Deeper than the dead by Tami Hoag

 

A small town in California where bad things hardly ever happen. Tommy and Wendy were heading home with a couple of other boys start chancing them through the park. They aren't running to fast and the end up jumping off a hill and Tommy lands on a dead woman. Wendy starts screaming. Dennis, one of the kids that was chancing them, started touching the woman. 

When the cops were called, Dennis's dad was one of the cops, Frank. Tony and Hicks were there to talk to the two other kids and other cops were taking pictures. The two kids don't know the women and their teacher Anne shows up to help them get home. 

Vince in a FBI profiler. Something new that they are trying out. He gets a call from Tony and asks to go to the small town where the murder was. He thinks he can help them out. He meets Frank and the sheriff Cal. 

The women was part of a group that helps out other women get their life back on track. Meeting Mr. Crane and a few other people that work with the women. Vince doesn't know what to make of Frank letting his son walk off with a finger of the dead women. Frank is also not such a good person. He beats his son and will go after his wife. Maybe, Frank is loosing it some. 

Because there is a women that has disappeared and they are trying to trace all the places she's been. Some things aren't messing out to Vince. He isn't a very heathy person, he had gotten shot in the head. He does start to care for Anne who is the kids teacher. He asks Anne to talk to the kids and hopes that she can get a few questions answered for him. That doesn't quite work out for her when one of the mothers goes off on her. 

This whole town, has some real works of people in it. People getting killed with nothing to prove who did it. The end of the story will surprise you. It was really good. I love the story. Pick up the book for yourself. You won't want to put it down tell you know what happens.  

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

 

Book one of The Raven Cycle series. A mixture of supernatural and mystery. 

Blue Sargent isn't like most girls. To her she considers herself different from the others around her. Her mother, Maura is a physic and keeps warning Blue to stay away from the Raven boys. She keeps telling her mom, that it's not a problem. She isn't crazy about them anyways because they are all rich. Every year, her and her mom sit at an abandon church watching the dead which right off she can't see. This night her and Neeve are there first and while just looking around, Blue sees a ghost of a teenage boy. She asks his name and he says, Gansey. 

Gansey, Adam, Ronan and Noah are at the church and Gansey is listening to a recording he did and he can hear his voice and a girls voice. He's not sure what to make of this. He's been trying to find the ley lines so he can find Glendower. He's some kind of king. He wants to bring him back so he can get some kind of special power. Gansey, doesn't know much about Blue tell they take a trip to see her mother. He has questions and needs to ask a physic for some answers. Once Blue's mother finds out what his name is and the boys that are with him, she becomes quite rude. Which doesn't give them many answers at all.

Mr. Whelks is one of their teachers and what they don't know is he knows all about the ley lines. Noah was with him and he's a ghost now because of it. Things are said, to him one early even about Gansey talking about ley lines and it intrigues him to want to find out more. Snoopy, snoopy, he becomes. 

After meeting Blue, the Rave boys and her begin to start hanging out together. Blue is still remembering something her mother said, about not kissing a boy because she might kill him. Adam likes her and Blue is getting used to Gansey. He can be a little intimidating. Ronan ends up finding a baby raven and starts taking care of it. 

Over all, things start to get a little weird, finding certain things they didn't think they would find and Gansey getting more excited about those new things. He can't wait to meet the king. Mr. Whelks may have another opinion of the whole think. 

You'll have to pick up the book to see what happens. I loved how this book turned out. Tell the next time, pick up a good book you never know you might like it too.

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

 

This book one in a series and I'll say this wasn't a bad start. Elin and her boyfriend are heading to the Hotel Le Sommet in the Swiss Alps. The place used to be a Sanatorium at one time for people with TB. It's very isolated and has been snowing like crazy. What Elin is dealing with seems to bother her in many ways. She hasn't seen her brother Isaac in many years and can't get her youngest brother Sam's death out of her mind. She is a cop on leave in the UK. 

Isaac and Laure are engaged to get married and she hasn't seen her in a very long time as will. It becomes very strange when they first meet. Nice things are said and that's about it. Then, a murder happens and Elin is not sure what to do. She isn't really a cop and she has no say here. When she does talk to the cops, she is told that they won't be able to get up there because there is an avalanche possible and the roads would be blocked. They ask her to do what she can and send them any information she finds. 

There are a lot of secrets going on at the hotel. The owner Lucus and his sister run the place. They don't tell her everything tell she finds out the Lucus's partner Daniel was missing and later on she finds out the he was murdered. There are many things and not having the police being able to get there is making her have fits of anxiety.  She has problems breathing and carries an inhaler. 

When Laure turns up missing in the hotel. Elin starts to wonder who is doing this. Many things really don't start to add up. There is a lot of a mystery and the owners don't seem to want to help her but, they have no choice. 

There aren't many people left at the hotel and keeping everyone safe might be easier if they stick to just certain areas of the hotel. 

I'll tell you this, the killer its who Elin suspects at first. You'll just have to read the book to find out. Its a pretty good thriller, mystery story in itself. I liked it. Short chapters did help move the story forward too. 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

 

This is considered a classic. First published in two parts back in 1868 and 1869, than as a full novel in 1953. Its about the March family but, mostly about the four girls. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Their father is over where the war is and their mom and housekeeper is at the small cottage with the girls. The four girls do what chores they have to then, they can do what they want. Jo, writes stories and the girls play act it out upstairs. They have plenty of fun doing so.

Laurie is a bit older then Jo. Mr. Lawrance is his grandfather and takes care of him. Mr. Brooke is his tooter. The girls didn't notice Laurie tell one day they saw him staring out the window of his room when they were taking their breakfast to these poor people that their mom would check in on.

The girls finally allowed Laurie to join them in their little plays. Him and Jo became good friends. Jo needed to go make friends with his grandfather. Beth was told about the very grand piano in the house which Mr. Lawrance said she could come over and play whenever she wanted. 

Life went on for awhile just fine, tell they got a letter saying that their dad was really sick. Mom needed to make a trip to help and Jo decided to cut her hair tell help get the money. 

While their mom was away, Beth decided to go pay a visit to those people that her mom was helping and ended up getting really, really sick. They were afraid that she might not survive. They finally had to bring their mom home to help get Beth well again. But, she will never be the same again. I hate to spoil this, but she does die later on in the book. 

The story tells of a family and all the things they each goes through. Its about loss, love, respect for their mom and dad. Finding those that they can love and be loved too. Heartfelt stories are the best kind of stories to read. 

I don't want to spoil the story to much. If you haven't read this, I think everyone should if your a young teenager. Its worth every single page. 

Well, you'll have to come back and see what is added next. 

The Invisible life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

 

You first hear about Addie LaRue when she's young. She loves hanging out with her father. She meets an older woman named Estele. She tells Addie about the different Gods and that she should never speak to one at night because he's not a good one. 

This story does have two timelines. It's interesting that Addie has to do certain things just to survive in the world. Stealing what she can to have clothes to wear and be able to eat. It's make you wonder if you'd be able to do what she does. 

After she becomes a certain age, her parents plan to marry her off and it's not what Addie wants. so, she runs away. She heads straight into the woods and begins to pray. Being that its late in the day. The God that answers her isn't a good one. Addie doesn't realize it tell a little bit later, when she makes a deal for her soul. That deal isn't quite what she meant and after it, she makes her way back home and both her parents don't even know who she is. 

Addie is invisible to all the see her and turn away. They may see her while she's with them, but when they walk away they don't remember her. 

That begins to become rough on her for the first few years. That's when Luc starts to show up. That God that made the deal with her. Addie is angry with him and he keeps asking her if she's willing to give up and she says no. It does become a very two sided relationship. 

Then, one day in the present, she meets Henry. Thinking that he will just forget who she is and when that doesn't happen she is shocked. It becomes an interesting relationship. But, there are things they don't know about each other and when they do talk about it. Things become a little weird between them. 

Luc, does show up, sometimes at the wrong times. Tell he gives Addie a ring and tells her to put it on anytime she wants to see him. Most of the time, she doesn't do that. 

Well, I'm not going to tell you how this ends. I was very much enjoying this book. I wasn't surprised by the ending. Just kept hoping that it would have a happy ending. Pick up the book if you want to know how it ends. Its a good book. 

What would you do if no one could remember you? Would you want to just have your life end? What do you think your decision would be? 

Seizure by Kathy Reichs

 

Tory Brennan is Dr. Tempe Brennan's great niece. Her and her viral friends Hi, Shelden and been all went through something that has changed them. Their not really sure what has changed in them but, they know they can do things like how a wolf pack does. 

A few day into their summer break they find out that there was a pirate named Anne Bonnet. She had hidden a treasure chest someone in the area. With some bad new from their parents, they may need to move away for a job. Which isn't something that Tory and her friends need to happen. 

Tory, meets an older gentleman at the club she's at for a formal thing. He gives her some information about his brother. How he's been looking for it for a long time. But, he disappeared. When the decide to take a trip to a museum and check out a map they have. They make the decision to steal it, which is the wrong thing to do. It could get them into huge trouble. 

On a trip into some tunnels, they start to get shot at by someone. Not realizing that they have been followed, they know that its becoming quite dangerous for them. All three of the boys want to stop. Tory doesn't. She knows that they need a way to save their homes. So, she talks them into continuing the search. They are going to find out that others are wanting the treasure even more then them, but for the wrong reasons. Trying to keep all of what their doing away from their parents may just cause them some trouble as will. 

Well, do they find the treasure? Are they going to get killed if they do? What is going to happen if their parents find out? Will they be able to save their homes? 

You'll just have to pick up the book. Its the second book in the Viral series. You might just like it. 

Come back and see what else I read next. 

Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain

 

This is the third book in the thriller series of Archie Sheridan and serial killer Gretchen Lowell. This book is a very fast paste book. Differently a quick read. 

She's still on the run and Archie is sitting in a phyco ward. She and Archie had made a deal that she wouldn't do any more killing and then a body shows up. Archie really can't do much. He's not really a cop right now and his partner Henry Sobol comes to visit him and fills him in on what's going on. They have been watching things concerning Gretchen for awhile. Archie wants her caught again. 

Archie has had problems with his feelings concerning Gretchen and the two times she tried to kill him. He almost didn't survive the last one. He started taking pain killer for quite some time and now he's having to deal with it and his feelings. The doctor he speaks to, keeps asking him if he's ready to leave the hospital. He keeps saying no. 

When one of the girls is killed where he's at. He finally makes the decision to leave. He does hook up with a female reporter named Sarah. She had been wanting to talk to him about things concerning the serial killer and he just keeps putting her off. Tell the day he leaves the hospital and they do some things on there own. Yes, it could cause them to get into a few dangerous spots. 

Archie makes the decision to try and find the kid Jeremy because his sister was murdered. But, things don't quite go the way Archie thinks. 

Well, I'm really just going to leave it there. Yes, the book is really good and I need to pick up the next one. I want to know what's going to happen. Try the series, yes, it's pretty old but she writes so good. You might just like it.