Planning on visiting an amusement park this summer? May I suggest: Wilsonville, marvelously brought to life in Greg Rucka’s thriller Alpha. Along with exciting rides and fantasy lands and adorable characters in costume you will also find a sleeper agent from a terrorist organization, a former Special Ops soldier planted undercover because intelligence predicts an attack, supporting casts on both sides, and a visiting class of deaf students. Just to heighten the tension – one of those deaf teens is the daughter of the soldier. The plot is as adrenaline-pumping, pulse-pounding as any roller coaster, and the characters are people you can care about. I highly recommend Alpha to fans of Lee Child. And if you jump off this ride ready for another, consider an older title by Lincoln Child (of the Preston-Child writing team)– Utopia – another theme park under threat, packed with thrills and chills. Summer reading for me doesn’t get much better than this.
Recommended for adults and teens.
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