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Title:   The Bat: The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbo Publisher: Random House Audio Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Narrator: John Lee Format:  Audio Genre:  Nordic mystery Synopsis:  Before Harry took on the neo-Nazi gangs of Oslo, before he met Rakel, before The Snowman tried to take everything he held dear, he went to Australia. Harry Hole is sent to Sydney to investigate the murder of Inger Holter, a young Norwegian girl who was working in a bar. Initially sidelined as an outsider, Harry becomes central to the Australian police investigation when they start to notice a number of unsolved rape and murder cases around the country. The victims were usually young blondes. Inger had a number of admirers, each with his own share of secrets, but there is no obvious suspect and the pattern of the other crimes seems impossible to crack. Then a circus performer is brutally murdered, followed by yet another young woman. Harry is in a race against time to s...

Title:   Blood Memory: A Novel by Greg Iles Publisher: Pocket Star Pages: 800 pages Format: Paperback Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis:   Some memories live deep in the soul, indelible and dangerous, waiting to be resurrected.... Forensic expert "Cat" Ferry is suspended from an FBI task force when the world-class odontologist is inexplicably stricken with panic attacks and blackouts while investigating a chain of brutal murders. Returning to her Mississippi hometown, Cat finds herself battling with alcohol, plagued by nightmares, and entangled with a married detective. Then, in her childhood bedroom, some spilled chemicals reveal two bloody footprints...and the trauma of her father's murder years earlier comes flooding back. Facing the secrets of her past, Cat races to connect them to a killer's present-day violence. But what emerges is the frightening possibility that Cat herself has blood on her hands.... (24) Review: I found a copy of this at our beach ...

Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Open to a random page: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! ********************************************************************************* My Teaser this week is from  Blood Memory: A Novel by Greg Iles "Stepping around Natriece, I look down at the luminescence on the floor. It's not diffuse, as I had thought, but well defined. Suddenly an eerie numbness spreads through my body.  I'm looking at a footprint."

Title:   Double-Dip Feelings: Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions by Barbara Cain Publisher: Magination Format:  paperback Pages: 32 pages   Genre: Kids Synopsis:  This volume is designed to help children understand emotions, and shows that it is possible to experience two contrasting feelings at the same time, such as feeling both proud and scared on the first day of school. Questions are raised throughout the book to help them cope with the tugs and pulls of emotions that simultaneous and dissimilar feelings can produce. This second edition contains new illustrations. (22)Review:  This book helps children understand that it is possible to feel two ways at the same time. Feelings are complex things and when children have conflicting feeling such as when they are dealing with moving to a foster home or to a new adoptive home from their biological home there can be excitement and sadness.  This book can help facilitate the conversation on ...

Title:   The Tomb (Adversary Cycle/Repairman Jack) by F. Paul Wilson Publisher: Audible Studios/Tor Books Format: Audio Book Narrator: Joe Barrett Length: 15 hours 33 minutes Pages: 448 pages Genre: thriller Synopsis:  Much to the chagrin of his girlfriend, Gia, Repairman Jack doesn't deal with electronic appliances-he fixes situations for people, often putting himself in deadly danger. His latest project is recovering a stolen necklace, which carries with it an ancient curse that may unleash a horde of Bengali demons. Jack is used to danger, but this time Gia's daughter Vicky is threatened. Can Jack overcome the curse of the yellow necklace and bring Vicky safely back home? (21) Review:  Joe Barrett is a fabulous narrator.  He changes his voice allowing the characters to come alive which helps with the ease of figuring out who is talking. Jack is not a nice guy.  He is a fixer or situations, and isn't a stranger to violence and death. Jack...

Title:   Normal: A Novel by Graeme Cameron Publisher: Mira Format: Kindle - advance e-galley Pages: 304 pages Genre: Humor, fiction, psychological murder mystery I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:  "The truth is I hurt people. It's what I do. It's all I do. It's all I've ever done." He lives in your community, in a nice house with a well-tended garden. He shops in your grocery store, bumping shoulders with you and apologizing with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving you into the lane ahead of him. What you don't know is that he has an elaborate cage built into a secret basement under his garage. And the food that he's carefully shopping for is to feed a young woman he's holding there against her will—one in a string of many, unaware of the fate that awaits her. This is how it's been for a long time. It's normal…...

Title:   The Infinite: Gates of Thread and Stone, Book 2 by Lori M Lee Publisher: Brilliance Audio Format: Audio Book Time: 9 hrs. 39 minutes Narrator: Jessica Almasy Genre: YA Synopsis:   The walls of Ninurta keep its citizens safe. Kai always believed the only danger to the city came from within. Now, with a rebel force threatening the fragile government, the walls have become more of a prison than ever. To make matters worse, as Avan explores his new identity as an Infinite, Kai struggles to remind him what it means to be human. And she fears her brother, Reev, is involved with the rebels. With the two people she cares about most on opposite sides of a brewing war, Kai will do whatever it takes to bring peace. But she’s lost her power to manipulate the threads of time, and she learns that a civil war might be the beginning of something far worse that will crumble not only Ninurta’s walls but also the entire city.  (19)Review: The pace of this book ...

Title:   Insurgent (Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Format: Hardcover Pages: 525 pages Genre: YA Dystopian Synopsis:  War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so. (18) Review: After the events in Divergent, Tris, Four and a few stragglers have escaped and are taking shelter trying to pull themselves together. Insurgent picks up right where Divergent left off which was nice not to lose any time between stories. Similar to Katniss in the Hunger Game Trilogy Tris is having a hard time with her part in the events that took place in the previous book. ...

Title:   The Witch of Napoli by Michael Schmicker Publisher: Palladino books Format: ebook Pages: 342 pages Genre:  Historical Fiction, Fiction, I received an advanced e-copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com Synopsis:  Italy 1899: Fiery-tempered, seductive medium Alessandra Poverelli levitates a table at a Spiritualist séance in Naples. A reporter photographs the miracle, and wealthy, skeptical, Jewish psychiatrist Camillo Lombardi arrives in Naples to investigate. When she materializes the ghost of his dead mother, he risks his reputation and fortune to finance a tour of the Continent, challenging the scientific and academic elite of Europe to test Alessandra's mysterious powers. She will help him rewrite Science. His fee will help her escape her sadistic husband Pigotti and start a new life in Rome. Newspapers across Europe trumpet her Cinderella story and baffling successes, and the public demands to know - does the "Queen of Spirits"...