I have been lovin’ the Harry Hunter character and I am happy to be back for another mystery. We start out with a bang…in church!
Harry Hunter has a full plate. His teenage daughter is a handful, his wife has miraculously awakened from a long term coma, and his love interest, his next door neighbor, Jean, is stepping aside to give Harry and his wife a chance to find the love they lost.
Camille, his wife, has a story to tell, but the question remains, will she recover enough to be able to tell it. AND will it make a difference to their lost relationship.
His dad is a rock, and his faith in God never wavers and helps him deal with his turbulent life. His religion is a part of his character and does not come across as any way preachy.
Human traffickers, corrupt cops, Harry has put himself and his family in the line of fire by vowing to take them all down.
Willow had me hemming and hawing at the head honcho. It’s impossible to tell who is good and who is bad, and I love that about her writing.
As the lines converge and the fireworks explode, we come to a riveting conclusion with danger, chases, and all out war raining down on Harry and his family.
While I was reading, No Other Way, I kept thinking of Serpico. Would Willow allow Harry to die? I love that she has me even considering it.
Willow includes snapshots of real life events and the depravity and despicability of humans is exposed for the world to see.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of No Other Way by Willow Rose.
4 Stars
Shocking evidence hits close to home for Miami PD’s Detective Harry Hunter as Willow Rose’s bestselling series continues.
Three women went on a road trip to Key West. Only two returned. When asked what happened, their stories don’t completely match.
Who is telling the truth?
What are they hiding?
Detective Harry Hunter of the Miami PD is in church on a peaceful Sunday morning when a young teenager pulls out a gun and shoots his own father.
Once the shock is gone, Harry starts to ask himself the question no one else seems to care about: What makes a young boy want to kill his own father?
When more blood is shed, Harry suspects there’s a secret buried in this town that no one wants unearthed. What are the people around him not telling him?
NO OTHER WAY is the third book in the bestselling Harry Hunter Mystery Series.
This novel is the first book in Willow Rose’s electrifying new Harry Hunter series.
Detective Harry Hunter of Miami PD’s homicide squad throws himself into a case no one asked him to solve.
Four teenagers from one of Miami’s affluent neighborhoods are murdered on a boat. Another is found in a dumpster. All five of them go to the same school and are on a list of witnesses to another crime.
Because he’s in bad standing with his boss, Harry is given the task of protecting a possible future victim, but Harry isn’t always known to follow his boss’s orders.
Soon, he’ll risk everything while racing to stop a killer who has left everyone else in the homicide squad shaking in terror.
ALL THE GOOD GIRLS is the first book in the Harry Hunter Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.
The Queen of Scream aka Willow Rose is a #1 Amazon Best-selling Author and an Amazon ALL-star Author of more than 60 novels.
She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.
Willow’s books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won’t see coming. Several of her books have reached the Kindle top 10 of ALL books in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than three million books.
Willow lives on Florida’s Space Coast with her husband and two daughters. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watch the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
A wild cast of characters, a cute fur ball…and secrets are exposed. Savage Sourdough is a bit different than the other light hearted mystery stories in the Cozy Corgi series. It will take a lot more than Fred and Watson to solve this mystery.
Fred and Watson have settled into the small town of Estes Park. Not every loves them, but that’s okay. That’s just life.
She has her beloved book store and above it is her best human friend, Katie, and her bakery. They are a perfect fit.
I knew there was a secret surrounding Katie, but like Fred, I let it go figuring when the time was right, she would tell. NOW… Death and danger surround her and she realizes the time is right.
Fred’s family is quite the collection of quirky characters. There are too many to describe individually, but when they circle the wagons around Katie, it makes her realize how much she is loved and accepted.
Romance…there is always something in the air, we are just not sure what….
Mildred Abbot has kept us all guessing at who could be behind the mystery. Of course, we have plenty of chuckles and sweet moments while investigating. After all, it is a cozy mystery. The more time I spend with her wacky family and her sweet furball, the more I love them. Even as I type these words, I have a smile on my face.
It doesn’t matter the order read, they all stand alone, but why wouldn’t you want to start at the beginning?
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Savage Sourdough by Mildred Abbott.
4 Stars
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Opening the Cozy Corgi in Estes Park is a dream come true: small-town charm, fresh-baked bread, hours by the fire reading mysteries, and… murder.
For Winifred Page and her devoted corgi, Watson, the puzzle pieces of life are falling into place as they settle into their home in the Colorado mountains. Surrounded by family and friends, Fred begins to relax into the charm and beauty of being the owner of a bookshop and bakery.
The buzz of possible romance—though Fred wasn’t looking for a relationship—has quieted as one of her suitors is no longer a viable option while the other has moved into the friend zone. But all thoughts of romance, wanted or not, fly out the window when Fred finds a dead body in the Cozy Corgi bakery… again.
Things get stickier when Fred’s main suspect turns out to be a family member of one of the local police officers—the one who already despises Fred and her little dog. Determined not to let past grievances cloud her judgment, Fred tips her detective hat and pokes deeper into the murder investigation. But in a mystery that becomes smoke and mirrors, nothing is as it seems.
The revelations Fred unveil threaten not only her picture-perfect world but her very life….
ABOUT MILDRED ABBOTT
Reading the Cozy Corgi series is pretty much all you need to know
about Mildred. In real life, she’s obsessed with everything she writes
about: Corgis, Books, Cozy Mountain Towns, and Baked Goods. She’s not
obsessed with murder, however. At least not at her own hands (nor paid
for… no contract killing here). But since childhood, starting with
Nancy Drew, trying to figure out who-dun-it has played a formative role
in her personality. Having Fred and Watson stroll into her mind was a
touch of kismet.
Andy and Rebecca had been told to stick together, but when he went into the library and Rebecca refused, the worst happened. He came out and she was gone.
I know many of us have had that annoying sibling…the one that keeps hanging on, following us around, and just down right making a pest of themselves. The funny thing…I was the annoying pest. I latched onto my older sister like a leech. LOL
In books, nothing ever happens by accident – there is always deeper meaning.
This quote definitely applies here.
Andy goes out every night…looking for Rebecca…looking for the elusive yellow van no one believes was there.
Told from multiple points of view and that always works for me. I love to get the view from each characters perspective, their thoughts and feelings.
WOW! This took a wild turn making me rapidly ‘flipping the pages’ to see what the outcome will be…and another wonderful twist that has me hopeful for a good outcome.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Nick Clausen.
4 Stars
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Monsters are real. And they steal children.
A young girl disappears without a trace. The police have no clue as to what might have happened. The severed family is thrown into despair as weeks go by, and still no sign of her. The girl’s older brother begins looking for her on his own. Soon he becomes convinced that a supernatural being has taken her. Unfortunately, it turns out he’s right …
The Girl Who Wasn’t There is a gripping supernatural thriller.
ABOUT NICK CLAUSEN
Born 1988 in North Jutland,
where I still live with my wife, who also happened to be my earliest
childhood girlfriend. From 2017 I have lived as a full-time writer. Up
until then, I had different jobs beside the writing. I have been
studying as a carpenter for three years, and have also read two years of
psychology at Aalborg University. It turned out that the writing had a
much more powerful pull on me.
I decided early on that I would be an author when I grew up. In
fact, the decision came to me already when I read my first book,
Snevampyren by Dennis Jürgensen. My first “real” stories I wrote at
14-15 years of age. They were rejected by the publisher, but still got
praise. There were some years when I was busy with being a teenager and
trying to get an education before I suddenly remembered that I should
be an author.
That day I made a promise
to write 1,000 words a day until I got a book published. I sat down and
started writing. I continued to write every single day for a year and a
half. I sent the finished manuscripts to different publishers, and the
rejections piled up. Twelve of them by the end. But each time I could
feel it was a little bit better. The criticism became more positive. The
thirteenth story was called Tidevandet, and it was adopted by the
publisher and came out a year later.
I have always enjoyed writing, although in the beginning I put a lot
of pressure on myself. My approach to the process has become much more
free over the years. For example, I no longer plan my stories. That
way, I feel that I’m experiencing the story while writing it and the
characters feel like real people. I do not know where the ideas come
from, but I’ve never had trouble finding them.
I am so happy to be back with the Flint family and I know there will be a dangerous adventure ahead for all of us.
“Skiing give me a headache.” Her teeth chattered. “These clothes aren’t waterproof. I’m freezing and I can’t get up.”
Even though Pamela Fagan Hutchins puts her characters through some hair raising experiences, we do have some light, fun moments.
No one said you had to know how to ski to help an inured skier and that’s how the family ended up on the hill.
Perry may be on the small side, but he is no stranger to danger and able to hold his own. He took to skiing like a duck to water, until…
The point of view switches to each character, sharing their take on the situation. I love seeing it from their perspective. It makes it easier to relate to them, care about them.
Trisha is really hot for Brandon, a character whose family does not wish the Flint family well. I don’t want to explain a lot about the situation, because if you haven’t read the first books in the series, it would ruin it for you. Suffice it to say, I don’t think much of him and sincerely hope that she will see who he truly is.
I love the cougar showing up, even bringing her cub to ‘meet’ Patrick. Could she be his spirit animal. Living in Wyoming, he has learned a lot about Indian culture and has an open mind.
Politics rears its ugly head and Patrick’s life gets even more complicated. I worry at every turn, especially for Trisha. She is rash, in love, and reckless, with brief moments of inisght.
I would say this is a coming of age novel, because Trisha and Perry will be making leaps in becoming the adults they are meant to be. They are learning some costly lessons of love and trust. Sawbones is also a mystery, because there are characters with sinister and deadly intent…and that leads to never a dull moment in the Flint household.
I love that the series truly comes from her heart.
4 Stars
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When a killer threatens his family before their testimony in a
capital murder trial, Patrick Flint will do anything to keep them safe.
“Best book I’ve read in a long time!” — Kiersten Marquet, author of Three Reluctant Promises
“A roller-coaster ride from the first page to the last!” — Merry, Amazon reader
A
peaceful day of skiing for the family. The murder of a prominent
judge’s wife. A witness becomes the next target: thirteen-year-old Perry
Flint.
Patrick, his wife Susanne, and their kids head to the
mountains for a day of skiing. At the lodge, thirteen-year-old Perry is
the sole eyewitness to the murder of a prominent judge’s wife, only days
before the first capital murder trial in the state of Wyoming since its
reinstatement by the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Susanne and Trish
are gearing up to testify against ruthless killer Billy Kemecke at the
trial, unless his criminal family can stop them first. With his family
threatened from all sides, Patrick Flint will do anything to keep them
safe.
Sawbones is the third book in the suspenseful
Patrick Flint series of thrilling mysteries, a spin-off from the What
Doesn’t Kill You saga. Available in digital, print, and audiobook.
If you like C.J. Box or Craig Johnson, you will love USA Today
Best Seller Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ Patrick Flint series. A former
attorney, Pamela splits her time between Snoweresville, WY and
Nowheresville, TX.
ABOUT PAMELA FAGA HUTCHINS
I like big butts and I cannot lie: horse butts that is. As in draft
cross horses, which I ride with my hunky husband way up in the frozen
north of Snowheresville, WY and deep in the heart of Nowheresville, TX.
I am a wannabe barrel racer afraid of going fast, an eater of ribeye,
and the author of the USA Today bestselling What Doesn’t Kill You world
of romantic mysteries.
{By the way, to get free exclusives, first looks, and special deals with my newsletter, go to https://bit.ly/pamelaNL.}
When I’m not writing or riding, I’m passionate about hiking, always
with a couple of rescue dogs (and an occasional goat and donkey), bear
spray, a mountain lion knife, and my Judge. NO ANIMALS HAVE BEEN HARMED
IN THE MAKING OF THIS LIFE ADVENTURE (but don’t sneak up on me).
I like big butts and I cannot lie: horse butts that is. As in draft
cross horses, which I ride with my hunky husband way up in the frozen
north of Snowheresville, WY and deep in the heart of Nowheresville, TX. I
am a wannabe barrel racer afraid of going fast, an eater of ribeye, and
the author of the USA Today bestselling What Doesn’t Kill You world of
romantic mysteries.
I’ve made some lists and won some awards, yada yada. 2018 USA Today
Bestseller. 2018 #1 Amazon Bestseller. 2018 Top 50 Amazon Author
(Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense). The 2017 Silver Falchion for Best
Adult Mystery WINNER (Fighting for Anna), the 2016 and 2015 WINNERS for
USA Best Books Fiction: Cross Genre (Hell to Pay, Heaven to Betsy), and
others. With downloads of nearly 2,000,000 for the What Doesn’t Kill
You world, readers seem to enjoy my smart, sassy female sleuths—I think
they have exceptionally good taste. {insert silly grin here} Lots of
them follow my podcast, too, where I fangirl my favorite authors and
interview them for your listening pleasure.
If after all that you still want to learn more about my books, my
podcast, or me, then God Bless Ya, and do drop in on my website, http://pamelafaganhutchins.com.
I have seen Darynda Jones name bandied about for a long time now, so I am glad to finally pick up one of her books and have an introduction into her world with A Bad Day for Sunshine. I couldn’t resist this fabulous cover. I want to thank Darynda Jones and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review my first Darynda Jones novel.
It will be released on April 7, 2020 and is available for preorder HERE.
I have been wanting to read a Darynda Jones novel for some time now, so when I saw the chance to grab this advanced review copy from NetGalley, I jumped all over it.
Sunshine Vicram is back in town after some shenanigans pulled by her parents, getting her elected as the sheriff of Del Sol, New Mexico, and supplying her with an adorable home for her and her daughter, Aurora.
Right off I liked Sunshine and Auri’s relationship, their verbal banter leads to some very humorous dialogue, and I could see there are some underlying problems.
Sunshine has a past that demands answers and she is going to find them
Auri has seemed a bit off since the New Year’s party she went to when they arrived.
Del Sol is a small town with all kinds of crazy going on. We have some unique, quirky, entertaining characters and lots of secrets surround them. There is a sense of mystery underlying every event that transpires and no one gives answers easily.
I enjoyed the beginning of the book, but began to wonder what all the hoopla was about Darynda Jones’ work. The fun writing and character’s personalities had me liking them and the undercurrent in town made me think there was danger coming, but where is that feeling that I can’t stop reading until I have all the answers? At 30%, I became more involved, but the verdict is still out.
At 62%, Darynda Jones got my attention with a twist and I even teared up thinking about Auri…and the rest of the pack. After this it moved quickly. I know how this will end, but the last third of the book is what made it all worthwhile, keeping me glued to the pages.
Well…I love it and, even though this story is told, I am sure there is more to come for these fabulous characters and I hope to be there with them.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of A Bad Day For Sunshine by Darynda Jones.
4 Stars
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New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones is back with the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series!
Sheriff
Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small
village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national
attention for a kidnapper on the loose.
Del Sol, New Mexico
is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, its
strong cups of coffee—and a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine
Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff–an election her
adorably meddlesome parents entered her in–and she expects her biggest
crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. But a teenage girl
is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of it’s reminding Sunny
why she left Del Sol in the first place. Add to that trouble at her
daughter’s new school and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy,
and Sunshine has her hands full.
Enter sexy almost-old-flame
Levi Ravinder and a hunky US Marshall, both elevens on a scale of one to
blazing inferno, and the normally savvy sheriff is quickly in over her
head. Now it’s up to Sunshine to juggle a few good hunky men, a
not-so-nice kidnapping miscreant, and Doug the ever-pesky flasher. And
they said coming home would be drama-free.
ABOUT DARYNDA JONES
NYTimes and USA Today Bestselling Author Darynda Jones has won numerous awards for her work, including a prestigious RITA, a Golden Heart, and a Daphne du Maurier. As a born storyteller, she grew up spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, annoying man and beast alike. She currently has two series with St. Martin’s Press, the Charley Davidson Series and the Darklight Trilogy. Darynda lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband of more than 25 years and two beautiful sons, the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys.
I have been a long time fan of Dean Koontz, though I haven’t reviewed many of his books. I especially love his old time horror, but The Whispering Room is horror of a human kind and I am lovin’ the Jane Hawk series.
The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz is Book II of the Jane Hawk series. The books need to be read in order, and when I started the series, I had no idea there are five books, looooong books, but I am lovin’ them.
The Whispering Room picks up where The Silent Room leaves off.
I must warn you about the characters. There are so many great ones introduced, but many will not survive, so be careful who you become enamored with. She has ‘friends’ that offer their help, some willingly, some not so willingly, but this is a solo operation and she works best alone.
“They’ll all know about you in The Whispering Room.”
I loved when Jane put her mission aside to render assistance to a family. It shows what kind of person she really is. This is a nice touch, because most of the story is spent with Jane traveling here to there in search for answers.
The high and mighty sociopaths are culling the population. Why? What makes the victims such a threat? How did they even come to think of such horror? And all the other twisted, perverted things they do?
Iron Furnace, Kentucky makes the Stepford Wives look like child’s play.
Utopia…one man’s vision is another man’s horror.
I know, with the digital world we live in, there is no such thing as privacy. Every time we step foot outside our homes, we are being watched. Anyone can be found anywhere. But there are even more threats out there and I wonder if something like this could happen in the future.
I loved that I made a quick appearance, or at least my name did, Sherry. That’s always fun to see.
The action ramps up in The Whispering Room. I was not able to quit reading, rapidly flipping the pages and I mourn for some of the characters that fall victim.
Are ‘they’ going to ‘win’? How can they not? But this is fiction, so I know (?) Jane has to come out victorious.
I checked out The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz from the library and have already downloaded the next book, The Crooked Staircase.
4 Stars
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Jane Hawk—fiction’s
most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine—continues her battle
against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting sequel to The Silent Corner.
“No time to delay. Do what you were born to do. Fame will be yours when you do this.”
These are the words that ring in the mind of mild-mannered,
beloved schoolteacher Cora Gundersun—just before she takes her own life,
and many others’, in a shocking act of carnage. When the disturbing
contents of her secret journal are discovered, it seems certain that she
must have been insane. But Jane Hawk knows better.
In the wake
of her husband’s inexplicable suicide—and the equally mysterious deaths
of scores of other exemplary individuals—Jane picks up the trail of a
secret cabal of powerful players who think themselves above the law and
beyond punishment. But these ruthless people bent on hijacking America’s
future for their own monstrous ends never banked on a highly trained
FBI agent willing to go rogue—and become the nation’s most wanted
fugitive—in order to derail their insidious plans to gain absolute power
with a terrifying technological breakthrough.
Driven by love for
her lost husband and by fear for the five-year-old son she has sent
into hiding, Jane Hawk has become an unstoppable predator. Those she is
hunting will have nowhere to run when her shadow falls across them
ABOUT DEAN KOONTZ
Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling
Stone) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers,
Dean Ray Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around
the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character,
mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be
human.
Dean,
the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern
California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the
enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.
I am a huge fan of Jane Blythe and Amanda Siegrist. I loved the first book in the series, Drowning in You, so to continue on and read about Miles and Jade is a no brainer.
Jade lives in a friendly neighborhood, so when Miles asked her over for pizza and a movie she jumped on it. She is a cop, working on a tough case and could use a break. She has no idea he has a huge crush on her.
Miles is a computer whiz. He is shy, a nerd, and she has doesn’t realize how much he will help when she needs it most.
HE was peeping through the window, watching his next victim. He likes Charlie a lot and thinks about not hurting her…but that won’t stop him.
As Jade and her partner, Carter, begin investigating Charlie’s disappearance, she felt sure it was the serial killer they were looking for. There had been three women found in the park and she was afraid Charlie would be the fourth.
The title is appropriate, because Jade is terrified of the dark. At times her fear paralyzes her, putting her in danger because of her inability to act.
We have plenty of suspects and as we begin to eliminate them, one by one. The clock is ticking. Will they catch him before he kills again? The suspense is building, because I do know what comes next. At least, I think I do. And it’s not good.
We all know Jade and Miles will hook up, so to say the romance is a slow burn works. Have you ever looked at someone and, all of a sudden, saw them in a completely different way, like they’re not the same person you always knew? That’s Jade.
When I hear a noise at Miles door…
Each book introduces us to a new couple that will face danger and fall in love and are able to stand alone. Out of Darkness contains all I need for a horrible mystery to be solved with enough danger to fill me with suspense and characters that will enthrall me to the very end.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Out of the Darkness by Jane Blythe & Amanda Siegrist.
4 Stars
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Don’t turn out the lights. Anything can hide in the dark.
Some
childhood fears follow you into adulthood. Detective Jade Hawkins is
smart, reliable, and successful at her job. At least that’s what she’d
like everyone to believe, but, in reality, she leaves a tiny piece of
herself with every victim of every case she works. She’s starting to
wonder whether one day she will run out of pieces of herself to give,
but when a case has her needing the expertise of a friend, she may
realize that what she’s been searching for could have been right in
front of her all along.
Miles Thomas isn’t shy to admit he’s an
expert in computers. Women, on the other hand—that’s an entirely
different story. When his friend Jade asks for help in her latest murder
case dissecting the victim’s computer, he doesn’t hesitate. He loves
computers; they’re his forte, but he also can’t deny Jade anything
because he likes her way more than a friend. If only he had the nerve to
tell her. He might be shy to admit his feelings, but he refuses to back
down when he sees how much Jade truly needs him—no matter what he has
to do.
The entire Conquering Fear Novel series: (Each book can be read as a standalone.) Drowning in You (Book 1): Carter and Rose Out of the Darkness (Book 2): Miles & Jade
ABOUT JANE BLYTHE
Jane
has loved reading and writing since she can remember. She writes dark
and disturbing crime/mystery/suspense with some romance thrown in
because, well, who doesn’t love romance? She has one completed series,
Detective Parker Bell, and one new series, Count to Ten.
When she’s not writing Jane loves to
read, bake, go to the beach, ski, horse ride, and watch Disney movies.
She has a black belt in Taekwondo, and a 200+ collection of teddy bears.
She has the world’s two most sweet and pretty Dalmatians, Ivory and
Pearl. Oh, and she also enjoys spending time with family and friends!
Love!
Gimme some love and heaps of romance. I have a sappy heart that just
loves two people meeting, going through the cycles of a relationship,
and ultimately, falling in love. Give me a good book like that and I’m a
happy camper:)
I write contemporary and romantic suspense, but I am partial to suspense. I just love a good mystery.
Besides writing, I love baking, crafts, and baseball…oh, and meeting new people. *smiles*
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen is an indepth look at a sadistic killer who had the ability to lure her victims in like a snake charmer as she plies her torturous ways on the innocent in the true crime novel that is written like a psychological thriller, making it hard to stop reading before the last page is read, but shows her four daughters ability to hold on to love and hope.
I won a hardcover of If You Tell by Gregg Olsen and I would like to thank Freda, Gregg Olsen and Thomas & Mercer.
4 Stars
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An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen’s shocking
and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive
their mother’s house of horrors.
After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now.
For
years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond,
Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to
unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through
it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them
far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into
their mother’s dark and perverse web, the sisters found the strength
and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in
multiple murders.
Harrowing and heartrending, If You Tell
is a survivor’s story of absolute evil—and the freedom and justice that
Nikki, Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for. Sisters forever,
victims no more, they found a light in the darkness that made them the
resilient women they are today—loving, loved, and moving on.
ABOUT GREGG OLSEN
Throughout his career, Gregg Olsen has demonstrated an ability to create a detailed narrative that offers readers fascinating insights into the lives of people caught in extraordinary circumstances.
A #1 New York Times bestselling author, Olsen has written ten nonfiction books, ten novels, and contributed a short story to a collection edited by Lee Child.
The award-winning author has been a guest on dozens of national and local television shows, including educational programs for the History Channel, Learning Channel, and Discovery Channel. He has also appeared on Good Morning America, The Early Show, The Today Show, FOX News; CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, CBS 48 Hours, Oxygen’s Snapped, Court TV’s Crier Live, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, and A&E’s Biography.
In addition to television and radio appearances, the award-winning author has been featured in Redbook, USA Today, People, Salon magazine, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times and the New York Post.
The Deep Dark was named Idaho Book of the Year by the ILA and Starvation Heights was honored by Washington’s Secretary of State for the book’s contribution to Washington state history and culture.
Olsen, a Seattle native, lives in Olalla, Washington with his wife and Suri (a mini dachshund so spoiled she wears a sweater).
Dead Meat: Day 0 by Nick Clausen was released after Day 3, but tells us how the zombie apocalypse began.
Let me start off by saying, I wanted to reach through my kindle screen and wring Brigit’s neck.
Dennis may be mentally challenged, and I have my own thoughts on why that is, but he knows right from wrong, and this is very wrong.
How the apocalypse came about was a surprise to me and I loved the way Nick Clausen handled it.
Dead Meat: Day 0 is the best one yet and the cause of the outbreak was a refreshing zombie twist.
Bring it on, Nick!
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Dead Meat: Day 0 by Nick Clausen.
4 Stars
GOODREADS BLURB
The exciting beginning of the zombie apocalypse.
What happened to set it all off? Who was responsible for the disaster? And could it have been avoided? You’ll find all the answers in Day 0.
Whether you already read the Dead Meat series or haven’t begun yet, you can enjoy Day 0.
ABOUT NICK CLAUSEN
Born 1988 in North Jutland,
where I still live with my wife, who also happened to be my earliest
childhood girlfriend. From 2017 I have lived as a full-time writer. Up
until then, I had different jobs beside the writing. I have been
studying as a carpenter for three years, and have also read two years of
psychology at Aalborg University. It turned out that the writing had a
much more powerful pull on me.
I decided early on that I would be an author when I grew up. In
fact, the decision came to me already when I read my first book,
Snevampyren by Dennis Jürgensen. My first “real” stories I wrote at
14-15 years of age. They were rejected by the publisher, but still got
praise. There were some years when I was busy with being a teenager and
trying to get an education before I suddenly remembered that I should
be an author.
That day I made a promise
to write 1,000 words a day until I got a book published. I sat down and
started writing. I continued to write every single day for a year and a
half. I sent the finished manuscripts to different publishers, and the
rejections piled up. Twelve of them by the end. But each time I could
feel it was a little bit better. The criticism became more positive. The
thirteenth story was called Tidevandet, and it was adopted by the
publisher and came out a year later.
I have always enjoyed writing, although in the beginning I put a lot
of pressure on myself. My approach to the process has become much more
free over the years. For example, I no longer plan my stories. That
way, I feel that I’m experiencing the story while writing it and the
characters feel like real people. I do not know where the ideas come
from, but I’ve never had trouble finding them.
Problem Child: A Jane Doe Thriller Thriller 2nd in Series Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (March 24, 2020) Paperback: 265 pages ISBN-10: 1542014395 ISBN-13: 978-1542014397 Digital ASIN: B07SDTRJP9
MY REVIEW
I love what gets Jane Doe’s emotions revving, her hate for the power plant and her fascination with wind turbines. I, too, feel they are an art form.
Yeah, maybe you could blame some of her sociopathy on her worthless parents, who wouldn’t give her the time of day unless they wanted something from her. Her brother was just as bad. In and out of prison, a bully to her when she was a child. No one was there when she needed someone, so she has no use for them. She can take care of herself.
Unfortunately, she feels she must return home. Her niece, Kayla, is missing. No one seems to care about her either, but after finding out everyone thought that Kayla was just like her, she felt she had to know. Was she a sociopath too? Could she be a mentor, teaching her how to navigate life and keep herself hidden, and maybe have someone to share her true self with?
Sociopaths are not capable of feeling love and loneliness, but Jane feels something. Something for her boyfriend, Luke. He knows she is different, doesn’t want the white picket fence, but could they have a ‘marriage’ of sorts? He accepts her for who she is and that counts for a lot. She wants to keep him. LOL I couldn’t help but laugh at that. Like he’s a puppy or something.
At least searching for Kayla, she could keep from getting bored. When she gets bored, she does things that could bring trouble down around her, and being a lawyer, she has a place where she is comfortable, sorta. Don’t cross her though. You won’t like Jane if you make her mad. She loves the hunt and she’ll play anyone who gets in her way.
As a monster myself, I’m not under any delusion about the kindness of strangers.
Just because she’s a sociopath, doesn’t mean she’s a serial killer.
Problem Child, for me, was eye opening and thought provoking. I know not all sociopaths are murderers, but with Jane, it is just as frightening. It makes me realize, even more, that we could be surrounded by them and never know it. Could it be your neighbor? Your coworker? Your friend? Your family? Your lover? You may look at everyone differently after reading Problem Child.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of Problem Child by Victoria Helen Stone.
4 Stars
BOUT THE BOOK
She’s cold, calculating, and can deceive
with a smile. Jane Doe is back in the Amazon Charts bestselling
series—and this time she’s met her match.
After a brutal childhood, Jane Doe has
been permanently wired to look after herself and only herself. Now,
looking next to normal, Jane has a lover and a job. But she hasn’t lost
her edge. It sharpens when she hears from her estranged family.
Jane’s deeply troubled sixteen-year-old
niece, Kayla, has vanished, and no one seems to care. Neither does Jane.
Until she sees a picture of Kayla and recognizes herself in the young
girl’s eyes. It’s the empty stare of a sociopath.
Jane knows what vengeful and desperate
things Kayla is capable of. Only Jane can help her—by being drawn into
Kayla’s dark world. And no one’s more aware than Jane just how dangerous
that can be.
About Victoria Helen Stone
Victoria Helen Stone, formerly writing as USA Today bestselling
novelist Victoria Dahl, is originally from the Midwest but now writes
from an upstairs office high in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. After a
career in romance that included the American Library Association’s
prestigious Reading List Award, she turned toward the darker side of
fiction and has written the critically acclaimed novels, Evelyn, After; Half Past; and False Step. Her Amazon Charts bestselling thriller Jane Doe has been optioned by Sony Television. For more on the author and her work, visit VictoriaHelenStone.com. And on Twitter @VictoriaDahl
