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like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in
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To survive the violent streets of Belfast in the 1970s, young Darren McCann learns to fight. The IRA are interested in recruiting him but, though he is a Catholic, he refuses to take sides until a family tragedy allies him with “the cause”.
His specialist training turns him into an efficient sniper and covert operative. One brutal interrogation earns Darren the reputation as “The Butcher of Belfast” and pairs him with his infamous knife, The Killer. After a high profile assassination, he takes refuge in Spain where he works with ETA terrorists and takes part in an audacious bank raid.
He returns to Ireland to continue the fight, but the seeds of doubt are planted in his mind by a British MI6 officer with shocking information and plans to turn him into a double-agent.
“This fast-paced chronicle of death and double-cross kept me glued to my seat from first page till last…” Clifford Thurlow, co-author of Making A Killing.
I added The Killing by Jack Elgos to my TBR on 11.9.12. Even thought it is a series, I usually try to read any book I own anyway. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t but I think this will be a good one either way.
An unsolved murder. Disturbing dreams. A missing child.
Caitlin Walker hasn’t had a dream in nine years. But now nightmares
torture her son Adam and awaken in Caitlin buried memories and a dark
secret. Her husband Lance has a secret of his own, one that his son’s
nightmares threaten to reveal.
In Culver Creek newly hired detective Sage Dorian works to unravel
the small town’s notorious cold case, the grisly murder of a young girl.
How are Caitlin and Lance connected to the horrific crime? And how
far will they go to make sure their secrets stay hidden? Find out in
this riveting thriller.
Book Details:
Genre: Mystery Thriller Published by: Glitter Pigeon Press Publication Date: January 12, 2021 Number of Pages: 356 ISBN: 9781949852080 Series: Culver Creek Series, Book 1 Purchase Links:Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads
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Caitlin emerged from a black, dreamless sleep to screams. Adam’s
tortured cries sounded almost otherworldly. They turned her blood to ice
and made her heart race. She sat straight up, then bolted from bed,
blinking sleep from her eyes as she raced toward the door, banging her
shin on the dresser as she went. She yanked on the doorknob and almost
toppled over when it didn’t yield as she expected. Goddammit. Lance had
locked the door again.
She spared a glance toward the bed, but her husband wasn’t there.
Instead he was standing, looking out the window. For a moment she
thought she was mistaken. Were the screams coming from outside?
“Lance?” she asked.
He turned to her, but his eyes looked past her at some point on the wall.
“What’s going on?” he mumbled, barely awake.
“Adam’s having a nightmare,” she said.
“Again?” he asked. “Maybe we should just let him sleep it off.”
The screams had subsided now, but she could still hear her son’s
whimpers from down the hall. Sleep it off? Could Lance really be that
clueless? She unlocked the door and flung it open. It bounced almost
silently off the rubber doorstopper, which didn’t really give her the
dramatic exit she was hoping for.
She still couldn’t quite wrap her head around her husband just
standing there looking out the window while Adam cried for them. Usually
Lance was the one who woke up first. Maybe he had already gone to
comfort Adam and came back to their bedroom by the time she awoke. He
seemed so out of it, though. Well, that’s what a lack of sleep could do
to a person.
Adam sat on his bed in a nest of tangled sheets. His face was damp
with tears and sweat, his dark hair plastered to his forehead. The hippo
nightlight cast large, ominous shadows when she stepped into his room.
He looked up with a start, then relaxed when he saw it was her.
She sat down beside him and pulled his small body to her, wrapping
her arms around him and rocking him gently back and forth. The tears
subsided, but he still felt tense.
“Mommy, I’m scared of the bad boy,” he said. “The bad boy’s going to hurt me.”
“Nobody’s going to hurt you,” she assured him. “You’re safe. It was just a dream. Look, you’re safe in your bedroom.”
At this, Adam pulled away from her a little to study the dimly lit
bedroom. Maybe they should get a different nightlight. She had never
realized how spooky that hippo light made everything look.
“There were trees,” Adam said, “and a river. She was playing in the river.”
Caitlin stiffened. Adam noticed it and looked up at her. She smiled at him.
“It was just a dream,” she said, as much to reassure herself as him. “It wasn’t real.”
There were lots of rivers out there, and wasn’t Adam just watching a
cartoon show with cute animals that had to get across a river? That was
probably where that detail came from. Plus, she reminded herself, it
hadn’t been a river. It had been a creek. She wasn’t sure Adam knew the
difference between a river and a creek, though. But a little girl
playing in a river? No, wait, was that what he had said? He said only
“she.” For all Caitlin knew, this she could have been a girl river
otter. Maybe he had been having a cute dream about river creatures.
And a “bad boy,” she reminded herself. She remembered his
bloodcurdling screams. There was nothing cute about the dream he had.
Still, she clung to the “bad boy” detail. Was he talking about a child?
If so, then the river was just a coincidence. She wanted to ask him more
about the bad boy, but this was the worst thing she could do. He was
already starting to calm down, starting to forget the details of his
nightmare. She couldn’t go dredging things back up again.
“Mommy, can I sleep in your room?” Adam asked.
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Lance was fully awake and in bed when Caitlin returned with Adam in her arms.
“Hey there, champ,” Lance said. “Have a bad dream?”
“Daddy, he hurt her,” Adam said. “He hurt her head. She was bleeding.”
Her son’s tiny body stiffened again in Caitlin’s arms, and she gave
Lance an exasperated look as she set Adam down in the middle of the bed.
“We’d already gotten past that,” she said in a whispered hiss.
“Obviously,” Lance said with a roll of his eyes, “which is why he’s sleeping in our bed. Again.”
She slid into the bed beside Adam and adjusted the covers, ignoring
her husband. She petted Adam’s head and made soft, soothing noises.
“Remember, that wasn’t real, just make believe, like a movie.” She
didn’t want him to get himself worked up again talking about the dream,
but it wasn’t just that. She didn’t want to hear any more details from
the nightmare because the bit about the bad boy hurting the girl’s head
and the blood felt a touch too familiar.
She stroked his face, and his eyelids slowly drooped closed. He looked so calm and peaceful when he slept.
“I thought we said we weren’t going to do this anymore,” Lance said.
Even whispering, his voice was too loud. She held her finger to her
lips. He continued more quietly, “I’m just saying, I think it would be
better for him if he sleeps in his own bed.”
“It’s already after three,” she said. “It’s only for a few hours.”
“That’s not the point,” Lance said. “He’s nearly five years old. We can’t keep babying him.”
It was like the school argument all over again, and Caitlin didn’t
want to get into it. Not now. She was still tired and groggy and needed
more sleep.
“I want to get him a new nightlight,” she said to change the subject. “The one he has makes these creepy shadows.”
“A new nightlight,” Lance repeated in a skeptical voice. “Sure, that will solve everything.”
“The important thing,” she said, “is that we have to remind him that
his dreams are not real. That they’re make believe. We have to be united
on this.”
Lance made a dismissive noise and lay back down on his pillow,
turning his body away from her and Adam. He muttered something, but his
voice was muffled by the pillow.
“Lance, this is important,” she said. “We have to make it clear that his dreams are not real. He has to know they aren’t true.”
He sighed. “What kind of moron do you think I am? Do you really think
I’m going to start telling him his dreams about boogeymen are real?” He
squirmed around and pulled the covers up in an attempt to get
comfortable. She thought he was done, but he stopped shifting around
long enough to add, “It’s not exactly like you’re the foremost expert in
dreams.”
***
Excerpt from Up the Creek by Alissa Grosso. Copyright 2021 by Alissa Grosso. Reproduced with permission from Alissa Grosso. All rights reserved.
Author Bio:
Alissa Grosso is the author of several books for adults and teens.
Originally from New Jersey, she now resides in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania.
Book Title: The Burden of Hate (An Annie Collins Mystery) by Helen Starbuck Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 216 pages Genre: Mystery Publisher: Routt Street Press Release date: March 2020 Format available for review: print (USA and Canada), ebook (Gifted Kinde, PDF), audiobook (audible download) Tour dates: Jan 13 to Feb 9, 2021 Content Rating: R. Several explicit sex scenes, profanity, medical scenes
Book Description:
How far would you go for someone you love? How much hate would you
need to commit murder? Revenge. Hate. Fear. Not exactly traditional
wedding gifts. But when convicted killer Ian Patterson escapes from
prison, operating room nurse Annie Collins and fiancé assistant district
attorney Angel Cisneros are forced to confront these realities head on.
Will Ian Patterson’s quest for revenge toward the two people
responsible for sending him to prison—Annie Collins and Angel
Cisneros—bring them face to face to settle the score once and for all?
Find out why Kirkus Reviews calls The Burden of Hate, “A thriller that offers a master class in suspense.” Buy the Book: Amazon ~Audible B&N ~ BAM You May Also Review:
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Book Title: The Mad Hatter’s Son (An Annie Collins Mystery #1) by Helen Starbuck
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 285 pages
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Routt Street Press
Release date: 2018
Format available for review: ebook (Gifted Kinde, PDF), audiobook (audible download)
Tour dates: Jan 13 to Feb 9, 2021
Content Rating: R. Two explicit sex scenes, profanity, medical scenes.
Book Description:
Curiosity killed the cat, so the saying goes, and it may end up
killing operating room nurse Annie Collins. Annie’s estranged friend
Libby Matheisen needs Annie’s help to discover what is causing her
vague, puzzling symptoms. Unwillingly drawn into her friend’s life,
Annie must discover whether Libby is really ill or if there is a hidden
agenda. Faced with Libby’s apparent suicide, Annie is unable to stop
asking questions to uncover the truth about her illness and death. The
answers to these questions don’t come without a price, and pursuing the
mystery of Libby’s death threatens to end her life as well. Friends
change, love betrays, and the end results are never what you anticipate.
Find out why the BookLife Prize called The Mad Hatter’s Son“An outstanding debut,” and it was the winner of The National Indie Excellence Book Awards mystery category. Buy the Book: Amazon ~ Audible B&N ~ BAM
Book Details:
Book Title: No Pity in Death (An Annie Collins Mystery #2) by Helen Starbuck
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 249 pages
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Routt Street Press
Release date: 2019
Format available for review: ebook (Gifted Kinde, PDF), audiobook (audible download)
Tour dates: Jan 13 to Feb 9, 2021
Content Rating: R. Two explicit sex scenes, profanity, medical scenes.
Book Description:
Struggling to put her life back together after almost being
murdered, operating room nurse Annie Collins agrees to help homicide
Detective Alex Frost investigate a troubling number of patient deaths in
the ICU step down unit at her hospital. Are the patients succumbing to
life threatening illnesses or is someone helping them die? Assistant
district attorney and close friend, Angel Cisneros, worries about
Annie’s involvement with Frost’s investigation, and his concern
escalates after a person from her past contacts her. His feelings for
her, which have grown deeper, complicate everything. Dangerous enemies
are something Annie and Angel have in common. As they quickly discover,
paybacks can be hell. Buy the Book: Amazon ~ Audible BAM
Meet the Author:
Helen Starbuck is a Colorado native, former OR nurse, and
award-winning author of the standalone romantic suspense novel Legacy of
Secrets, and the Annie Collins Mystery Series. She loves mysteries,
suspense, romance, and any book that is well written. She’s a huge fan
of books with independent, strong, women characters and, as Neil Gaiman
says, “…stories where women save themselves.”
I was under the impression the series was over with The Third Note…but not so. I don’t know why I thought that, but I am happy to be spending more time with these unusual and intriguing characters.
Selkie and Alister are in Hong Kong, looking for Deshi, Alister’s son who was kidnapped thirty years ago. It seems to be an impossible task, but Selkie has an unusual talent that will be necessary to find him, and face the dangers that are ahead.
I love when there is a cultural element involved, especially when it involves the paranormal, and I do love Selkie and her friends. Virginia King does a great job writing about the Chinese mysticism that saturates the pages.
The Fourth Door is more about Alister and their search for his son. Who’s trying to prevent them from finding him and how far will they go?
Chinese sorcery, psychic visions, the paranormal and supernatural, love and hate…
I have loved reading this series and was on a serious reading binge, so maybe I was on a bit of a reading burnout, because I flip flopped between a 3 and a 4 rating. I kept putting it down and picking it up again, my mind wandering. I think current events could have played a part. Couldn’t make up my mind, yet I am excited about more to come…so a 4 it is.
Next stop…Chile…and I’m looking forward to being along for the ride.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of The Fourth Door by Virginia King.
4 Stars
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Thirty years ago, a baby boy was kidnapped …
When
Selkie Moon travels to Hong Kong to discover his fate, she has high
hopes of using her psychic twinges to find him and reunite him with his
father. Until the tea leaves on her flight make a chilling prediction.
Then in a Kowloon night-market she witnesses a child abduction – and the echoes with her quest suddenly raise the stakes.
As
the strange events escalate and reach back into Chinese folklore,
Selkie is compelled to confront the powerful force that’s hell bent on
stopping her. The omens are unmistakable. Someone is going to die.
Someone closest to her?
Or Selkie herself?
ABOUT VIRGINIA KING
When a voice wakes you up in the middle of the night and tells you
to write a mystery series, what’s a writer to do? That’s how I came to
create Selkie Moon, after a massage from a strange woman with gifted
hands was followed by this nocturnal message. I sat down at the
keyboard until Selkie Moon turned up — a modern woman with a mythical
name. Soon I was hooked, exploring far-flung places full of secrets
where Selkie delves into psychological clues tangled up in the local
mythology.
Before Selkie Moon invaded my life, I’d been a
teacher, an unemployed ex-teacher, the author of over 50 children’s
books, an audio-book producer, a workshop presenter and a prize-winning
publisher. These days I live in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney
with my husband, where I disappear each day into Selkie Moon’s latest
mystery. Bliss.
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Alchemy might be the cure… if Riga can survive long enough to puzzle out its mysteries.
The first in the addictive, action-packed Riga Hayworth series.
Someone’s killing psychics in bucolic Lake Tahoe, and the police think Riga may be connected to the crimes.
They could be right.
Riga
recognizes the sinister hand of a long-dead enemy in the crime scene.
Juggling demons, daimons, and a devilish casino owner, can this
metaphysical detective catch a killer before she becomes the next
target?
If you’re a fan of Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher,
Charlaine Harris or Deborah Harkness, don’t miss this twisty paranormal
mystery, because this complicated, 40-something heroine isn’t like the
others…
I added The Alchemical Detective by Kirsten Weiss to my TBR on 11.8.12 and I am sooooo glad I am doing the Backlog post. I may never have found this otherwise. A female Gargoyle…sounds like a hoot to me and I am glad the book was brought to my attention….again. 🙂What a fun play on the character’s name….Riga Hayworth.
If they expected silence, they hired the wrong woman.
This latest romantic legal thriller by bestseller Cara Putman shines a light on the shadowy world of scientific secrets and corporate vendettas—and the ethical dilemmas that plague the place where science and commerce meet.
Book Details:
Genre: Mystery/Suspense Published by: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: January 12, 2021 Number of Pages: 336 ISBN: 0785233318 (ISBN13: 9780785233312) Purchase Links:Amazon | Barnes & Noble | ChristianBook.com | Goodreads
Read an excerpt:
Caroline shifted in the high-backed chair. The massive conference room table made her feel more petite than usual. Quentin Jackson, the man propelling Praecursoria through its rapid growth, vibrated with energy as he studied her.
“We are on the cusp of amazing developments and a transition from the lab to trials. We have a few CAR T-cell therapies in early stages now with more in our pipeline.”
She racked her mind for the importance of T cells, and he gave a hearty laugh.
“Don’t worry if the science overwhelms you. We’ll have you up to speed in no time. All you need to know right now is that T cells are one of the two cells that make up white blood cells. The treatments we’re working on could be the difference between life and death for young cancer patients. We need your legal expertise and quick mind to synthesize the science with the map to market.”
“I’ve overseen several court trials related to patents, which should help with that process.” It had been an unforeseen aspect of her days clerking for Judge Loren. She swallowed against the lump in her throat that still welled up when she thought about his untimely death from pneumonia. A month ago she couldn’t imagine interviewing for a job somewhere else, even if a part of her knew that she should stretch her wings.
“When can you start? Today?”
She felt rooted to the chair. Everything was moving so fast. Could she really transition her experience managing clerks for a judge into managing patents and contracts for a start-up? While Praecursoria had been around for a decade as a cancer research lab, about eighteen months ago Quentin sold off its lucrative genetic testing branch to focus exclusively on the development of cutting-edge CAR T-cell therapies. Starting over that way was a bold if risky move.
She lifted her chin and forced a smile that didn’t waver. “If that’s what you need. First we have a few details to work out.”
He laughed. “I like the way you tackle issues head-on. That will be key in this role. I know how to steer the ship, and my chief scientist can navigate the research, but you’ll keep us on the legal straight and narrow.” He tapped his pen against the legal pad in front of him. Then he picked up her résumé and named a salary that pressed her against the chair. “There will be performance bonuses tied to the successful conclusion of trials. We want to look into stock options as well. That will be one of your assignments in conjunction with HR.” He slapped his hands on the table and she jumped. “My enthusiasm gets away from me sometimes.” He shrugged but never wavered as he examined her. “Let’s start with a field trip. The best way for you to understand why we’re doing this work and research is to show you.”
***
Excerpt from Lethal Intent by Cara Putman. Copyright 2021 by Cara Putman. Reproduced with permission from Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Author Bio:
Cara Putman is the author of more than twenty-five legal thrillers, historical romances, and romantic suspense novels. She has won or been a finalist for honors including the ACFW Book of the Year and the Christian Retailing’s BEST Award. Cara graduated high school at sixteen, college at twenty, completed her law degree at twenty-seven, and recently received her MBA. She is a practicing attorney, teaches undergraduate and graduate law courses at a Big Ten business school, and is a homeschooling mom of four. She lives with her husband and children in Indiana.
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Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those
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like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in
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Librarian’s note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B005EIO02C.
Frey’s life is a lie. She doesn’t remember being bound from magic. She didn’t intend to get entangled in Council business.
But she did.
And
now she’s on the run. As the Council trackers pursue her, Frey
discovers a world beyond their lies. With the aid of a stranger, she
fights to reclaim her true identity before the others hunt her down. If
they find her, she will burn.
I added Frey (Book I of the Frey Saga) to my TBR on 11.1.12 and grabbed it from Amazon on 10.1.12. That makes me wonder if I won the book and waiting for a giveaway to be over before I added it. I do love reading Young Adult novels filled with magic, so this should be a good one for me.
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those
neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything
like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in
your stacks.
Maggie Mahoney wants justice for women at her law firm. The firm chairman wants to be Attorney General. Only one can win.
Sweeny,
Owens & Boyle sits at the top of Wall Street law firms. Brilliant
and beautiful, Maggie Mahoney became a partner and the trophy wife of
its managing attorney. Her husband’s death renders Maggie an outsider
with the firm’s male establishment and creates a power vacuum.
Obsessed
with his dream of becoming the next Attorney General, firm chairman,
Andy Anderson, chooses a surprising replacement: Jack Slattery, a
reputed sexist. Jack’s background hardly qualifies him for such a
prominent position. Maggie suspects Jack has something on Andy, but what
is it?
Andy’s ambition drives him to desperate measures. With
proof of misconduct in hand, Maggie demands justice, but it comes at a
high price.
I added Terminal Ambition by Kate McGuinness to my TBR on 10.31.12 but grabbed it from Amazon on 7.2.13. Guess it still sounded good and I do love an intriguing mystery filled with suspense and thrills. Sounds a bit like a Grisham noveland very realistic.
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those
neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything
like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in
your stacks.
Lila Carmichael, outrageous, bawdy comedienne, is a rich and powerful woman in television. But, it’s not enough she has everything she desires; for fifteen years she has been obsessively orchestrating payback to five unsuspecting, former schoolmates—“friends” who played a nasty trick on her, and now it’s her turn for revenge.
Under the flattering auspices of a cozy college reunion, these unsuspecting classmates arIe invited to Lila’s private island for a weekend from hell where Lila forces them to play a vicious parlor game—a psychological “Ten Little Indians,” where one by one Lila’s guests are figuratively killed-off. Yet, revenge turns bittersweet when the weekend is over and one guest is dead.
A psychological spinoff of Agatha Christie’s “Ten Little Indians” that Publisher’s Weekly calls “A page-turning thrill ride that will have readers holding their breaths the whole way through.”
I added Innocent Little Crimes by C S Lakin to my Goodreads TBR on 10.30.12. I must have won it and the author/publisher sent me an ebook. Amazon says the book is unavailable, but I see where she has a lot of books about writing, so she is still around. I will most likely read this because #1 the cover. Have to know….and I do love when a character takes care of a problem themselves. Psychological thrillers can have that little something extra we are all looking for. Ya know, a little bit of vigilante justice is sometimes in order. What do you think about taking the law into your own hands? Could you do it?
Tis the season and Seth is confirming Jessica’s role as Mrs Claus along with his as Santa. I am sure there will be a murder for the holiday.
Jessica is still at the Hill House Hotel since renovations on her burned out home at 698 Candlewood Lane has been met with setbacks. When she found out the septic system was not up to code and would have to be replaced, what do you think is going to happen? Isn’t it about time for a body to appear? Well, surprise, surprise, we have two…and a box…in the trench.
tad Hollenbeck, a tabloid reporter is there to report on Cabot Cove and why there seem to be in inordinate amount of murders taking place there. Jessica seems to draw them to her, like flies to honey and Tad ends up adding to the count. Why him, and who are the two found at Jessica’s home?
The town’s history comes to light and it’s not all peaches and cream.
When Sheila’s doorbell rang, I knew what was coming. I read a lot of mysteries and thrillers, so it is pretty hard to surprise me…and I love when an author can.
Murder, treasure, greed, slavery…
What happened in the past? What secrets will be exposed? And…who the hell is doing all the killing? So many suspects and the clock ticks on.
As the story unfolds, my mind is at least able to keep up, using each new piece of the puzzle to put it together…slowly. It still takes Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land to get me there.
I did have a bit of a jolt, when Jessica walked into her house and someone grabbed her. After all, with all the bodies falling and Jessica on the investigation, someone could feel threatened by her. Hey…you can’t mess with Jessica. It’s just wrong!
Murder In Season by Jon Land is murder on the light side, seeing Jessica doesn’t like violence. And that’s just fine. It doesn’t always have to be violent and filled with blood and guts. And we do have many warm, wonderful moments for the holiday season, showing it is better to give than to receive, because family and friends give it back in spades.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Murder In Season by Jon Land.
4 Stars
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With work on the reconstruction of her beloved home almost complete, Jessica Fletcher is in high holiday spirits, spearheading the annual Christmas parade and preparing for her nephew Grady and his family to come to town. The only thing dampening the holiday cheer is the discovery of two sets of bones on Jessica’s property: one set ancient, the other only about a year old. It’s concluded that they were both placed there during the reconstruction, and Jessica suspects that, despite the centuries between them, the remains might be connected.
Soon tabloid reporter Tad Hollenbeck arrives in Cabot Cove to write a story about what he calls “the murder capital of the country.” But when Tad himself is murdered, Jessica speculates that his arrival, his death, and the discovery of the bones are all somehow linked.
As Jessica digs deeper to find the connection between the bones and Tad’s murder, everything seems to come back to a mystery that has long plagued Cabot Cove. If she wants to solve the case, she’ll need to delve into her beloved town’s dark history, or else this holiday season may be her last….
ABOUT JON LAND
Jon
Land is the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of 36 books,
including the bestselling Caitlin Strong Texas Ranger series that
includes Strong Enough to Die, Strong Justice, Strong at the Break,
Strong Vengeance and, most recently, Strong Rain Falling. The Tenth
Circle marks the second return engagement of his longtime series hero
Blaine McCracken on the heels of last year’s Pandora’s Temple which was
nominated for a Thriller Award and received the 2013 International Book
Award for Best Adventure Thriller. Jon’s first nonfiction book,
Betrayal, meanwhile, was named Best True Crime Book of 2012 by Suspense
Magazine and won a 2012 International Book Award for Best True Crime
Book. He is currently working on Strong Darkness, the next entry in the
Caitlin Strong to be published in September of 2014. He graduated Phi
Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Brown University, where he continues
to maintain a strong volunteer presence, in 1979.
