Terror On The Subway

The suspenseful work Acceleration by Graham McNamee provides readers with the opportunity to probe the twisted mind of a murderer. 17-year-old Duncan has an unusual summer job: he works in the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, a hot and stifling underground lair where there are often long periods of boredom. One day, as Duncan aimlessly sorts through piles of accumulated lost possessions, he finds a book which turns out to be the diary of a serial killer. The journal is filled with this unknown person's early demented acts, such as the torture of animals, and eventually details his hunt on the subway for potential victims. Duncan, who falsely blames himself for a drowning death the year before, decides to find the murderer before it is too late.

Family Secrets

How far can you run to escape your past? In The Killer's Cousin, an expertly crafted psychological thriller by Nancy Werlin, seventeen-year-old David Yaffe, after an emotionally wrenching trial, has been acquitted of his girlfriend's death. Due to the media following his every move and his subsequent isolation from his friends and community, David is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Massachusetts. Immediately, he discovers that this part of his family is deeply troubled. His aunt and uncle do not speak, as they blame each other for the apparent suicide of their older daughter, Kathy. David's younger cousin, Lily, is deeply resentful of him, and does everything possible to fracture the tenuous relationship between David and her parents. When Lily's  behavior becomes more malicious, he begins to suspect that she had a role in Kathy's death. As David tentatively tries to piece his life back together he wonders: What kinds of secrets can be hidden beneath a family's carefully constructed facade?