Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it’s the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But with Jack’s curiosity building alongside her own desperation, she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer.
Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating–a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child.
It’s been a few weeks since Brie Larson won an Oscar for her powerful performance in the movie version of Emma Donoghue’s Room. If you’d like to see for yourself if the book is better than the film, check out the source material (and a few similarly-themed indies, besides).
It seemed an innocent enough idea. After Barnaby Gilbert got laid off with a nice severance, his boss suggested he take up a new hobby to fill up his free time. On his regular commuter train, Barnaby got an idea what that hobby would be. He decided to satisfy a curiosity he’d long had.
An avid birder, he began tracking some regular passengers — people he’d always wondered about — to see where they went and what they did. In following a Chinese man, a schoolgirl, and a sexy woman, he used the same techniques he had to add hawks and herons to his life list. But in this quirky, tongue-in-cheek thriller, he found out pretty fast that humans were a much more dangerous species.
When Alice receives an invitation from Karen, her charismatic University friend, to stay in a remote cottage in Scotland, she can’t wait to rekindle their lost friendship. But two more former students arrive – never friends of Alice’s – and as the atmosphere chills, Karen isn’t the warm-hearted soul-mate Alice remembers.
The reunion is barely underway before someone is dead and the fragile gathering is pushed to breaking point. As the snow cuts them off from civilization and accusations fly, Alice finds herself a pawn, sinking deeper into a deadly game she can’t escape.
No Kiss Goodbye by Janelle Harris
Kids change your life, they said. Things will never be the same again, they said. Isn’t it wonderful, they said. But no one knows what to say now.
Her husband wants to take the kids. Her husband thinks the accident was her fault. Her husband thinks she needs help. But she thinks he wants rid of her.
A psychological thriller set in Dublin and New York, this story won’t disappoint if you are looking for the next twisted plot you won’t see coming.
At a time before Amber Alerts and America’s Most Wanted, missing children on milk cartons and DNA forensics, on Christmas Day, 1977, the little boy of the premier mutual fund manager in America disappears.
Thus begins Gus Delaney’s long journey to find his son and discover what happened. Was he kidnapped? Is he still alive? Is his ex-wife involved? When the police begin to suspect Gus, he loses everything and descends from the pinnacles of success, where the world adores him, to a private hell on Earth, abandoned and alone.
Something horrible happened eight years ago in the small coastal town of Seal Bay. Six high school girls were killed and dumped into the bay by a man named Lance Puckett. It was a crime which ripped apart a community and left emotional scars that time would never heal.
A calm morning in Seal Bay is shattered by the appearance of a stranger who bears a striking resemblance to Lance. Has he come back to dig up memories from the past, or could this man be a drifter, just passing through? This suspenseful thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat with a twist that will leave you breathless.
Joey Sheeks is the biggest drug dealer in Junction, Iowa—not much of a claim given the town’s size, but Joey makes a tidy profit. At least he does until his body is found by two raccoon hunters. Officially, Joey tripped on a mind-blasting amount of acid, wandered outside naked, and froze to death. Unofficially, those closest to Joey suspect foul play.
Most in Junction believe Joey’s death was unfortunate, but not unexpected. Then one of the town’s deputies vanishes, and a local priest dies under suspicious circumstances. Junction seems to be in the midst of a killing spree, and only the murderer knows the reason why.
Can’t get enough of the non-stop action? Were you captivated by Room and looking to continue the escapade with more page-turning into the wee hours? Well look no further indie readers—we got you covered from cover to cover!
Note: Many of the titles featured in this post are also available through IndieBound. Enjoy!