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Clay Waters Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Author of Agatha Christie-style cozy mystery Death in the Eye and lots of speculative-fiction short stories.

18 books
Book Cover for: Reacher: Killing Floor (Movie Tie-In), Lee Child

Reacher: Killing Floor (Movie Tie-In)

Lee Child
Clay WatersClay Waters

The Federalist ran my take on Blue Moon, the latest Jack Reacher thriller by Lee Child. Verdict: An older, wiser Reacher gets the job done. But are the odds too even this time out? https://t.co/oN2DlhkGDY

Paperback, Mass Market, 2021

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Lee Child

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Lee Child
Clay WatersClay Waters

The Federalist ran my take on Blue Moon, the latest Jack Reacher thriller by Lee Child. Verdict: An older, wiser Reacher gets the job done. But are the odds too even this time out? https://t.co/oN2DlhkGDY

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The Need

Helen Phillips
Clay WatersClay Waters

My take on two new thrillers 'The Escape Room' by Megan Goldin and 'The Need' by Helen Phillips, at the Federalist: https://t.co/eZjRjYo6hh

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Monitoring the Movies: The Fight over Film Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century Urban America, Jennifer Fronc

Monitoring the Movies: The Fight over Film Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century Urban America

Jennifer Fronc
Clay WatersClay Waters

I reviewed "Monitoring the Movies" by Jennifer Fronc for the American Library Association's Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy (subscription required) https://t.co/bD52RAI8oS

Hardcover, 2017

$90.00$65.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Testaments, Margaret Atwood

The Testaments

Margaret Atwood
Clay WatersClay Waters

The Federalist ran my review of The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. It's queasiness and uncertainty suits our current age of anxiety https://t.co/ui4oejZdGU

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The It Girl

Ruth Ware
Clay WatersClay Waters

My review of Ruth Ware's "The It Girl," her latest female-centered psychological thriller, at The Federalist. I find Ware hit or miss but this one is mostly a hit. https://t.co/XGvBpvt5G1

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu
Clay WatersClay Waters

The Federalist ran my review of "How High We Go in the Dark," Sequoia Nagamatsu's tender -- maybe too tender -- apocalypse novel. https://t.co/IgVlWnKbn6

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel, Lee Child

Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child
Clay WatersClay Waters

The Federalist ran my take on Blue Moon, the latest Jack Reacher thriller by Lee Child. Verdict: An older, wiser Reacher gets the job done. But are the odds too even this time out? https://t.co/oN2DlhkGDY

Paperback, Mass Market, 2020

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline

Ready Player Two

Ernest Cline
Clay WatersClay Waters

My take on "Ready Player Two" Ernest Cline's followup to his 2011 smash "Ready Player One." But it's "a surfeit of pop culture sweets that goes down like Pop Rocks and Coca-Cola, with nauseating results." https://t.co/ApBp1x3CDp

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist), Emily St John Mandel

Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)

Emily St John Mandel
Clay WatersClay Waters

My latest fiction review for The Federalist. The author of "Station Eleven" has another affecting, poignant speculative-fiction take on tragedy and time, "showing Mandel’s flair at conjuring up the essential contingency of life." https://t.co/aBVem6vVHl

Paperback, 2015

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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