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My Soul to Keep
Tananarive Due Manufacturer: Eos ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 006105366X |
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Tananarive Due is intrigued by how unfolding timelines and alternate destinies impinge on people's lives. "How frightening it is," she writes, "when fate is at liberty to take over what will has begun." As in her absorbing first novel, The Between, My Soul to Keep is about what happens when the domestic joy of a middle-class African American family (in this story, he's a jazz scholar, she's a reporter, and they have a 5-year-old daughter) is shattered by supernatural forces and memories of events long past. The story is deeply involving because of the characters' appeal, and suspenseful because the loving husband (who turns out to be a 500-year-old immortal) is so alien, he's utterly unpredictable. The passages recalling the husband's experiences as a slave in the American South in the 1800s are especially gripping. It's a melodramatic approach to dark fantasy, but it works well.Book Description
When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. Soon, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent, mysterious deaths, David makes an unimaginable confession: More than 400 years ago, he and other members of an Ethiopian sect traded their humanity so they would never die, a secret he must protect at any cost. Now, his immortal brethren have decided David must return and leave his family in Miami. Instead, David vows to invoke a forbidden ritual to keep Jessica and his daughter with him forever.Harrowing, engrossing and skillfully rendered, My Soul to Keep traps Jessica between the desperation of immortals who want to rob her of her life and a husband who wants to rob her of her soul. With deft plotting and an unforgettable climax, this tour de force reminiscent of early Anne Rice will win Due a new legion of fans.
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Smart, Sexy and Scary.......2007-09-18
Intense Read, Not My Usual Style.......2007-03-05
When is the movie coming out?!.......2007-02-16
This is..........2007-01-18
Elegant writer, reads like silk and honey.......2006-12-29
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My Soul to Keep
Judith Hawkes Manufacturer: Signet ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0451184149 |
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Start with a leisurely summer in a mountain valley in eastern Tennessee, where gnarled apple trees in the misty morning evoke thoughts of gnomes in sinister fairy tales, and where spirited horses beckon for long trail rides. Throw in a bunch of friendly country dwellers who host enthusiastic barn dances and hint darkly about stills hidden in the woods. Then imagine all of this as experienced through the eyes of a nervous New York City photographer, a divorced woman with her small boy. Sex with a handsome cousin and ample photographic opportunities seem to promise a restful summer for this woman, but when her son starts to hang out with an "imaginary" playmate, things go sour quickly. It's another ghost story from Judith Hawkes--not as brilliantly nuanced and tightly wound as Julian's House, yet just as richly descriptive, and satisfying in a lazy sort of way.Customer Reviews:
AN ALTERNATIVE TO SOMINEX.......2003-02-06
entertaining, but not her best.......2001-09-03
Sleepless nights here.......2001-05-25
A Suspense Story That Seems Real.......2000-12-18
Enjoyable but not great.......1997-08-04
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Can't Keep My Soul from Dancing
Mike Mennard Manufacturer: Review & Herald Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0828017077 |
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Day of the Dead (On My Own Holidays)
Linda Lowery , and Linda Lowery Keep Manufacturer: Carolrhoda Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding Similar Items:
ASIN: 087614914X |
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There are better books available.......2006-11-05
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My Soul To Keep
Elizabeth Davis Manufacturer: Pyramid Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000P1RLX8 |
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My Soul To Keep
Ronee Renee Manufacturer: 1st Books Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1414019912 |
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My Soul to Keep
Davis Bunn Manufacturer: Bethany House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0764204351 Release Date: 2007-09-01 |
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An entrepreneur with nothing more than a dream teams up with an actor just out of prison and a has-been scriptwriter. Is their effort truly inspired or doomed from the start? A true star, Brent had arrived, but a downward spiral ended in a terrible accident and six long years behind bars. Then God finds Brent in prison, and on release he sets himself up with a small business and volunteers with a local theatre group. Celia had thought the inner and outer scars left by the accident were far beyond forgiveness. How could she ever find it in her to absolve Brent simply because he asks? A Christian businessman is challenged with a new venture, but how can he make a film when he doesn't even know where to begin? Thus begins an odyssey bringing some very unlikely people together to do something bigger than any of them could have imagined on their own.Customer Reviews:
entertaining film war .......2007-09-08
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My Soul To Keep
Elizabeth Davis Manufacturer: Pyramid ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K9JKZ2 |
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My Soul to Keep
Jean M. Favors Manufacturer: Avon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NU0RVO |
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My Soul to Keep (An Avon Flare Book)
Jean M. Favors Manufacturer: Flare ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 038077478X |
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One of the best horror novels I've read in awhile.......1999-09-08
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Ancient DNA Typing
Susanne Hummel Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: Accessories:
ASIN: 3540430377 |
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Ancient DNA Typing is a comprehensive manual about the analysis of ancient and degraded DNA. It is an equally useful textbook and working tool for various disciplines such as: Anthropology, Archaeology, Forensic Medicine, Conservation Biology, Environmental Sciences and Food Engineering.
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Chain of Evidence: A True Story of Law Enforcement and One Woman's Bravery
Michael Detroit Manufacturer: Dutton Adult ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0525936718 |
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True Story of Bikers, Drugs, Sheriff's and Women That Reads Like Fiction.......2006-09-22
A look into the 1970's southern calif. Hells Angels 4 1/2 stars.......2006-03-05
One of the most fascinating books I've ever read.......1999-09-02
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CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
Ridley Pearson Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 078688908X |
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Usually, a police procedural compromises some facet of storytelling. Character development must be sacrificed to pacing and plotting, or forensic detail must be displaced by rapid-fire action sequences. But Sergeant Joe Dartelli is a captivating personality enmeshed in a balanced, suspenseful, and intelligently scripted serial murder mystery.What makes this mystery so different is that many of its secrets are held within Dartelli's mind. From the opening pages, Joe is haunted by a supposed suicide case, the mysterious "Ice Man," who he suspects could be linked to his old mentor. Afraid of the truth, Joe struggles to explain away a new suicide while we watch the facts unfold within him. As an added treat, Ridley Pearson displays remarkable computer savvy as Dartelli's old flame, Ginny, hacks her way through to some of the most crucial parts of the puzzle. The author is not afraid to linger on small details--a woman's earrings or the temperature of a corpse--but he rarely overindulges in such description. Rather, he has written an excellent piece of fiction that happens to be a police thriller. Pearson, author of such previous works as No Witnesses, has produced a minor suspense masterpiece in Chain of Evidence. --Patrick O'Kelley
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Usually, a police procedural compromises some facet of storytelling.Character development must be sacrificed to pacing and plotting, or forensic detail must be displaced by rapid-fire action sequences. But Sergeant Joe Dartelli is a captivating personality enmeshed in a balanced, suspenseful, and intelligently scripted serial murder mystery. What makes this mystery so different is that many of its secrets are held within Dartelli's mind.From the opening pages, Joe is haunted by a supposed suicide case, the mysterious "Ice Man," who he suspects could be linked to his old mentor. Afraid of the truth, Joe struggles to explain away a new suicide while we watch the facts unfold within him. As an added treat, Ridley Pearson displays remarkable computer savvy as Dartelli's old flame, Ginny, hacks her way through to some of the most crucial parts of the puzzle. The author is not afraid to linger on small details--a woman's earrings or the temperature of a corpse--but he rarely overindulges in such description. Rather, he has written an excellent piece of fiction that happens to be a police thriller. Pearson, author of such previous works as No Witnesses, has produced a minor suspense masterpiece in Chain of Evidence. --Patrick O'KelleyCustomer Reviews:
Another great find.......2006-02-24
Good Book, gladly recommended........2005-04-22
I hope it was a joke.......2001-06-08
This is not to say don't read it. If you are looking for a way to while away the hours I would say reading Chain of Evidence scores above an evening of watching sitcoms on TV.
I'm sorry, but the characters were made of cardboard. Devices are thrown into the plot just to make it work. Dart, the main character just doesn't seem to have the motivation to do what he does. His relationship with his mentor and possible adversary is hollow. I have to admit that I started marking the book in the margins when things bothered me!
Here is one tiny example. One of the women in his life, Angie, also works for the Hartford Police (as he does). She is divorced with kids. The kids never appear in the book, as they don't have to. But instead of using a plausible excuse for them being absent (and giving Dart and Angie a chance to, ahem, get it on) she ditches them (with the neighbor, it's not really clear). Wouldn't it be more likely that she shares joint custody with her ex and they are spending the time with him? And don't ask me about the non kid friendly loft she lives in.
It's little things like this that make the whole story not ring true. It feels like the author either didn't take time to think things through or perhaps this was the treatment for a screenplay. I could see it made into a movie where Hollywood could gloss over the little details that have to be spelled out in a novel for it to work.
Also, the stereotyping of minorities borders on being offensive.
This is just my opinion. Please do read the novel for entertainment. I guess my expectations are just too high. Who do I read and enjoy? How about Elmore Leonard and Ed McBain?
Now I'm going to see if I can find another Ridley Pearson novel and give it a chance!
Forensic follies.......2001-02-20
Hero cop Joe Dartelli has everything a fiction hero needs - weirdly abusive childhood, the choice of beautiful and brilliant co-worker or beautiful and brilliant ex, ... and an annoying range of physical reactions. In just a couple of pages early on, he:
feels a worming sense of worry twist his gut, feels the constant din of his internal voice nagging, feels his words catch in his throat, his mind reels, the worry burns inside him again, he felt the need to spill his guts, his voice becomes too tight to answer... I kept hoping for someone to put him out of his misery.
The circumstances of the original cover-up aren't that clear, the computer hacking at the end is ludicrously fanciful, and seemingly every location in the book is
described as too dangerous for whites to go after dark, far more so than any book set in NY or LA. In between all this murk, there are also flashes of Mr Pearson's talent as a snappy crime writer. Still, you might want to skip this one, and read Beyond Recognition instead.
Dissappointing.......2000-06-17
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Chain of Evidence (Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry Investigation)
Garry Disher Manufacturer: Soho Crime ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1569474613 |
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Praise for the Hal Challis series:
"Garry Disher is an old favorite of mine, and it's about time American readers got a shot at him."-Scott Phillips, author of Cottonwood and The Ice Harvest
"A first-rate Australian author."- The New York Times Book Review
Inspector Hal Challis has been summoned to Mawson's Bluff, his childhood home in the Australian Outback, where his father is dying. Sergeant Ellen Destry is left to head an investigation into a ring of pedophiles that has descended on the peaceful Mornington Peninsula, a resort community near Melbourne. A little girl has been abducted from the fairgrounds at the annual Waterloo Show; it takes her mother twenty-four hours to report her missing. By then, hope is slim that the police will find the child before it is too late.
Challis' sister's difficult husband disappeared from the Bluff four years ago; since then Meg has received nuisance mail that she assumes comes from him. While Challis is in town, an extra buried body is discovered when a new grave is dug in the local graveyard. A black plastic bag containing the corpse of Meg's husband is found on top of a coffin that was interred four years earlier.
With two very different crimes to solve, Challis and Destry have their work cut out for them.
Garry Disher is the author of more than forty books for children and adults. Two of his mysteries have won the German Crime Fiction Critics Prize. He lives near Melbourne in Australia.
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Chain of Evidence Workbook
Timothy Sweetman , and Adele Sweetman Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0942728866 |
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This workbook leads the reader down the chain of evidence for a case-from first officer at the scene through court. The reader, as an investigator, processes the evidence and follows its appearance through court. He/She learns firsthand what it is like to deal with the political, legal, moral, and real-life issues that define and limit the collection, preservation, and acceptance of evidence into court.
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4 Titles By Pearson - Cut and Run - Parallel Lies - Chain of Evidence - The Body of David Hayes
Ridley Pearson Manufacturer: various ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000MW6L5Y |
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4 massmarket paperback Titles By Pearson - Cut and Run - Parallel Lies - Chain of Evidence - The Body of David Hayes
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Catena Aurea, or a Golden Chain of Evidences Demonstrating from "Analytical Treatment of History," that Papal Infallibility is No Novelty. A Memorial of the Papal Jubilee, June 16, 1871, to Honor the "Annos Petri Completos" of Our Holy Father
Pope Pius the Great. Old Catholic. Manufacturer: Ohio ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000TGUO1A |
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Chain of Evidence
Ridley Pearson Manufacturer: New York: Hyperion, 1995 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O3LZLG |
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Chain of Evidence
Ridley Pearson Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000LNQIHK |
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Chain of Evidence
Ridley Pearson Manufacturer: New York: Hyperion, 1995 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000LVL41C |
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