Title: Poison Study Author: Maria V. Snyder Genre: YA Fiction Publication Date: 2005 Purchase Price: $8.99 (ebook) Nineteen year-old Yelena is a murderer. She killed Reyad, General Brazell’s son, and has been ordered executed. According to the laws of Ixia, Yelena has a choice: be executed, or become Commander Ambrose’s food taster. Only a fool…
Tag: mystery/thriller
“Calla Tor has always known her destiny…”
Title: Nightshade Author: Andrea Cremer Genre: YA Fiction, Supernatural/Paranormal Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $18.00 (hardcover) I’ve had Nightshade on my TBR list for some time — but because my local library is woefully inadequate, I could only get my hands on the audio book. It’s not that I don’t like audio books—they’re great on…
“You have to have a real love in your heart to do this for people.”
Title: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Author: Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry Genre: Non-fiction, True Crime Publication Date: 1974 Purchase Price: $14.95 (Paperback) On August 9, 1969, five people–Steven Parent, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowski, and an 8 months-pregnant Sharon Tate–were brutally murdered in their home at 10050 Cielo Drive…
“…beauty remains, even in misfortune.” (Anne Frank, age fourteen)
Title: Lucy Author: Laurence Gonzales Genre: Fiction – Science fiction Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $24.95 (hardback) Happy Halloween, everyone! I thought I’d celebrate this spooky holiday by reviewing a work of fiction that is a bit out of my comfort zone: the thriller. Summary Primatologist Jenny Lowe is awakened in the middle of the…
“We are such stuffe as dreames are made on…”
Title: The Book of Air and Shadows Author: Michael Gruber Genre: Fiction – Thriller Publication Date: 2007 Purchase Price: $15 Albert Crosetti is most definitely not living the American Dream. He lives with his mother in the dodgy end of New York, and works at a bookstore doing accounting and inventory for a pittance. His…