Xepherus Reads

    Happy New Year, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,          When you need a pulse-ponding adrenaline rush, what is better than a thriller series? When Dean Koontz writes a thriller, he writes nail-biting chapters that make you stay up well past your bedtime.    Enter Jane Hawk, an FBI Agent with a loving husband and son. When she discovers her husband dead by suicide, she knows that something is not right. And when her son is threatened by an unknown voice, she finds herself on the run. She is accused of his murder and has been disowned by the FBI. Sending her son into hiding, Hawk embarks on a five-book journey to find the truth and take down those who murdered her husband.   But her husband's killer is one step ahead.   I found Jane Hawk by accident one day scrolling through Audible. I used a credit to listen to The Bone Farm and was hooked. I immediately began to look for more Jane Hawk books and found four books, with one o...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,       Cross Her Heart is written by suspense writer, Melinda Leigh. It is published by Montlake Publishing, an imprint of Amazon. In this first book of a new series, we are introduced to homicide detective Bree Taggert. A survivor of horrific domestic violence, Bree worked hard to become a member of law enforcement. Estranged from her siblings, she tries to include them. Then one day she receives a desperate call from her sister, Erin. Driving to see her sister, Bree is met with the report that Erin has been murdered, possibly by her husband, Justin.    Teaming up with local authorities, Bree unofficially begins to investigate her sister's murder. With the help of Justin's former partner on the police force, Matt Flynn, Bree unravels the life of Erin. It is a life that eerily mirrors that of their mother, killed by their father when they were young. But the truth of Erin's death is...

  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,       The Forbidden Door is written by Dean Koontz. It is published by Bantam Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Publishing. In this fourth installment of the widely popular crime thriller series, Jane Hawk is left with a disturbing scenario. After she survives her deadly battle with Booth Hendrickson on the crooked staircase, she is informed by her son, Travis, that his guardians-in-hiding have not returned. Fearing them dead, Jane makes the long journey to Borrego Springs, California,  to her son. But the deadly cabal known as the Techno Arcadians has targeted not only her son but her deceased husband's parents.    With Arcadian agents dispatched in a wide-sweeping search, Jane calls in several favors from old friends. Luther Tillman and Bernie Riggowitz. With the help of forgers and an illegal chop-shop, Jane embarks on a rescue mission to save her son. But t...