Private Investigator Regan Reilly and her husband Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, find themselves involved in a case that takes them from the beautifully preserved Victorian resort town of Cape May at the southern tip of the Garden State, to the casinos, shops and boardwalks of Atlantic City, to the music hall and restaurants of Asbury Park. Having grown up in Summit, New Jersey, Regan has many old friends and acquaintances who frequent the beautiful sandy beaches that line “The Shore.”
America's Queen of Suspense - Mary Higgins Clark - joins forces with her daughter Carol - bestselling author of the Regan Reilly mysteries - in this fast-paced novel set on a special holiday cruise that sets sail from Miami the day after Christmas. Alvirah Meehan, the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth; recently "hitched" private detective Regan Reilly; and their husbands Willy and Jack, are guests on the Royal Mermaid's maiden voyage, the Santa Cruise. The cruise is Commodore Randolph Weed's gift to a select group of people who in the last year made the world a better place...
Added by: willkei | Karma: 79.89 | Fiction literature | 9 September 2010
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Julie Anne Peters Luna
Peters tells two stories in this groundbreaking novel--one about Regan, and the other about Liam, Regan's transgender brother, who is the son his father expects by day but a young woman, Luna, by night. Fiercely protective of Liam/Luna, Regan has put her life on hold; she worries about her brother's female self being discovered and the family's reaction, and she fears that her brother may someday give in to despair. While Regan wonders if she will ever be able to have a life separate from the needs of her sibling, Liam seriously begins to consider a permanent change.
When originally published in 1971, The Exorcist became not only a bestselling literary phenomenon, but one of the most frightening and controversial novels ever written. (When the author adapted his book to the screen two years later, it then became one of the most terrifying movies ever made.) Blatty fictionalized the alledgeded true story of a child's demonic possession in the 1940s. Of course, it is still jus a book :)
