Posts

Showing posts with the label Newspaper Columns

Review: I Will Make You Pay - Teresa Driscoll

Image
Review: I Will Make You Pay - Teresa Driscoll - October 2019 Alice Henderson's Wednesday started like normal, that was until when she was at her job with the newspaper she got a call threatening her life with a cheese cutter string. Shaken, she headed to the coffee shop where someone had already pre-ordered her coffee- it was like this caller knew her exact steps and her order. As the book goes along, Alice starts to dread Wednesdays as she knows that day she will receive a call from her stalker and something awful will happen. Who is stalking Alice and Why are Wednesdays important to them? Has she pissed someone off with her newspaper columns? We soon learn when the police get involved that Alice's name wasn't always the same and that a few years ago she was involved in a scandal that sent her fiancee to prison and to start fresh, she moved away and changed her name. Is he the stalker especially as he is now out of prison and cannot be located or is it someone else clos...

Review: She Died Famous -Kyle Rutkin

Image
Review: She Died Famous - Kyle Rutkin - July 2019 This was an interesting read as I opened it and was presented with a book that was written in different forms as it had blog posts, magazine articles, and interviews as well as police interrogation. It also had a book within a book situation going on as the lines between reality blurred with fiction and in the end, readers are left wondering what is happening and what is fact and what is fiction. The book also creates a narrative that leads the reader to discover the truth about what happened. She Died Famous starts with a blog post from author Kaleb Reed talking about how he is the prime suspect in the murder of Singer and Child Actress Kelly Trozzo and her manager Barry. The book then jumps back to Kelly tweeting about Kaleb's book Pay Me Back Alice and talks about their first meeting and how both their lives become intertwined. It was a crazy chaotic relationship, some called it a fairytale romance as Kaleb's book saved Kel...

THE MADNESS OF MERCURY Book Blast - Connie Di Marco

Image
This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . Connie di Marco will be awarding a $20 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. The Zodiac Mysteries feature San Francisco astrologer, Julia Bonatti, who never thought murder would be part of her practice. Julia sought answers and found solace in astrology after the death of her fiancé in a hit and run accident. Since then, she’s successfully built a clientele of the city’s movers and shakers. In The Madness of Mercury, Julia’s outspoken advice in her newspaper column, AskZodia, makes her the target of a recently-arrived cult preacher who advocates love and compassion to those less fortunate. But the power-hungry preacher is waging war on sin and his Army of the Prophet will stop at nothing to silence those who would stand in his way. Julia is at the top of his list. About the Excerpt Wizard had curled ...