"Barbara's Picks" For
April and May 2005
An ex-mental patient Vanessa Kohler, A reproter, watches a piece about a little league massacre and quickly places a call to the FBI. For years she has been telling anyone who will listen about a vast government conspiracy to conceal a secret military unit headed by General Morris Wingate. For years everyone has dismissed her stories as bad memories. When Vanessa sees who is involved in the fight on TV, none other than Dan Murrelli, she feels she has found the key to proving her theories as true. Read the book to find out if she's right!
"Prince of Fire" By Daniel Silva (SUSPENSE)
This novel features one of Silva's best known characters, Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and sometimes spy. Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist across enemy territory. The trail turns so many times, that he isn't sure who is stalking whom. When at last the showdown comes it will not be Gabriel alone who is threatened.
"Cold Service" By Robert B. Parker (MYSTERY)
When Spencer's closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting bookie, Luther Gillespie, Spenser embarks on a journey to rehabilitate his friend. He also quickly learns that the Ukrainian mob is responsible for the hit on Hawk. In dealing with the mob, Spencer is forsed to employ some questionable techniques and even more questionable hired guns while redefining his friendship with Hawk in the name of vengence.
"Killing Kelly" By Heather Graham (MYSTERY)
Kelly Trent, an actress on a popular daytime soap, has gathered wealth, fame and more than her share of hate mail. She doesn't believe anyon could confuse her with the character she plays on the soap, but when an accident occurs on the set, the producer puts her character on hiatus, Kelly goes to Florida to perform in a music production. While there she meets a dance instructor, Doug O'Casey, who is a former cop. He can smell danger a mile away for Kelly. So read the book to see how an enraged fan endangers Kelly's life and
how she lives with the results.
"The Same Sweet Girls" By Cassandra King (FICTION)
This new novel tells of the lives of a tightly knit group of lifelong friends. The is the story of a spirited group of six southern women who have been holding a biannual reunion ever since they were together in college. On an island every summer and in the mountains every fall, the "Same Sweet Girls" as they are called, come together to share their stories. When one of the group faces a difficult challenge of her life, the novel builds to a powerful conclusion.
You will enjoy it!
"The Rising Before They Were Left Behind" By Time LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
(CHRISTIAN FICTION)
LaHaye and Jenkins start a new series or you might call it a revisiting of the LEFT BEHIND series. The two main characters are Mailena Carpathia and Ray Steele. Their lives will interact and good and evil will clash in an explosion that will shake the world.
"With No One As Witness" By Elizabeth George (MYSTERY)
In this novel Elizabeth George has crafted a story sure to please her readers. Detective Thomas Lynley is back, along with his partner, Barbara Havers, and a new Detective Winston Nkata. All three are hunting a sinister killer. Follow the hunt to the breathtaking ending.
"Otherwise Engaged" By Eileen Goudge (ROMANCE)
This is the story of two best friends who exchange lives and discover the places where their satisfaction lives. Neither woman has anything to lose, but the choices and challenges they face in their new worlds take them both by surprise. What began as a daring magazine article will change both women forever. Find out if they really can go home again.
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