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A Genius Hacker and Uncompromising Misfit…”The Girl in the Sprider’s Web”, by David Lagercrantz

Swedish author, David Lagercrantz, has published the fourth in the series of Millennium novels, which began with Stieg Larsson’s, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Spider’s Web follows The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. “The Girl in the Spider Web” continues to follow the series main characters of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist.

The novel has a mix of “artificial intelligence, the hacking of the U.S. National Security Agency, and an autistic child with Savant syndrome, who witnesses a murder and has the ability to draw images from his photographic memory”.

Critics have given “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” good reviews, and it topped the US best seller list.

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Altering Time…”The Drafter”, by Kim Harrison

Author, Kim Harrison, has published the first in the series of her Peri Reed Chronicles, The Drafter. A drafter possess unusual qualities and priceless skills for altering time to accomplish covert actions, then having the memory of such actions erased. The main character, Peri Reed, is a drafter who has found out that her own life has been manipulated to suit the agency for which she works. The Drafter follows her journey in executing her tasks, but at the same time, fighting for her own survival.

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Exciting Possibilities….”Silver Linings”, by Debbie Macomber

Debbie Macomber is one of the leading authors when it comes to fictional novels that appeal to women. She has had nine novels on the New York Times best sellers list, and three have been adapted into hit movies on the Hallmark Channel. There are more than 170 million copies of her books in print across the world.

Silver Linings is another in the series of the Cedar Cove books. The innkeeper at Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie, is welcoming two new guests . Two best friends, Kellie and Katie, have returned for their ten-year high school reunion. Everyone knows what emotions can be stirred when there were unfinished issues when they decided to leave Cedar Cove. The book follows their journey of seeing that people can change. They both look to the exciting possibilities that lay ahead of them.

It has been said in reviews that many are impressed by Debbie Macomber’s ability to express feelings in her writing, both good ones and bad ones. Most of Silver Linings is dedicated to expressing the feelings of Jo Marie Rose when her long-time friend, Mark Taylor, declares his feelings for her. Jo Marie has many personal feelings to ponder.

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Scary, Intense and Thrilling….”Code of Conduct”, by Brad Thor

Brad Thor has written another episode in the Scot Harvath Series (#14). Many reviewers have exclaimed that “he topped himself again”! Others have said that it reads like the action on the TV series “24”, which was a hit for many viewers. The story covers the covert actions of a secret committee that is hidden within one of the most powerful organizations in the world, whose members are considered to be untouchable. The book has many components of a scary, intense thriller and an excellent read.

It takes just a four second video of “the committee” to set a whole range of actions in motion by the book’s hero, Scot Harvath. As a counterterrorism operative, he jumps into character when asked to do a personal favor. But that request sends him on a globe-spanning journey that will expose him to international intrigue, political gamesmanship, and the most clandestine fears of the espionage world. As one reviewer commented…… “Thor isn’t at the top of his game……. he owns the entire game”.

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Caught In the Cross-hairs of a Killer…”The English Spy”, by Daniel Silva

The English Spy is another successful international spy thriller novel by author Daniel Silva. Silva has thrilled his readers with 17 spy novels featuring amazing characters and plots that have taken his brilliant hero, Gabriel Allon, around the globe and back. Silva’s background as a journalist for UPI covering the Middle East, then an executive producer with CNN, has given him some factual base as he began his first novel, The Unlikely Spy.

The English Spy features Silva’s acclaimed Israeli operative, Gabriel Allon. The author’s timing of his novels is just short of serving as a prediction of future events. The English Spy deals with the Iran nuclear negotiations, bringing that modern-day aspect seamlessly into the stories plot. Once again a former character, Madeline Hart (the English girl), gets caught in the cross-hairs of a killer and depends on Allon to survive.

It is said that Daniel Silva can write like no other in his ability to describe wondrous works of beauty on one line, then acts of raw brutality on another, with such a seamless span from one to the other. In The English Spy, he opens with a suspenseful situation, then backs it up with all the intrigue and adventure that he is famous for. The reader or listener can just sit back and enjoy the ride.

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To Kill a Mockingbird….”Go Set a Watchman”, by Haper Lee

The prestigious author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, has allowed her long-lost book, Go Set a Watchman, to be published. It was written before Mockingbird, which was published in July of 1960, and portrayed lawyer Atticus Finch, losing a case he represented for a local black man, Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a white woman. The legal representation was not popular at that time (30’s Depression Era) with the town. Many moral, ethical, and racial issues ensued. Go Set a Watchman is another controversial novel which sheds a very different light on the character of Atticus Finch. The main plot is a description of the return of Scout Finch back to her small hometown of Maycomb from New York, to visit her father. During her visit, she has flashbacks to her childhood and the chaos of the trial. These flashbacks were the material from which Mockingbird was written years later.

In 2014 Lee’s lawyer was examining her safe deposit box and found Lee’s manuscript for Watchman, which had previously been thought to be lost. The book, even though pre-Mockingbird, was initially thought to be a trilogy with it being the first, a shorter connecting novel, then Watchman as the third.

In 2006, Harper Lee wrote: “Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cellphones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books”. As for the publishing of Go Set a Watchman, she stated that she is still alive, kicking, and happy that she is humbled and amazed that it is now published after all those years. One reviewer has this to say about Go Set a Watchman: “It doesn’t quite reach that standard (of Mockingbird) but it is a great read in itself…….a fan like myself will really enjoy it.

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We’re All In This Together…”Modern Romance”, by Aziz Ansari

The newly published book, Modern Romance, by author (and comedian) Aziz Ansari is a factual research-based book that attempts to explain how people are finding romance in this day and age of technology. He provides the element of humor that makes the charts and statistics more palatable to the reader of books, or to the listener of audiobooks. Ansari developed the idea for the book when he was performing his comedy routine about obsessing over a girl that he had called who had not yet returned his call. He imagined her phone had fallen into a volcano, or that maybe she was dead. And then, it hits you that she just doesn’t want to call back. And that is the scariest reason of all.

Ansari enlisted the professional expertise of Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University, to provide the scientific data to serve as the base of the book. They held group discussions in several different cities in several different states, forums on social media, and consulted experts in the fields of sociology, psychology, and human behavior. The result is a book of simple facts, observations, advice, and comedy. The book answers one of today’s most asked questions…….why do millennials not answer the phone? As author Ansari surveys all the information, one statement seems to stand out……… “The main thing I’ve learned from this research is that we’re all in this together”.

The book is especially interesting on audiobook, since author Ansari is the narrator and what could be better than having the comedic parts of the book presented by a comedian. It gives a substantial reason to listen to this book rather than read it in paper form. Or, the best of both worlds……..do both!

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Inside His Brain….”Grey”, by E.L. James

To celebrate fictional character, Christian Grey’s birthday, author E. L. James, announced a new book which tells the erotic story of 50 Shades of Grey, from Christian’s viewpoint, entitled “Grey: Fifty Shades“. James said she had so many fans request a version of her best-selling novel which shows the billionaire playboy as seen through his own eyes.

The book was shrouded in strict secrecy, with one rumor being that a copy of the new version had been stolen. However, no proof was ever found, so the police investigation was suspended. Now, copies are circulating and reviews have started being printed. One such review said, “James’ characteristic internal monologs provide a direct line into Christian’s mind, revealing his deepest, darkest desires…..and they don’t disappoint”. (Francesca Cookery….Vietnam)

The book is said to continue in the same “harder, coarser, and more direct attitude……..destroying the criticism of some that the books are “light” erotica or “mummy porn”.

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Wealth, Love, Ambition and Secrets…”Tiny Little Thing”, by Beatriz Williams

Author Beatriz Williams has written an intriguing novel that has fictional characters intertwined with historical happenings. It is a story set in the Vietnam War era, and follows in a Kennedy-style, the most gregariously social of the three Schuyler sisters, Christina “Tiny” Hardcastle of Cape Cod. She seemed predestined to meet and marry a man who would attain a leadership position with her help. She possessed elegance and grace with impeccable style. In the new age of television politics, “Tiny” was always looking camera ready. With their handsome attributes, they are poised to become the ultimate power couple…… seemingly unstoppable.

As many times happens, unwelcome characters appear unexpectedly in Cape Cod, who each in their own way can potentially bring down Frank and “Tiny” Hardcastle’s perfect world. Among those characters are Tiny’s volatile sister Pepper, someone bearing incriminating photographs, and Frank’s intimidating, Vietnam War hero cousin, Caspian. Tiny quickly realizes her perfect life may be full of cracks and the only way out is to fight for herself instead of continuing the glossy facade she has created.

As quoted from William’s publisher, the novel is……….a fascinating look at wealth, love, ambition, secrets, and what family members will and won’t do to protect each other……Kirkus.

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For Good, For Bad, Forever…”Finders Keepers”, by Stephen King

Once again, the genius author Stephen King, masters another thriller novel with a brilliant title…… Finders Keepers. The book is the second volume of a planned trilogy with main character, Detective Bill Hodges. Mr. Mercedes was volume one in the trilogy, and introduced Detective Hodges. The main theme of Finders Keepers is somewhat of a recurring theme (as was his novel, Misery) of a reader whose obsession with a favorite writer has become very dangerous. The new novel, published on June 2, 2015, promises to fulfill the high expectations that Stephen King’s readers have come to expect.
A thirty year old murder of a writer sets the stage for the premise of the novel. Detective Hodges gets drawn into the complicated story, but does not realize how it will lead to more mystery involving the decades old murder. It is a deadly cat and mouse game that he walks into, but he is the detective who brought down the murderer, Mr. Mercedes.
“Finders Keepers is spectacular, heart-pounding suspense, but it is also Stephen writing about how literature shapes a life……… for good, for bad, forever”.

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