Newton Thornburg: 8 books

A father hunts the serial killer stalking his daughter in this twisted thriller by “one of the best writers of his generation” (The Guardian). Jimbo Slade, a drug dealer and prostitute, is also a suspect in a number of rapes and murders in Seattle. He’s outwitted the police and justice...

While investigating his son’s suspicious death, a father descends into darkness in this thriller by “a commanding writer of unusual delicacy and power” (The New Yorker).   The police call on David Hook at his farm in Illinois, telling him his son Chris has committed suicide. But David knows...

The basis for the Australian film—a powerful novel of family ruin and redemption from “a born storyteller” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). Wanted as a material witness in a drug-smuggling case, Greg Kendall is hiding out at his family’s old Chicago home. While there, he finds himself thinking...

Brothers clash over the woman they both love in this provocative thriller by “one of the truly great American writers of the 20th century” (The Guardian).   A classic bad seed and his good-guy brother fall in love with the same woman. Wild man Brian demolishes a movie set to get revenge against...

"A thriller, and a whacking good thriller, too—shows how much can be done by a writer who knows his business—the best novel of its kind in ten years!"—THE NEW YORK TIMESCutter is a scarred and crippled Vietnam veteran, obsessed with a murder he's convinced his buddy, Bone, witnessed. That it was...

An Ozarks rancher takes a desperate gamble in this searing novel from “one of the truly great American writers of the 20th century” (The Guardian). Bob Blanchard spent his entire inheritance on a cattle ranch in the Missouri Ozarks—but it hasn’t turned out the way he’d hoped, and...

A harrowing thriller from the author of the acclaimed Cutter and Bone, “one of the truly great American writers of the 20th century” (The Guardian). After losing his wife, his parents, and his family farm, Tom Kohl is staying with his cousin Ken in Seattle as he tries to put his life back...

A post-apocalyptic doomsday novel from**“one of the truly great American writers of the 20th century” (The Guardian).** In the dystopian future, the government has collapsed, cities are burning, and a roving gang called Mau Mau is marauding across America. A drifter named Walter Stone finds...