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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Title: The 12th Victim
Author: Katia Lief
ISBN: 9780091944780
Publisher: Ebury Press/2012
Pages: 368
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Back Cover:
The police call him the working girl killer. But no woman is safe…
The 11th victim is found only a short distance from Karin Shaeffer’s house. At the crime-scene she discovers a local prostitute stabbed to death, the knife left embedded in her body.
It is the signature of the ‘Working Girl Killer’ – a serial killer who has terrorised New York City for the last three years. The police are clueless but when Karin’s best-friend becomes the lead investigator, she finds herself drawn into the investigation as a consulting detective.
But as she struggles to understand the dark twisted mind of a murderer, next time the killer is going to strike all too close to home…
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My views:
The 12th Victim is the second novel featuring Karin Schaeffer. She seems to have recovered from the dark phase of her life with her second husband, Mac and son Ben.
A local prostitute is killed with a knife, Karin finds the body and then the body count keeps adding up. When her son's part time nanny too is found murdered, it is too close home
for her. She is not new to murders or serial killers.
When her best friend becomes a suspect, Karin cannot keep still. She has to find the killer at any cost. And unravels something sinister which involves children. She makes it her goal to protect Dathi, her son's nanny's child.
Just when one thinks that the killer has been identified, there is a twist. With a good, racy pace, the novel takes us into a roller coaster ride and keeps us totally engrossed. We also like the single minded way of Karin to achieve her goal to nab the killer.
Katia Lief gives us great moments too despite the grisly murders and grim situations. She also tries to tell us about cultural differences and the common thread running between those. I am going to read more of her novels....
A very old Banyan tree in School premises. Many a times are classes are conducted under its shade...
Posted for Saturday Snapshot, hosted by Alyce of At Home With books
We all had to read things in school that we didn’t like … but what about something you read for a class that you ended up liking (or loving)? An author you discovered that you might not have found? A genre you hadn’t thought about?
In school, I read The Passage to India by E M Forster, which I liked very much. Then I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and also Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, which I liked. I also got to read two plays, The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Robert Beiser, and All My Sons by Arthur Miller and loved those too.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted over at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week, we get a theme to list our top tens.
This week's Top Ten pick : Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR List
Here I go: (Except for one, all others are crime fiction)
1) The Governor's Wife by Mark Gimenez
2) The Drop by Howard Linskey
3) The Damage by Howard Linskey
4) Suzy's Case by Andy Siegel
5) The Sadness of Samurai by Victor Del Arbol
6) The Affair by Lee Child
7) Private Games by James Patterson
8) A Dark Redemption by Stav Sherez
9) The Lantern by Deborah Lawrensen
10) Moving Can Be Murder by Susan Santangelo
"How wonderful," Martha said. "How many children will you have?"
"Just two," Grace said, with a deep sigh.
Violet Fire by Brenda Joyce
It is 1870s. Grace is a women’s rights activist. Her mother is unwell and she needs money for her treatment. No one is ready to hire her in New York because of her radical views. So she travels to Mississippi as she gets a job as a governess there.
She had met Rathe Bragg two years back in a part where she had created chaos by spouting slogans atop a piano! Now She meets him again two years later, in the plantation where she has been hired as a governess.
Rathe remembers her and feels a strong attraction for her. He soon comes to know she needs the money for her mother and offers for her to become his mistress. She refuses. But she is thrown out of her job and somehow cannot hold any other job either, because of her strong views. Rathe proposes to her but she refuses to marry him. However, she agrees to be his mistress so that she can still be independent in her own right.
She continues to teach young black children even though some people, including the sheriff, are against it. Then one day, She leaves Rathe, and the new church is burned down and there is a burnt body with her wearing her necklace. Rathe assumes that the dead body is Grace and is heart broken. He travels home to Texas to visit his parents and then he see’s Grace, who is as much of firebrand as she was before. And you can imagine the rest..!!
I love Brenda Joyce novels. However, I won't say it is one of her best works. But the pace is good and I liked the radical views of the heroine. She thinks NOT for herself but for the people, the ones who are ignored at large by the society....
Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at A Girl and Her Books. Kristen of BookNAround is hosting MM for the month of September.
I received SEVEN books in my mailbox:
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Title: Arctic Fire
Author: Paul Byers
ISBN: 9780615504070
Publisher: Fortress/2011
Pages: 377
When there is a water shortage, Nigel Cain decides to get it from Arctic in the shape of Massive icebergs. He builds a 5-star hotel and casino in an iceberg and invites the media and important people to witness the event. He hires Gabriel Pike, an Engineer to make it viable.
Pike feels privileged but after sometime, he finds sinister going on's in the form of a double homicide. Now Pike's main work is to save his own skin along with others.
The novel was a bit slow in the beginning but picked up pace after some time. Cain's madness can only be controlled by Pike. And he does it with aplomb. Then there is this question of man trying to play God by controlling nature. The novel makes us think.
With a cover like that, Arctic Fire beckons one to pick it up. The premise is not for everyone. However, once one picks it up, he/she will not leave it halfway through.
Thrill Week - Mystery, Suspense, Thrillers......
The weekend Thrill Ride/Blog Hop officially starts off The Thrill Week. Thanks for participating, I hope you enjoy all the networking and adding to your TBR list. Good luck with the Daily Giveaways.
Thrill Ride Questionnaire – all responses relating to Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense and or Horror
1) Introduce yourself
I am a Math teacher who writes poetry and loves to read. I have been blogging since July 2005. I started with a poetry blog. I started my book blog in 2006.
I am single and very happy with myself. I live in Delhi. I have done masters in Chemistry as well as English.
I love to read Crime Fiction all the time. I am also partial to Historical romance novels. I do not own any kind of e-reader. Give me a paper book any time!!
2) What has been your top 3 reads this year? Link your reviews
1) Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard
2) Bleed For me by Michael Robotham
3) Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton
3) What are you currently reading during Thrill Week?
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The 12th Victim by Katia Lief
The police call him the working girl killer. But no woman is safe...
The 11th victim is found only a short distance from Karin Shaeffer's house. At thecrime-scene she discovers a local prostitute stabbed to death, the knife left embedded in her body.It is the signature of the 'Working Girl Killer' - a serial killer who has terrorized New York City for the last three years. The police are clueless but when Karin's best-friend becomes the lead investigator, she finds herself drawn into the investigation as a consulting detective. Next time the killer is going to strike all too close to home.....
4) Do you have an all time favourite cover in the genres above?
There are many covers I love. I do not recall a specific one
5) What debut author(s) or new to you author(s) have you read within the last 12 months that have impressed you?
Peter Leonard
Katia Lief
Steve Hamilton
6) Favourite trilogy or series you recommend to others to read in the genres above?
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. I say go for it!
7) What popular author(s) have you NOT read but is on your Wishlist?
I have NOT read Jo Nesbo, Tami Hoag and Lee Child as yet.....
8) Other than blogs, share with us what other tools you use or subscribe to in order to keep up with the latest news on authors, new releases, book tours, etc?
Barnes & Noble, Shelf Awareness, Goodreads, Shelfari, Guardian, NYT etc etc
9) What current book is hyped among the blogosphere that you want to read or are not interested in? Why or why not or link your review if you have read it.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is currently doing the rounds of the blogs. I suppose I will pick it up one of these days..
10) What is most important in these genres to you? Plot, characters, location, dialogue, red herrings, narrator or what mix of them?
I love court dramas and police procedural which have good pace and red herrings. I also like Cozy Mysteries....
11) Recommend a book made into movie you thought both were good?
The Guns of Navarone by Alistaire MacLean
12) Recommend a book you would like to discuss with others and possibly the author? Note – I will do a poll with participant’s choices at the end of Thrill Week and then we can agree on a date for Q&A. I will try and arrange the chosen author to participate.
Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard. I would love to discuss this book....
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