A family’s vacation is cut short by crisis in Rumaan Alam’s Leave The World Behind
It’s funny how the time of day can change the meaning of a knock. An unexpected rapping on the door during daylight hours is usually the work of a neighbor or door-to-door evangelizer—the warning sign of an imposition. A knock on the door in the middle of the night is something more fraught and ominous. The late-night…