This captivating book by a design client is at the printer’s now. I’ve read this one, and highly recommend it. Black Wings by Kathleen Toomey Jabs. From the back cover:
LT Bridget Donovan suspects the worst when her former Naval Academy roommate, Audrey Richards, perishes in a botched take-off from an aircraft carrier. The Navy says it's an accident, but facts don’t add up. Could it be suicide, or murder? Donovan's unofficial investigation into what really happened, both during their past Academy days and in Richards’ final hours, forces her to examine the concepts of honor, justice and the role of loyalty in pursuit of those ideals.
I’m pleased to announce the publication of my novel, The Summer Boy
It’s 1958, a time of innocence. In this “novel of Texas,” a ranch hand is murdered and bad things start happening to Jesse, an average kid working a summer job on a ranch. And then there‘s Lola . . . the boss’s daughter is a firecracker of a girl, and her bold ways send death their way. It will take all of their heart and courage to survive. What readers say: “The Summer Boy brought back memories of first kisses and fogged car windows.” “The story is alive. I kept reading even when my eyes were closing at night.”
No One Knows You’re Here by Rachel Howzell
Crime reporter Syeeda McKay is in the pursuit of Los Angeles’s most active serial killer. Over the last twenty years, the Phantom Slayer has hunted African-American prostitutes working in one of the worst parts of South Los Angeles, killing eight victims in the alleys off Western Avenue, and then disappearing into the shadows. But Syeeda doesn’t know that the killer has turned his sights on her.
Detective Adam Sherwood has been handed the Phantom Slayer cases. Together, he and Syeeda must figure out who is doing the killing . . . before Syeeda becomes his next victim.
Lethal Remedy Richard L. Mabry, M.D.
Dr. Sara Miles’ patient has an overwhelming infection with Staphylococcus luciferus, universally fatal and resistant to all conventional medications. Only an experimental antibiotic, developed and administered by Sara’s ex-husband, Dr. Jack Ingersoll, can save the girl’s life. But potentially lethal late effects from the drug turn up, sending Sara and her colleague, Dr. Rip Pearson, on a hunt for hidden critical data that will let them reverse the changes before it’s too late. (This book is Christian fiction in the medical suspense genre.)
Thin Blood Vicki Tyley
A stockbroker’s wife disappears. Blood on his hands and an adulterous affair with the missing woman’s younger sister sees him charged with murder. Ten years later, journalist Jacinta Deller decides to investigate, only to become embroiled in a warped game of delusion and murder.
Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble D. Robert Pease
Noah lives for piloting spaceships through time, dodging killer robots and saving Earth's animals from extinction.
Life couldn't be better.
But the twelve-year-old time traveler learns it could be a whole lot worse. His mom is kidnapped and taken to Mars; his dad is stranded in the Ice Age; and Noah is attacked at every turn by a foe bent on destroying Earth... for the second time.
If you're looking for an out of this world, action-packed adventure, and love such books as Percy Jackson or Artemis Fowl, then Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble needs to be your next thrill ride.
The Illusion of Certainty Greg Messel
The Illusion of Certainty follows two storylines. Marc is a successful businessman who seems to have everything—a great job, a beautiful wife, a house in an upscale neighborhood of Portland, Oregon and two great kids who are preparing for college. But, Marc is unsettled by the sudden change in his wife is distant and unhappy. What’s going on?
Then a successful young attorney, Alexandra Mattson, meets a handsome young cop, Sean. They seem to made for each other and begin to merge their futures in a world of uncertainty.
But, the only certainty in life is uncertainty.
More to come tomorrow, along with a flogging. The above are presented in the order received.
Any other folks interested in the Holiday Bookshelf? Check the previous post for directions.
For what it’s worth.
Ray
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