Three Stations

From Eileen Effrat author: Smith, Martin Cruz  Three Stations Arkady Renko, Moscow’s homicide investigator extraordinaire, is still on the job after 30 years.  Politically and socially things have not changed much in those thirty years.  Putin’s “New Russia” is just as corrupt  as Renko’s  first police investigation in Gorky Park.  Only the bureaucrats names have [...]

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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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Hush, hush

From Catherine, Teen Book Reviewer author: Fitzpatrick, Becca Hush, hush  The book Hush, Hush is about a high school student named Nora Grey. She leads a normal life until Patch, her new biology partner, steps in. Everywhere she goes, Patch seems to be right behind her. And Patch knows things about Nora that she would [...]

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Hunger Games

From Monica Salo author: Collins,Suzanne Hunger Games In this engrossing, futuristic story set in North America, a 16 year old girl named Katniss takes the place of her younger sister to represent the District 12 in the Hunger Games.  The capitol of the districts keeps order by demanding two young representatives from each all 12 [...]

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Gateway

From Cindy, Teen Book Reviewer author: Shinn, Sharon Gateway The novel, Gateway, by Sharon Shinn is an amazing novel to read and I highly recommend it. For a science fiction/fantasy book, it was really good, even for someone who usually enjoys realistic fiction books as opposed to fantasies. The novel is about a girl, named [...]

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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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Golden Reads reviews

From Lynne Demestichas: Joop   A Novel of Anne Frank, by Richard Lourie An interesting spin on the Anne Frank story.Who turned the family over to the Nazi’s? This book takes it’s reader to Holland, during the war and is gripping when descibing the traumatic lives of a family trying to make ends meet, did they [...]

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Blood and Ice

Blood and Ice,  by Robert Masello Photojournalist, Michael Wilde, is on assignment in the Antarctic where he makes a discovery that will bring him fame, fortune or death. It is a riveting suspense whose fascinating setting takes on a life of its own.

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