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Review: The Deepest Secret by Carla Buckley
Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Bantam (February 4, 2014) ISBN-10: 0345535243 Source: Publisher Eve Lattimore and her family live on a quiet, suburban street. From the outside, it seems as though they live a relatively normal life. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Her fourteen-year-old son, … Continue reading
Posted in Bantam, General Fiction, Review
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Review: The Revenant of Thraxton Hall: The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Vaughn Entwistle
Series: Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Book 1) Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (March 25, 2014) ISBN-10: 1250035007 Source: Publisher Arthur Conan Doyle is the most hated man in London after he kills off the beloved character of Sherlock Holmes in “The … Continue reading
Posted in Minotaur Books, Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal Fiction, Review
Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, whodunit
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Review: The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (March 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 081299520 Source: Publisher Seventeen year old Lucy Dane lives in the small town of Henbane, deep in the Ozark Mountains. She knows loss personally and deeply, for her own … Continue reading
Audiobook Review: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged,MP3 – Unabridged CD edition (February 20, 2014) ISBN-10: 1452667896 Source: Personal copy When Elise Darliss’ mother falls victim to the pox, Elise flees her home on a farm and seeks employment as a maid at the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Penguin, Review, Tantor Audio, Thriller
Tagged historical retellings, sleeping beauty
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Frightful Friday: The Seeker by R. B. Chesterton
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured title is The Seeker by R. B. Chesterton: Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Pegasus (March 6, 2014) … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Pegasus Books, Review, Supernatural, Thriller
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Review: The Accident by Chris Pavone
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Crown (March 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0385348452 Source: Publisher Isabel Reed is a literary agent who still relishes in reading hardcopy manuscripts, refusing to embrace the digital age. One day, a strange manuscript lands on her desk. The author, anonymous, … Continue reading
Review: Above by Isla Morley
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (March 4, 2014) ISBN-10: 1476731527 Source: Publisher At just sixteen years old, Blythe Hallowell is abducted by a survivalist, kept prisoner in an abandoned missile silo. She tries without success to escape, he captor spouting stories about the the … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian fiction, Gallery Books, Review, Thriller
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Frightful Friday: The Troop by Nick Cutter
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured title is The Troop by Nick Cutter: Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (February 25, … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Gallery Books, Horror, Review
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Review: After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062083392 Source: Publisher Felix Brewer sustains his family, including wife Bambi and three daughters, via a lucrative, yet not necessarily legal, business. Facing jail time, he disappears without a trace … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Thriller, William Morrow
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Review: A Killing of Angels by Kate Rhodes
Series: Alice Quentin Series (Book 2) Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (February 25, 2014) ISBN-10: 125001431X Source: Publisher Psychologist Alice Quentin vowed to never work with the police again. Her last experience left her battered and bruised, both physically and mentally. Yet when Detective Don … Continue reading
