Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Thrillers have been my favorite genre for decades. Sooner or later my older purchases get buried among the new, shiny books. I finally read this suspenseful novel a few years ago and  I was very happy that I chose to read it   Fool Me Once is written by Harlan Coben, and it is published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this tense and often nail-biting thriller we are introduced to Military Captain Maya Stern. Stern has just lost her husband to murder, and the family of Joe Burkett just wants what's best for Maya and Joe's two-year-old daughter, Lily. Her nanny is even the daughter of Joe's nanny. The Burketts wealth is evident in Maya's life right down to her beautiful home. But Maya wishes only to mourn Joe and take care of Lily when she is not working. Maya does not like the "rich thing", and cares nothing for the Burkett fortune, even signing a prenuptial agreement. ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    January 2020 started out hopeful. We even had a decent February and beginning to our March. Then, our lives changed for the better part of a year. I stayed in quite a lot and in doing so, I began to rapidly start to finish the novel I have been writing. Isolation and the ability to work solely on my book gave the venture a new purpose. I developed my characters further and extended the story outward.  Now I am going through my 400 plus page manuscript and fine-tuning the narrative.    They say the next step of any avid reader is to become an author.    I look forward to having the world read my work. I am not a patient person, but with this, I have to be. More news to come.   I will be adding past reviews in my Book Review Rewind series. This will give new readers a chance to view my reviews. I am also reading, which will give you all new reviews.       Have fun reading this ...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Fool Me Once and  Run Away  were two novels that I could not put down. I became an instant fan of Harlan Coben's writing style, and his ability to tell stories that delivered shocking finales. I decided to seek out more of his novels, and I am happy that I did. Once again I close another Coben novel extremely satisfied.    Don't Let Go is released by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this Harlan Coben thriller, we are introduced to Detective Napolean Dumas. For the past fifteen years, he has sought answers to the sudden disappearance of his high school sweetheart, Maura Wells. At the same time his brother, Leo, and Leo's girlfriend were found dead. Many years of questions have circulated Dumas' life and there was always a feeling that something was not quite right. Then a police officer is found dead and the car his...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!       Run Awa y  was a favorite read of mine in 2019. I loved the mystery and the shocking finale. In that intense thriller, I was introduced to Simon Greene and his quest to find his daughter, who had gone missing. Along the way, he encountered fierce lawyer, Hester Crimstein. In her seventies, Hester is a non-stop juggernaut of a personality with a nationally aired television show. I had wondered what she had done while separated from Simon. In the Boy from the Woods, we find out.                                          The Boy from the Woods is published by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of the Hatchett Book Group. In this story that happens simultaneously with Run Away, we find Hester Crimstein is separated from her client, Simon...

      Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     The crime thriller is my favorite genre to enjoy. I have made my way through many amazing reads, but one author has stood out to me since 2018: Harlan Coben. I was thoroughly impressed by his grasp of mystery and suspense. In 2019 I was given the privilege of reading one of Coben's thrillers early thanks to Harlan Coben, Netgalley, and Hachette Book Group. What I discovered was a mystery that I was reading well into the night to solve the puzzle.    Run Away is written by Harlan Coben and is published by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. In this taut and exciting novel, we are introduced to Simon Greene, a loving father of three and husband to pediatrician, Dr. Ingrid Greene. His youngest, Anya, lives with the Greenes, while middle child, Sam, attends college a few states away. But it is his oldest, Paige, that has Simon at the end of a desperate rope. Paige has disapp...