Revenge Prey (2026) is the 36th novel in John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport “Prey” series.
All excellent. One of my favourite authors.
I’m tempted to start over at the beginning. 😀
The story follows U.S. Marshal Lucas Davenport as he protects a high-ranking Russian intelligence officer and his family who have defected to the United States.
After spending a year in a CIA facility, the family are moved to a wooded suburb in Minneapolis under the Witness Protection Program.
A Russian hit team tracks them down, leading to a sniper attack that forces Davenport and his partners into a high-stakes race to find a leak within the program and stop the assassins before they strike again.
Sandford’s greatest strength has always been his dialogue and character dynamics, and Revenge Prey delivers in spades. The rapport between Lucas and Shelly White is electric, providing a “mordant humor” that balances the book’s darker moments.
Furthermore, the inclusion of fan-favorites like Virgil Flowers and Letty Davenport—even in brief cameos—creates a rewarding sense of continuity for long-term readers.
Mireille Enos as Marissa Wiegler, the CIA operative put in charge of the UTRAX program, who turns from a foe to an ally and mother figure to Hanna should win awards for this performance.
Hanna season 2 received significantly stronger reviews than its first season, with many critics praising its ability to move beyond the source material of the original 2011 film. It holds a critical approval rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to 67% for Season 1.
Agatha, an author who wrote a fluke best seller, is struggling with writer’s block.
She’s gifted a first-class train ticket by her husband, hoping it will give her 6 hours of focused writing to come up with an idea for her next book.
We learn that Agatha has been diagnosed with terminal cancer — and can’t get motivated by anything. In fact, her trip to Montreal is also a booty call. She’s trying to feel alive.
The journey is derailed when the train breaks down in the frozen Canadian woods. Tensions rise when a fellow passenger is found dead in their seat, turning the quiet cabin into a claustrophobic fight for survival.
I was planning on my 1st trip to Dubai and Oman in March 2026.
For hiking and cycling.
Craggy peaks and rugged terrain, empty deserts and a long picture-perfect coastline, ancient castles and forts–that’s what draws adventure cyclists to Oman. …
The Shut Eye (2016) is unpredictable. The characters three dimensional and fascinating.
Belinda Bauer spent seven years as a screenwriter before writing her first novel at age 45.
She really knows how to make a story come to life.
DCI John Marvel is an asshole — but a relentless and successful murder investigator.
The plot follows two parallel investigations that eventually collide: the personal quest of a grieving mother and the professional obsession of a cynical detective ➙ Marvel haunted that he never solved the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl.
Anna Buck, whose four-year-old son, Daniel, vanished from their home after her husband, James, accidentally left the front door open.
Anna is suicidal and going mentally ill after 4 months.
Desperate for answers that the police cannot provide, Anna turns to Richard Latham, a psychic known as a “shut eye”—someone who genuinely believes they have supernatural abilities. This decision strains her already fractured marriage and leads her to believe she is experiencing her own psychic visions
The “Shut Eye”: In psychic argot, this refers to a person who genuinely believes in their own psychic powers, distinguishing them from “open eyes” who are deliberate frauds.
Great book — but I was confused by the ending. You could call it unresolved.
It follows the characteristic “McFadden style” with short, bingeable chapters and multiple high-stakes plot twists.
Plot Overview
The story centers on Abby Adler, a woman who has spent years and a fortune on failed infertility treatments and a heartbreaking adoption attempt that fell through at the last moment. Her life seems to turn around when her personal assistant, Monica, makes a seemingly selfless offer to act as her surrogate.
Suspicious Ties: Abby begins to notice strange connections between Monica and her husband, Sam.
Sony Pictures acquired the film adaptation rights to Freida McFadden’s psychological thriller, The Surrogate Mother, in December 2025.
Project Hail Mary is an international effort to send a crew to Tau Ceti is a suicide mission hoping to find a solution to stars dimming throughout the universe.
… as Grace approaches Tau Ceti, he sees an alien spacecraft. …
The ship’s pilot is a rock-like, five-legged alien …
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