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The Book Review

Thrillers for Summer

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.03.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa Friedman talks about this season’s notable thrillers, and Liesl Schillinger discusses new books about travel.

Transcript

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Looking for a thrill this summer, Vanessa Friedman will be here to talk about the best

0:11.1

and thrillers for the summer.

0:13.0

And if you're planning a trip or wishing you were, Liesel Schillinger will be here to

0:16.7

talk about the latest in travel writing.

0:18.8

Plus, we'll talk about what we're looking forward to reading this summer here at the Booker

0:22.7

View.

0:23.7

This is the Booker View Podcast from the New York Times.

0:26.0

I'm Pamela Paul.

0:29.5

Vanessa Friedman joins us now to talk about the best thrillers of summer.

0:33.2

Vanessa, thank you so much for being here.

0:34.7

Pamela, it's great to be with you.

0:36.0

All right.

0:37.0

You reviewed seven thrillers for us.

0:38.5

The titles I'm going to run to them quickly and then we'll go back and talk about them.

0:42.1

All the lost things by Michelle Sachs into the jungle by Erica Fenichick.

0:47.8

Beyond all reasonable doubt by Malin Person Gialito, a nearly normal family by MT Edverson,

0:55.0

a paper wasp by Lauren Accompura, Temper by Lane Fargo.

1:01.0

And last but not least, because it's a big, huge, buzzy book, lots of anticipation for

1:05.0

this one.

1:06.0

Thomas Harris's Cari Mora.

1:08.0

So a lot of fun thriller books.

1:10.6

Let's start with the big one.

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