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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Dead in the Family- Sookie Stackhouse #10 (Charlaine Harris)

Dead in the Family - Sookie Stackhouse #10

Charlaine Harris

Blurb: If you think you relationships are complicated, think again: you haven't seen anything like the ones in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her ailing neighbour (and ex), Vampire Bill Compton.

In addition to the multitude of family issues complicating her life, the werewolf pack of Shreveport has asked Sookie for a special favour, and since Sookie is an obliging young woman, she agrees. But this favour for the wolves has dire results for Sookie, who is still recovering from the trauma of her abduction during the Fairy War.

ISBN: 9780575089334 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Gollancz

Pages: 311 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Author's official site

3. Goodreads page for the book

4. Wikipedia page for the book

5. Review of the book

Friday, April 13, 2012

Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (Carlton Stowers)

Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder

Carlton Stowers

Blurb: On a fall afternoon in 1983, in an upscale Dallas suburb, Rozanne Gailiunas was found stripped, bound to her bed, and shot through the skull. Her four-year-old son had been napping peacefully in the next room when she was killed. Rozanne's husband, Dr. Peter Gailiunas - and her lover, Larry Aylor - immediately fell under suspicion. Until a surprise informant identified the mastermind behind the murder as Aylor's own wife, Joy - a woman so driven by jealously and greed that she put out a contract on both Rozanne and later her own husband.

On the run and managing to elude investigators for eight years, the two-year search for the socialite would eventually end in the south of France. There, authorities found the elusive femme fatale, living as comfortably among the world's elite as she was among hired killers. At last, the authorities' questions would be answered, to reveal a shocking insight into the heart of an unlikely killer, and a small-town Texas crime that made international headlines.

ISBN: 9780312982140 (Paperback)

Year: 1994

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Pages: 386 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page for the book

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Reviews of the book

4. Buy from Barnes & Noble

5. Information on the hitman and other aspects of the case