The Winner of this week’s Free Book Friday Prize,
What a Ghoul Wants by Victoria Laurie is:
Judi T.
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Archive for September, 2014
Free Book Friday Winner!
Sunday, September 28th, 2014Free Book Friday!
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Today’s Free Book Friday prize is:
What a Ghoul Wants by Victoria Laurie
M. J. Holliday has the unusual ability to talk to the dead. But when it comes to a vengeful ghost and a mysterious drowning, this time she may be in over her head…. — THAT SINKING FEELING — Kidwella Castle in northern Wales is rumored to be haunted by a deadly ghost — the Grim Widow, who allegedly drowns unsuspecting guests in the castle’s moat. Not long after M. J. and her crew arrive at the castle to film their ghost-hunting cable TV show, Ghoul Getters, two new victims are added to the Widow’s grisly roster.
Fear ripples through the castle, especially when it’s discovered that the victims may have had help into their watery graves from the land of the living. The local inspector suspects father-son serial killers, but M. J. thinks that theory is all wet. To catch the true culprit she will need to dive deep into the castle’s past and bring some long buried secrets to the surface.
ISBN 9780451238979, Mass Market Paperback
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Winner!
Sunday, September 14th, 2014
The Winner of this week’s Free Book Friday Prize,
The Phoenix Transformed
by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory is:
Katherine N. (kimberlyrav)
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Free Book Friday!
Friday, September 12th, 2014
Today’s Free Book Friday prize is:
The Phoenix Transformed
by Mercedes Lacky and James Mallory
In the Enduring Flame trilogy, Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory have given readers a new view of the complex and fascinating world they originally created for the Obsidian Trilogy. Jumping one thousand years in time, they have told the compelling story of Harrier Gillain, the first Knight-Mage in a thousand years; Tiercel Rolfort, the first High Mage in hundreds of years; and Shaiara, the young leader of a desert tribe who takes both boys under her wing but has a special affection for Harrier. These three young people are their world?s main defense against the evil called up by the rogue Wild Mage, Bisochim. Bisochim?s conviction that he was restoring the balance was shattered the moment Ahairan took her first breath. Now, in The Phoenix Transformed , Bisochim joins forces with Harrier and Tiercel, and the three mages search desperately for a way to destroy Ahairan as she sends her magical forces against them and the desert nomads under their protection.
ISBN 9780765355089, Mass Market Paperback
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September 11th
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Mystery Monday – The Case of the Spurious Spinster
Monday, September 8th, 2014
The Case of the Spurious Spinster by Erle Stanley Gardner
Review by Matt B. (BuffaloSavage)
The later Perry Mason novels are organized like the TV episodes featuring the super-lawyer. That is, the action opens with what really happened, usually to a plucky working girl who’s just trying to do her best in a strange situation. The situation deteriorates ethically and legally to the point where the protagonist is driven to consult Perry Mason, who is intrigued by whatever kind of scam is afoot.
A demure secretary, Susan Fisher, suspects her boss of funny business when the boss’ young son comes up with a shoebox full of benjamins. Also, the owner of the company – the kind of blunt astute business woman Gardner respected – disappears along with accounting evidence that defalcations have been occurring. Seeing herself in a vulnerable position, Susan consults Perry Mason.
So, the first chapter of Spurious Spinster is one of the longest set-ups in the Gardner canon of 80-some Perry Mason novels. Usually I would feel impatient with this (I like a vic right away in a mystery), but Gardner, wielding narrative magic in a story of embezzlement, kidnapping, and impersonation, builds suspense by getting us veteran fans wondering when the heck the murder is coming off and who is going to be the vic. When Perry and Della finally come upon a gasoline-doused corpse, the tension is just about unbearable. The trial sequence is thus delayed and seems a tad rushed. Though dour Lt. Tragg and Perry have some fine exchanges, DA Hamilton Burger does not get a chance to make an exasperated outburst.
Other exceptional scenes: Della uses her femininity to open up a crusty prospector and Paul flatly predicts, “The evidence points so unerringly and so damningly that there isn’t a ghost of a chance she’s innocent. And what’s more, I’m betting that within twenty-four hours Amelia Corning’s body will be discovered somewhere and you’ll find your client charged with another murder.” Boy, you’d think after 60-some novels (this was published in 1961), Paul would have as much faith in Perry as Della does.
As we fans do….
