Christine's Book Corner

Don't worry about being out after 11 at night in The 11:05 Murders,  a suspense novel by  Brian O'Hare  that will have you guessing who it is that is the murderer up until the very end of the book. Three different murders happen on Tuesday nights around the time 11:05 and the cops are hot on the trail to find out who is committing the crimes.  Clues lead the police to various suspects and soon they consider that these murders may be connected to a rape that happened 12 years ago in a college that resulted in the victim later committing suicide.  With a mysterious call giving Sergeant Stewart hints as to who the murderer is, the cops are sent on a wild goose chase with other cases coming in to find out who is the murderer of the 11:05 murders. The Cover: Before reading the book: It is a very eerie cover.  The clock that is seen in the background gives you the feeling that 11:05 is the key time in everything.  Then man in the picture, standi...

Strike up a match and light a way to How To Set A Fire and Why, a contemporary fiction book by Jesse Ball about a teenage girl named Lucia who has lost everything she has cared for in her life and doesn't really care what happens to her. Lucia's father is dead and her mother is living in a mental hospital, with no memory of who Lucia is.  The only person Lucia has in her life is her aunt, who she lives with.  Lucia is a troubled teen who has been kicked out of schools and is now starting a new one.  She arrives with the idea she isn't going to like anyone and not make any friends.  While trying her best to stay away from everyone in the school, she soon finds out they have an Arson Club and suddenly Lucia has found a group she wants to become a member of.  Lucia is willing to do whatever it takes to become a member of this club, even if it means to burn down a place. The Cover: Before reading the book: I didn't pay much attention to it and though...

Pack your bags and get as far away as you can from The Travelers,  a suspense novel by Chris Pavone where Will Rhodes is made a spy overnight.   Will Rhodes is constantly questioning himself if he's made the right decisions in life, whether it be about his job, which is writing for the magazine, The Travelers, or his marriage, wondering if he married the right woman or if she even loves him.  One night, he is in France working when he is approached by Elle, who isn't at all what she seems.  Before he knows it, he is asked to be a spy by Elle.  Though Will goes back and forth if he should take on this job, he agrees and becomes a spy.  One by one every choice Will makes is worse than the one before and he is sent all over the world by this new spy ring he is apart of.  Will soon find out that everything in his life wasn't what he always thought it was. Looking at the cover, you can sense the suspense that the two main characters are spies, ...