Henry Wood Detective Agency

February 20, 2012

About

Henry Wood is an average detective, at best. His typical cases are boring, predictable, and safe, that is, until his new client walks through his door.

It is Jan 1, 1955 and up until now his world has been one of black and white, right and wrong, but Luna Alexander’s case is going to change all of that and there will forever be shades of grey. Henry will face the mob, question his own understanding of right and wrong, and need to make a decision that goes against everything he holds dear.

A bit of a lone wolf, he finds that sometimes one needs help from their friends. There are clues, like bread crumbs, being left by a mysterious benefactor who seems to have Henry’s best interest at heart, but will Henry put it all together in time?

Learn more about Henry Wood Detective Agency and Brian Meeks at ExtremelyAverage.com

My Review

First let me say that I thought it was cool that that Brian started out as a blogger and the 2nd chapter of this book was written on his blog first. I am always wondered if a blogger has actually gotten a publishing deal and now I know at least one person is. I could not get into this book. I love mysteries and I usually love books like this but I couldn’t get interested in it. It did have great parts in the book but I wasn’t overly impressed with the book. That being said I would still recommend the book to other people who like mystery books. He has 2 more books and I think I am going to pick them up and read them.

If you have read this book what do you think of it?

Piercing Through The Darkness

February 19, 2012

About

It’s on the edge of her memory like a word on the tip of her tongue, but Kandi can’t remember what it is to save her life.

Despite being a cop, Jimmy can’t protect Kandi from the one thing that haunts her. She’s in danger and doesn’t even know it. After it happened, her brain repressed her memories of the accident, and now, she’s taking a Biology class under a man who wants to see her dead. The memories have started coming back, and it feels like she’s miles away from him. How can he protect her when she doesn’t even know she needs protecting?

Can these characters pierce their way through the darkness?

My Review

You start the book following the teacher and all you know is that something happened to his wife and daughter a year before and that they passed away. They a girl transferred into one of his classes and he recognizes her because she was the person who killed his family. The girl is named Kandi and she has no idea why the teacher hates her. You find out soon enough that she has no memory of what her evening knowing the teacher or of hurting his family. Through the whole book you are getting more pieces of the past but you don’t find out how she hurt his family until the last few pages of the book. I fell in love with the characters and I also loved how you didn’t know in the beginning of the book what happened to Mr Chandlers family. I kept me so interested because I wanted to know what happened to his family and I also wanted to see if she would ever remember who he was and what she did to his family. I would give this book 5 stars. If you like mystery books you will love this one!

The Seer

December 29, 2011

Back Of Book

The Seer
by Martha Harris

Bobbi Wheeler is a psychiatrist who uses her psychic abilities to help her patients deal with depression and grief. This ability to know her patients’ history and inner thoughts through a simple “touch” is the reason behind her successful therapy sessions with satisfied clients.

Bobbi doesn’t always view her abilities as a gift, but a curse, because not all of her dreams are pleasant. She saw her grandfather’s death in a dream when she was young child and tried to prevent it but couldn’t. This started her feelings of helplessness whenever she dreams about dangers involving people she encountered and touched by chance.

While she may know the ways in dealing with emotional pain, she is also somehow battling with her own frailties and inner turmoil, making her long for the ocean and the pleasant things about it to give her peace. It is in one of these trips that she meets Lance Wolfe, a nonbeliever in psychics and a widower who blames himself for the death of his wife in a car accident. His guilt somehow hinders him from loving another woman again. Nonetheless, Bobbi opens his heart once more, but not completely. He seems to have the gift, as it is with him that Bobbi learns she can communicate using thoughts alone and go through someone else’s psychic’s mind.

In one of her visits to Lance’s house in Belford, Bobbi feels like she’s been inside a man who gave her the most horrifying nightmare ever. This man—who for a time she mistook as one of her patients, Tobias Emerson—murders a couple in her dreams. This man has the ability to control minds and although she is able to go inside the dream and prevent him from doing the crime, the man prevails over her and goes ahead with the carnage. After the police get involved, the man has only one thing on his mind—killing her.

About the Author

Martha Harris holds a degree in occupational therapy. She has been writing poems, short stories, and novels since she was in sixth grade.

(2011, paperback, 122 pages)

My Review

I didn’t think that I would be able to get into this book but once I started reading it I couldn’t put it down. I loved the characters in this book. The author did a good job at making the characters relate able and easy liked. She also did a good job at capturing human emotions with the things the characters went through. I loved the ending and was actually sad that the book was so short. I really did fall in love with the characters and I also loved how to she told what happened to each of the characters over the years. I don’t usually read books over again but this one that I am sure I will read again and keep because it was such a great book. If you are looking for a great mystery book with a love story thrown in than this is the book for you!

***FTC- I received a complimentary copy of (Book Title) as a member of the Dorrance Publishing Book Review Team. Visit dorrancebookstore.com to learn how you can become a member of the Book Review Team. The opinions expressed in this review are mine and only mine.

Book Review-The Girl in the Box

December 6, 2011

Back Of Book

Caitlin Shaughnessy, a Canadian journalist, discovers that Inez, a traumatized young Mayan woman originally from Guatemala, has killed Caitlin’s psychoanalyst partner, Dr. Jerry Simpson. Simpson brought the girl, who may be autistic, back to Canada as an act of mercy and to attempt to treat her obvious trauma. Cailin desperately needs to find out why this terrible incident occurred so she can find the strength to forgive and move on with her life.

Inez, whose sense of wonder and innocence touches all who meet her, becomes a focal point for many of the Canadians who encounter her. As Caitlin struggles to uncover the truth about Inez’s relationship with Jerry, Inez struggles to break free of the projections of others. Each must confront her own anger and despair. The doctors in the north have an iciness that matches their surroundings, a kind of clinical armour that Caitlin must penetrate if she is to reach Inez.

The Girl in the Box is a psychological drama of the highest order and a gripping tale of intrigue and passion.

My Review

When I read the back of the book this book made me think of the movie “Nell” but once I started reading the book I realized that it was nothing like that movie. I had the same idea of a feral children but other than that they are totally different. The books starts when Jerry was in Guatemala and finds Inez. The book then jumps to the present day when Caitlin finds out that Jerry was killed Inez. It jumps back and forth quite a bit as Caitlin starts to write a book and looking into why Inez killed Jerry. Lets just say that I never saw the book ending how it did. Even now while I am writing this I am still in shock about how it ended. The author does a great job keeping the person interested and making you feel like you are there with the characters. I couldn’t help but like Inez and even feel bad for her. I know that most people would find this book interesting if you like mysteries and/or thrillers.

FTC- I received a complimentary copy of “The Girl In The Box” for this review and I received no other compensation. The opinions expressed in the post are mine and only mine.