false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175553803m/528371.jpg 528371 15 <p>Author Miles Van Meter is on a book tour to promote his sensational bestseller <i>Sleeping Beauty</i>, a true-crime account of a deeply personal subject: the attack by a serial killer that left his twin sister, Casey, in a coma. Tonight the audience waits to hear Miles discuss recent developments in his sister's case -- unaware that pieces of this complex puzzle of violence, unknown even to the author, are about to be revealed.</p> <p>Six years earlier, life was much simpler for everyone involved, especially seventeen-year-old Ashley Spencer, a popular high school soccer star. Then one night an intruder entered Ashley's home and murdered her father and her best friend. Traumatized and suffering from a crippling sense of survivor guilt, Ashley is ready to give up on both soccer and life until help comes from an unexpected source -- a scholarship to an elite private school is extended to her by school dean Casey Van Meter. The school quickly becomes a haven for both Ashley and her mother, Terri. As Ashley regains her sense of self through the school's soccer program, Terri joins a writing group for adults led by Joshua Maxfield, a former literary wunderkind who has disappeared from the bestseller lists since his second book was panned by both critics and fans.</p> <p>Then tragedy strikes again and Ashley has to run for her life, unaware that the key to her survival is in the one book she's afraid to read -- <i>Sleeping Beauty</i>.</p> 1568743 2004 Sleeping Beauty total:259|5:53|4:108|3:81|2:17|1:0| 259 974 374 40 5 2 false false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 20:18:40 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 20:19:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 14:13:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 14:21:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 04:42:41 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 04:38:05 -0700 2009 1
Admittedly in the first few chapters, when everyone is introduced, you must pay close attention to who is who. And the ending of the book is a little rushed....more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 27 08:43:45 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 08:46:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Nov 22 10:20:05 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 10:21:22 -0800 2007
I got hooked on Phillip Margolin when I read Gone, But Not Forgotten. Spoiler alert - the bad guy actually got away which made me crazy and nervous. I don't do well with serial killer books where the villian isn't dead or locked up at the end of the story...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 18:02:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 18:07:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 19:39:33 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 14:32:37 -0800 2008 I couldn't sleep, I couldn't put this book down. It was riveting right from the beginning!!
Ashley's life is horribly changed when at 17 her home is broken into her father is brutaly murdered. Her best friend Tanya is raped and murdered. And Ashley barely escapes with her ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 09:02:54 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 09:04:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 14:07:28 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 15:30:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 11:18:11 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 11:19:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 20:18:40 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 13:31:25 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 08:44:27 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 14:54:59 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Feb 06 07:00:52 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 07:18:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 15:07:40 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:08:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Nov 01 14:18:05 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 14:19:17 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 07 14:10:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 14:11:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:06:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:07:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon May 04 12:53:34 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:00:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 05:12:10 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 05:12:27 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 01 18:24:31 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 18:24:47 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=528371