![]() ![]() ![]() Charlaine Harris, 1 New York Times bestselling author I love these books Falcata Times Its well-written, the prose is sharp and the story is one that is hard to put down. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that could avert an out-and-out war: a human child stolen long ago by the fae.ĭefying the most powerful werewolf in the country, the humans and the fae, Mercy, Adam and their pack choose to protect the boy no matter what the cost. Action-packed and with more than a few satisfying emotional payoffs, Fire Touched is Patricia Briggs at the top of her game. Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. Mercy Thompson is back, and she'll soon discover that when the fae stalk the human world, it's the children who suffer. ![]() MERCY THOMPSON: MECHANIC, SHAPESHIFTER, FIGHTER 'The best new fantasy series I've read in years' Kelley Armstrong 1 bestselling Mercy Thompson series - the major urban fantasy hit of the decade Fire Touched Patricia Briggs Penguin, Fiction - 352 pages 28 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified Mercy. ![]()
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![]() Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme's net. As the attacks continue across the city at a sickening pace, and terrifying demand letters begin appearing, the team works desperately against time and with maddeningly little forensic evidence to try to find the killer. ![]() Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes, ears and legs on crime sites, and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the street. Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the investigation. ![]() When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten, shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism. The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage so high and heat so searing that steel melts and his victims are set afire. ![]() ![]() Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. Lincoln Rhyme is back, on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples New York City with fear. ![]() ![]() ![]() The film grossed $25 million internationally against a $10 million budget. Released in September 1981, Mommie Dearest swiftly garnered a reputation among audiences for its highly-charged performances and melodramatic style, leading Paramount to retool their marketing campaign, presenting the film as an unintentional comedy despite its dark subject matter. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures, the only one of the Big Eight film studios for which Crawford had never appeared in a feature film. The executive producers were Christina's husband, David Koontz, and Terry O'Neill, Dunaway's then-boyfriend and soon-to-be husband. ![]() Adapted from Christina Crawford's 1978 autobiography of the same name, the film follows her and her brother's upbringing under their adoptive mother, actress Joan Crawford, depicting her as an abusive, controlling, and manipulative mother. Mommie Dearest is a 1981 American biographical psychological drama film directed by Frank Perry and starring Faye Dunaway, Steve Forrest, Mara Hobel, and Diana Scarwid, with supporting performances from Xander Berkeley, Rutanya Alda, and Jocelyn Brando. ![]() ![]() ![]() Known as Le Train Bleu or the Calais-Mediterranée Expres, this Blue Train was a luxury French night train that conveyed, wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera from 1922 until 1938, usually during the winter seasons. The Blue Train referred to in this story was not the luxury train that traveled through Southern Africa. Actor David Suchet portrayed Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in both productions. ![]() And fourteen years later, the series aired its own version of ”THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE”. The television series, ”Agatha Christie’s POIROT” aired ”THE PLYMOUTH EXPRESS”, an adaptation of the novella, in 1991. Christie took that story and expanded it into a full-length novel, ”The Mystery of the Blue Train”. This story had its origins in Christie’s 1922 novella, ”The Plymouth Express”, which told the story of the murder of an Australian heiress. The year 1928 saw the publication of another novel called ”The Mystery of the Blue Train”, which told the story of a brutal murder aboard the famous Blue Train. ![]() ”THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN” (2005) ReviewĪlthough considered one of her most famous novels, 1934’s ”Murder on the Orient Express” was not the first of Christie’s novels that featured a famous luxury train as a setting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Liberal, tolerant, and above all rich, the countries and cultures of North Africa and the Middle East have dominated the globe for centuries, from the Far East to the young nations of the Sunset Lands.īut one region has festered for decades: Europe, whose despots and monarchs can barely contain the simmering anger of their people. ![]() Senior investigator Khalid al-Zarzisi is a modern man, a product of the unsurpassed educational systems of North Africa and the Middle East. *io9's New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fallįrom the modern master of alternate history and New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove, Through Darkest Europe envisions a world dominated by a prosperous and democratic Middle East-and under threat from the world's worst trouble spot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. She thinks no one will take it seriously.īut someone does. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules…with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family–and a new love–changes the course of her life.Īs one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Put The Dovekeepers at the pinnacle of Hoffman's extraordinary body of work. 'In her remarkable new novel, Alice Hoffman holds a mirror to our ancient past as she explores the contemporary themes of sexual desire, women's solidarity in the face of strife, and the magic that's quietly present in our day-to-day living. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader.' This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. 'I am still reeling from The Dovekeepers - from the history Alice Hoffman illuminates, from the language she uses to bring these women to life. 'Beautiful, harrowing, a major contribution to twenty-first century literature' Because magic has rules, and they must be obeyed. When Maria is abandoned by the man she loves, she invokes the curse that will haunt her family for centuries. Maria has a gift for them - a gift that may well prove her undoing. Gentle Hannah Owens takes the baby in, and as the child grows, Hannah teaches little Maria about the 'Unnamed Arts'. It begins with a baby abandoned in a snowy English field in the 1600s. ![]() The extraordinary and enchanting novel tracing a centuries-old curse back to its beginning from the author of PRACTICAL MAGIC and THE DOVEKEEPERSįor centuries, the women of the Owens family have been cursed: any man who loves an Owens woman will die. ![]() ![]() ![]() Corene, Zoe's step-daughter, however, hasn't been as lucky. ![]() Once a princess, now merely an idol for the crown, Josetta has discovered her purpose outside of the palace. It picks up five years after Troubled Waters from the perspective of Josetta, Zoe's half-sister, who runs a shelter for the homeless in the slums of Welce. It isn't that Shinn's Royal Airs is necessarily a bad book, but it just isn't a good one either. I mean, how could I? It wouldn't have been fair of me to hold this sequel to the same standards I held its predecessor, not after absolutely loving the first novel in this series intensely. Note:This reviews contains NO SPOILERS for Troubled Waters, the first book in this series, though you can read my review for that HERE if you'd like.įrankly speaking, I didn't expect Royal Airs to be particularly memorable after Troubled Waters. Title: Royal Airs (Elemental Blessings, #2) ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a great story, and for me, the story is the most important part. Leo knows more than he lets on and he isn't the only one in Crystal's life with secrets that could unravel her truth. Leo is there with her and despite her attempts to push him away, he isn't going anywhere. Jump to a year later and Crystal is in the school her mother wanted her to go to, still hiding from her would-be murderer, and she is trying to unravel the truth of her past, her mother and herself. ![]() Crystal is 17 years old when her mother is murdered in a fire by a masked figure and Crystal is saved by Leo. I was given a PDF ARC of this book to read in exchange for my honest opinion.Ĭrystal has been hidden away in her home by her mother all her life for her "protection", although Crystal doesn't understand this and wants nothing more than to be a part of the real world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘ I remembered what had been circling in me: I am beautiful. ![]() Building on the legacies of forebears such as Frank O’Hara, Sharon Olds, and Mark Doty, Limón’s work is consistently generous and accessible-though every observed moment feels complexly thought, felt, and lived. Limón has often been a poet who wears her heart on her sleeve, but in these extraordinary poems that heart becomes a “huge beating genius machine” striving to embrace and understand the fullness of the present moment. ![]() Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you know you have to leave one day, and the search to find something that is ultimately “disorderly, and marvelous, and ours.”Ī book of bravado and introspection, of 21st century feminist swagger and harrowing terror and loss, this fourth collection considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact-tracing in intimate detail the various ways the speaker’s sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky, loses a dear parent, ages past the capriciousness of youth, and falls in love. ![]() |
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