Friday, October 17, 2008

Bump in the Night by Nora Roberts

Title: Bump in the Night

Author: J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, Mary Kay McComas (4 novellas)

# pages: 393

Date published: 2006

Genre: paranormal romance

Series: The novella written by J.D. Robb is part of her Eve Dallas series

Challenge(s): Shelfari RIT TBR makeover, Fall into Reading


Rating:






(very good)



First Sentence:

Haunted in Death by J.D. Robb:

“Winter could be murderous.”

Poppy’s Coin by Mary Blayney:

“Here Papa, take this. I do not want you to be sad anymore.”

The Passenger by Ruth Ryan Langan:

“Just one more shot, Josh.”

Mellow Lemon Yellow by Mary Kay McComas:

“She didn’t see him enter the room or hear his steps as he walked up the aisle to the coffin.”

Synopsis:

Haunted in Death by J.D. Robb: Eve is called to a murder scene in 2060, but the murder weapon was the same weapon used to kill a woman haunting the building where the victim was found. They have to be connected, but how?


Poppy’s Coin by Mary Blayney: Can a magic coin help a man in 1817 London find the thing he desires above all else?


The Passenger by Ruth Ryan Langan: Grace Marin, a photographer for a well-known news magazine, is trying to get some good shots of the mysterious lights that sometimes hang over Spirit Lake when she witnesses the plane carrying action-adventurer Josh Cramer slam into the surrounding woods. But did he really crash or was it all an illusion?


Mellow Lemon Yellow by Mary Kay McComas: What happens when your childhood imaginary friend shows up in your adult life?


Random Thoughts: All of these stories were quite enjoyable. The perfect spooky, ghostly fare for the month of October.


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