Title: SSS 12/7/7 reveals
catsalive - December 8, 2007 12:55 AM (GMT)
Ace's reveal:
The Treatment by Mo Hayder
Midsummer, and in an unassuming house on a quiet residential street on the edge of Brockwell Park in south London, a husband and wife are discovered, imprisoned in their own home. Badly dehydrated, they've been bound and beaten, and the husband is close to death. But worse is to come: their young son is missing. When DI Jack Caffery of the Met's AMIT squad is called in to investigate, the similarities to events in his own past make it impossible for him to view this new crime with the necessary detachment. And as Jack digs deeper, as he attempts to hold his own life together in the face of ever more disturbing revelations about both the past and the present, the real nightmare begins... Horrifying, unforgettable, intense, The Treatment is a novel that touches the raw nerve of our darkest imaginings.
The Treatment by Mo Hayder
Midsummer, and in an unassuming house on a quiet residential street on the edge of Brockwell Park in south London, a husband and wife are discovered, imprisoned in their own home. Badly dehydrated, they've been bound and beaten, and the husband is close to death. But worse is to come: their young son is missing. When DI Jack Caffery of the Met's AMIT squad is called in to investigate, the similarities to events in his own past make it impossible for him to view this new crime with the necessary detachment. And as Jack digs deeper, as he attempts to hold his own life together in the face of ever more disturbing revelations about both the past and the present, the real nightmare begins... Horrifying, unforgettable, intense, The Treatment is a novel that touches the raw nerve of our darkest imaginings.
catsalive - December 8, 2007 12:55 AM (GMT)
catsalive's reveal:
Blood Rose by William Heffernan TBR
Back cover:
A killer is on the loose ... His calling card, a withered rose, exchanged for a missing heart.
The body of a young woman is found in an open field, her mutilated corpse savaged by wild animals. Within days a second body is discovered, torn and defiled by human hands. Now a third victim bears mute witness to the terrifying presence of a depraved and relentless executioner.
For Paul Devlin, who fled his job as a New York City detective after a serial killer nearly claimed his life and his sanity, the nightmare has begun again. The safety he had sought in becoming chief of police in a small Vermont town has vanished. Now there is another maniac on the loose and the clock is ticking.
This time Devlin must capture a killer more elusive and more deadly than any he has ever known. He must act before the woman he loves falls victim to the killer's knife - and time is running out ...
Blood Rose by William Heffernan TBR
Back cover:
A killer is on the loose ... His calling card, a withered rose, exchanged for a missing heart.
The body of a young woman is found in an open field, her mutilated corpse savaged by wild animals. Within days a second body is discovered, torn and defiled by human hands. Now a third victim bears mute witness to the terrifying presence of a depraved and relentless executioner.
For Paul Devlin, who fled his job as a New York City detective after a serial killer nearly claimed his life and his sanity, the nightmare has begun again. The safety he had sought in becoming chief of police in a small Vermont town has vanished. Now there is another maniac on the loose and the clock is ticking.
This time Devlin must capture a killer more elusive and more deadly than any he has ever known. He must act before the woman he loves falls victim to the killer's knife - and time is running out ...
catsalive - December 8, 2007 12:56 AM (GMT)
Giz's reveal:
Bird by Jane Adams
Bird's grandfather is dying, haunted by the image from his youth of a woman hanging from a tree. Before he dies, Bird vows to uncover the true story behind this woman. Even if it points to her grandfather being a murderer.
Bird by Jane Adams
Bird's grandfather is dying, haunted by the image from his youth of a woman hanging from a tree. Before he dies, Bird vows to uncover the true story behind this woman. Even if it points to her grandfather being a murderer.
rebeccaljames - December 8, 2007 08:36 AM (GMT)
rebeccaljames' reveal:
Countdown by Iris Johansen
From Publishers Weekly
Prolific bestseller Johansen subjects gutsy Jane Maguire to more troubles in her latest thrill ride. Jane, the adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, was threatened by one serial killer in 1999's The Killing Game and another in 2004's Blind Alley, so it's no surprise that she's in danger again. The once troubled adolescent is now a brilliant Harvard student and talented artist who spends her summers at far-off archeological digs in Pompeii and Herculaneum, but she's still haunted by her resemblance to Cira, a woman who lived 2,000 years ago in the latter city. Suddenly she's being ambushed in alleys. Does the attempted kidnapping have something to do with Blind Alley's climax, in which Eve; her husband, Joe Quinn of the Atlanta PD; soldier of fortune Mark Trevor; and Jane, the bait, triumphed over the psychopath who was killing women who looked like Cira? You bet it does, as Trevor turns up in Cambridge, enigmatic but still definitely magnetic, determined to protect Jane from danger due to new developments regarding Cira, "the femme fatale of the ancient world." Seems all kinds of notorious criminals are after Cira's lost gold, but some people have mass murder on their minds. Action, romance, castles, bomb plots and a booby-trapped hideaway in snowbound Idaho—what more could Johansen fans want? Agent, Andrea Cirillo at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. TBR
Countdown by Iris Johansen
From Publishers Weekly
Prolific bestseller Johansen subjects gutsy Jane Maguire to more troubles in her latest thrill ride. Jane, the adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, was threatened by one serial killer in 1999's The Killing Game and another in 2004's Blind Alley, so it's no surprise that she's in danger again. The once troubled adolescent is now a brilliant Harvard student and talented artist who spends her summers at far-off archeological digs in Pompeii and Herculaneum, but she's still haunted by her resemblance to Cira, a woman who lived 2,000 years ago in the latter city. Suddenly she's being ambushed in alleys. Does the attempted kidnapping have something to do with Blind Alley's climax, in which Eve; her husband, Joe Quinn of the Atlanta PD; soldier of fortune Mark Trevor; and Jane, the bait, triumphed over the psychopath who was killing women who looked like Cira? You bet it does, as Trevor turns up in Cambridge, enigmatic but still definitely magnetic, determined to protect Jane from danger due to new developments regarding Cira, "the femme fatale of the ancient world." Seems all kinds of notorious criminals are after Cira's lost gold, but some people have mass murder on their minds. Action, romance, castles, bomb plots and a booby-trapped hideaway in snowbound Idaho—what more could Johansen fans want? Agent, Andrea Cirillo at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. TBR
CdnBlueRose - December 8, 2007 02:28 PM (GMT)
Danes reveal:
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I am currently reading this to review. Here is what is on Amazon. Book Description A shadow haunts the sunny streets of Venice Beach, working his way through all the women and valuables he can handle. So far he's been lucky. But too much of a good thing makes a man careless; he gets sloppy, he lets down his guard. From bizarre arrest to explosive conclusion, Freak is a wild rollercoaster of a ride, featuring impossible escapes, a dizzying manhunt, and a gothic mini-movie of a courtroom confession, wherein you'll meet the real Nicolas Vilenov, slippery opportunist and soulless predator, bogeyman of a thousand suppressed dreams. |
catsalive - December 8, 2007 09:54 PM (GMT)
Lucie's reveal
Forbidden Acts An anthology of stories edited by
Nancy A Collins, Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer
Twenty-four short stories follow themes of human boundaries pushed to the limits, bringing readers into the lives of men and women who dabble in satanic worship, sexual manipulation, and other dark vices.
There is some seriously sick shit in this book! :blush:
Forbidden Acts An anthology of stories edited by
Nancy A Collins, Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer
Twenty-four short stories follow themes of human boundaries pushed to the limits, bringing readers into the lives of men and women who dabble in satanic worship, sexual manipulation, and other dark vices.
There is some seriously sick shit in this book! :blush:
TITurtle1 - December 9, 2007 02:28 AM (GMT)
:D
Ok, so I thought I'd offer up a TBR this time... I wasn't sure if non-fiction was allowed, but I thought this fit the bill... :unsure:
Shadows of Evil by Carlton Smith
Claiming he'd been sent by God to confess, truck driver Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Humbolt County Sheriff's Office and admitted to them that he was a serial killer. After police found a gruesome piece of evidence in Ford's pocket, he told them that he had to be stopped before he killed again, before he murderer his ex-wife, and made his beloved three-year-old son an orphan. Authorities arrested the long-haul trucker and listened in horror to his startling confession...Ford was a long-distance trucker who had traveled fourteen western states. Prowling the highways in his big rig tractor-trailer, he picked up young, vulnerable women and then raped, killed, and dismembered them. He scattered some of their bodies in waterways along the road. He parts of others for over a year in the freezer of his trailer home. Learn the shocking truth in this chilling account of madness, depravity, and murder...
Ok, so I thought I'd offer up a TBR this time... I wasn't sure if non-fiction was allowed, but I thought this fit the bill... :unsure:
Shadows of Evil by Carlton Smith
Claiming he'd been sent by God to confess, truck driver Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Humbolt County Sheriff's Office and admitted to them that he was a serial killer. After police found a gruesome piece of evidence in Ford's pocket, he told them that he had to be stopped before he killed again, before he murderer his ex-wife, and made his beloved three-year-old son an orphan. Authorities arrested the long-haul trucker and listened in horror to his startling confession...Ford was a long-distance trucker who had traveled fourteen western states. Prowling the highways in his big rig tractor-trailer, he picked up young, vulnerable women and then raped, killed, and dismembered them. He scattered some of their bodies in waterways along the road. He parts of others for over a year in the freezer of his trailer home. Learn the shocking truth in this chilling account of madness, depravity, and murder...
CdnBlueRose - December 9, 2007 10:14 PM (GMT)
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Covet by Tara Moss Makedde Vanderwall has done something few women can claim - she survived a terrifying ordeal at the hands of the sadistic Stiletto Murderer. Eighteen months later, she has steeled her nerve to confront him again at his trial. But her worst nightmare comes to life when the killer escapes, aided by an accomplice no one could have suspected. The Stiletto Murderer has only one goal now... to find Mak and finish what he started..... |
Danesnboxers - December 10, 2007 01:51 PM (GMT)
spiderchic's reveal is.........
'Brady, Annabel, Maria, Adrian. Four bright, sexy, nice-looking twenty-somethings leading the high life at other people's expense. Fighting their perpetual apathy with an interesting hobby: abducting and terrifying young women, burying them alive - and calling it 'art'. Except now they seem to have moved their creative base of operations into Crowby. And unless DCI Frank Jacobson and DS Ian Kerr can crack the case in time - Brady and company may soon be graduating to murder.'
'Brady, Annabel, Maria, Adrian. Four bright, sexy, nice-looking twenty-somethings leading the high life at other people's expense. Fighting their perpetual apathy with an interesting hobby: abducting and terrifying young women, burying them alive - and calling it 'art'. Except now they seem to have moved their creative base of operations into Crowby. And unless DCI Frank Jacobson and DS Ian Kerr can crack the case in time - Brady and company may soon be graduating to murder.'
catsalive - December 11, 2007 08:36 AM (GMT)
redhot-brat's reveal:
WallFlower by William Bayer
From Publishers Weekly
Bayer brings back Switch protagonist Frank Janek in this uneven thriller with close parallels to Thomas Harris's Red Dragon. Celebrated NYPD lieutenant Janek is called home from vacation--and a pleasant romantic entanglement--after his goddaughter is found stabbed to death and sexually mutilated in Central Park, the latest victim of a serial killer. Devastated and determined to find the killer, Janek is kept off the case because of his personal involvement and because the matter is now under FBI jurisdiction. He gets around these obstacles by means of his old amorous ties to his boss, Kit Kopta, and the clout of his success in the Switch case.
WallFlower by William Bayer
From Publishers Weekly
Bayer brings back Switch protagonist Frank Janek in this uneven thriller with close parallels to Thomas Harris's Red Dragon. Celebrated NYPD lieutenant Janek is called home from vacation--and a pleasant romantic entanglement--after his goddaughter is found stabbed to death and sexually mutilated in Central Park, the latest victim of a serial killer. Devastated and determined to find the killer, Janek is kept off the case because of his personal involvement and because the matter is now under FBI jurisdiction. He gets around these obstacles by means of his old amorous ties to his boss, Kit Kopta, and the clout of his success in the Switch case.