How Books Have Influenced My Life [INTERVIEW]

Heather Fink and Sarah Silverthorne baking
Heather and colleague Sarah Silverthorne cook up some fun at the public library. (Photo by Adrienne R. Morton)
Books are my life. It seems like I’m either reading them, shelving them, reviewing them, checking them out to patrons, or chatting with authors and publishers about what is coming out next. I’ve spent most of my adulthood working at various libraries across the country, so I typically have a lot to say on the topic. And on rare occasions some folks decide I might make a good interview subject because of my voracious literary appetite! Two weeks ago, Adrienne R. Morton with the Friends of the Library came by to chat with me, and I thought I’d share that piece with you here. I hope you enjoy the interview and some of the pictures I’ve posed for during the past year! Continue reading “How Books Have Influenced My Life [INTERVIEW]”

Even Eve Duncan Can’t Save Iris Johansen’s ‘Hide Away’ [REVIEW]

Eve Duncan in the Scottish highlands
Eve Duncan hides a young girl in the Scottish highlands. But is it enough to keep her safe from her enemies?
(Photo designed by Rob Grom)

Iris Johansen’s Hide Away is the second installment in the author’s current trilogy that began with Shadow Play. Here, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn continue to protect a young girl named Cara Delaney from her sociopathic mother, Natalie Castino, and those on her payroll. Continue reading “Even Eve Duncan Can’t Save Iris Johansen’s ‘Hide Away’ [REVIEW]”

James Rollins and Grant Blackwood’s ‘War Hawk’ Terrifies Us While Winning Our Hearts [REVIEW]

Soldier and military dog
Will former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and Kane, his military working dog, be able to find a killer before it is too late? Find out in James Rollins and Grant Blackwood’s WAR HAWK. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Julian Turner)

In James Rollins and Grant Blackwood’s War Hawk, a woman and her son are on the run from assassins, and only Tucker Wayne can keep them safe. To do so, he starts a global manhunt in search of a killer. The truth will lead him and his faithful canine companion to uncover deeply buried secrets which date back to World War II and a startling true event that will redefine humanity. Continue reading “James Rollins and Grant Blackwood’s ‘War Hawk’ Terrifies Us While Winning Our Hearts [REVIEW]”

David Baldacci’s ‘The Last Mile’ Is One Twisty Thriller [REVIEW]

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Will an eleventh hour confession free a convicted killer? Find out in David Baldacci’s THE LAST MILE. (Photo by Moyan Brenn, Flickr)

In David Baldacci’s The Last Mile, the highly anticipated follow-up book to 2015’s Memory Man, a prisoner on death row is potentially exonerated right before his execution when another inmate in a different state unexpectedly confesses to the crime. Now Detective Amos Decker, who forgets absolutely nothing, and his task force must work to beat the clock and find out if the new admission of guilt is actually true or not. Continue reading “David Baldacci’s ‘The Last Mile’ Is One Twisty Thriller [REVIEW]”

Dark Desires Permeate Amanda Quick’s ‘Til Death Do Us Part’ [REVIEW]

Runaway bride
A high-priced matchmaker is the unwitting object of a stalker’s deadly desire in Amanda Quick’s TIL DEATH DO US PART. (Photo by Sarah Nichols, Flickr)

Return to Victorian London in Amanda Quick’s latest novel, ‘Til Death Do Us Part, where a high-priced matchmaker becomes the object of someone’s deadly obsession.  Continue reading “Dark Desires Permeate Amanda Quick’s ‘Til Death Do Us Part’ [REVIEW]”