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From ScienceThrillers.com:

I picked up this book at ThrillerFest's Debut Author event last week and read the whole thing on the flight home to California.



(out of 5 stars)



Year published: 2011

Category: science thriller; religious/political thriller

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In the past year I've posted over 50 reviews of books I deem to be "science thrillers." I have declined to review some because I felt they were "science fiction."



So what's the difference?



To paraphrase a worn-out but still-apt quote from a Supreme Court Justice, the difference between science thrillers and science fiction/SF/SciFi is like pornography: hard to define, but (usually) I know it when I see… Continue

(out of 5 stars)



Year published: 2011

Category: Young adult (YA) LabLit

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In the early 1900’s, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York’s Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of “Typhoid Mary,” a seemingly… Continue

Year published: 2010

Category: science thriller; disaster thriller

SUMMARY (from author’s website):

Honolulu, Hawaii. Tourist Paradise. Hell on Earth.



Over the remote central Pacific, an airliner halfway through its Memorial Day flight from Los Angeles to Sydney is suddenly rocked by a massive explosion. Despite the pilot's valiant efforts, the blast sends it plummeting into the ocean, leaving no witnesses to the… Continue