![]() ![]() I was about to say that was quite quick *L0L* How many drafts do you go through? ![]() Which might sound somewhat impressively fast, but to be fair, it’s a short story, and only about 10,000 words. Hmmm, that’s intriguing already! How long did it take you to write this book? (I won’t cheat and just put down my tagline.) Dustin Dempster’s community service has something he didn’t bargain for-amateur counseling sessions with a bizarre kind of killer. How would you summarize your book in one sentence? His first e-book hit the shelves on February 17th and is published by the Melpomene Imprint, while Paul’s second book Kaishaku is coming out on August 24th with Thalia. Today I have Paul Stansfield to talk about his mystery/suspense novels Dead Reckoning and Kaishaku. To help you prepare your summer-time TBR list, every Monday for the next few months I will be talking with some really fabulous authors about their latest or upcoming books. Warm weather has finally arrived and it is time to start thinking about what to read as you lounge around the pool, while your kids play in the park, or during your hour-long commute on the transpo. ![]()
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![]() I always look forward to a new book from Tal Bauer. Except, Landon returns Luke’s feelings and together they might be able to create the family they always wanted. But Luke is finally beginning to repair his relationship with Emmet and Luke is afraid his feelings for Landon will jeopardize everything with his son. It doesn’t matter that he’s never been attracted to a man before, Landon is everything Luke wants. Luke has no idea how to stop the free fall when he realizes he’s falling for Landon. Luke and Landon’s sons are best friends and, as the men spend time together volunteering for the football team, they grow close and Luke begins to crave his time with Landon. It’s now been a year since Riley died and Luke is clinging on to life and trying to reach Emmet, but Luke has no idea how to begin to repair their relationship. Luke used to have a great relationship with his son, Emmet, but as Luke and Riley grew apart, so did Luke and Emmet. He never found his groove in college and barely passed his classes and when his college girlfriend, Riley, became pregnant, they got married. ![]() ![]() Luke has been drifting through life for years. ![]() ![]() It all came at a price and, while Landon’s relationship with Bowen is stellar, Landon would still like a relationship for himself. Now divorced, living in Texas, and raising his star football player son, Bowen, Landon has struggled to be comfortable with who he is. Growing up in Utah, he never knew he could even think he was gay and went on to marry his childhood girlfriend. Landon is finally comfortable in his life. ![]() ![]() Asshole Victim: Hidaka, the murder victim in the novel, is portrayed as an incredibly unpleasant and nasty person.This work contains examples of the following: The novel begins with Nonoguchi as the viewpoint character, but during the next chapter when the viewpoint switches to Kaga, it becomes apparent that Nonoguchi's account may not be entirely honest. When Osamu arrives, he and Hidaka's wife Rie find Hidaka dead inside his office.Īs it turns out, Kyoichiro Kaga is assigned to the case, and he and Nonoguchi are acquainted since both taught at the same school. Sometime after Osamu leaves, he receives a phone call from Hidaka asking him to come back to his house because he has something important to ask him. The novel begins with a written account by Osamu Nonoguchi (which actually exists in-universe), a writer of children's books, as he recounts the day he visited his best friend and famous author, Kunihiko Hidaka, who is about to move to Vancouver the following day. It is part of a series of books by Higashino starring the detective Kyoichiro Kaga. ![]() ![]() Malice is a mystery novel written by famous Japanese author Keigo Higashino and published in 2014. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, it’s humor, but it’s done so well that you just don’t care. The dialogue is snappy, the descriptions of what’s going on is done in a way that draws you in instead of throwing you out of what you are reading, and the characters are delightful. The series also has two other related works: Phil Coulson’s Case Files of the Toasterverse and Secrets of the Toasterverse.įolks, this person can write. The author just completed the fourth book this week which is why I am delving into it now. It is still considered a WIP, although all six of these stories are complete, and each can be read as a stand alone. This series of stories currently consists of six: Some Things Shouldn’t Be a Chore Ordinary Workplace Hazards, Or SHIELD and OSHA Aren’t on Speaking Terms Four (or Five) Reasons for Kidnapping Tony Stark Dating the Long Way Around Things Unseen (That Are Captured on Film) and Hollow Your Bones Like a Bird’s. Rating: Mature (For the Series – Individual Stories Vary)Ī peek behind the scenes of what really happens at Avenger’s Tower. Pairing(s): Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Phil Coulson/Clint Barton ![]() Title: In Which Tony Stark Builds Himself Some Friends (Series) ![]() ![]() ![]() This crumbling, derelict mansion holds secrets and clues about the bizarre experiments that took place there in the 1970s. It’s led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin and features a dedicated crew of ghost-hunting experts.Įpisode Thirteen takes them to Matt’s holy grail: the Paranormal Research Foundation. ![]() ![]() A ghost-hunting reality TV crew gain unprecedented access to an abandoned and supposedly haunted mansion, which promises a groundbreaking thirteenth episode, but as they uncover the secret history of the house, they learn that “reality” TV might be all too real - in Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie’s latest heart pounding novel of horror and psychological suspense.įade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. ![]() ![]() There is the humor of growing up in Washington Heights (the inspiration for his play Brighton Beach Memoirs) where, despite his parents’ rocky marriage and many separations, he learned to see the funny side of family drama, as when his mother thought she saw a body on the floor in their apartment-and it turned out to be the clothes his father discarded in the hallway after a night of carousing. Rewrites takes Simon through his first love, his first play, and his first brush with failure. This omnibus edition combines Neil Simon’s two memoirs, Rewrites and The Play Goes On, into one volume that spans his extraordinary five-decade career in theater, television, and film. The complete memoirs of Neil Simon, the greatest-and most successful-American playwright of all time, the author of such iconic works as Lost in Yonkers, The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues, and The Goodbye Girl, now with an insightful Introduction by Nathan Lane. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their differences are rendered moot when members of the Alpenwald delegation beg Veronica to pose as the wayward Princess Gisela, who often goes off on little trips on her own, in order to avert the scandal that would surely arise if she did not show up for her engagements. Veronica, who’d met and admired Alice, is keen to investigate, but Stoker’s not interested in expanding their case files. All goes smoothly until Stoker finds Alice’s climbing rope among the exhibition items and notices that it wasn’t frayed but cut with a knife, turning her fatal accident into murder. Princess Gisela of the Alpenwald herself comes to open the exhibit. ![]() Revelstoke Templeton-Vane, better known as Stoker, are living on a lovely estate while they work on a vast collection of objects of natural history and help design an exhibit to honor Alice Baker-Greene, an intrepid mountaineer and feminist, who died in a climbing accident in the tiny country of the Alpenwald. Why is lepidopterist Veronica Speedwell bored with life in London? After all, she and her love, the Hon. A scandalous Victorian couple test the limits of their relationship when they get involved in yet another murder. ![]() ![]() Holding your partner in your arms while enjoying the magnificence of the sunset creates memories that will last a lifetime.Īs if the beauty of a sunset alone wasn’t enough, watching the sun go down can have several psychological benefits according to a variety of scientific studies. To most dreamers like us, a sundown is one of the most romantic spectacles that nature can produce. ![]() It is as if you have entered an enchanted world full of wonder and adventures.Įnjoy this selection of sunset quotes about the beauty of nature The entire scenery around you is transformed by the warm colors of the sun that paints the horizon orange. Watching the sun slowly disappear below the horizon is a mystical experience. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Yet, most people don’t have the time to enjoy one of the most beautiful scenes of nature. It is the perfect conclusion for a beautiful day. ![]() There’s something magical about the setting sun. And for even more, have a look at our breathtaking nature quotes that celebrate earth. To celebrate this wonderful spectacle of nature, we have collected some of the finest sunset quotes ever spoken or written. ![]() But you don’t have to travel far to enjoy the magnificent beauty of a sundown. ![]() Sitting at the beach, listening to the rushing of the waves, and enjoying the wonderful scenery of the sun slowly going down is one of the highlights of most vacations. ![]() ![]() It’s called “Land On Fire,” by nature writer Gary Ferguson, and he joins us now.įERGUSON: Thank you, Steve. This new, alarming situation has several causes, and a new book lays them out. In its scramble to prevent and put out these blazes, the forest service now spends over 50% of its budget on wildfire fighting programs. Wildfires once took hold only in hot, dry summer months, this year in the United States alone, more than two million acres of land were burned before the first day of spring. From much of the year, wildfires rip across the western United States, stretching through Canada and as far north as the forests of Alaska. ![]() CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Steve Curwood. ![]() ![]() ![]() Andi Arndt is the narrator of all Kylie’s books, including the entire Stage Dive series, and Jen thinks she is terrific.Beverly Jenkins liked the Stage Dive series, too.If you want to join the OSRBC group (Old School Romance Book Club) on Facebook, make sure to answer the three questions if you want to be admitted.We aren’t sure why, but we speculate that it was fear of putting “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” and other high roller lifestyles on page. On our upcoming episode with Susan Elizabeth Phillips, where she told us that back in the day, “rock stars, actors, and athletes” were not allowed in the early days of romance.We also love the VIP series by Kristen Callihan, and the 4th book in that series, Exposed, comes out next month, July 2021.It’s a 1001 in the 1001 Dark Nights series as an homage and allusion to Scheherazade, the story-teller of the Arabian Nights.Everyone is struggling with getting dressed again. ![]() Sarah has a book coming on August 24th! Preorder Bombshell now. ![]() |