Xepherus Reads

    Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    Now that all episodes of  Daisy Jones & the Six  are available on Amazon Prime, more music has been released.    You can catch new songs on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify , and other places you find music. Released: A Special Gift for Our Fans- Look at Now (with lyrics) Aurora (Saturday Night Live performance) It Was Always You (Daisy Jones)     This is going to be quite the rollercoaster of an ending!  Let me know in the comments how you are enjoying the series so far.         Also please follow me on my  social media platforms  and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and Mercari.      SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS AT LINKTREE     Because there is always time to read,   Xepherus3   All written content (c) Copyright 2023 by Thomas Bahr II Press poster (c) Amazon and the publisher  

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,      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 whose search for his missing daughter, Paige, ends unexpectedly. Simon receives a tip that she is playing guitar for tips in Manhattan's Central Park. He decides to try to convince his daughter to come home and the reunion does not go his way. After having a fight with Paige's boyfriend, Aaron Corval, a viral video is released painting Simon as an aggressor trying to hurt the homeless. Paige disappears once more and Simon's reputation is in tatters.   Several months later, after hiring an attorney and rebuilding his reputation, Simon continues his search. Meanwhile, in Chicago, a man hires private investigator Elena Ramirez to track down his son, Henry, who has been missing for three days. Elena accepts the case and...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,        The Woman in Cabin 10 is Ruth Ware's second novel. It is published by Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. In this twisty tale of suspense, we are introduced to a travel journalist, Laura "Lo" Blacklock. She is set to attend the maiden voyage of a small luxury liner, the Aurora Borealis, in her boss' stead. The trip could not come at a better time, since Lo has recently been burglarized and injured. She does not feel safe in her apartment. Even staying at her boyfriend Judah's home does not work out so well. What she needs is time away. And a cruise is the perfect escape.   Once on board, Lo is feeling better as she takes in the small ship's opulent decor. The crew is friendly and very helpful, adding to her ease. Claustrophobic, Lo dreads her cabin but is pleasantly surprised by the room's size and the view from the cabin's ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   The Dollmaker is book two in Mary Burton's Forgotten Files series of romantic thrillers. With each book of the series focusing on one of the ensemble cast, the Dollmaker brings Agent Dakota Sharp (from the Shark ) to the forefront. Several years ago, Sharp's sister was found dead of a drug overdose after disappearing from a college Halloween party that she and her friends attended as dolls. Her friends Diane, Elena, and Tessa were shocked by her death since Kara was not known to do drugs. But when another woman is found years later dressed as a doll, also dead from a drug overdose, Sharp is not liking the similarities. This latest victim is a bit different. In addition to her doll clothing her face and parts of her body are tattooed to look like a porcelain doll. With work this intricate, the victim had to have been with her abductor for a long time.    When Dakota is reunited with Tessa, now his estranged wife, he works...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,     The Night Window is written by Dean Koontz, and it is published by Bantam Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this final installment of the widely popular thriller series, Jane Hawk is closer to her goal and ready to strike. Jane is visited by a hacker friend from the FBI. He has managed to gain access to enough damaging information to deal a considerable hit to the Techno Arcadians' plans. With her son, Travis, safe with friends, she embarks on a journey to destroy the secret society once and for all.  But agents are tracking them in a game of cat and mouse with devastating casualties.  Meanwhile, outside of the home where her son now resides a small-time criminal with big connections watches. And he knows that Travis is Jane Hawk's son.   Miles away in Colorado, film director Thomas Buckle has been chosen by the Techno Arcadians for execution.  His ideals and positive mess...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    March saw a lot of research and editing for my  debut novel . And I was immersed in the Daisy Jones & the Six Amazon series. Time well-spent. However, I want to get back to reading some books .      Here are my reading aspirations for April: All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh Written in Bone by Sue Black The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz    Have fun reading this month. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading. I love hearing about everyone's TBRs.      Let me know in the comments below what you are reading.        Also please follow me on my  social media platforms  and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and Mercari.      SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS AT LINKTREE     Because there is always time to read,   Xepherus3   All written ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,          Look alive Twenty-Five is Janet Evanovich's twenty-ninth Stephanie Plum adventure. It is published by Putnam Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In it, we are introduced to the Red River Deli. Its hygiene is debatable, its turkey is green at times, and the  daily  oregano   shipment may not be oregano. The owner, Ernie Sitz, skipped out on a racketeering charge leaving the deli in the ownership of Stephanie Plum's Cousin Vinnie. Vinnie puts Stephanie in charge of the deli to keep it running and he does not lose his new investment. But there is a catch... every manager of the deli has disappeared, leaving behind one shoe. While Stephanie runs the deli she is also to investigate what happened to the previous managers.   Things get out of hand at the deli and the establishment becomes a viral hit online. With business doing better than it has in years, the investigation grows even...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,       When  I Was You is written by Minka Kent and is published by Thomas & Mercer, an Amazon imprint. In this crazy ride of a book, we are introduced to Brienne Dougray. After being brutally attacked outside of her office one night, she has since become a recluse in her family's sprawling home. Her only contact is with the next-door neighbor, Enid.  Then one day Brienne receives an envelope with her name on it. Inside is a key and a welcome letter from the Harcourt Apartments. When she inquires as to why the key was sent, she is told that she had been at the Harcourt previously finalizing her new living space. One problem. Brienne has never been to the Harcourt.     When she arrives at the Harcourt, she enters the apartment assigned to her name. Inside she discovers another Brienne Dougray. The woman dresses and acts just like her. How can this be? Is Brienne imagining this? Has her attack som...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    The last two episodes of  Daisy Jones & the Six  will be available tonight on Amazon Prime (in the US) at 7pm.    It's hard to believe it's finished. I have loved the adaptation and its interpretation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel. Releasing tonight: Track 9: Feels Like the First Time Track 10: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide   Also to be released on digital music platforms are the next two episode EPs featuring more music from the series.    This is going to be quite the rollercoaster of an ending!  Let me know in the comments how you are enjoying the series so far.         Also please follow me on my  social media platforms  and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and Mercari.      SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS AT LINKTREE     Because there is always time to read,   Xepherus3   All written content (c) Copyright 2023 by Thomas Bahr II P...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,       Turn of the Key is Ruth Ware's fifth thriller. It is published by Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this latest tale of secrets and murder, we are introduced to Rowan Caine. She is a "super nanny" with an impressive resume in private childcare. She decides to leave her daycare job and return to private childcare. Answering an advertisement from a wealthy family in need of a nanny for their four children, Rowan is headed to Scotland to Heatherbrae House to meet the Elincourts. She gets the position, which turns out to be a nightmare. Her new job ends in the death of one of the children, and Rowan is incarcerated in a women's prison in Scotland.   As Rowan sits in her cell, she begins to write several letters to a lawyer that has managed to exonerate several hopeless cases. With a lot of evidence stacked against her, she unpacks her days at Heatherbrae House to the lawyer on paper. She tells...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   The Shark is written by Mary Burton and is the first novel in her Forgotten Files series. It is published by Thomas and Mercer, an Amazon imprint. In this tense thriller, we are introduced to the Shark, an aging serial killer who uses games of chance to find his victims. Many years ago a young socialite, Riley Tatum, escaped her abusive stepfather only to be drugged and delivered to one of the Shark's games. The stakes were simple: if the Shark won, the girl dies. If his opponent won, the girl lives. On that day the Shark lost and the girl survived, leaving the madman forever regretful.  Now a member of law enforcement, Trooper Riley Tatum has escaped her demons.    But after a decade of silence the Shark returns, and so does the body count. Riley is on edge as her past begins to seep into her present. With the aid of Agent Dakota Sharp, Riley tries to piece together the fuzzy memories from her decade-old abduction....