Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Killing Club
Author
Malone, Michael
Title
The killing club / Marcie Walsh ; with Michael Malone
Edition
1st ed
Publisher
New York : Hyperion, c2005
Description
278 p. ; 22 cm
Note
Novel attributed to ficticious soap opera character
Based on a story by Josh Griffith
Subject
Societies and clubs -- Fiction
Women detectives -- Fiction
Serial murders -- Fiction
Mystery fiction.
Alt author
Walsh, Marcie
ISBN
1401301568
Book Jacket
A suspenseful novel crackling with murder, love, and betrayal -- introducing the smart young detective Jamie Ferrara.
In this One Life to Live tie-in novel, Jamie Ferrara is a spunky, attractive detective engaged to Rod Wolenski, the Chief of Detectives and her boss, and still living with her retired cop father and spacey rock guitarist brother. When a dear old friend dies in a grotesque holiday accident, Jamie is pulled into a homicide investigation in her small New Jersey hometown, and reunited with the friends and secrets she left behind. There's Barclay, now a rich womanizing developer; Pudge, a funny man who owns a local restaurant; Amanda, a gorgeous and promiscuous young widow; and Garth McBride, the boy who broke Jamie's heart. At the funeral Pudge reminds Jamie that the death was mysteriously similar to the murder dreamed up a decade ago by their secret "killing club," formed when they were high school misfits who spent their free time thinking up ingenious ways to murder the people they despised.
Seeking the truth about her friend's death, Jamie finds more questions than answers. As she battles her superiors, who tell her the similarity is a mere coincidence, and her own conscience -- as she's not clear which friends to trust -- she discovers that her heart is once again tugged by her feelings for Garth and that the evidence might be leading her to the most horrific truth imaginable.
The Killing Club is a suspenseful page-turner that will leave readers riveted -- and hungry for more.
Liberty Falling
Author
Barr, Nevada
Title
Liberty falling [sound recording] / by Nevada Barr
Edition
Unabridged
Publisher
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1999
Description
9 sound cassettes (720 min.) : analog
Format
Cassette
Note
Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
Subject
Pigeon, Anna (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Women park rangers -- Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- Fiction
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- Fiction
Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction
Audiocassettes
Mystery fiction.
Alt author
Rosenblat, Barbara
ISBN
0788734652
Music #
95649 Recorded Books
Library Journal Review
Park ranger Anna Pigeon heads east to New York City to be with her dangerously ill sister. She bunks with a Park Service buddy at Liberty Island, where the majestic statue and the abandoned buildings of Ellis Island are a backdrop to a series of unexplained and tragic events. Anna's intense curiosity and her sympathy for the victims lead her to investigate two untimely deaths of "jumpers" and bring her to the attention of unsavory villains. As her sister slowly recovers, Anna makes peace with an old boyfriend, soon to be her brother-in-law, and puts together the disparate clues that bring her to the violent climax. Barbara Rosenblat is comfortable with the role of Anna, and her interpretations of the other characters is equally flawless. Expect an interesting look at our favorite monument, a puzzling mystery, and an accomplished reader. Recommended.
Juleigh Muirhead Clark, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Lib., Williamsburg, VA
Barr, Nevada
Title
Liberty falling [sound recording] / by Nevada Barr
Edition
Unabridged
Publisher
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1999
Description
9 sound cassettes (720 min.) : analog
Format
Cassette
Note
Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
Subject
Pigeon, Anna (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Women park rangers -- Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- Fiction
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- Fiction
Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction
Audiocassettes
Mystery fiction.
Alt author
Rosenblat, Barbara
ISBN
0788734652
Music #
95649 Recorded Books
Library Journal Review
Park ranger Anna Pigeon heads east to New York City to be with her dangerously ill sister. She bunks with a Park Service buddy at Liberty Island, where the majestic statue and the abandoned buildings of Ellis Island are a backdrop to a series of unexplained and tragic events. Anna's intense curiosity and her sympathy for the victims lead her to investigate two untimely deaths of "jumpers" and bring her to the attention of unsavory villains. As her sister slowly recovers, Anna makes peace with an old boyfriend, soon to be her brother-in-law, and puts together the disparate clues that bring her to the violent climax. Barbara Rosenblat is comfortable with the role of Anna, and her interpretations of the other characters is equally flawless. Expect an interesting look at our favorite monument, a puzzling mystery, and an accomplished reader. Recommended.
Juleigh Muirhead Clark, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Lib., Williamsburg, VA
