Doctor Takes ‘Epic Measures’ to Revolutionize Health Care [REVIEW]

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Dr. Christopher Murray uses Big Data to change the way we look at how and why people die around the globe.
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Doctors have always looked at ways to treat the health crisis of the day, from the Black Death to cancer to AIDS. What they have not done, however, is study and compare how, why, and where people die on a global scale… at least, until now. In journalist Jeremy N. Smith’s important book, Epic Measures, he introduces us to the man who has tackled this massive project and is gradually changing health care around the planet.  Continue reading “Doctor Takes ‘Epic Measures’ to Revolutionize Health Care [REVIEW]”

J. T. Ellison’s ‘No One Knows’ Is A Truly Chilling Read [REVIEW]

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Even after her husband goes missing and is declared dead, all Aubrey Hamilton wants is her husband back.
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Can love be so all encompassing between two people that the surviving mate is unable to move forward in life? Bestselling novelist J.T. Ellison plumbs the depths of love and loss in her enthralling novel, No One Knows. 
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Jeffery Deaver’s ‘The Burial Hour’ Delivers A Rush of Pure Adrenaline [REVIEW]

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A hangman’s noose leads Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs on an international manhunt in The Burial Hour. (Photo by Fraser Mummery, Flickr)

A businessman vanishes on a busy city street. A young girl witnesses the crime. A hangman’s noose is left at the scene. Jeffery Deaver’s beloved forensic detectives Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return to solve another blistering case in The Burial Hour.  Continue reading “Jeffery Deaver’s ‘The Burial Hour’ Delivers A Rush of Pure Adrenaline [REVIEW]”

Sarah Robb O’Hagan Wants All of Us to Be Extreme [REVIEW]

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“The fear in our minds is so much worse than actual reality,” says Sarah Robb O’Hagan, author of Extreme You.
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Have you ever felt like you were destined for greatness? Is there a little voice in your head that whispers, and sometimes screams, that you are more than just average? Do you find yourself reaching out for success, only to fail on an epic scale? If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, then you are going to love Sarah Robb O’Hagan. Although she’s been in your shoes more than once, she ultimately found the way to come out on top, and now she wants to show you how to do it too in her new book, Extreme You. 
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Jane Haseldine’s ‘Duplicity’ Explodes with Malice [REVIEW]

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A reporter will stop at nothing to get her story in Jane Haseldine’s Duplicity. (Photo by Emilie Barbier, Flickr)

What do you get when you cross The Good Wife, Criminal Minds and the 2009 film, State of Play? The answer may very well be Jane Haseldine’s Duplicity, an engaging new thriller that blends taut suspense, riveting characters, heinous crime, family drama and professional journalism into one compelling read.  Continue reading “Jane Haseldine’s ‘Duplicity’ Explodes with Malice [REVIEW]”