Book Reviews
“Screenwriter and filmmaker Sadowsky gives readers a rapidly paced, suspenseful thriller that makes the most of such hot-button issues as privacy, professional ethics, media malfeasance, and race relations. This one seems bound for the big screen.”
“The I-didn’t-see-that-coming conclusion is guaranteed to make your head explode.”
Helping you sort out the best from the rest published this month.
CONVINCE ME features lively writing from film producer and author Nina Sadowsky, an intriguing storyline and well-developed characters. This fast-paced novel will keep you guessing until the very end.
What stirred film producer and author Nina Sadowsky to write her latest thriller? All of the liars and frauds out there, pulling the wool over our unsuspecting eyes.
A definite do not miss. Bravo to Nina Sadowsky, who gives us a great psychological thriller that is totally different than most.
What a fantastic thriller! I literally tuned out the real world and got completely lost in Convince Me! Nina Sadowsky is so darn good a writing addictive suspense novels that will blow you away!
The Empty Bed is an intriguing, exciting, action-filled and intense mystery that had three storylines going at the same time, with two tying in. There were some twists and surprises along the way, though I will say it at times it was difficult to keep up with.
The author is a longtime Hollywood screenwriter and producer, and at times the scenes dissolve so rapidly into each other that “The Empty Bed” can feel like a reverse-engineered action movie. But the quick cuts make the book the perfect solution to a widespread problem this time of year: seasonal short-attention-span syndrome.
What a fantastic read!! The Empty Bed is the first book I’ve read from Nina Sadowsky and I am completely wow’ed! I love reading mystery/thrillers that stump me and Nina’s intricately spun storyline had me guessing and then second-guessing the who, what, where, and how! Every conspiracy theory I came up with was wrong and the well-timed twists and turns had me glued to my kindle until the end!
The international scenery enhances “The Empty Bed,” from the upper-class neighborhoods to the high-end area of Hong Kong as well as its gritty brothels and popular cybercafes.
The title suggests “The Empty Bed” is a romance. Instead, this is high adventure.
Sadowsky surpassed all expectations I had for book number two. Now I have to wait, anxiously, to find out what happens with Stephanie, John and Catherine, and what “burials” they have in store next.
There's a definite cinematic vibe to Sadowsky's novel, especially as the characters rush around Hong Kong in Jason Bourne-type chase scenes. Catherine and her mysterious network are impressively connected and intriguingly motivated, and the woman herself is a fascinating study of power, empathy, and efficiency. The short chapters push the action to breathless heights. Surrender to the action and intrigue, leave logic by the wayside, and enjoy this whirlwind adventure in Hong Kong.
Sadowsky knows how to set a scene and when to move on to the next one, which is to say she also knows how to get readers turning pages.
The Burial Society by Nina Sadowsky is a non-stop, run-away train, oh-dear-god-what-else-could-go-wrong, kind of thriller that speeds by faster than those wee hours between “I’ll just read a few chapters before I go to sleep” and “damn! Is that my alarm going off?” This really is a fun read. Sadowsky’s characters are, for the most part, wonderfully tragic, self-centered and self-destructive, yet they each want to so desperately to help each other. They are extreme examples of most anyone going through a crisis, acutely aware of their own pain and tired of feeling helpless, they become obsessed with solving the mystery at the heart of it all–what happened to Mallory Burrows?
I devoured this book in just a few hours because I simply could not put it down, it was one of those reads where I had planned on starting before bed and reading only a couple of chapters and before I knew it I was halfway finished!