[bksvol-discuss] Re: Two Books Submitted
- From: "maithe007" <maithe007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:44:29 -0500
Ooh, the scary one is based in the area I live in...I might just read this one.
I tend to run away from the scary books *too overactive of an imagination*,
but I like to read about where I live. *G*
Maithe
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From: Donna Smith
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:25 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Two Books Submitted
For your validating pleasure.
The Between, by Tananarive Due; about 275 pages. This is a recently
discovered author for me and this was her first book. She is African-American
and writes some of the best psychological horror I've read in a while!
She'll Never Tel, by Hunter Morgan; about 300 pages. This is the first in a
trilogy of which the second, "She'll Never Know," is already in the collection,
and the third "She'll Never Live," I submitted a couple of weeks ago from the
wish list. So here is book one to round out the series.
Per usual, let me know if anything needs rescanning, and here are the
synopses:
The Between, by Tananarive Due
When Hilton was just a boy, his aged grandmother saved him from drowning by
pulling him out of a treacherous ocean current, sacrificing her own life for
his. Now, thirty years later, he is a dedicated social worker, married to the
only elected African-American judge in Dade County, Florida, and the father of
two beautiful children. As his thirty-ninth birthday draws
near, though, he is starting to think his borrowed time is running out. His
wife has begun receiving racist hate mail-letters from a man she once
prosecuted who now threatens to destroy her entire family. Hilton becomes
obsessed with protecting them, and begins having nightmares more horrible than
any he has ever experienced. Are the strange dreams trying to tell him
something?
Perhaps Hilton was never meant to have survived that drowning accident, and
there are forces at work to rectify that mistake. Hilton's sense of reality
begins slipping away as he battles both the psychotic who stalks his family and
the even more terrifying unseen enemy that plagues his sleep.
Shocking and
utterly convincing, The Between is a novel about a man desperately trying to
hold on to the people and life he loves, but may already have lost, and keeps
readers suspended until the final moment of chilling resolution. It is a
brilliantly written novel of the supernatural that announces the arrival of a
unique and compelling new voice.
She'll Never Tell, by Hunter Morgan
Overweight and insecure, Marcy Edmond has always lived in the shadow of her
gorgeous identical twin sister Phoebe. She hates her job as a CPA. Hates the
fact that her children ignore her and her husband seems indifferent. But-in the
blink of an eye-everything changes.
Acarcrash.Acoma. Seemingly insurmountable odds.
Six months later, Marcy awakens to a second chance. Plastic surgery and
weight loss have transformed her into the woman she's always wanted to be,
though life has gone on without her. Phoebe has worked her way into Marcy's
family-and possibly into her husband's heart...
Meanwhile, someone has been watching Marcy turn from an ugly duckling into a
beautiful swan. She may feel overlooked by those closest to her, but he's been
paying attention. He thinks Marcy is perfect. She's exactly the kind of woman
he would love-to kill.
Donna
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