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Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 3)

  Get Yours  on Amazon An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 3) By: Charlaine Harris ISBN: 0425217299 Published by: Berkley Prime Crime Genre: Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 280 Author’s Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com/ Recommendable for people who: Enjoy suspense, mystery, paranormal, and/or ghost stories. Synopsis {from Penguin’s website}: Hired to find …

The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer

Buy on Amazon The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer By: Lucy Weston Published by: Gallery ISBN: 143919033X Genre:  fiction Pages: 320 Author’s Website: Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lucy.weston.vampire FAQ: Lucy Weston was a character in Bram Stokers Dracula. Synopsis: Sovereign Power. Eternal Pleasure. Revealed at last in this new vampire …

Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 1)

  Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 1) By: Charlaine Harris 0425212890 Published by: Berkley Genre: Pages: 310 Author’s Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com Recommendable for people who like: Supernatural, Murder, Mystery, Thriller Synopsis: Harper Connelly has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. She can sense the final …

In the Woods by Tana French

In the Woods By: Tana French 0143113496 Published by: Penguin (Non-Classics) Genre: Pages: 464 Author’s Website: http://tanafrench.com/ Author’s Twitter: Synopsis {from the author’s site} As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children …

Freakshow by Bryan Smith

  The Freakshow By: Bryan Smith 0843958278 Published by: Leisure Books Genre: Pages: 324 Author’s Website: http://thehorrorofbryansmith.blogspot.com/ Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bryansmith Recommendable for people who: like bizarro, splatterpunk, horror Synopsis {from the back cover}: The Flaherty Brothers Traveling Carnivale and Freakshow has rolled into Pleasant Hills, Tennessee, and the quiet little …

the Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help By: Kathryn Stockett 0399155341 Published by: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam Genre: fiction Pages: 464 Author’s Website: http://www.kathrynstockett.com/ Author’s Twitter:  n/a Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kathryn-Stockett-THE-HELP/73669783277?ref=ts MOVIE TIE-IN: In production by Dreamworks AWARDS: 2010 Indies Choice Book of the Year – Adult Debut 2010 Southern Independent Booksellers Association’s Book of the Year …

Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs

  Bare Bones : A Novel By: Kathy Reichs 0743233468 Published by: Scribner Genre: Pages: 320 Author’s Website: http://www.kathyreichs.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/kathyreichs Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KathyReichs Recommendable for people who:  enjoy mystery, crime drama, suspense, and the tv show BONES.  🙂 Synopsis {from the authors site}: She works with the dead, …

The Limit by Kristen Landon

Book Received:  Jan 11 2011 Book Reviewed:  Jan 18 2011 The Limit By: Kristen Landon 1442402717 Published by: Aladdin Genre: Pages: 304 Author’s Website: http://www.kristenlandon.com/ Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kristen-Landon/44925881848 Recommendable for: Young readers ages 10-15 who enjoy suspense Synopsis: An eighth grade girl was taken today . . . With this …

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

  Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter By: Seth Grahame-Smith 0446563080 Published by: Grand Central Publishing Genre: Pages: 336 Author’s Website: n/a Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/sethgs Recommendable for people who: Like Vampire stories, Historical Fiction, Lincoln Brief synopsis: Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a …

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

   The Graveyard Book (Hardcover) By: Neil Gaiman (Author) Dave Mckean (Illustrator) Published by: HarperCollins Genre:  YA Fiction Pages:  312 Author’s Website: http://www.neilgaiman.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/neilhimself Recommendable for people who: enjoy fiction, YA, ghost tales Watch Gaiman Read this entire book! http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx Winner of the 2009 Newbery Medal, Hugo Award, …