Kelly over at The Optimistic Bookfool is running a contest to receive a free ARE of The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman. Check her out at http://bananas4books.blogspot.com/2008/07/another-great-giveaway-advance-readers.html
It’s been a decade since I read a book by Deaver, and boy…was I missing out! The Broken Window is the eighth installation in Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series. For those unfamiliar, Detective Lincoln Rhyme is a paraplegic forensic consultant for the NYPD. Combined with his cop girlfriend Amelia Sachs, the two forms an amazing crime-solving duo. In this installation, Rhyme and Sachs have been called in for assistance when Rhyme’s cousin Arthur gets arrested for murder. Evidence found in his home and car is undeniable. Although Rhyme and his cousin haven’t talked in years, Rhyme agrees to help. Quickly they discover that this case involves much more than a “simple” murder. Rhyme and Sachs are introduced to the world of data mining, where companies collect personal data on individuals, including their shopping habits, medical history, etc. The unsub, referred to as 522 because his first crime was committed on May 22, is tainting the lives of several innocent people just by typing a few keystrokes. The Broken Window takes the reader on a fast-paced adventure with unexpected twists and turns. In the end, it leaves me very paranoid about the information that is collected each time I swipe my credit card…
The setting is Winchester University. Three college students, Brian House, Dennis Flaherty and Mary Butler are among the many students that enroll in Logic and Reasoning 204. The course is taught Professor Williams, a man full of mystery. Their sole assignment is to find Polly, a “fictitious”eighteen year old missing girl. They must find her before the six week semester is up or she will be murdered. Professor Williams provides them with weekly clues and his students begin to realize the case sounds remarkably similar to the 20 year old cold case of another missing girl. The assignment slowly begins to encompass their entire lives and the Brian, Dennis, and Mary begin to wonder if they are just pawns in some sadistic game the professor is playing. Characters from the assignment seemingly come to life, and by the end of the book, it is their own lives they are attempting to save. My heart was racing through my reading of this book. Definitely a quick read, but it is a book that I will not soon forget!
Maddie Crane is a sixteen year old girl who lives in Hawthorne, MA, just miles away from the site of the infamous Salem witch trials. She’s friends with the most popular girls in school, a clique known as the Sisters of Misery. The Sisters are all from families of powerful women in Hawthorne, a legacy that goes back centuries. When Maddie’s eccentric cousin, Cordelia, moves to Hawthorne, Maddie is torn between staying a part of Sisters and relinquishing to the mystical way of life that her cousin and aunt have embraced. Her decision is quickly made for her when Maddie becomes involved in one of the Sisters’ schemes, a plan that destroys her life and the lives of all those that are close to her. While Sisters of Misery is categorized as a YA book, audiences of all ages will be pulled into the gothic style writing of Megan Kelly Hall. I’m impatiently looking forward to more from this amazing debut author.
WindyCindy and Alessandra! Thanks to all those that participated. Please check in later this week for the next contest!
Jenn
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I received two extra galley copies of So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz, bestselling author of Drowning Ruth.
To enter the contest, send me a comment. To be entered twice, blog about this contest. Two people will be randomly picked in a very scientific method (a.k.a my three year old). This contest will end Saturday, July 26th.
Tags: UncategorizedThe winner of the Absolute Fear contest is Shana! To claim your prize, please email me your address to jenlaw77 [at] earthlink [dot] com.
Stay tuned for next week’s contest!
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