6 Degrees of Separation

Following on from a recent post I read in which readers create a chain of six books leading from a monthly title, The Tipping Point (2002) by Malcolm Gladwell — I thought I would join in, but, of course, having never read this title, nor knowing the author, I hit my first hurdle. Then I gave it a moment's thought and wondered about the title, 'tipping point,' which brought me of all places to physics. Yes, that kind of tipping point—the point where there is no turning back, where a thing will go from being balanced, to being unbalanced. Which in turn reminded me of a book I read, The Missing Informant by Anders de la Motte. Where David Sarac the main character and, in fact, a number of characters in this fast-paced thriller face their own 'tipping points,' and, as the various story threads weave and intertwine, we're pulled toward the story's gripping and climactic ending. Informants and tipping points brought me then to Secrets of State by Matthew Palmer, another thrilling read in…