Plot: Dropout drifter Hall has crossed the country doing whatever comes his way. Working the “Graveyard Shift” in a decaying Massachusetts mill under a bullying foreman is just one more leg in his crazy quilt journey, until it leads to a nether realm where the Rat Queen defends her empire. Things are never as theyContinue reading “Book Review: The Graveyard Shift By Stephen King”
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Book Review: The Dead Zone By Stephen King
Plot: Johnny, the small boy who skated at breakneck speed into an accident that for one horrifying moment plunged him into The Dead Zone. Johnny Smith, the small-town schoolteacher who spun the wheel of fortune and won a four-and-a-half-year trip into The Dead Zone. John Smith, who awakened from an interminable coma with an accursed power—the powerContinue reading “Book Review: The Dead Zone By Stephen King”
Book Review: The Big Four By Agatha Christie
Plot: Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled overContinue reading “Book Review: The Big Four By Agatha Christie”
Book Review: The Blue Train By Agatha Christie
Plot: A mysterious woman, a legendary cursed jewel, and a night train from London to the French Riviera — ingredients for the perfect romance or the perfect crime? When the train stops, the jewel is missing, and the woman is found dead in her compartment. It’s the perfect mystery, filled with passion, greed, deceit, andContinue reading “Book Review: The Blue Train By Agatha Christie”
Book Review: Verity By Colleen Hoover
Plot: Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home,Continue reading “Book Review: Verity By Colleen Hoover”
Book Review: Carrie By Stephen King
Plot: A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction — Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time. Make a date with terror and live theContinue reading “Book Review: Carrie By Stephen King”
Book Review: Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender
Plot: Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her parents’ marriage; her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister, Kasey; and even her own anti-social, anti-cheerleader attitude. When a family fight results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life is creeping from dysfunction into danger. Kasey is acting stranger than ever:Continue reading “Book Review: Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender”
Book Review: Friend Request By Laura Marshall
Plot: 1989. When Louise first notices the new girl who has mysteriously transferred late into their senior year, Maria seems to be everything the girls Louise hangs out with aren’t. Authentic. Funny. Brash. Within just a few days, Maria and Louise are on their way to becoming fast friends. 2016. Louise receives a heart-stopping email:Continue reading “Book Review: Friend Request By Laura Marshall”
Book Review: The Club By Ellery Lloyd
Plot: Everyone’s Dying to Join . . . The Home Group is a glamorous collection of celebrity members’ clubs dotted across the globe, where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media. The most spectacular of all isContinue reading “Book Review: The Club By Ellery Lloyd”
Book Review: The Murder On The Links By Agatha Christie
Plot: When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to meet their client Paul Renauld, they learn from the police that he has been found that morning stabbed in the back with a letter opener and left in a newly-dug grave adjacent to a local golf course. AmongContinue reading “Book Review: The Murder On The Links By Agatha Christie”