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Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!       I have read a lot of amazing books that I have reviewed here. I decided that to recommend novels to you from my favorite authors, I would gather my reviews together with their reviews linked to their book covers.   (c) Author photo copyright Deborah Feingold  Lisa Gardner is one of the best Crime Thriller authors out there on the shelves today. I have not read a Lisa Gardner series that I did not love. And her unique blend of family drama, suspense, and often horror combines to deliver twisty novels with explosive endings!  Take a break and peruse my reviews. Maybe I will inspire you to discover a new favorite book. Have fun!   Updated May 28, 2020 Detective D.D. Warren Series   Hide The Neighbor Live to Tell Catch Me Fear Nothing FBI Profiler Series   The Killing Hour Gone Say Goodbye Right Behind You Flora Dane Series...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    A mysterious stranger follows a young girl. Her father flees state to state with her for decades to remain one step ahead of their pursuer. And now a young woman, that girl discovers her name is on the news as one of six bodies found in a serial killer's pit of anguish.       Hide is the second novel in Lisa Gardner's Detective D.D. Warren series. It is published by Bantam Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this often tense thriller, we are in pursuit of a serial killer that has left a pit with six dead girls in it. A place of torture and pain, the pit lies underground near a closed mental institution. Detective D.D. Warren and former lover, Bobby Dodge, celebrate his induction into the force as a detective with this latest case. As the investigation continues, they meet Annabelle Granger, whose necklace was found around the next of one of the victi...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   When it comes to suspense what authors do you recommend to other readers? Here is my list of go-to authors: 1.    Mary Higgins Clark-  I was introduced to Clark when I was in high school. The first book I read from her was the Cradle Will Fall. This book was the first to hook me on suspense. I remember being engrossed in it that I was reading it during math class (that really got me in trouble). I look forward to reading this book again as an adult. Mary Higgins Clark recently passed. She will be missed. 2. Tami Hoag-  I have loved the Kovac and Liska crime thrillers from Tami Hoag. Her stories are contained, but she manages to stretch certain plots into other books. Just recently her serial killer, Doc Holiday, was featured in the 1st Victim and the  9th Girl . This lead into  Cold Cold Heart , continuing survivor Dana Nolan's story after days of torture at Holiday'...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!       Every year before my birthday Lisa Gardner releases her latest novel. It has become a tradition to buy the book and save it to read on my birthday weekend. For the last three years, I have been fortunate enough to receive early copies of Gardner's thrillers thanks to Dutton Books and Netgalley. Now it's time to tell you what I thought of this new suspense novel. Was it the icing on my birthday cake? Let's begin...        When You See Me is the latest thriller by Lisa Gardner . It is published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It serves as a sequel book to her popular D.D. Warren and FBI Profiler series of crime novels.   Around every corner lies a dark memory for Flora Dane. Kidnapped as a drunk and foolish teenager, she endured 472 days of terror at the hands of the notorious serial killer, Jacob Ness. Decades later she encounte...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   2019 left me with many 5 star reads.  I have recommended many authors and their works. But un til my final list is revealed, here is the latest installment of my monthly tally.  Follow me from now until December 30 as I add more five star reads and see what books are placing as the highly coveted spot of my Number 1 Book of 2019!   5 Star Reads So Far : October 2019 Update (Novels only. I n alphabetical order with review links attached. Not all books were released in 2019. These are books that I read in 2019. )   A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni   Bird Box by Josh Malerman The Bitter Season by Tami Hoag Black Rab bit Hall by Eve Chase   The Bone Farm by Dean Koontz   The Boy by Tami Hoag Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Hide and Seek by Mary Burton Lock Every Door by Riley Sager     Never Te...