Hooked From the First Page

The Paradise Prophecy by Robert Browne

jadewalker — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:41:24 +0000

Before they met, he knew nothing of the book, or the story surrounding it.

The King of Diamonds by Simon Tolkien

jadewalker — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:40:01 +0000

“And so, Mr. Swain, everybody might be guilty of this crime. Everybody except you? Is that right?”

Fatal Induction by Bernadette Pajer

jadewalker — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:32:44 +0000

The first indication that Professor Benjamin Bradshaw’s life was about to plunge again into chaos appeared in the form of a flatulent horse eating Mrs. Prouty’s broad beans over the garden fence, its huge teeth tugging greedily at the vines.

Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman

jadewalker — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:05:27 +0000

In retrospect, it would have been better if my wife had let me stay home to see “Meet the Press” instead of making me schlep across town to watch Jim Wallace die.

The End of Money by David Wolman

jadewalker — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:03:33 +0000

On Christmas Eve 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab began the journey he thought would take him from this world into the next, and into the awaiting embrace of six dozen virgins. He carried nothing more than a small duffle bag and, in his underwear, the ingredients for plastic explosives. If not for some fumbling on the part of the aspiring bomber and the reflexes of a few passengers and the crew, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 would have exploded somewhere over Watford, Ontario.

Six Years by Harlan Coben

jadewalker — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:02:30 +0000

I sat in the back pew and watched the only woman I would ever love marry another man.

A Good Death by Christopher R. Cox

jadewalker — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:12:15 +0000

Somewhere between the airport and downtown, in the steamy, sinking warren of Bangkok’s broken streets and stinking canals, my taxi driver began complaining. Loudly.

The Lost Artist by Gail Lukasik

jadewalker — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:11:12 +0000

The empty grave changed everything.

Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond by Florence Henderson

jadewalker — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:49:11 +0000

“Meet me at Route 2 and Darby Lane by the blue mailbox. I can’t be with my family anymore. I’ll be there waiting for you. Please take me away with you.”

Brooklyn Bones by Triss Stein

jadewalker — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:47:56 +0000

It began with a sobbing phone call from my daughter, the kind of call every parent dreads. All I made out was that something terrible had happened; she was terrified, would never get over it. It was all my fault.