Sunday, September 07, 2025

What is Ken Jaworowski reading?

Featured at Writers Read: Ken Jaworowski, author of What About the Bodies.

One title he tagged:
The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham

This is the book that changed my life. In the first few years after I'd gotten out of college, I did little but chase money and material success, and wonder why I was so miserable. Then I read this story of a soldier devastated by his experiences during World War I, and how he later struggles to find his place in an unforgiving world. Its messages moved me deeply....[read on]
About What About the Bodies, from the publisher:
In this propulsive crime novel from Edgar Award nominee Ken Jaworowski, three lives collide in a gritty rust-belt town—a single mother covering up a deadly mistake, a young man on a mission to honor a dying wish, and a musician racing to escape a violent debt.

Carla, a single mom poised to finally break free from her cycle of poverty, must risk it all, including her morality, to help her son hide a terrible secret.

Reed, an autistic young man, sets out on a journey to keep a deathbed promise to the mother he just lost. Along the way he’ll encounter both kindhearted residents and a cold-blooded nemesis.

And Liz, an aspiring musician on the cusp of a breakthrough, needs to quickly come up with the cash she owes a brutal ex-con. If she can’t pay him, both her dream and her life will be in grave danger.

As these three compelling characters intersect, the novel ignites into a story filled with explosive twists, hair-raising chills, and boundless love.
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