Shutter

From Rosemarie Jerome Shutter [videorecording]  This is one creepy, scary movie.  I watched the original Thai movie which was made in 2004 and one of the U.S. remakes  from 2008. The Thai  version is much darker but they are both edge of your seat psychological thrillers similar to “The Grudge.” A young couple is driving [...]

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The Dead Travel Fast

Ftrom Rosemarie Jerome author: Raybourn, Deanna The Dead Travel Fast Theodora Lestrange wants to be a writer.  When her childhood friend, Cosmina, invites her to Transylvania she sees it as an opportunity to explore the world beyond Scotland.  Cosmina told her stories of vampires, werewolves, strange rituals and exotic landscapes, this would be the perfect [...]

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

From Monica Salo author: Larsson, Stieg The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest    The final book of Larsson’s trilogy is fast-paced and thrilling.  The book continues where the Girl Who Played with Fire left off.  We find Lisbeth in a hospital, shot in the head and accused of multiple murders.  Our favorite hacker is without [...]

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Think of a Number

From Lynne Demestichas author: Verdon   John Think of a Number Scary, gruesome,and intriguing? John Verdon has given us all this and more,in his new and first book.Written like those authors whose books  keep coming out year after year,there is a great plot to this story and Verdon is a natural spine-tingler.The evidence of a few [...]

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Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum Series #16)

From Margie Hartough author: Evanowich, Janet Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum Series #16) Summer is a great time to visit cool friends,   Stephanie, Lula, Connie, Grandma Mazur, Ranger, Morelli and they’re back with another adventure.  Cousin Vinny has gone missing and owes a lot of money for gambling debt. If Vinny goes down so does the [...]

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What Remains of Heaven

From Rosemarie Jerome author: Harris, C.S. What Remains of Heaven Sebastian St. Cyr does not believe in coincidences. Two men have met their demise in an ancient crypt, but their murders occurred thirty years apart.   When he is asked to investigate the murder of the outspoken Bishop of London, who has many powerful enemies, he [...]

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Village of the Ghost Bears

From Rosemarie Jerome author: Jones, Stan Village of the Ghost Bears Eight people killed in a fire; frozen bodies found on the tundra; is it all part of a cover-up?  Revenge?  A serial killer?  State Trooper Nathan Active’s beat is the remote Arctic Alaskan town of Chukchi and his investigation is complicated by the weather, [...]

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The Black Hand

from Rosemarie Jerome author: Will Thomas The Black Hand This is the fifth book in the Barker & Llewelyn series which includes:  Some Danger Involved, To Kingdom Come, The Limehouse Text, and The Hellfire Conspiracy.  Set in Victorian London, the series contains all the elements for an enjoyable read; it has action, romance, humor, intrigue [...]

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Changes : a novel of the Dresden files

From Rosemarie Jerome author: Butcher, Jim Changes : a novel of the Dresden files Being the 12th book in the Dresden Files series, we have seen Harry fight demons, vampires, ogres, rogue wizards, werewolves and other nefarious creatures to help others and save the world but now he must face his past.  In his latest [...]

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Testimony

from Lisa Kropp: Centered around a private high school, Testimony relates what happens to lives, both young and old, when one horrible decision spirals out of control. The story is told through the voices of different characters, so instead of traditional chapters, the pages alternate from character to  character; each adding their own pieces to [...]

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