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Finding Emma by Steena Holmes { Review }

14 Friday Sep 2012

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On one fateful day, in one fateful moment, Megan loses her youngest daughter Emma. Only two years old, she walks out of the front door of the home that Megan shares with her husband and three young daughters and she disappears without a trace. Two years later Emma still has not been found. The police seem no closer to finding her, no new information has been found, yet Megan refuses to give up. As the emotional distance between herself and her husband grows and as Megan begins to realize that her other daughters need her to be emotionally present in their lives, Megan must decide if she is able to let Emma go forever.

It’s every mother’s worst nightmare: having your child taken away from you, not knowing what has happened to them. Every time the phone rings you jump, fearing the worst while hoping for the best. Every where you look, you think you see your child. I couldn’t find fault in any way that Megan reacted, because deep in my heart I know I would react the same way.

Megan is faced with a brutal decision: move forward with Peter and stop her urgent search for Emma, or risk losing her family. Megan isn’t sure she can go on without the love and support of Peter, but has too much damage been done to save their marriage?

Finding Emma is a thought-provoking and often heart-wrenching read that left me contemplating what I would do if I were in Megan’s situation. It made me think about the families of missing children everywhere.

By the way, 50% of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Missing Children’s Society of Canada. To find out more about their mission, click here. You can also visit the author’s website here.

Finding Emma by Steena Holmes is a paperback fiction book. It is 270 pages long. The suggested cover price is $13.99, but Amazon has it available for $12.59 as of this posting. It is also available as an e-book for the Kindle and other e-readers.

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The Arranger by L. J . Sellers : Nurture Tour Stop { Giveaway }

15 Thursday Sep 2011

Posted by Let's Read in Author, Blog Tours, Books, Crime Fic/Thriller, Everything Bookish, Fictions, SOME FUN

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BLURB :

The year is 2023 and ex-detective Lara Evans is working as a freelance paramedic in a bleak new world. She responds to an emergency call and is nearly killed when a shooter flees the home. Inside she finds the federal employment commissioner wounded, but she’s able to save his life. The next day Lara leaves for the Gauntlet—a national competition of intense physical and mental challenges with high stakes for her home state. She spots the assailant lurking at the arena and soon after, she lands in deep trouble. Who is the mysterious killer and what is motivating him? Can Lara stop him, stay alive, and win the Gauntlet .

Award-winning journalist and author L.J. Sellers makes a stop atL.J. Books With a Cup of Coffee on her virtual blog tour with her latest book, THE ARRANGER, a futuristic thriller . She is also offering a free e-book copy of her release.
 

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Giveaway open from Sept. 15th – Sept. 22nd
 
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Visit Author Website and Author Blog to stay updated on L.J. Sellers upcoming book tours and books. Also you can connect to L.J. Sellers via Facebook & Twitter.
 
Also if you are interested in buying ” The Arranger” or any other book by L.J. Sellers go to Amazon or Amazon.ca and for readers across the ocean Amazon.co.uk or simply go to author’s blog.
 

Flashback by Dan Simmons { Giveaway }

24 Friday Jun 2011

Posted by Let's Read in Books, Crime Fic/Thriller, Everything Bookish, Fictions

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I didn’t read the book , so I am not sure how it is, though the blurb sounds like it can be good thriller..

“The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn’t care: they’re addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom’s wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he’s lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result.

Nick may be a lost soul but he’s still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor’s son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.

A provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible, FLASHBACK proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers.”

 
Well, I have 2 copies for giveaway.
 
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Contest will run from June 24th – July 2nd
 

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” A Long Drive Home” by Will Allison : [ A Conversation ]

17 Tuesday May 2011

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A Conversation with Will Allison

Author of : LONG DRIVE HOME : A Novel

Free Press : May 17 , 2011

 

1. Your first novel , What You Have Left , has three viewpoint characters and moves back  and forth in time. Long Drive Home has one viewpoint characters and proceeds, for the most part, choronologically . Did you make the decision at the outset  to structure this novel differently ?

I did. I wanted to write a book with a strong sense of tension and narrative momentum – more of page turner – but one that’s still character-based , where plot is a function of character and not vice versa.

2. When you were executive editor of Story magazine, thousands of submissions must have crossed your desk. How did your editorial work influence your writing ?

Reading through the submissions – we averaged about 50 a day – I was constantly reminded of the importance of 1) giving the reader a reason to care , 2) keeping the story moving . I write with an acute awarness that readers have a lot of other things they could be doing besides reading my book.

3.  Where did the idea for the novel come from ?

I liv ein New Jersey , in a quiet neighborhood much like the one described in the book – lots of kids , joggres , people walking their dogs . One morning a few years ago, I went out to get the newspaper . A car came flying down the street , going probably twice the speed limit. I remember picking up the paper thinking I’d like to chuck it at the giy’s windshield , give him a scare . Then I thought , ” You’re an idiot , Will . You could kill someone . ” Then I thought, ” What if  no one saw ? ” That was the seed of the story .

4. Is the book autobiographical ?

No. The circumstances of Glen’s life are similar to my own – I work at home ; my wife works in the city ; we have a young daughter ; we moved here from the midwest ; etc. – but the characters and plots are wholly intended .

5. Has your daughter read the book ?

No . She’s only nine . Some of the lnguage isn’t appropriate . Also I would hate for her to conflate me with Glen . She knows what the book is about , though . On the way to and from school , when I was writing it, she’d ask what part of the story I was working on. She gave me a lot of input . She still thinks Sara’s name should have been spelled ” Sarah ” .

6. Is the traffic in New Jersey really as bad as Glen says ?

It seemed pretty bad to me , coming from the Midwest . I did some reasearch when I started the book . New Jersey is the nation’s most congested state and has the highest pedestrian fatality rate. A 2006 study from that northern New Jersey has four of the ten most dangerous American cities to drive in – all within fifteen miles of where the story takes place . And a 2008 study ranked New Jersey drivers dead last in their knowledge of basic safety and traffic laws .

7 . Was the accident investigaion based on a real case ?

No, but I did get a lot of help from Detective Arnold Anderson , who recently retired from the Essex County Prosecutors Fatal Accident Unit . Andy read an early draft of the book and very patiently answered my questions . I remember being nervous when I first got in touch with him and said I was writing a book about a guy who tries to cover up his involvement in an accident. I thought Andy might think that’s what I was doing. He told me later that , yes , he did check up on me after that first phone call , to make sure I was really a writer .

8 . Was there any kind of moral you were aimimg to impart in Long Drive Home ?

I was very interested in the moral implications of Glen’s actions , particularly how he justified – and was later affected by – doing things he  himself  believed to be morally wrong . But no , I intented no moral lesson for the reader , only moral questions .

9. How much compassion do you expect the reader to show Glen ?

Obviously , Glen makes some terrible mistakes . But I do hope readers will put themselves in his shoes . That’s why I chose to tell the story from his viewpoint . If the story had been told from Rizzo’s or Tawana’s viewpoint , Glen might have come off as a clear – cut villian . That to me have been less interesting .

10. What’s next for you ?

Another novel , that may or may not revisit the characters in Long Drive Home.

The Blurb :

In his riveting new novel, Will Allison, critically acclaimed author of What You Have Left, crafts an emotional and psychological drama that explores the moral ambiguities of personal responsibility as it chronicles a father’s attempt to explain himself to his daughter—even though he knows that in doing so, he risks losing her.

Life can change in an instant because of one small mistake. For Glen Bauer, all it takes is a quick jerk of the steering wheel, intended to scare a reckless driver. But the reckless driver is killed, and just like that, Glen’s placid suburban existence begins to unravel.

Written in part as a confessional letter from Glen to his daughter, Sara, Long Drive Home evokes the sharp-eyed observation of Tom Perrotta and the pathos of Dan Chaon in its trenchant portrait of contemporary American life.

When Glen realizes no one else saw the accident, he impulsively lies about what happened—to the police, to his wife, even to Sara, who was in the backseat at the time of the crash. But a tenacious detective thinks Sara might have seen more than she knows, or more than her parents will let her tell. And when Glen tries to prevent the detective from questioning Sara, he finds himself in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game that could end in a lawsuit or prison. What he doesn’t see coming is the reaction of his wife, Liz—a panicked plan that threatens to tear their family apart in the name of saving it.

But what if the accident wasn’t really Glen’s fault? What if someone else were to blame for the turn his life has taken? It’s a question Glen can’t let go of. And as he struggles to understand the extent of his own guilt, he finds himself on yet another collision course, different in kind but with the potential to be equally devastating. Long Drive Home is a stunning cautionary tale of unintended consequences that confirms Will Allison’s growing reputation as a rising literary talent.

My Review :

This is an incredibly realistic thriller/suspense story that could literally happen to just about anyone. Allison masterfully crafts a fast paced plot that kept my attention from start to finish made all the more possible by the novel’s just over 200 page length. The page count is deceptively short for Allison gets a lot accomplished, and reader’s are taken on a tense, emotional, psychological ride through the turns of fate experienced by one Glen Bauer. I highly recommend Long Drive Home to all who enjoy suspense novels and think this would make an intriguing choice for a book discussion group.

About the Author:

Will Allison’s debut novel, What You Have Left, was selected for Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers, Borders Original Voices, and Book Sense Picks, and was named one of 2007′s notable books by the San Francisco Chronicle. His short stories have appeared in magazines such as Zoetrope: All-Story, Glimmer Train, and One Story and have received special mention in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories anthologies. He is the former executive editor of Story. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, he now lives with his wife and daughter in New Jersey.

To learn more about author Will Allison through his website.

Thanks to Free Press, I received a complimentary copy of Long Drive Home by Will Allison for review.

GUARDIAN ANGELINOS Blog Tour: SHIVER OF FEAR and FACE OF DANGER-GIVEAWAY

18 Monday Apr 2011

Posted by Let's Read in Author, Blog Tours, Books, Crime Fic/Thriller, Everything Bookish, Fictions, SOME FUN

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ABOUT THE BOOK – SHIVER OF FEAR:

 
 
 
The legacy that haunts her . . . The mystery she must solve . . . A man who threatens to reveal her secrets . . . and break her heart. Burned by a failed marriage, former FBI agent Marc Rossi wants back in the investigation game with no emotional strings attached. Taking an assignment for his enterprising Angelino cousins, he heads to Northern Ireland to pry a key piece of evidence from a missing socialite-any way he can. But when the ice queen turns out to be warm, beautiful, and on a secret mission of her own, the job becomes a passionate reminder of what happens when duty and desire mix. 
 
GO HERE TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM SHIVER OF FEAR. 
 

ABOUT THE BOOK – FACE OF DANGER: 

 
 
Private investigator Vivi Angelino loves living life on the edge, but stepping into the shoes of a movie starlet to bait a serial killer isn’t just a thrill . . . it’s a ticket to the big time for her fledgling security firm. That is, as long as a certain risk-averse FBI agent stays out of her way-and out of her fantasies.
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Colton Lang isn’t above using his well-worn rulebook to stop Vivi’s latest walk on the wild side. But when they learn her client is involved in something far more insidious than bad acting, Vivi and Colt must work together despite the electrifying attraction arcing between them. For each new clue is bringing them closer to a high-profile crime with a dark and deadly truth at its core . . . and a cold, calculating murderer with nothing left to lose.
 
GO HERE TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM FACE OF DANGER.
 
THANKS TO BRIANNE AND THE GOOD 
PEOPLE AT HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, I
HAVE 3 COPIES OF EACH SET OF BOOKS.
 
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