The Phantom Paragrapher

Wanting a mystery novel to read ? One with a Serial Killer ? Have you read all of the Richard Montanari novels ? Review: The Echo Man - Richard Montanari - May 2011 After writing an essay about Music compositions and Composers , it seems appropiate to write a review on Richard Montanari's latest novel "The Echo Man". If you are a fan of Richard's novels , then you know it follows two main detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano and their force of policemen and women. The novel has two main storylines running through it , the first one less important than the main murder case is the AA Killer , a guy who preys on young women at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and the second one a murder that first started in 1990 when a violinist was found in the home of her tutor who had been murdered . Sentenced to a insane aslyum , the girl stayed till just recently when she was released , now somebody is killing in the same exact fashion - however this time the murders are relat...

Wanting a new teen novel to read ? One that takes you on a journey and opens your eyes to life ?  Review: Saving June - Hannah Harrington- May 2011 Are you wanting a teen novel that will take you on a journey of self-discovery ? One that you will find yourself, your true self and not just known as somebody's brother or sister ? In Saving June we go into the world and life of Harper Scott , her older sister June - the one everyone called Miss Perfect has just passed away, she committed suicide . No-one knows why , all they know is she did it. Harper always wondered why they couldn't pick up on signs, weren't suicidal patients supposed to demonstrate signs ? Going through June's stuff , Harper finds a postcard with California on it - the one place in the world where June wanted to live and a blank mix CD with Latin which translated loosely to something about Bastards :P. Ontop of this Harper's parents are divorced recently , so Harper feeling a bit out of place a...

Have you been reading and following my journey through The Dresden Files Books featuring the wizard known as Harry Dresden ? Get ready as I bring forth to you Book #7 Dead Beat. Review: Dead Beat - Book #7 The Dresden Files- Jim Butcher - 2005 At the end of Book #6 we saw Harry discover that his Half Brother is Thomas the Incubus and we read as Harry looked after one of the missing pups from the Tibetan Monks. Now in Book #7 Dead Beat, the little pup has grown twice the size and resembles almost a cerulean beast and get ready for this - it's name is Mouse and Thomas after being kicked out of his Incubus family has come to crash with Harry . However, Thomas isn't exactly the cleanest and helpful roommate as Harry who for so many years has been living on his own with Bob the spirit in the skull is about to discover. In Dead Beat, it seems that alot of mysterious events are about to occur and it all has to do with an old necromancer named Kremler. He was dangerous and his magic...

I don't know what it is about the libraries, but I always seem to rant and rave about their selectors as you always wonder what goes through their heads when they are purchasing novels especially ones that belong in series e.g they buy Book #1 and Book #6 but your'e thinking what happened to #2,3,4,5 ? Where is the sense in that and its not like we all enjoy and love reading series out of order. Review: Downpour - Greywalker Series #6- Kat Richardson- August 2011 Being Harper Blaine is a mission unto itself , as a Private Investigator -she works closely with her lawyer friend Nan but unlike regular Private Investigators , Harper Blaine has a secret - she is what is known as a Greywalker . It seems that after the occasional dying episode you start to inherit gifts and for Harper it is the gift of being able to see the dead. Though depending on which way you look at it , seeing the dead is not exactly a gift - others tend to frown upon it as a curse. So when Harper is sent to t...

As we prepare for Christmas as it slowly sneaks up on us , we bring to you a christian tale of a Miracle in a manger. This is part of Pump Up Your Book Promotions. Synopsis: A Christmas Journey Home - Kathi Macias - October 2011 During Isabella Alcantara’s seventh month of pregnancy, her parents and siblings are murdered in gang- and drug-related violence, simply because their home was targeted by mistake. Isabella knows she was spared only because she now lives in a different location, but she knows too that the same thing could easily happen to her and her husband, Francisco. When her grandfather offers to hire a “coyote” to bring them across the border to America, she agrees. But Francisco and Isabella are abandoned by the coyote and left to die. Francisco then valiantly sacrifices himself to get Isabella to safety. Homeless, nearly penniless, pregnant, and alone, Isabella determines to find a way to honor her promise to her beloved husband. Living on one of the smaller spread...

Today's VBT# is Hide N Go Seek with author Dale Meyer as part of CBLS Promotions. Synopsis: Hide "N" Go Seek - Dale Mayer - October 2011 A twisted game of Hide’n Go Seek forces an unlikely alliance between a no-nonsense FBI agent and a search-and-rescue worker. Celebrated search-and-rescue worker Kali Jordon has hidden her psychic abilities by crediting her canine partner Shiloh with the recoveries. But Kali knows the grim truth—The Sight that she inherited from her grandmother allows her to trace violent energy unerringly to victims of murder. No one knows her secret until a twisted killer challenges her to a deadly game of Hide'n Go Seek that threatens those closest to her. Now she must rely on FBI Special Agent Grant Summers, a man who has sworn to protect her, even as he suspects there's more to Kali and Shiloh than meets the eye. As the killer draws a tighter and tighter circle around Kali, she and Grant find there's no place to hide from themselves. A...

As Halloween nears us , as part of Bestseller for A Day , I will be spotlighting some great Halloween Reads, Today's Book is Gifts of Blood - Vicki Keire.  Vickie Keire Bio: Official Website: http://vickikeire.com/ The Ides of March (Blog:) http://vickikeire.blogspot.com/ Vicki Keire grew up in a 19th Century haunted house in the Deep South full of books, secret rooms, abandoned coal chutes, and plenty of places to get into trouble with her siblings. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English Literature, and is A.B.D. with specializations in Eighteenth Century British Literature, Romanticism, and Postcolonial Theory. She spent the last decade teaching writing and literature at the university level while slipping paranormal fiction in between the pages of her textbooks. When not reading and writing about all things paranormal, she indulges in her eclectic musical tastes, enjoys other people's cooking, keeps vampire hours, and adds to her massive stockpi...

Today's VBT# is Emlyn Chand from Novel Publicity's first and it's exciting news too - release of Farsighted - her debut novel :) Now Unfortunately things as we know don't always go to plan , so this virtual book tour Im going to create it on a whimsical night :) First of all we start this tour with a " HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO EMLYN CHAND" Synopsis: Farsighted - Emlyn Chand -October 24th 2011 Alex Kosmitoras’s life has never been easy. The only other student who will talk to him is the school bully, his parents are dead-broke and insanely overprotective, and to complicate matters even more, he’s blind. Just when he thinks he’ll never have a shot at a normal life, a new girl from India moves into town. Simmi is smart, nice, and actually wants to be friends with Alex. Plus she smells like an Almond Joy bar. Yes, sophomore year might not be so bad after all. Unfortunately, Alex is in store for another new arrival—an unexpected and often embarrassing ability to...