John McLain

56 books

All Saints: The Surprising Story of How Refugees from Burma Brought Life to a Dying Church by Jeanette Windle, Michael Spurlock

All Saints: The Surprising Story of How Refugees from Burma Brought Life to a Dying Church

Jeanette Windle, Michael Spurlock

missing duration info • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Come West and See: Stories by Maxim Loskutoff

Come West and See: Stories

Maxim Loskutoff

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Dead Detective by William Heffernan

The Dead Detective

William Heffernan

340 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Death of a Dissident by Stuart M. Kaminsky

Death of a Dissident

Porfiry Rostnikov #1

Stuart M. Kaminsky

220 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Exit Wounds by Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane

Exit Wounds

Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness after Hate by Pardeep Kaleka, Arno Michaelis

The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness after Hate

Pardeep Kaleka, Arno Michaelis

222 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir sociology challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Hangman's Diary: The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617 by Franz Schmidt

A Hangman's Diary: The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617

Franz Schmidt

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history dark slow-paced
Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane

Murder at the 42nd Street Library

42nd Street Library Mystery #1

Con Lehane

307 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious slow-paced
Murder in the Manuscript Room by Con Lehane

Murder in the Manuscript Room

42nd Street Library Mystery #2

Con Lehane

305 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box by Brad Meltzer, Karen White, Donald Corren, Tom Rob Smith, Simon Vance, Kirby Heyborne, Charles Todd, James O. Born, Scott Brick, Laura Lippman, Joseph Finder, Karin Slaughter, John McLain, Malcolm Hillgartner, R.L. Stine, Joe Barrett, Steve Berry, Katherine Neville, Jane Burke, Paul Garcia, Wiliam Dufris

The Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box

Brad Meltzer, Karen White, Donald Corren, Tom Rob Smith, Simon Vance, Kirby Heyborne, Charles Todd, James O. Born, Scott Brick, Laura Lippman, Joseph Finder, Karin Slaughter, John McLain, Malcolm Hillgartner, R.L. Stine, Joe Barrett, Steve Berry, Katherine Neville, Jane Burke, Paul Garcia, Wiliam Dufris

384 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction mystery short stories mysterious fast-paced