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Now You See HerAuthors: James Patterson & Michael LedwidgeTake Swimsuit, times it by 3, throw in Tick Tock and Along Came a Spider and your sum total = Now You See Her.  Patterson and Ledwidge indulge themselves in one blast - then two - then three. This novel will knock your proverbial socks off. Maestro Patterson, once again collaborating with Master Ledwidge, travels back down the graveled road to early days, with a thriller that once again ensures his title as The Best!Nina Bloom is a ... continue reading...

Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family)Author: Melissa De La CruzThere is a township in a part of Long Island untouched by neither time nor sophistication.  North Hampton lies fallow and magnificent on the Atlantic coast, its families long generational and tight knit.  Across from the tiny community lies Gardiners Island, long deserted.   The Manor House, called Fair Haven, on Gardiners Island is special.  Owned by generations of absentee owners, the Gardiners, Fair Haven holds the seam to ... continue reading...

The RidgeAuthor: Michael KorytaPure Michael Koryta, The Ridge treads into the darkness of evil in the beam of a blue light that hovers around eccentric and alcoholic Wyatt French.  French commits suicide inside his peculiar lighthouse, built in the eastern Kentucky wilderness of Sawyer County on Blade Ridge.  Wyatt French calls two people before he dies.  Deputy Kevin Kimble and Roy Darmus.  Darmus is an ex-staff member of The Sawyer County Sentinel.  The Sentinel has just closed, bought out by ... continue reading...

The Wreckage Author: Michael RobothamThe tortured in Baghdad slam out of this novel spearing straight into the slummed guts of war, chaos, and high finance.  The Wreckage chooses its path deliberately, with Michael Robotham controlling the pace, the setting, and tossing out characters that surround us, encircle us, capture us.  And then hold us hostage.  Within a mindmaelstrom of terror and the US bucks funding that terror in the War in Iraq, Robotham proves a worthy challenge in divining some ... continue reading...

The Fearless Baker: Scrumptious Cakes, Pies, Cobblers, Cookies, and Quick Breads that You Can Make to Impress Your Friends and Yourselfby Emily Luchetti and Lisa WeissWell, Z lost out on this one!  She is the cook of the pair of us, and her fingers grab these cookbook goodies like the claws of an eagle!  It’s been a while since Z and I could gab together on these reviews, and that is because Z actually has a LIFE!  Me, I just hide under the books that line my closets, my living room, my bedroom ... continue reading...