Andria’s Comments (group member since Jul 03, 2012)

Andria’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers. I'm not sure of the time period but it's a female assassin and several of my friends have recommended it.

Happy to help! :)

Bargle - you can read the first few pages on Google Books. It mentions the cigarette holders.

McAfee County: A Chronicle?

sounds like The Third Magic

Blood Red Roses - for the link to the book Donna suggested.

Sunshine for the link. Congrats on the find!

Or Rosie's Hat by Julia Donaldson?

oh, blast. I really hoped you were going to come back and say it had a priest's hole AND a rose rent and we had solved both your mysteries at once!

I'll keep looking around....

Between by Jessica Warman.

Possibly The Wind Blows Backward? Romance between a "good girl" and a motorcycle-riding "bad boy." IIRC.

I've already shelved it, Kate :)

Just saw 90s in the thread title - oops.

Beautiful by Amy Reed, maybe? I can't remember that specific scene but the rest fits, I think.

Correction, he has deaf family members and signs with them, but he is not deaf.

Of Sound Mind by Jean Ferris. YA, boy who is deaf and signs.

Melanie - I'm guessing this was a fiction book?

You're welcome! I'm very happy to help. :)

You're welcome! Are you certain it's the right book? May we move this to "solved?"

Off the Face of the Earth: Somebody's Child is Missing. It Could Be Yours?

ETA: looks like it was also published with the shorter title: Off the Face of the Earth.

"When eight-year-old David Greene climbs through his bedroom window and walks to a nearby suburban mall, he intends only to give his mother Drew a scare. But on this Southern California evening, David's game turns into every parent's worst nightmare. Denver's abduction of David is practiced and nearly perfect. A friendly "stranger" masking a deeply confused and dangerous mind, Denver woos David with stacks of baseball cards, swiftly undermining the boy's trained responses. When David accepts the offer of a ride home, he disappears - off the face of the earth. As the hours pass, Drew's emotions escalate, from anger at her son's disobedience to fear, to stunned disbelief when she realizes David is not with his father or friends. He's gone. All too soon, the Sherwood Police charge a local schizophrenic with David's murder and declare the case closed. Fueled by terror and an acute instinct that her son is still alive, Drew appeals to her disjointed family and a maverick police officer. Together they launch their own full-scale search. The story alternates between Drew's frantic hunt for the son she knows is still living and the boy's brave struggle to survive by leaving clever hints of his presence even as Denver retreats further and further into insanity."