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Book Review: "Silent Screams" by C.E. Lawrence
Genre: Mystery Rating: 4 WaterTowers (Awesome!) Lee Campbell works with the New York Police Department as a profiler. A former practicing psychologist, Lee has recently overcome debilitating depression (over the disappearance of his sister five years ago) to work with NYPD. His friend from college, Detective Chuck Morton, has asked Lee to help profile a particularly…
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May 2010 Thrillers
There are 40 (!!!) new thrillers coming out in May. So many books, so little time. I have just finished “Silent Screams” by C.E. Lawrence and have started “Inside Out” by Barry Eisler due out June 29, 2010. I will be taking some time off reading new books and going back to catch up on…
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"Stress Ball" by Mike Pihlman
Genre: Horror Boss was a stress ball. Unfortunately, Boss also stressed out everyone else. Tom does not like stress. Neither does anyone else. Despite numerous attempts to relieve Boss’s stress, Tom, and the others, were out of ideas. Nothing worked: Pizza and beer lunches ended with stress, jokes ended with stress, experts brought in to discuss stress…
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"Pins and Needles" by Mike Pihlman
Genre: Horror Paul hates his Boss. Boss makes him open the Embroidery store early in the morning, work long hard hours, then close it late at night. He pays little and expects everything. Paul knows what to do. He spends the night rigging the large embroidery machine that Boss will use in the morning to…
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"Wrong Way Email" by Mike Pihlman
Genre: Horror Review time is approaching. Boss sends an email to Director stating that George (same last name as Director) will be let go in a month. George is just not working out. Although he is creative and does his job well, he just does not take sh– from Boss, and Boss hates that. Boss…
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April 2010 Thrillers
There are 25 new Thrillers coming out in April 2010. Happy reading! Check out my review of “Without Mercy” by Lisa Jackson. OMG…..Gayle Lynds has a new books out! WhooHoo….I’ll have to go out and buy that! I looovvve Gayle Lynds. I have “The Fallen” in the queue….maybe I can get to it sooner…see…
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"The Eyes Are the Gateway to the Brain" by Mike Pihlman
George loves technology. Always has. He loves being the first to conceive, design, build, and test the next cool device or piece of software. His designs are useful. Every now and then….one is groundbreaking. Desktop videoconferencing, using a web cam, allows people to call others from their computer and see them. The uses for this technology,…
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Book Review: “Without Mercy” by Lisa Jackson
Genre: Thriller Rating: 4 WaterTowers (Scary place to go to school) “Without Mercy” is an ARC sent to me by Lisa Jackson. It was due in stores March 30, 2010. Jules Farentino is haunted by nightmares of the day her father was murdered. Although the dreams change a bit each time, she is always the…
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"Zero Potential" by Mike Pihlman
It turns out I have several of these “technology / get your boss” stories floating around my yet unexploded brain. Here is another one for your reading “enjoyment”. Genre: Horror Lesson: In electronics the point that is connected to ground is at zero potential. Pete was called into his boss’s office one day. He was…
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"The Breaking Point" by Mike Pihlman
Genre: Horror After years of hard work, Carl’s new life goal became crystal clear. It all started with a visit to his boss’s office to pick up his raise package. Receiving a great written review, Carl expected a good raise. With a wife, 4 kids, a balloon mortgage, and dog, Carl needed the extra cash more now than…
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