In Twilight’s Hush is more than just the coolest-sounding book title ever

Yeah, it’s hard to believe we’re about to reach the halfway point of the 2020s, but here we are, a meager 12 months away. Less than, technically. Still, since I’m one of those readers who likes to reread books he’s devoured in the past every few years, and 2025 is one of them, I doubt I’ll find a better-sounding title than In Twilight’s Hush.

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And before you ask, that includes titles for my own books. But then again, my Elementals of Nordica Series will be going through a rebrand at some point, and I’ve always thought those titles were garbage to begin with since I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote those books. That said, it’s not like I think highly of them.

So, that leaves me to talk about Book IV in the Gabriel McRay Series by Laurie Stevens. To date, this book is going on five years old. And as I write this, it’s the latest for a series in which each installment can be read as a standalone. For readers who can’t stand starting at Book I, you don’t have to here.

When I first reviewed In Twilight’s Hush way back in 2021, it was the first I’d heard of the series when I snagged a complimentary copy and it was clear from the get-go I didn’t need to read Books I-III to understand what the heck was going on. But, now that I think of it, I wouldn’t mind giving those books a look-in since they, you guessed it, contain a libertarian theme or two.

Libertarians might like what In Twilight’s Hush offers

I literally get chills every time I type in that title. This work, which is a psychic thriller of all genres, tells a story that you might be familiar with if you’re a fan of all things missing persons related.

And speaking of missing persons, remind me to add Missing 411 by David Paulides to my TBR since I’ve been talking about reading the guy’s work for the last four years as opposed to just listening to old podcasts regarding some crazy cases.

Maybe reading this book earlier that year is what got me hooked to Missing 411. Well, that and the Freaky Folklore podcast that talked about the mysterious disappearance of Stacey Ann Arras which I crossed in September 2021. That particular case occurred in the 1980s, if I’m not mistaken, and so did the cold case here, involving a girl named Nancy Lewicki who went missing in 1988.

Here’s where it gets good for libertarians

Obviously, unless a book or a series is well-known, I’m not handing you any spoilers. But, let’s just say that a well-respected member of the Los Angeles Community might just know a thing or two but isn’t telling us.

Well-respected as in, politically connected. You might call that a spoiler, but since just about every character, in one way, shape or form seems to have political connections here to varying degrees, it’s not much of a spoiler.

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But for me, it gives us yet another example of how corrupt those at the top can be if they don’t want something discovered. And when we pertain this to real life, we can pick out a few instances off the bat and still have plenty to talk about.

Likelihood of the COVID lab leak theory prevailing in one way or another

US war crimes of the 21st century (See Enough Already by Scott Horton)

Domestic crimes by past US presidents

Ultimately, it shows that power attracts those who are ill-suited for it and that there’s almost always a 100 percent chance those people will grow even more corrupt.

Yeah, I’ll concede another micro-spoiler: If you read In Twilight’s Hush, you might feel some antagonistic sympathy. Still, we’re talking about one character who used their position and societal standing to try and make this case run cold for as long as they could. Ultimately, it caught up to them.

An awesome title and an action-packed book

My old review blog was called Action-Packed Book Reviews, and it held one niche: Stories that held little to no exposition and moved faster than fast. In Twilight’s Hush does just that, but it’s a story that has a much, much deeper meaning for libertarians out there, regardless of whether that was Laurie Stevens’ intent. I’m going to assume it wasn’t.

For non-libertarians, it’s still worth the read, given the immense character arc in the work. It’s low on politics overall unless you know where to look (thankfully, might I add), high in adrenaline-pumping scenes, and it comes with a compelling subplot.

Or, at least one that I find compelling that definitely has nothing to do with me picturing myself as Gabriel and his love interest as my current celebrity crush. Hey, I can dream, right?