A Killer in the Wind

7 best books like A Killer in the Wind (Andrew Klavan): Child of God, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Homage to Catalonia, Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick, The Burning Girl, Fever Dream, The Lesser Dead

Child of God

Author	Cormac McCarthy
ISBN	0679728740

In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--haunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from jail. While telling his story, Cormac McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic...

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Author

Lawrence Wright

A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews...

Homage to Catalonia

Author	George Orwell
ISBN	0156421178

“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
George Orwell is one of my favourite writers. 1984 and Animal Farm were game-changers for me when I first picked them up at 12 years old, and they fostered an interest in politics...

Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick

Author	David Frye
ISBN	1501172700

In Walls historian David Frye tells the epic story of history’s greatest manmade barriers, from ancient times to the present. It is a haunting and frequently eye-opening saga—one that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live.

With Frye as our raconteur-guide, we...

The Burning Girl

Author	Mark Billingham
ISBN	0751534897

First off, I only read this book one time if it says anywhere I read it twice.

Second, I'd never choose this book to read twice. (Sorry, Mr. Billingham.)

After reading books 1, 2 and 3 in this series I looked forward to #4, but seriously it was a disappointment. Jumbled. Confusing. With...

Fever Dream

Author	Douglas Preston
ISBN	0446554960

Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned the loss of his beloved wife, Helen, who died in a tragic accident in Africa twelve years ago. Today, he discovers she was murdered. Tomorrow, he will learn her most guarded secrets, leaving him to wonder: Who was the woman I married? Why was she murdered?...

The Lesser Dead

Author	Christopher Buehlman
ISBN	0425272613

The secret is, vampires are real and I am one.

The secret is, I’m stealing from you what is most truly yours and I’m not sorry—

New York City in 1978 is a dirty, dangerous place to live. And die. Joey Peacock knows this as well as anybody—he has spent the last forty years as an adolescent...