Adirondack Explorer

Escapism in the wild

Location. Location. Location. Even for books? Do thriller novels set in the Adirondacks use that setting to tell their stories? Thrillers are full of surprises and my first one came before I even turned a page. I found nine Adirondack thrillers published in the last two years, far more than I expected.

For a truly scientific experiment I should have read all those books but instead I chose three titles that represent the range of thrillers available. By chance all of them are set more

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