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READING CHALLENGE BOOK REVIEW: Alice (Chronicles of Alice #1) by Christina Henry

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  Publication Date:  August 4, 2015 Format:  ebook Genre:   Dark Fantasy Publisher:  Ace  Length:  304 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside. In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood... Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago. Only some...

Book Review: Jack Frost (A detective Jack Stratton Mystery Book 7) by Christopher Greyson

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Release Date:  April 19, 2018 Publisher:  Greyson Media Mystery Format:  ebook Pages:  254 pages Genre:   Mystery/suspense Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback   Synopsis: Jack has a new assignment: to investigate the suspicious death of a soundman on the hit TV show  Planet Survival . Jack goes undercover as a security agent where the show is filming on nearby Mount Minuit. Soon trapped on the treacherous peak by a blizzard, a mysterious killer continues to stalk the cast and crew of  Planet Survival . What started out as a game is now a deadly competition for survival. As the temperature drops and the body count rises, what will get them first… the mountain or the killer? Review: In 6 books Jack and Alice always work together having each others backs but this time Jack is sent up a mountain to go undercover while Alice stays behind to do research.  Unfortunately the mother of all blizzards keeps them from talking and Alic...

Book Review: Jack of Hearts (Detective Jack Stratton Mystery Book 6) by Christopher Greyson

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Release Date:  August 14, 2017 Publisher:  Greyson Media Mystery Format:  ebook Pages:  236 pages Genre:   Mystery/suspense Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis: Jack Stratton is heading south for some fun in the sun. Already nervous about introducing his girlfriend, Alice, to his parents, the last thing Jack needed was for the dog-sitter to cancel, forcing him to bring Lady, their one-hundred-and-twenty-pound King Shepherd, on the plane with them. The dog holds Jack responsible and wants payback. On top of everything, Jack is still waiting for Alice's answer to his marriage proposal. When his mother and the members of her neighborhood book club ask him to catch the "Orange Blossom Cove Bandit," a small-time thief who's stealing garden gnomes and peace of mind from their quiet retirement community, how can Jack refuse? The peculiar mystery proves to be more than it appears, and things take a deadly turn. Now, Jack fin...

Book Review: Data Jack (A detective Jack Stratton Mystery book 5) by Christopher Greyson

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Release Date:  April 15, 2015 Publisher:  Greyson Media Mystery Format:  ebook Pages:  194 pages Genre:   Mystery/suspense Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis: Jack Stratton's back is up against the wall. He's broke, kicked off the force, and his new bounty hunting business has slowed to a trickle. With no money coming in, Jack's license to carry suspended, and no good job prospects on the horizon, Jack's got it tough. He thinks things are turning around when Alice (aka Replacement) gets a lucrative job setting up a home data network. That is, until he discovers it's for a handsome, jet-setting software tycoon. The "boy billionaire" as Jack grudgingly refers to him, takes a liking to computer-savvy Alice. Jealous, Jack thinks life can't get any worse, but when the computer program the CEO invented becomes the key tool in an international data heist, things turn deadly. In this digital age of hackers, spyware, and cyber t...

Book Review: Jack and the Giant Killer (A Detective Jack Stratton Mystery book 4) by Christopher Greyson

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Release Date:  October 4, 2014 Publisher:  Greyson Media Mystery Format:  ebook Pages:  218 pages Genre:   Mystery/suspense Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis: A serial killer is stalking Jack's town--and no one's safe. But they don't know Jack. Jack looked up at the giant, dead body brazenly hung on the quaint Welcome to Darrington sign. He turned to the town's mayor. "Mayor Lewis, when you said people had nothing to fear, it pricked the killer's vanity. He's using this latest victim to send you a message: Be afraid. Be very afraid--of him. If you want to catch this serial killer, you need to feed his ego. Tell the people he's right. They should be scared--no one's safe while he controls the town." Rogue hero Jack Stratton is back in another action-packed, thrilling adventure. While recovering from a gunshot wound and the loss of his job on the police force, Jack's romance with feisty Alice (aka Replacement) contin...

Book Review: Jacks are Wild (Detective Jack Stratton Mystery book 3) by Christopher Greyson

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Release Date:  March 19, 2014 Publisher:  Greyson Media Mystery Format:  ebook Pages:  212 pages Genre:   Mystery/suspense Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis: Handsome white-knight police officer Jack Stratton is back in this action-packed, thrilling adventure. When his sexy old flame disappears, no one thinks it's suspicious except Jack and one unbalanced witness. Jack feels in his gut that something is wrong. He knows that Marisa has a past, and if it ever caught up with her - it would be deadly. Determined to buck the critics and listen to his instincts, he and his feisty sidekick Alice (aka Replacement) plunge ahead and start tracking down leads, hoping to find Marisa in time. The trail leads them into all sorts of trouble - landing them smack in the middle of an all-out mob war between the Italian Mafia and the Japanese Yakuza. When evidence surfaces that Marisa was kidnapped, Jack must navigate through the war...

Book Review: Jack Knifed (A Detective Jack Stratton Mystery book 2) by Christopher Greyson

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Release Date:  March 23, 2014 Publisher:  Greyson Media Mystery Format:  ebook Pages:  159 pages Genre:   Mystery/suspense Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis: Jack felt the familiar burn of shame in his chest. Why do I keep doing this...thinking about her? It was so long ago, but I can't get what happened out of my head. I shouldn't let any of that junk define me, but I still do. I'm driving in circles, caught in some loop that I can't break out of. I want to know why she abandoned me...but some things, I guess, I'll never know.... Handsome police officer Jack Stratton is the "hometown hero cop with a heart of gold". Constant nightmares have forced him to seek answers about his rough childhood and the dark secrets hidden there. With Alice (aka Replacement) by his side, Jack travels to Hope Falls to solve a murder that occurred before he was born. Everyone in the small town remembers the unsolved murder of Steven ...

Book Review: Girl Jacked (detective Jack Stratton Mystery book 1) by Christopher Greyson

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Release Date:  July 17, 2014 Publisher:  Greyson Media Mystery Format:  ebook Pages:  264 pages Genre:   Mystery/suspense Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  | Audio Synopsis: Everyone said the mystery will never be solved. They don't know Jack. Jack Stratton's a good guy on the ugly side of life. Eight years ago a bomb blew his world apart and he's been picking up the pieces ever since. Guilt has driven a wedge between him and the family he loves. When Jack hears the news that his foster-sister Michelle is missing, it cuts straight to his core. The police think she just took off, but Jack knows Michelle would never leave her loved ones behind--like he did. Forced to confront the demons from his past, Jack must take action, find Michelle and bring her home... or die trying. This runaway hit mystery series introduces us to handsome rogue Jack Stratton. Driven by a debt of honor to his fallen foster-brother and a deep need to protect his vul...