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December 25, 2018
Excerpt from The Lost City of the Monkey God
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Merry Christmas! I hope you got lots of books in your stocking this year! If you still need more, be sure to check back here for a special New Year’s round-up. If you haven’t yet picked up Toxo, Book #4 of the Medical Kidnap Files, now is your chance, it will be on for a special price.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I don’t often post about non-fiction books, and I didn’t even mean to pick this one up, but it has been a fascinating journey so far. Journalist Douglas Preston takes the reader through the discovery of ancient cities in Honduras using lidar in 2012 in The Lost City of the Monkey God. Learn the history of the area, meet colorful characters, and find out what happened after the discovery.
Oh, I just realized this is the same Douglas Preston as writes the Preston & Child thriller books, a couple of which I have featured here before!
The fer-de-lance, he said … kills more people in the New World than any other snake. It comes out at night and is attracted to people and activity. It is aggressive, irritable, and fast. Its fangs have been observed to squirt venom for more than six feet, and they can penetrate even the thickest leather boot. Sometimes it will strike and then pursue and strike again.
Douglas Preston, The Lost City of the Monkey God
Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location.
Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization.
Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn’t until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease.
Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.
December 20, 2018
Toxo, Medical Kidnap Files #4 and more new releases
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It’s time for a new release!
Here’s a new book for your Christmas stocking or brand new ereader under the tree! It is almost time for Jolabokaflod, the Christmas Eve flood of books!
If you are looking for your Christmas Eve read, pick up Toxo or one of the other books featured below!
About Toxo, Medical Kidnap Files #1
Caleb, an autistic teen is mistakenly arrested.
Bad turns to worse when he is then apprehended from his family by DFS.
His mother could never have predicted the chain of events in a million years.
In trying to protect him, DFS has actually put Caleb in harm’s way.
Once again, Gabriel and Renata have teamed up to right injustice and to get Caleb to safety. But Andrew Searle is on the case, and it’s his job to see that they don’t succeed and that Caleb remains in foster care.
Ripped from the headlines, you won’t want to miss this intriguing plot!
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And more new releases!
Flood your ereader with more new releases. Have a look at what I have found below. Click titles or covers to buy.
The Lost
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The Lost, by Natasha Preston
In Piper’s hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes they’re just a bunch of runaways. But when yet another person disappears, Piper and her best friend Hazel suspect something more sinister is going on.
So they decide to investigate, determined to learn the truth. Their search for answers leads them to the source of the missing people…and their captors. Piper and Hazel suddenly find themselves locked away in a secluded building in the middle of a privately owned forest.
But the building isn’t only meant to keep them imprisoned; every room is a test to see if they can make it out alive.
And failure means being lost…forever.
Trouble Unleashed
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Annie Hudson is ready to quit her job and start her own business. Except she doesn’t think she can do it.
So when Annie learns about a missing dog with no leads, she jumps at the chance to prove to herself and those around her that she’s much more capable than she or her boyfriend believe.
This is a prequel to the Walk in the Bark series. It’s a cozy mystery with no foul language, no violence, and a puzzle that’ll have you guessing till the very last page!
Monday’s Not Coming
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Monday’s Not Coming, by Tiffany D. Jackson
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried.
When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help.
As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?
Mind of a Killer
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Mind of a Killer, by Dan Padavona
$0.99
A teenage girl is brutally murdered in an idyllic lake community. In over his head, the local sheriff calls upon the Behavior Analysis Unit’s best profiler, Scarlett Bell, to find the murderer.
Is a serial killer stalking Coral Lake?
Now Scarlett faces a killer unlike any she’s encountered. Bloodthirsty. Cunning. Insane.
Another girl goes missing, and the special agent must stop the killer before time runs out. But the killer is a ghost, a phantom hiding in plain sight, and Scarlett must untangle a confusing web of evidence if she hopes to track him down.
If she fails, the girl dies. The body count will grow.
Scarlett should beware. The killer is coming for her now.
Broken Things
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Broken Things, by Lauren Oliver
It’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods.
Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, even deadly.
The only thing is: they didn’t do it.
On the anniversary of Summer’s death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery and pulls Mia and Brynn back together once again. But as the lines begin to blur between past and present and fiction and reality, the girls must confront what really happened in the woods all those years ago—no matter how monstrous.
The Tempest Sea
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The Tempest Sea, by Robin D. Mahle
A rescue mission turns into a fight against a force more powerful than they could have imagined.
With the amulet still stuck around her neck, Addie must outwit her powerful captors who will do anything to get to the power held within the ancient artifact. If they find out she doesn’t know how to use it, she’s dead.
Meanwhile, Clark and a ragtag team of Addie’s friends dive into a strange and dangerous world as they pursue those who took her. High-tech pirates, ruthless societies, and terrible secrets bombard them on their journey.
As they discover more about their world and about each other, friendships are tested and trust is strained. Can they do what must be done without breaking the bonds that held them together for so long?
What You Hide
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What You Hide, by Natalie D. Richards
Mallory didn’t want to leave home, but it wasn’t safe to stay. So she sleeps at her best friend’s house and spends the rest of her time at the library, doing her online schoolwork and figuring out what comes next. Because she’s not going live in fear like her mother.
Spencer volunteers at the library. Sure, it’s community service for a stunt he pulled, but he likes the work. And it’s the perfect escape from his parents’ pressure to excel at school, at ice hockey, at everything. Especially after he meets Mallory.
Then there is a tragic death at the library. Suddenly, what was once a sanctuary turns sinister. Ghostly footprints, strange scratching sounds, scrawled messages on bulletin boards and walls… Mallory and Spencer don’t know who or what is responsible, but one thing is for sure:
The Truth About Keeping Secrets
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The Truth About Keeping Secrets, by Savannah Brown
Sydney’s dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around their small Ohio town.
He is also unexpectedly dead.
Is Sydney crazy, or is it kind of weird that her dad – a guy whose entire job revolved around other peoples’ secrets – crashed alone, with no explanation?
And why is June Copeland, homecoming queen and the town’s golden child, at his funeral?
As the two teenagers grow closer in the wake of the accident, it’s clear that not everyone is happy about their new friendship.
The Black Coats
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The Black Coats, by Colleen Oakes
The enigmatic Black Coats have been exacting vengeance on men who have hurt girls and women for years. The killer of Thea’s cousin went free, and Thea has just received an invitation to join the Black Coats’ balancings—acts of revenge meant to teach a lesson. Justice for Natalie has never felt so close.
But as the balancings escalate in brutality, Thea’s clear-cut mission begins to unravel and she must decide just how far she is willing to go for justice.
Because when the line between justice and revenge is paper thin, it’s hard not to get cut.
Learning Not to Drown
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Learning Not to Drown, by Anna Shinoda
There is a pecking order to every family. Seventeen-year-old Clare is the overprotected baby; Peter is the typical, rebellious middle child; and Luke is the can’t-do-wrong favorite. In their eyes, they are a normal, happy family. But sometimes it’s the people who are closest to us who are the hardest to see.
Clare loves her older brother, Luke—it’s not his fault that he’s always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Life as Luke’s sister hasn’t been easy—their community hasn’t been nearly as forgiving of his transgressions as she and her parents are—but he’s done his time and is on his way home again, and she has to believe this time will be different. But when the truths behind his arrests begin to surface, everything Clare’s always known is shaken to its core.
Clare has to decide if sticking up for herself and her future means selfishly turning her back on family…or if it’s the only way to keep herself from drowning along with them.
Locked Up
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Locked Up, by Cristy Watson
When he was fifteen, Kevin took a car for a joyride and got in an accident that seriously injured a pedestrian. Known inside juvenile detention as Strider, he has spent more than two years incarcerated, and has learned the hard way how to survive inside. Strider keeps his head down and continues his schoolwork, and another inmate called Wired gives Strider protection from the gangs in exchange for loans of money and helping Wired cheat on tests.
When Strider sees Wired’s sister Larkyn come to visit her brother, he is very attracted to her. Maybe with someone like her, Strider can learn how to get by when he gets out. But his hopes that there might be a life for him after juvie are dashed when it becomes clear that Larkyn is just bait to get Strider to bring in contraband for Wired to distribute.
As Red as Blood
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As Red as Blood, by Salla Simukka
Lumikki Andersson has made it a rule to stay out of things that do not involve her. She knows all too well that trouble comes to those who stick their nose where it doesn’t belong. But Lumikki’s rule is put to the test when she uncovers thousands of washed Euro notes hung to dry in her school’s darkroom and three of her classmates with blood on their hands. Literally.
A web of lies and deception now has Lumikki on the run from those determined to get the money back—no matter the cost. At the center of the chaos: Polar Bear, the mythical drug lord who has managed to remain anonymous despite his lavish parties and notorious reputation. If Lumikki hopes to make it out alive, she’ll have to uncover the entire operation.
December 18, 2018
Excerpt from The Escape Artist
[image error]If you didn’t see my favorite Christmas story post or pick up some Christmas mysteries, be sure to check out my other recent posts.
And be sure to stop back at the end of the week for the release of Toxo, Book #4 of the Medical Kidnap Files!
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
Brad Meltzer is a master of the political intrigue thriller. Looking at his Amazon page, he also writes biographies for children that look quite interesting. I am loving Zig in The Escape Artist: underdog, mortician for fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force Base, still in mourning over the death of his young daughter years before. He is an artist and a someone who believes deeply in making things right. Not a lot of writers can pull off main characters who are broken or depressed, but Meltzer does it well.
A year later, Zig had the very worst night of his life. It took his marriage, his life, and most important, it took his daughter, his Magpie. Nola had saved her on the night of the campfire, but all Maggie got was another eleven months.
Brad Meltzer, The Escape Artist
Nola is a mystery
Nola is trouble.
And Nola is supposed to be dead.
Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she’s dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim “Zig” Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. And on the run.
Zig works at Dover Air Force Base, helping put to rest the bodies of those who die on top-secret missions. Nola was a childhood friend of Zig’s daughter and someone who once saved his daughter’s life. So when Zig realizes Nola is still alive, he’s determined to find her. Yet as Zig digs into Nola’s past, he learns that trouble follows Nola everywhere she goes.
Nola is the U.S. Army’s artist-in-residence-a painter and trained soldier who rushes into battle, making art from war’s aftermath and sharing observations about today’s wars that would otherwise go overlooked. On her last mission, Nola saw something nobody was supposed to see, earning her an enemy unlike any other, one who will do whatever it takes to keep Nola quiet.
Together, Nola and Zig will either reveal a sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power or die trying to uncover the US Army’s most mysterious secret-a centuries-old conspiracy that traces back through history to the greatest escape artist of all: Harry Houdini.
December 13, 2018
Put a little mystery in your Christmas
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I thought that Christmas mysteries would be a great topic for today’s blog! There are a lot of great ones out there.
I don’t have any books that are specifically Christmas mysteries, but both She Wore Mourning and He was Walking Alone are mysteries that take place during the Christmas season, and I have a short Christmas mystery in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, Dog-Free Dinner.
Here are some others that I have pulled up today.
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
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The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories–many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else. From classic Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy, to contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain, this collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant.
Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery you’re in the mood for–suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police procedural—can be found in these pages.
FEATURING:
– Unscrupulous Santas
– Crimes of Christmases Past and Present
– Festive felonies
– Deadly puddings
– Misdemeanors under the mistletoe
– Christmas cases for classic characters including Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Inspector Ghote, A.J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe.
Christmas Cake Murder
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Christmas Cake Murder, by Joanne Fluke
With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah’s life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden—especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care. But instead of poring over decadent dessert recipes for the merry festivities, she instantly becomes enthralled by Essie’s old notebooks and the tale of a woman escaping danger on the streets of New York. Hannah’s surprised by Essie’s secret talent for penning crime fiction. She’s even more surprised when the story turns real. As Hannah prepares to run a bakery and move out of her mother’s house, it’ll be a true miracle if she can prevent another Yuletide disaster by solving a mystery as dense as a Christmas fruitcake…
Christmas, Corpses, and Clockwork Kittens
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Christmas, Corpses, and Clockwork Kittens, by
L. A. Nisula
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A short Christmas mystery set in the world of the Cassie Pengear Mysteries. While preparing their tinkering/ haberdashery shop for the Christmas season, Kate and Ada find a body on their doorstep. When Inspector Wainwright is sent to investigate, they start looking into the crime themselves before he can scare away all of their Christmas patrons. A short Christmas mystery of approx. 5000 words
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, by Agatha Christie
In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.
Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.
When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .
Murder for Christmas
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Murder for Christmas, by
Francis Duncan
When Mordecai Tremaine arrives at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame on Christmas Eve, he discovers that the revelries are in full swing in the sleepy village of Sherbroome―but so too are tensions amongst the assortment of guests.
When midnight strikes, the partygoers discover that presents aren’t the only things nestled under the tree…there’s a dead body too. A dead body that bears a striking resemblance to Father Christmas. With the snow falling and suspicions flying, it’s up to Mordecai to sniff out the culprit―and prevent anyone else from getting murder for Christmas.
The Christmas Letter
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The Christmas Letter, by Kathi Daley
A cozy mystery series featuring family who are friends and friends who are family. Set in the small town of White Eagle Montana, the series features Tess and her dog Tilly, who spend their days delivering the latest gossip along with the daily mail. When a close friend is murdered they join forces with the new Veterinarian in town to sleuth out the truth behind the shocking murder that is rocking the community as it prepares for the annual Christmas Festival.
Killer Christmas
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Killer Christmas, by Harper Lin
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After breaking up with hunky movie star Nick Doyle, superstar singer Emma Wild returns to her hometown for Christmas to get away from it all. In Hartfield, a small town in Ontario, Canada, she gets caught up in a murder case after a fan’s drink is poisoned at the Chocoholic Cafe, owned by Emma’s sister Mirabelle.
Who is the killer and was the drink originally intended for Emma? To add to the chaos, Sterling Matthews is the detective on the case. He’d shattered her heart nine years ago and inspired all her hit singles, but now they must work together to find the murderer before the murderer finds Emma.
This is the first book in the Emma Wild 4-book Holiday Series.
Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen
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Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen, by Vicki Delany
As the owner of Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, Merry Wilkinson knows how to decorate homes for the holidays. That’s why she thinks her float in the semi-annual Santa Claus parade is a shoe-in for best in show. But when the tractor pulling Merry’s float is sabotaged, she has to face facts: there’s a Scrooge in Christmas Town.
Merry isn’t ready to point fingers, especially with a journalist in town writing a puff piece about Rudolph’s Christmas spirit. But when she stumbles upon the reporter’s body on a late night dog walk—and police suspect he was poisoned by a gingerbread cookie crafted by her best friend, Vicky—Merry will have to put down the jingle bells and figure out who’s really been grinching about town, before Vicky ends up on Santa’s naughty list…
Decked in the Hall
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Decked in the Hall, by J. New
It’s Christmas in Cherrytree Downs and everyone is looking forward to the annual dinner dance at the village hall. But tragedy strikes when one of the villagers dies. Mobile librarian Penny Finch, an avid mystery reader, immediately suspects foul play.
With bumbling PC Bolton out of his depth, and Inspector Monroe new to the area, it’s up to Penny and her rescue puppy Fischer to help solve the crime. But under the surface of this idyllic English village lurk secrets and lies.
Twelve Slays of Christmas
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Twelve Slays of Christmas, by
Jacqueline Frost
When Holly White’s fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime—exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society Margaret Fenwick is bludgeoned and left in the sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly’s family tree farm.
When the murder weapon is revealed as one of the wooden stakes used to identify trees on the farm, Sheriff Evan Grey turns to Holly’s father, Bud, and the Reindeer Games staff. And it doesn’t help that Bud and the reindeer keeper were each seen arguing with Margaret just before her death. But Holly knows her father, and is determined to exonerate him.The jingle bells are ringing, the clock is ticking, and if Holly doesn’t watch out, she’ll end up on Santa’s naughty list in Twelve Slays of Christmas, Jacqueline Frost’s jolly series debut.
A Christmas Party
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A Christmas Party, by
Georgette Heyer
A colorful assortment of guests at a festive holiday house party discover there is a killer in their midst when their universally reviled host is found dead-in a room locked from the inside.
For Inspector Hemingway of Scotland Yard, the investigation is complicated by the fact that every guest is hiding something-throwing all their testimony into question and casting suspicion far and wide. The clever and daring crime will mystify readers, yet the answer is in plain sight all along…
The Christmas Mystery
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The Christmas Mystery, by James Patterson
Detective Luc Moncrief races through New York and Paris to track down a killer… and find out who is stealing the world’s greatest art.
In the heart of the holiday season, priceless paintings have vanished from a Park Avenue murder scene. Now, dashing French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal… before a cold-blooded killer paints the town red. Merry Christmas, Detective.
Shakespeare’s Christmas
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Shakespeare’s Christmas, by Charlaine Harris
In Shakespeare’s Christmas, Lily heads home to Bartley, Arkansas–always an uncomfortable scenario for the introverted Lily–for her sister Varena’s Christmas wedding. But Lily has more to worry about than being a bridesmaid for a sister to whom she’s no longer close. Soon after she arrives in Bartley, Lily’s private-detective boyfriend shows up too, and not just for moral support: He’s investigating a four-year-old unsolved kidnapping. Try as she might, Lily can’t help but get involved when she discovers that the case hits dangerously close to home–for Varena’s new husband is the widowed father of a girl bearing a remarkable resemblance to the vanished child.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas, by Roger Riccard
From a case endangering Queen Victoria to his old arch-nemesis Moriarty, follow Sherlock as he encounters the most unfathomable mysteries, all portrayed with Riccard’s trademark style and immersive historical detail. Just who did shoot Sir James Piersall at the stroke of midnight? And can Holmes and Watson prevent an assassination at Christmas Eve dinner – without knowing which of the royal guests is the intended target?
December 12, 2018
A Catastrophic Theft
A Catastrophic Theft by P. D. Workman Coming Soon!
Series: Reg Rawlins, Psychic Detective #3
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Store links: Amazon, iBooks, Createspace
Goodreads
Time is running out for Sarah if her emerald cannot be found
About A Catastrophic Theft
Reg has been able to set up a respectable, if somewhat unconventional business providing psychic services in Black Sands, and is starting to feel like she could actually settle down there long-term.
But her relationship with Sarah, who has been her loyal friend and protector since she arrived becomes strained when Sarah’s precious emerald necklace disappears.
There is no shortage of suspects, with Reg herself at the front of the line.
Friends and felines pitch in to solve the mystery, but in the end it is up to Reg and her cat Starlight to ferret out the truth.
Details coming soon
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About P. D. Workman
P.D. Workman was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She writes riveting young adult and mystery/suspense books dealing with mental illness, addiction, abuse, and other social issues. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure, leading her to write her first complete novel at the age of twelve. She has won several literary awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody for her young adult fiction. She currently has over 30 published titles. She has been married for 25 years and has one son.
A Psychic with Catitude
A Psychic with Catitude by P. D. Workman Coming Soon!
Series: Reg Rawlins Psychic Detective #2
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Store links: Amazon
Goodreads
Reg is back, and Starlight has real Catitude
About A Psychic with Catitude
Reg Rawlins is back in business, asked by Detective Jessup to consult on a missing persons case.
Little does she know that it’s not your average teen runaway or kidnapping. There is something strange going on.
Reg is dealing with her own personal issues with her health, an overly-interested warlock, and a furry psychic partner with definite attitude.
Time is running short for teen and Reg needs to act now.
Preorder
$4.99
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“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
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About P. D. Workman
P.D. Workman was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She writes riveting young adult and mystery/suspense books dealing with mental illness, addiction, abuse, and other social issues. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure, leading her to write her first complete novel at the age of twelve. She has won several literary awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody for her young adult fiction. She currently has over 30 published titles. She has been married for 25 years and has one son.
A Pyschic with Catitude
A Psychic with Catitude by P. D. Workman Coming Soon!
Series: Reg Rawlins, Psychic Detective #2
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Store links: Amazon, iBooks, Createspace
Goodreads
Reg is back, and Starlight has real Catitude
About A Psychic with Catitude
Reg Rawlins is back in business, asked by Detective Jessup to consult on a missing persons case.
Little does she know that it’s not your average teen runaway or kidnapping. There is something strange going on.
Reg is dealing with her own personal issues with her health, an overly-interested warlock, and a furry psychic partner with definite attitude.
Time is running short for teen and Reg needs to act now.
Details coming soon
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
+ A Psychic with Catitude on my Blog
What’s coming up
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About P. D. Workman
P.D. Workman was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She writes riveting young adult and mystery/suspense books dealing with mental illness, addiction, abuse, and other social issues. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure, leading her to write her first complete novel at the age of twelve. She has won several literary awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody for her young adult fiction. She currently has over 30 published titles. She has been married for 25 years and has one son.
December 11, 2018
What the Cat Knew
What the Cat Knew by P. D. Workman Coming Soon!
Series: Reg Rawlins, Psychic Detective
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Store links: Amazon, iBooks, Createspace
Goodreads
A paranormal spinoff from the Auntie Clem's Bakery series!
About What the Cat Knew
Reg Rawlins, professional con, has really gotten herself into a bind this time.
The fortune teller gig started as a scam, but she suddenly finds herself tangled up in the case of Warren Blake, a man who she thought was dead. It turns out he may still be alive, but in mortal peril.
Reg has always taken the quick exit, the easy way out, but running out on this racket might mean someone else’s death.
Staying in it might mean hers.
Details coming soon
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
+ What the Cat Knew on my Blog Social network between the participants of “Learning environments and learning networks” course in Tallinn University. This was used as an icebreaking activity to get to know each other. There is also a 2010 version of this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanspoldoja/5001818922/
Books in progress
A cornucopia of books
Launch of He was Walking Alone and other new releases
Freebies for Canadian Thanksgiving!
What’s coming up
Brewing Death and other freebies
Brewing Death and other freebies!
Brewing Death and other summer releases
Free for Canada Day & Independence Day
Cozy up with a new releases! Stirring Up Murder and more
Vanishing Teardrops and other freebies
Vanishing Teardrops and other new releases!
Give yourself books for Mother’s Day!
Excerpt from Neurotribes
Kobo Thrillers Sale
Easter Freebies!
New Releases! Two Teardrops is now live
Ronnie, Between the Cracks #5 and more new releases
Books in your Stocking – A Christmas Eve Book Flood
N24 Awareness Day
It’s a Freebie Weekend: Dairy-Free Death and Others!
Release of Dairy-Free Death cozy mystery and other fabulous reads
It’s here! She Wore Mourning and other new releases
It’s a freebie weekend!
Books for Mom! Buy her books for Mother’s Day
Excerpt from Finders Keepers
Enemy of Light a great deal for suspense fans!
Excerpt from Gone Girl
The New Releases You’ve Been Waiting For: Chloe and more
Excerpt from The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
Let it snow! Christmas freebies!
$0.99 Books for Christmas!
Proxy, Medical Kidnap Files #3 and other new releases!
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals!
Kids in Peril Prize Pack!
Release of EDS, Medical Kidnap Files #2 and other new reads
Teaser Tuesday Double-Header!
Reading List: Young Adult Fiction About Sexual Abuse
Excerpt from The 5th Wave
Reading List: Addiction Fiction
Reading list: Young Adult Fiction about Depression
Reading list: Young Adult Fiction about Psychosis
Media
Excerpt from Never Go Back
Excerpt from Premonition #teasertuesday #suspense
Excerpt from “Diversion”
Excerpt from Tattooed Teardrops
Excerpt from “The Society of Imaginary Friends” #teasertuesday
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About P. D. Workman
P.D. Workman was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She writes riveting young adult and mystery/suspense books dealing with mental illness, addiction, abuse, and other social issues. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure, leading her to write her first complete novel at the age of twelve. She has won several literary awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody for her young adult fiction. She currently has over 30 published titles. She has been married for 25 years and has one son.
Excerpt from If I Stay
[image error]If you missed my Christmas books post last week, be sure to have a look and share your most favourite Christmas stories with me.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I haven’t posted about a young adult book lately, so I am pleased to bring you an excerpt from Gayle Forman’s If I Stay. I hadn’t read the blurb before starting this book, I just knew it was Gayle Forman and a popular book and movie. It’s definitely a little more interesting if you pick it up without knowing the premise, so decide whether you want to know or not before reading the blurb at the bottom! Gayle Forman is such a great writer of impactful YA.
I concentrate on the notes, imagining myself playing, feeling grateful for this chance to practice, happy to be in a warm car with my sonata and my family. I close my eyes.
Gayle Forman, If I Stay
In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces—to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, this will change the way you look at life, love, and family.
December 6, 2018
What is your favourite Christmas book?
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I was trying to decide what to write about in my blog today, and I thought, what better subject than Christmas books? Your favourite Christmas book can set the tone for the season, and it seems like there are endless movie adaptations of some of the classics.
Before kicking off, I have annotated a couple of Dickens Christmas books. Both of these titles have been split into 24 readings for advent reading. Of course, if you are beginning them now, you’ll be just a few days behind, so you might want to double up for the first few days.
(Covers and titles are clickable.)
A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
This edition of A Christmas Carol is perfect for families to read together, and has been specially formatted into 24 readings suitable for reading during December.
experience one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time all over again!
This Workman Family Classic edition contains:
• Background/Introduction
• Biography
• Footnotes
• a scriptural passage and discussion question after each day’s reading
• Extension activities
Share the Dickens Christmas Classic with your Family
The Life of Our Lord
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The Life of Our Lord, by Charles Dickens
Written by Charles Dickens for his Children This story of the life of Christ is perfect for families to read together, and has been specially formatted into 24 short readings suitable for reading during December.
Sit back and listen to the master storyteller Charles Dickens share the life of our Lord with his children.
Contains the same special features as A Christmas Carol, above.
Dickens Advent Reader
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Dickens Advent Reader, by Charles Dickens
Get both A Christmas Carol and The Life of Our Lord in one volume. All of the special features of both books for one low price.
Here are some of my other favourites
Please feel free to share your favourites in the comments area below. (If you are reading this article on the front page of my site, you will not see the comment area. Click to jump to the article page, where you can comment.)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, by Dr. Seuss
Who doesn’t love to read about the anti-Santa?
“Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot… but the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT!” Not since “’Twas the night before Christmas” has the beginning of a Christmas tale been so instantly recognizable. This heartwarming story about the effects of the Christmas spirit will grow even the coldest and smallest of hearts. Like mistletoe, candy canes, and caroling, the Grinch is a mainstay of the holidays, and his story is the perfect gift for young and old.
The Night Before Christmas
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The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Moore
Free ebook
I remember reading this one almost every Christmas when I was a little girl.
First published anonymously in 1823—and later attributed to Clemente C. Moore—The Night Before Christmas is arguably one of the most famous and cherished Christmas poems of all time. Moore’s depiction of St. Nicholas played a significant role in our modern conception of Santa Claus. It is, and always has been, the quintessential holiday tale.
The Christmas Story
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The Christmas Story, King James Version
Speaking of our annual Christmas reading, this is the one we read every Christmas night. We read directly from the Bible, but this looks like a beautiful edition to share with your family.
And she brought forth her firstborn son,
and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,
and laid him in a manger,
because there was no room for them in the inn.
When all the world is to be taxed, a carpenter named Joseph takes his pregnant wife, Mary, to a place called Bethlehem to deliver a miracle to the world. This is the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, taken directly from the Gospel according to St. Luke in the King James Bible.
These simple yet profound words tell a powerful story of life, love, and hope, while James Bernardin’s stunning paintings masterfully transport us to this magical time and place. The Christmas Story is the perfect way to share one of the most famous stories of all time with your family.
The Shepherd
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The Shepherd, by Frederick Forsyth
This is another favorite Christmas Eve reading for my family. We love the reading by Fireside Al.
It is Christmas Eve, 1957. Flying home, on leave from Germany, he is alone in the cockpit of the Vampire. Sixty-six minutes of flying time, with the descent and landing – destination Lakenheath. No problem, all routine procedures.
Then, out over the North sea, the fog begins to close in. Radio contact ceases and the compass goes haywire. Suddenly, out of the mist appears a World War II bomber. It is flying just below the Vampire, as of trying to make contact…
This collection also brings together several other compulsive tales from the international master of intrigue.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson
I remember the year this book came out. It was the best Christmas story I had ever heard. So much more interesting than the perfectly-behaved children in most Christmas stories! It cut through the traditions and fripperies of Christmas to get down to its real spirit and meaning.
Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows the outrageous shenanigans of the Herdman siblings, or “the worst kids in the history of the world.” The siblings take over the annual Christmas pageant in a hilarious yet heartwarming tale involving the Three Wise Men, a ham, scared shepherds, and six rowdy kids.
Ralph, Imogene, Leroy, Claude, Ollie, and Gladys Herdman are an awful bunch. They set fire to Fred Shoemaker’s toolshed, blackmailed Wanda Pierce to get her charm bracelet, and smacked Alice Wendelken across the head. And that’s just the start! When the Herdmans show up at church for the free snacks and suddenly take over the Christmas pageant, the other kids are shocked. It’s obvious that they’re up to no good. But Christmas magic is all around and the Herdmans, who have never heard the Christmas story before, start to reimagine it in their own way.
This year’s pageant is definitely like no other, but maybe that’s exactly what makes it so special.
The Christmas Box
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The Christmas Box, by Richard Paul Evans
“Whatever the reason, I find that with each passing Christmas the story of The Christmas Box is told less and needed more. So I record it now for all future generations to accept or dismiss as seems them good. As for me, I believe. And it is, after all, my story.”
So begins The Christmas Box, the touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Rick, Keri, and their 4-year-old daughter, Jenna, are hired as caretakers and are welcomed into the Victorian home of Mary Parkins, an elderly widow, just before the holiday season. As the relationship between Mary and the family develops we learn that Mary’s past sorrows are compelling her to share an important message with Richard. But will he understand her message in time? A heartwarming story of parental love, healing, and Christmas.
Polar Express
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The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg
I actually haven’t read this, one, but I love the movie!
A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical trip to the North Pole…
Through dark forests, over tall mountains, and across a desert of ice, the Polar Express makes its way to the city atop the world, where the boy will make his Christmas wish.
For millions of readers worldwide, this mysterious journey to the North Pole has become a beloved classic. In this 30th anniversary edition, the inimitable artistry of Chris Van Allsburg is revealed in a never-before-seen fashion, with a new jacket design and expanded interior layout. Includes author’s note, downloadable audio read by Liam Neeson, and golden “All Aboard” ornament.
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