Emily St. John Mandel is a writer whose books I’ve really enjoyed in the past, and for some reason I’ve had this on on my kindle for ages but hadn’t read it. Many books by this writer have magical realism, which I love, but this one didn’t really (apart from a few ghost sightings) and yet it was still a really, really good book.
Anton Waker is trying to live an honest life even though his parents and adopted sister are career criminals. He reluctantly agrees to help them give fake documents to illegal immigrants, because he feels like this is actually a good moral choice as he is helping desperate people.
Unfortunately dipping your toe in the criminal world can cause ripples and implications, and small bad things can become very big and very bad things and poor Anton’s life is upended.
It’s not really a thriller, more a book about people and choices and relationships with a tense undercurrent! I liked it a lot.
Sarah Wray Writer 