Posted on May 2, 2009 by garridon
In Face of Betrayal by Lis Wiel and April Henry, a Senate page disappears, resulting in a media storm because a politican may be involved. Reporter Cassidy Shaw, Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce, and FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges quickly get involved to try to find the missing girl. Then the disappearance turns to murder.
The book [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2008 by garridon
My first foray into Christian fiction is the Young Adult/Action-Adventure novel House of Dark Shadows. I read a lot of Young Adult novels and love any kind of action-adventure. And a touch of magic, supernatural, or spooky doesn’t hurt, either.
Xander is a teenager uprooted from his home in Pasadena when his father has to move to Pinedale. They start [...]
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Posted on November 14, 2008 by garridon
Keri Arthur writes the kind of books that I have to read in one sitting. And I like to revisit them. I don’t get tired of reading them.
Destiny Kills is her latest book, a foray into a different urban fantasy series, this one about sea dragons. Think Loch Ness. Destiny is a sea dragon [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2008 by garridon
Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy
By Karen James
I’m not a Christian reader, but if I saw this book at the library, I probably would have picked it up. It’s about the rescue effort that was mounted to search for mountain climber Kelly James and his two buddies. They decided to do an [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2008 by garridon
Legacy
by Jeanne C. Stein
Genre: Urban Fantasy
This is the fourth book in the series. If I find a good author, I’ll go back and pick up more books. In this case, I got the first book at the library, nearly passed on it because of the first chapter (the character becomes a vampire when she is [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2008 by garridon
The Man with the Golden Torc
by Simon R. Green
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Eddie Drood, part of a long line of family members who fight the supernatural, suddenly finds himself on the run. The Matriarch of the Drood family has declared him rogue, and everyone has orders to kill him. He has to find a way to clear [...]
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