Three cousins grow up together hanging out with their favorite Uncle Hugo in his rambling home and garden. Now years later,one of the cousins has been severely beaten and they learn that Uncle Hugo is dying. To ease Toby's recovery and help care for Hugo, Toby and his girlfriend move into Hugo's house. What begins as a sweet reunion and reminiscing quickly escalates into a police matter as human remains are discovered in the witch elm tree in Hugo's garden and someone who used to hang out at the house must be responsible for the death. Once the remains are identified as a classmate of the cousins who bullied all of them it is easy to see why he was killed but not who did it. An intense murder mystery and clever story of friendship, family loyalty, and family secrets.
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I was overjoyed to find the continuing saga of the unusual pairing between vampire and witch to be just as good as when we were first introduced. Now we are privy to the complications of rearing children with magic and vampire tendencies as well as the backstory of Marcus. This series is not just a solid paranormal thriller but also a sweeping historical saga thanks in part to the fact that vampires live a very long time. The American Revolution has never been so interesting or blood-thirsty! Deborah Harkness has written some timeless characters that we can empathize with and wonder at their unusual lives.
Having been raised on Monty Python at an early age, I could not have been more delighted to read about its beginnings and that of one of its founders, Eric Idle. We already know what a comic genius he is but as an added bonus you are privy to fantastic stories about most of the biggest names in show business and their unusual connection to Pythons and Eric Idle. These are not stories of stars passing each other at a party but instead, these remarkable and talented people became close friends - the kind that you spend the holidays with and attend weddings, visit and last but not least, invest in whatever that incredibly funny group of loonies is doing. What struck me most about this very funny book was not the name-dropping or goofy stories but the fact that he truly loves his friends and their time together. How refreshing to find a tell-all book that tells all about lifelong friendships and that he lives by his credo - always look on the bright side of life. My kind of sortabiography!
This gothic masterpiece is a prequel to a classic that I didn't think could get any better, but it did. The best part of this truly terrifying tale of things that don't die is that the voice and macabre setting is spot on to the original Stoker classic. As a young child Bram Stoker, the author of DRACULA, was deathly ill and was miraculously healed by the family's Nana Ellen. Her strange skill at healing was accepted but she didn't count on the natural curiosity of the unnatural in children so when Nana Ellen goes missing, Bram and his sister attempt to find out where she has gone. Sightings of her follow the children and as adults, their search uncovers some frightening results. This is a one sitting book that you will wish there were another 200 pages. Not to be missed is the author's notes from Bram Stoker's journals which is fascinating in its own right. October is the perfect time to release this new gothic horror classic- don't trust anyone who doesn't leave footprints.
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy is not the first Kennedy that comes to mind but she will be after you finish this informative and touching gem.
Brought up to put family and religion first, Kick had the misfortune to fall in love with the one person who could drive a wedge between herself and her very important strict Catholic family - a Protestant from a titled British family. Billy's religion and sense of duty and family were just as strong so there was no easy compromise. Kerri Maher paints a very readable picture of the Kennedy clan as well as how the British aristocracy dealt with the early days of World War II. Kick gave the British a very American "kick in the pants" when it came to doing her part for the country she came to love. The subject of abortion causes great angst for anyone who has ever had to make that decision or worried about the person they love having to make that decision. Jodi Picoult takes on this heated subject and puts real emotion, empathy, and reason into her latest book.
We are privy to a gunman who has entered a woman's clinic where they perform abortions. He is out of control and wants revenge or justice for his daughter. The terrified people inside - patients, doctor, nurses, staff and those innocent bystanders will all bear the effect of this man's fury. One man, a police negotiator, stands to lose the most as his teenage daughter and sister are in the clinic. However you feel about this issue you will come away from this book feeling like you can understand each side a little more clearly. You have felt the terror, love, and understanding in a story that only Jodi Picoult knows how to write. Maybe this spark of light will be enough to break the darkness of this heated debate. This would have been a sweet story about a mother desperate to save her unborn child from certain death due to a heart defect and her pains to make sure the child knows she loves her. You, dear reader, are in for a treat because as an added bonus this story has the added element of time travel for the mother to get the surgery that doesn't exist in her current time and then runs into logistical problems. The technology might make you wonder but the heartfelt problem and desire that every mother has for her child to be healthy and happy are all there. There are plenty of twists and complications galore for Carly but she follows her heart and hopes for the best. Great characters and a very unusual storyline will keep you glued to the very last page.
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