Nick Kyrgios’ quest for a first Grand Slam title at the US Open ended with a five-set quarter-final defeat by Russia’s Karen Khachanov. After reaching the Wimbledon final, Kyrgios arrived in New York motivated to try to go one better but he was unable to find the same tremendous level he showed in beating defending […]
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Australian Nick Kyrgios came through a five-set first-round Wimbledon thriller against British Paul Jubb
Australian Nick Kyrgios came through with a five-set first-round Wimbledon cliff-hanger against British wildcard Paul Jubb on Tuesday as his fearsome serve ultimately devastated the 22-year-old 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-7(3) 7-5. Judd showed admirable cool as Kyrgios went through his usual complaints to the umpire and fans and stood toe to toe in an even… […]
Sean Parnell’s fiction thriller features graphic violence against women
“He tried to choke me out on a couch and I literally had to bite him,” Snell said in a Butler, Pa. courtroom, according to the Inquirer. “He was strangling me.” Snell’s tearful testimony included a claim that Parnell pinned her down and called her a “whore” and “piece of s—,” the newspaper reported. In […]
Review: Legal writer John Grisham pens a basketball thriller
“Sooley,” by John Grisham (Doubleday) When you’ve written 35 novels and are working on a streak of 43 consecutive No. 1 New York Times bestsellers, you can write abut whatever you want. That’s probably the simplest way to explain why John Grisham’s latest is a basketball story and doesn’t feature a single courtroom scene. It’s […]
John le Carre: a master of spy thriller who became a moral voice
LONDON (AFP) — John le Carre, who has died aged 89, shot to fame during the chilly depths of the Cold War as master of the spy thriller, before evolving to become a scathing chronicler of the moral costs of globalization. Age did not wither the writer’s anger at the establishment, with Brexit — Britain’s […]
Spy novel master John le Carre, who defined the Cold War thriller, dies at 89
LONDON (AP) — John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89, Le Carre’s literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday that he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday after a short illness. […]
Holocaust thriller had a Jewish protagonist, but Israeli director made her Roma
JTA — When Israeli director Yuval Adler saw the script for “The Secrets We Keep,” a thriller about a woman who kidnaps a man she believes was her Nazi torturer during World War II, he knew he wanted to make some changes. The story revolved around a Jewish woman who endured horrors at a German […]
Black Mirror: An Exciting Sci-Fi Netflix Thriller Or A Dire Warning For Where Humanity Is Heading?
Next Story There is no doubt about it, our society is welcoming more and more technology into our lives, at an alarming rate. It has already taken over many aspects of our lives from communication, to shopping, to banking, to virtually all aspects of our lives. In many ways it’s great, we are advancing at […]