20 Great Thrillers, June 2012

Jason Starr is best known for his gritty urban noir thrillers set in New York, but he manages to top his already exemplary work with THE PACK, a cautionary tale with supernatural overtones and a nightmarish scenario. Simon Burns is a thirty-something husband with a three year old son who is abruptly fired from his button-down job and finds himself playing Mr. Mom. During a trip to the park he encounters a trio of similar dads. He becomes friends with them and they invite him out for what turns out to be something more than beer. Burns is…transformed, and frighteningly so. He loves it, and so will you.