book by Teresa Driscoll

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Every Wednesday, Like Clockwork, The Terror Returns Details Author: Teresa Driscoll Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (October 10, 2019) My Thoughts When journalist Alice Henderson receives her first threatening phone call on a Wednesday, she tries to dismiss it as a prank. But each Wednesday she continues to receive threatening notes, packages, and worrisome coincidences. Not only does she turn to the police for help, but her lawyer boyfriend, Tom, insists on hiring a private investigator. ThoughRead More →

Book by Pato Mena

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– Anyone Smell A Rat? Er, I Mean . . . – Author/Illustrator: Pato Mena Translated by: Celine Siret Publisher: NubeOcho (September 17, 2019) Genre: Picture Book Pages: 48 pages My Thoughts: Since Moles live underground and can barely see, they have costume parties that are very different. Due to their terrific sense of smell, they come smelling, and not dressing like a different animal. (This is all explained before the story begins.) The firstRead More →

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– Could Those Tiny Footprints Belong To A Dinosaur? – Author/Illustrator: Alex Latimer Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company (September 1, 2016) Genre: Picture Book Excerpt Hardcover: 32 page Approx. Word Count: 582 My Thoughts: One afternoon Joe and his sister Sally spot a strange set of footprints. After close examination, Joe is sure they are tracks from a small dinosaur. So what do children with imaginations do? Why of course follow the tracks. The footprints leadRead More →

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– Fun Quirky Characters And Story – Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Publisher: William Morrow (May 28, 2019) Excerpt Genre: Fiction/Contemporary Women Pages: 432 My Thoughts: First, I have to admit that I listened to this book. Sometimes the narrator can really make a difference in how much I enjoy a story. And Shannon McManus did a great job of bringing this book to life. Holly Jensen is a teacher, beekeeper, and a caretaker for herRead More →

Amber Lynn Natusch Book

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– Are They Hiding A Secret? – Details ABOUT THE BOOK Pretty Little Liars meets Riverdale in Don’t Say a Word, a standout YA mystery from indie-pub favorite Amber Lynn Natusch. Kylene Danners’s ex-FBI agent father is in prison for murder and she’s hell-bent on getting him out. But trying to investigate in the small town where a defensive lineman is a hero no matter who he tries to kill and the girl who gets him locked up isRead More →

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Can A Homemade Postcard Carry So Much Meaning? ABOUT THE BOOK Who is Gretchen Oyster? The discovery of a series of mysterious handmade postcards distracts Hartley from trouble at home. A poignant novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Holly Goldberg Sloan. Hartley Staples, near-graduate of middle school, is grappling with the fact that his older brother has run away from home, when he finds a handmade postcard that fascinates him. And soon he spotsRead More →

Young Adult Book

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Adventure and Excitement Details Author: Tim Wynne-Jones Publisher: Candlewick Press (September 10, 2019) Genre: Young Adult/Suspense Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher’s Synopsis Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families’ camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He’d been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend — his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, NateRead More →

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Who Doesn’t Love A Little Adventure? Publisher’s Synopsis: An adventurous sheep tries to take a walk on the wild side and encounters more than she expected.Lana Lynn is an intrepid sheep. The other members of her flock are content to nibble grass in the pasture, sip water from the pond, and nap in the meadow. But not Lana Lynn. She wants… adventure!So one night, when the moon is high and the other sheep are asleep,Read More →

Cover At Your Door

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– A DCI Anna Tate Series – – Book 2 – Publisher’s Synopsis What happens when the past comes back to kill you? When DCI Anna Tate is called to the gruesome discovery of a dead woman found on Barnes Common, she is plunged into a high‐profile investigation involving a prominent MP. London is baying for blood – but is there more to Holly’s death than at first meets the eye? Meanwhile, the hunt isRead More →

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Secrets Revealed Author: Carol Goodman Publisher: William Morrow (March 2019) Excerpt Hardcover: 320 pages Publishers Description: The latest thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Other Mother, a story of mistaken identities and missed chances, forgiveness, and vengeance. “Carol Goodman is, simply put, a stellar writer.”—Lisa Unger,New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hunter ALICE gets off a bus in the middle of a snowstorm in Delphi, NY. She is fleeing anRead More →

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Fun Reading For The Beach Description From the publisher: Pull up a lounge chair and have a cocktail at Sunset Beach – it comes with a twist. Drue Campbell’s life is adrift. Out of a job and down on her luck, life doesn’t seem to be getting any better when her estranged father, Brice Campbell, a flamboyant personal injury attorney, shows up at her mother’s funeral after a twenty-year absence. Worse, he’s remarried – toRead More →

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A Character-Driven Psychological Thriller   Author:  Renee KnightPublisher:  Harper (February 12, 2019) Genre: Psychological Thriller Read A Sample Audio Excerpt Hardcover: 304 pages   Description From the publisher: Renée Knight follows up her international sensation Disclaimer with this shivery tale of psychological suspense, featuring a character as disturbing and compelling as Mrs. Danvers in Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca. From her first day as Personal Assistant to the celebrated Mina Appleton, Christine Butcher understands what is expected of her.Read More →

Ellison Cooper 2nd book

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The Race Is On To Locate A Serial Killer Description In Ellison Cooper’s suspense thriller Buried, an FBI neuroscientist is on the trail of a serial killer who’s turned up the heat on a cold case… Senior Special Agent Sayer Altair studies the minds of psychopaths. But even she didn’t expect to uncover a killer within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Rooting him out and exposing internal corruption got her a bullet wound and six monthsRead More →

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a LARGE decision must be made   Author/Illustrator: Vanessa WestgatePublisher: Clavis (June 25, 2019) Genre: Picture Book Hardcover: 32 pages Description Laugh out loud – and learn! “If you want to catch an elephant, first you must find out where elephants live . . .”So begins this tale of a boy and his quest for a pet elephant.But maybe catching an elephant isn’t as simple as it sounds . . . A delightful and compassionateRead More →

James Patterson Mystery The Cornwalls

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She Has Forty-Eight Hours To Save Her Family   Author:  James Patterson with Brendan DuBoisPublisher: Little, Brown and Company (March 25, 2019) Genre: Mysteries / ThrillersSeries: Amy Cornwall Series, #1 Book Excerpt Hardcover: 352 pages   Description Captain Amy Cornwall’s family is missing. She’ll do whatever it takes to bring them home.  In her career as an Army intelligence officer, Amy Cornwall has seen haunting sights half a world away. None compare to the chillingRead More →

Sandie Jones Book Cover

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Her First Mistake Could Be Her Last   Author:  Sandie Jones Publisher: Minotaur Books (June 11, 2019) Genre: Mysteries / Thrillers Book Excerpt Hardcover: 304 pages Kindle: 288 pages   Description From Sandie Jones, the author of the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller The Other Woman, comes an addictively readable new domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and the woman who is supposedly her best friend. THE WIFE: For Alice,Read More →

Front Cover of Karen Rose Book

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Sacramento Series, Book 1   Author:  Karen RosePublisher: Berkley (February 12, 2019) Genre: Mystery/Romance Hardcover: 624 pages Kindle: 623 pages Description Introducing the first novel in the pulse-pounding Sacramento series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose. There is a serial killer on the loose, preying on vulnerable women. The only identifiable mark the killer leaves are letters—sometimes one, sometimes two—all carved into the torsos of his victims.  Together they spell “Sydney.” When he grabs Daisy Dawson,Read More →

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    Author:  Sara Lövestam Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press (August 27, 2019) Hardback: 288 Kindle: 288 pages   When a six year old girl disappears and calling the police isn’t an option, her desperate mother Pernilla turns to an unlikely source for help. She finds a cryptic ad online for a private investigator: “Need help, but can’t contact the police?” Kouplan responds to a young woman who is looking for PI help in locating her six-year-oldRead More →

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What Can You Learn From Silence? Click To Read An Excerpt Author: Alex Michaelides Publisher: Celadon Books (February 5, 2019) Hardback: 336 pages Audio Book: 8 hours and 43 minutes CD Book: 8 hours and 44 minutes Kindle: 304 pages Alicia Berenson is residing in the Grove where she’s been housed since being convicted of shooting her fashion photographer husband, Gabriel. But the Grove hasn’t been able to help her very much, if at all,Read More →

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Cindy Anstey’s Newest Novel   Author: Cindy Anstey Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Swoon Reads (April 16, 2019) Hardcover: 352 pages Kindle: 343 pages   For those familiar with books by Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, etc), this book has been likened to hers. The setting is 1833 as Lord James Ellerby rescues a young woman who is involved in a carriage accident. He rushes her to his manor and summons aRead More →