"Vendetta" By Lisa Harris

                                                     

 "She slowly breathed out. Until now, she'd managed to find a way to remove herself from her cases. But she'd feared it would come to this one day. The day when the past collided with the present."

Special Agent Nikki Boyd with TN. Missing Persons Task Force and friend Tyler are out rappelling on the anniversary of his wife's death. Nikki's boss calls her to look into something for his friend. Bridget has been reported missing near where Nikki and Tyler were spending the day. With her own sister Sarah missing for the last ten years Nikki's heart is in her job.

Nikki reflects that she was late picking Sarah up that day. A stop for an errand altered her life and her family's future in that horrific moment. Nikki is doing this job not just for herself and her conscience but for the damaged people that have been left behind. 

Well written with strong characters. Exciting and scary at times as you follow Nikki and Tyler and her team into the search for Bridget. You can feel how much pain that Nikki and Tyler are in over their losses. I always think a sign of a well written book is that you believe the characters and the story could be real. Set in the TN. Smokey Mountains makes for a great backdrop to the missing girl story line. As they search the woods in hopes of finding Bridget you know the elements are working against them. 

Unfortunately the newest case is going to connect to Nikki's past. With some surprising twists and turns it will keep you turning the pages and guessing. Can Nikki ever find out what happened to Sarah? What would Bridget disappearing ten years later have to do with Sarah? Is there really a connection or are there just so many similarities that Nikki is hoping its connected?  Is there a killer shadowing Nikki? Someone is close to the truth. Too close. 

I'd be happy to see this continue as a series. I think Nikki Boyd is off to a great start and has an intriguing future. With a hint of romance Nikki's life can go in so many directions. Looking forward to finding out where she's headed and maybe who she's headed into the future with.  

This was the first book in "The Nikki Boyd Files"  Thank you to Netgalley and Revell publishing for an A.R.C.


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Thursday is Author Day!

            Attention Authors!

                                                          
Every Thursday I plan to feature an author. From my favorites ones -to well known -to little known. Crossing all genres. This will include pictures, links and information about the writers that make our books happen! If you are an author and would like to be featured please contact me at michaelhshealy@gmail.com. I will need your website, Amazon links, what you're working on etc..and anything else you'd like a reader to know about you. If you have an author you'd like me to feature please contact me and I will work it into my scheduled upcoming features! Its not just about the books so lets remember the people who entertain us with their writing!

What are you reading?

So tell me in the comments what you're reading today? Find anything good I should know about? Feel free to share with me! I'm always looking to see whats being read and that one good book that I don't know about yet. Be sure and visit here often or on the Facebook extension of this page.

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FREE BOOK: The Bank of the River by Michael Richan

                                                     

                                                 FREE BOOK on Amazon: Click here

While browsing Amazon today I came across this free book link. It looks like a rather interesting read. Its part 1 of a 10 part series. If this is as good as it looks this will be a great find of 10 books.
I just love a good series.

*Special Sale!* Book 1, "Bank of the River," is free, and Book 2, "A Haunting in Oregon," is 99 cents Sept. 4-8 to celebrate release of Book 10, "The Cycle of the Shen." 

I have not read this book yet so this synopsis was taken directly from Amazon: 

Steven is anticipating a quiet sabbatical at a new home. Recently divorced and with a son in college, he should have plenty of time to himself. Instead, he's kept up at night by strange knocking - a series of four raps, a pause, and then another four. They arrive every night at the same time. 

Steven is determined to find a rational explanation. When the knocking progress to strange apparitions, Steven believes he must have a brain tumor. 

His father, Roy, recognizes the problems in Steven's home because he's seen them before. Roy has "the gift," and can enter a place called The River, where he can see things others cannot. In The River, Roy discovers there are far more sinister forces at work in Steven's home than just ghosts. 

Steven shares Roy's ability, but is skeptical of it. When the apparitions intensify and attack, Steven is forced to learn how to fight back if he wants to save himself and his father. 

The Bank of the River is a fast-paced and suspenseful paranormal novel that confronts evil, ghosts, and the dead -- and explores the supernatural gifts a father and son use to fight them. 

The Bank of the River is the first book in The River series. 

Favorite Authors...

Today my feature author is one of my long time favorites: MICHAEL CONNELLY:

I've been reading Michael Connelly books for over 20 years. If you like series, crime, suspense then pick up a book from the "Harry Bosch" or "Mickey Haller"series,  From the first book I read I was hooked. I enjoy a good strong character. I was pleasantly surprised that as I went through these series that the characters remained true. They weren't suddenly changed into something they weren't in a previous book. Harry and Mickey are brought to life in a way you believe they really exist. Layers are added from book to book. I know that when I pick up a Connelly book I'm going to be comfortable with the book. I'll enjoy the read and will look forward to the next one. Even though these are a series each is a stand alone and not hooked from one to the next.

For more on "Harry Bosch" character check out this link:

Harry Bosch character on Wikipedia: click here


For more on Michael including a complete book list check out his author page:

Investigate further at MichaelConnelly.com: click here!

If you saw the movie "The Lincoln Lawyer":.


                                              


                        



The "Harry Bosch" character has also been brought to the screen. If you want to watch Harry in action go to Amazon Video and watch the new series "Bosch,"

Watch Bosch on Amazon: click here


                                                         Coming in November 2015

                                                             


                                        Pre-order The Crossing on Amazon: Click here!

Coming Soon!

                                                      
                      Next book I'm currently reading! Mystery and Suspense. Review coming soon!

Lisa Harris is a Christy Award winner and the winner of the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2011 from Romantic Times. The author of nearly thirty books, including Dangerous Passage, Fatal Exchange, and Hidden Agenda, Harris and her family have spent twelve years living as missionaries in southern Africa. They currently live in Mozambique. Learn more at www.lisaharriswrites.com.

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12 by Platt and Wright

                                                            TWELVE HOURS 

                                                                                              TWELVE LIVES

                                                                                                                            WHO LIVES?

                                                                                                                                                      WHO DIES? 

In a time when this seems to be common, the residents of a small Florida town are going to face a gunman at its local favorite diner. Starting the story 12 hours before the shooting each chapter focuses on a different person who will find themselves in Goldman's Diner that night.  As you progress you see how their lives intersect and what brings them to that fateful place that day. With some very clever twists this story was hard to put down. There will be people you will love and some you will not. Surprises weave through their lives and these chapters bringing them together.

Well written and quite painful in a time when you can turn on the news and find that a gunman has taken over a public place or where bullies have taken revenge.  When you think the story is over please take the time to read the authors end notes.  While a work of fiction the feelings are not.  In 12 hours 12 lives will be held in the hands of this gunman. Who will live through the attack? Who will the heroes be? Can they pick up the pieces?  What do the last 12 hours of a person life look like? What would yours look like?
Thank you to Netgalley and Collective Inkwell for a copy to review. 
If you buy one book this month. I suggest it be this one. It will haunt you long after the last page. 

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The Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman

                                                     
                            “Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.” 

                                                                                  ― Jonathan Kellerman

Dr. Grace Blades has come a long way from her sad and battered childhood. It has made her

into an empathetic and gifted counselor to her tragically scarred patients. Grace has

secrets of her own including her not so safe extracurricular activities.

Enter someone from her past and things turn upside for her. She will draw on her strength

and her upbringing to see her through this. People are dead and memories are haunting. A

unique story line with some scary moments. Grace was a gifted strong willed child and it 

leads her to the adult she will need to be. There are people from her past though that 

still care and Grace will need them. Can Grace save herself? She'll have to try. 

She may have witnessed something as a child that someone has not forgotten. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine for providing an A.R.C.

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