Monday, July 30, 2012

Coming Soon: July 30

A Gripping Thriller


Line of Fire Clinical psychologist Alan Gregory is happy to get back to work after a long period of upheavel in his life. He puts all his energy into his practice and a new patient who is challenging. But the period of calm does not last long. His friend Diana starts to show signs of an emotional collapse, and the one thing he is afraid of, the exposure of a secret, is something he cant ignore.

A new witness has reopened an investigation into a death of a women. When Alan and his friend Sam mistakenly disclose their involvement in the death to a drug dealer any chance they have of escaping the suspicion of the police evaporates. The trail now leads right to Alan and Sam.

Alan's fear grows as he beginning to believe that his new patient is what will cause everything in his life to explode, his marriage, family and friends. This is the first of a two part conclusion of this best selling series.

A Terrifying, Creepy Thriller


You Don't Want to KnowAva has spent most of the last two years in a mental institution after a tragic event she is unable to remember. Her two year old son Noah went missing. He was a sweet little boy in jeans and a red sweatshirt, everyone including her estranged husband believe he fell of the dock near their home and drowned.

Now Ava is back at the family estate and she is slowly returning to normal. But as Ava's strength and her mind is more in focus she begins to wonder if there is something else going on, something her family is hiding and doesn't want her to know. Ava is desperate to remember what happened that day two years ago so she visits a hypnotist, but the nightmares continue. She swears she hears him crying and walking near the dock. Is she going crazy or is he still alive.

Ava's quest for the answers is more dangerous then she can imagine.


Saturday, July 21, 2012

Coming Soon: July 24




Where We BelongEmily Griffin's new novel is being released next week . Where we Belong is about two women, their families and the loyalty that binds them together.

Marian Caldwell is a television producer in New York. Her life is just what she always wanted, she is successfully and has a great relationship. Everyone, including her, believes that she is right where she wants to be. Then one day, a young 18 year old girl named Kirby Rose show up at her doorstep. She is a connection to Marian's past, that she thought was gone forever. The minute she enters Marian's life, Marian starts to question her perfect world. Kirby's presence bring up ghosts from the past and memories of a passionate love that will threaten everything she thought defined her.

For Kirby, this new encounter will throw the precious and determined girl into adulthood. She must look back and re-evaluate her family and what she wants for her future.

Both women are now on a journey to find the one thing that was missing from their lives.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Mystery Time by Janet Hannah

I was excited when I received this book in the mail from the author. I had read the outline in an email and thought it sounded like very interesting. I thought it was a good change to have a mystery novel whose main character was not a police officer or an agent, but a scientist, someone not usually associated with mystery and adventure.

The book started off great, the murder happened right away and they mystery of who killed the American microbiologist started. Alex and Hildegard witnessed the man's last words and were faced with the problem that one of their fellow scientists might be involved. Hildegard's watch was stolen during the murder, and her hunt to retrieve it drives both her and Alex to hunt the killers themselves. With a promising beginning the book looses it drive about half way through, when it is pretty clear who the killers were and the only mystery is how it happened and why.

I was also excited with the promise of an old watch and its special relationship to time as it is described in the outline. But unfortunaly Hildegard is the only character who experiences this, and it is never explained why. The history of the watch is discussed a lot, and it was interesting to read about its past owners and how it was passed among them, but I was disappointed that more was not said about this special relationship to time.

Overall I really liked the characters. Alex is calm, smart, calculating, and can take care of himself. We learn a lot of his past, which made him even more interesting and mysterious. Hildegard is a beautiful, classy and confident women, but doesn't let that define her in the world of science. She lets her intelligence and her work do the talking. They work well together, and I am hoping to see more of them, next time in a bigger and more complicated mystery that keeps me engaged in the story.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

July New Releases



I must not have been paying attention lately because I completely missed the release of the second book in the All Souls Trilogy. After being totally engrossed in The Discovery of Witches when it was first released I have been anxiously, and patiently, waiting for the second novel. Shadow of Night is finally here and has been added to my list of must reads. Not much is told about the plot of this next book. All we know is that it picks up after the first one ended in their journey to Elizabethan London. Diana is there to learn the craft of magic and Mathew must face a past he thought he had put to rest.









The Next Best Thing

The next best thing is about a girl who moves to Hollywood to hit it big, but this time it is not as an actress; Ruth wants to be a screenwriter. At twenty three, she moves from Minneapolis with her grandmother and now six years later she has finally made an impression. The sitcom she wrote has been picked up, and she is the show runner. This book goes into the backstage of Hollywood production. Ruth has to deal with actors, executives, and what goes on in the writer's room. Weiner has

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen


I finished reading Mansfield Park yesterday. I really liked the storyline, and Fanny was the perfect heroine. She was quiet and sweet, and she never complained when her cousins and aunt treated her bad.  After finishing the book I took the time to watch the movie by BBC. I only had a few complaints about the movie. One was that it eliminated Fanny's brother from the story all together and instead had her writing letters to her sister Susan. I also thought it downplayed Edwards attachment to Mary, and made it look like he was pushed towards her and did not have any felling towards her at all. My interpretaion while reading the book was that Edward did in fact genuinely like Mary.

Like most Jane Austen novels the read was slow and took me a while to get through, but when the end comes I forget all the boring parts in the middle. All I can think about is the story itself. This is the fourth novel of hers I have read and I think this one has the best characters of them all. I think everyone dislikes Mrs. Norris, the aunt who is always putting Fanny down, but she makes a wonderfully villian in the story. I  aslo liked Henry Crawford's character as the man after everyones heart.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Coming Soon: July 2

Will Trent is a brilliant agent for the Georgia's Bureau of Investigations. When a college girl goes missing he expects to be on the case but is kept off of it by his supervisor Amanda Wagner. He has not idea why is was pulled away, until he runs into Amanda at an abandoned orphanage. Will was drawn there because it was his home when his father was imprisoned for murder, but Amanda has other reasons.

Fourty years ago, when Will was born, Amanda had first started working at the police station. Her and her partner were investagating a crime in one of the worst neighbourhoods and seemed like the only ones interested in solving it. That was the case that launched her career, and is mysteriousy tied to Wills birth and parents.

Now both these investigators need to face the demons in their past if they are going to prevent an even bigger terror from being unleashed.





This book has already been released in Canada and is getting great reviews. It is coming out July 3 for those of you in the U.S Inspired by the upcoming Olympics in London, this book is about two cyclists, Zoe and Kate. World class athletes, the two girls are best friends and rivals. They have trained together since the beginning, and shared a close relationship full of love, betrayal, forgiveness and triumph. This years Olympics in London is their last chance for the medal, but first they must compete against each other for the chance to be on the team. The two friends will be tested on their strength and mortality, to the end of their limits, both mentally and physically. To reach their goal they must ask themselves, what are you willing to risk?