Reflecting On Domestic Violence
In the last few months domestic violence has been ruled an epidemic. Pick up a paper and there is a story every day about domestic violence ranging from the Baltimore Ravens player Rice and the way the NFL deals with domestic violence to charges of rape by quarterbacks of the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles. These are some of the famous ones but we are made aware of the non famous people’s cases as well. This adult bullying must be stopped. “Reflecting on Domestic Violence” is a book that addresses the issue with solid information to women and men from why it happens, to victims becoming survivors. Makarov uses her personal experiences as well as her expertise as a counselor to give hope to women who have been abused. “Reflecting on Domestic Violence is different from other books on the subject because Makarov uses her own poetry and by women she has encountered to convey the feelings of a victim and becoming a survivor. “Reflecting on Domestic Violence: Understanding the Emotional Aftermath” should be used by men and women as a rallying cry to say “We have no use for abuse.”
Lauren Makarov
Legacy Book Publishing
1883 Lee Road, Winter Park Fl 32789
978193752655, $19.95, www.amazon.com
Keep Quiet
A cover up of a tragic situation that involves Jake Bucman and his sixteen year old son Ryan soon mushrooms out of control to include Jake’s wife who is being considered for a federal judgeship. Scottoline in “Keep Quiet” takes a very simple situation and shows how so many people are affected by one act. She keeps the reader in suspense with many twists and turns to the very end. “Keep Quiet” is a grand tale of human nature as well as a great legal thriller.
Lisa Scottoline
St Martin’s Press
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
9781250010094, $27.99, www.amazon.com
Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot: A Jesse Stone Novel
I liked that in “Blind Spot” readers get to read about the past of Jesse Stone, but that is all. I found the book to be very different in feel and style. Where Parker and Michael Brandman who continued the series wrote with snappy dialogue and a fast pace, Coleman is very detailed and very slow reading. The Parker books have always been fun to read and enjoy but not so this time. Fans of Jesse Stone will be disappointed in “Blind Spot.”
Reed Farrel Coleman
Putnam
c/o Penguin Group USA
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
9780399169458, $26.95, www.amazon.com
Destiny Made Them Brothers
Andrew J. Fenady, who created the show “The Rebel” and the theme song, now tells a fictional story of Johnny Yuma that involves George Armstrong Custer and Ulysses S. Grant during and after the Civil War. Fenady brings the two generals to life with factual material about them that makes the story a lot more interesting. “Destiny Made Them Brothers” is a book to pick up and enjoy for any fan of the TV show “The Rebel,” currently showing Saturday mornings on ME TV.
Andrew J. Fenady
Kensington Publishing Corp
119 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
978075826691, $7.99, www.amazon.com
The Last Kiss Goodbye
For me “The Last Kiss Goodbye” was a snail paced tale that was very boring all the way through. The story sounded interesting of a psychiatrist who deals with serial killers, but there is something wrong from the first line where she encounters a dead man on her couch who just two or three paragraphs later opens his eyes to look at and talk to her. I found the writing to be very confusing and the characters were not believable. “The Last Kiss Goodbye” was very disappointing.
Karen Robards
Ballantine Books
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
9780345535849, $7.99 www.amazon.com
