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Posts Tagged ‘suspense

31 Aug, 2010

Review: Extraordinary

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography: Werlin, Nancy. (September 2010).  Extraordinary.  New York: Dial. ISBN: 9780803733725
Plot Summary:  Ordinary Phoebe meets extraordinary Mallory in seventh grade, and they become better than best friends, inseparable.  Years later when Phoebe meets Mallory’s brother, Ryland, she falls for him hard only slowly coming to realize that neither Mallory or Ryland are exactly what they [...]

14 Jun, 2010

Review: Once a Spy

Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit

Bibliography: Thomson, Keith. (2010). Once a Spy. New York: Doubleday. ISBN: 978-0385530781
Plot Summary:  When down on his luck  gambler Charlie brings his father Drummond home from the social agency that found him wandering the streets and his father’s apartment explodes, he starts to wonder if some of the old man’s mumblings about spies and covert [...]

13 Apr, 2010

Review: Baker Street Letters

Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit

Bibliography: Robertson, Michael. (2009). The Baker Street Letters. New York: Minotaur Books. ISBN: 9780312538125
Plot Summary:  London solicitor Reggie Heath loves his new law offices, and loves the great lease he got on them even more.  But there is a catch–the offices are located at 221b Baker Street and part of the deal is that they [...]

01 Apr, 2010

Review: False Charity

Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit

Bibliography: Heley, Veronica. (2007). False Charity. New York: Severn House. ISBN: 9780727865274
Plot Summary: Bea Abbott has returned from an around the world trip exhausted.  She started the trip with her beloved husband, but part way through, his illness worsened and he died.  All Bea wants it to be left alone with her grief.    Instead [...]

10 Feb, 2010

Review: Stalking Susan

Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit

Bibliography:   Kramer, Julie. (2008).  Stalking Susan. New York: Doubleday. ISBN: 978-0385524766
Plot Summary: Riley Spartz, television news reporter  in Minneapolis, just knows she has  a ratings winner when a former homicide detective hands her two cold case files–two women named Susan murdered on the same day but different years.  Riley knows they are connected and thinks [...]


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