Once upon a time there were a brother and sister named Gretchen and Jon. They lived with their cruel stepmother at the edge of the woods. The wicked stepmother not only made them work very hard, but she also made them very little food. Gretchen and Jon decided to run away. The cruel stepmother was really a witch and she cast a spell on the children, that if they drank from a stream or brook they would turn into an animal. As fate would have it, Jon drank from a stream and was transformed into a deer immediately.
Three years ago a young boy died in tragic and mysterious circumstances, collapsing inexplicably right in front of his horrified parents. Since then, the family has fallen apart, and the boy’s father has gone off the rails. Then, one day, he recieves a very spooky email: ‘I know what happened to your child…’ Does the author really possess such vital information, or is it all just a cruel hoax? There’s only one way for the bereaved father to find out. But while the email-writer my well have the knowledge she claims, her motives for getting involved are far darker and more complicated than they at first appear…
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 9 January 2012
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The Cruel Stars of the Night
In Swedish author Eriksson's fine second ensemble procedural (after 2006's The Princess of Burundi), members of the Uppsala Violent Crime Division try to connect the dots linking the separate murders of two old men and the disappearance of a third. Eriksson eschews crackling dialogue and facile descriptions in favor of longer, slower developing profiles of the principal men and women of the police unit: Ann Lindell, Ola Haver, Sammy Nilsson, Allan Fredricksson and others. Their investigation proceeds in parallel with the story of Laura Hindersten, daughter of the missing man. Eriksson balances these stories nicely as the detectives reach for clues.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 19 August 2011
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Girl in the Mirror
Charlotte Godowski was used to the horrified stares she received from strangers. She'd learned to accept her facial deformity, until one cruel incident compelled her to have the surgery that changed her life forever.
The Darling children's amazing adventure begins when Peter Pan flies into their nursery and whisks them off to his Neverland. There they meet Peter's friends, the Lost Boys. But James Hook, the cruel captain of the pirates, soon captures them. Can Peter Pan save them before Captain Hook makes them walk the plank?
