![]() ![]() Laura gets safely to her boyfriend’s flat, but he’s out of the country. She manages to get out before she is seriously harmed, but many of her things are taken. Laura Blacklock is a travel magazine writer who wakes up in the middle of the night to confront a man in her apartment. I was expecting a closed room mystery, but Agatha Christie this is not. Its Ware’s second best seller, although Publisher’s Weekly call it “underwhelming,” compared to the similar Girl on the Train. Perhaps the best of the three new books is The Woman in Cabin Ten (Scout Press, $26.00) by Ruth Ware and will soon be a movie. Not make a political statement, I’m stating a fact. These crimes have increased since Britain has outlawed the ownership of firearms. ![]() Two involve what are called in England, “hot burglaries.” These are burglaries carried out when the perpetrators know the occupant is in the house and either don’t care or intend to inflict vicious harm on the homeowner as well as steal. I’ll give you a report on all three of these British novels. I took a winter vacation and read three new thrillers on the beach. ![]()
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