New York Times bestseller and, given the subject matter, it’s no surprise. As is observed on publisher Penguin Random House’s description: “Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon,” and therein lies the attraction and beauty of this tale.
Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for 40 years. Now their talents are considered oldschool and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills. Retirement looms but, of course, killers don’t get to just hang up their weapons. Now they’ve become the targets and they must work together to survive and teach their former bosses not to mess with killers of a certain age!