Review and Giveaway: Hollow Point by Gary Eddings
Title: Compass North
Author: Stephanie Joyce Cole
Published: December 2013
Publisher: Champagne Book Group
Word Count: 81,000
Genre: Women’s Fiction, Romance,
Mystery/Thriller
Content Warning: Minor Violence
Recommended Age: 16+
Synopsis: Meredith slips into a new
identity and a new life in a small town in Alaska, she discovers it’s
not that easy to leave behind the baggage from her past.
Set in the spectacular natural landscape of Southcentral Alaska,
COMPASS NORTH tracks an unexpected journey of personal reinvention.
Set in the spectacular natural landscape of Southcentral Alaska,
COMPASS NORTH tracks an unexpected journey of personal reinvention.
Reeling from the sudden breakup of her
disastrous marriage, Meredith barely escapes a freak accident in
Alaska and is presumed dead. She stumbles into a new identity and a
new life in a quirky small town. As new friendships grow, Meredith
has to learn to trust in herself again.
When a romance with a local fisherman
unexpectedly blossoms, Meredith’s secret jeopardizes her hopes for
future happiness. And someone is searching for her, someone who will
threaten Meredith’s dream of a reinvented life.
About the Author:
Stephanie Joyce Cole lived for many
decades in Alaska before she recently relocated to Seattle, WA, where
she lives with her husband and a predatory but lovable Manx cat. She
has an MFA in Creative Writing, Fiction from the University of
Alaska, Anchorage. Her goal is to write books that are both
thought-provoking and entertaining, and that will carry readers into
an adventure in small-town Alaska.
Title: Mortal Coil
Author: Julie Eberhart Painter
Published: May 2009
Publisher: Champagne Book Group
Word Count: 79,000
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Recommended Age: 14+
Synopsis: When two residents in Ellen
Lange’s nursing home die, Special Investigator Bill Watts is called
to the scene. With the murders linked to others, known as the
Ponytail Crimes, it’s only a matter of time before the killer
strikes again.
Bill is a Southerner; Ellen was raised
in the Midwest. Despite her efforts to remain aloof, Ellen finds
herself falling in love with more than the South…
About the Author:
Julie Eberhart Painter raised in Bucks
Count, Pennsylvania, boyhood home of James A Michener, is the author
of Mortal Coil, Tangled Web, and the 2011 Book of the Year, Kill Fee,
and sequel, Medium Rare from www.champagnebooks.com. Daughters of the
Sea, e-book and print. Julie’s first paranormal romance, and
Morning After Midnight are available from MuseItUp Publishing.
Title: A Burning Truth
Series: A Cady Delafield Mystery # 2
Author: Joyce Proell
Published: February 2014
Publisher: Champagne Book Group
Word Count: 85,000
Genre: Historical Romantic Suspense
Content Warning: Sexual tension, light
violence
Recommended Age: 17+
Synopsis: In 1881, the air in Chicago
is rife with worker discontent, yet business titan Doyle Flanagan is
hopeful for the future. He looks forward to a lifetime of peaceful
bliss with Cady Delafield and leaving the wretched past behind. But
his life is once again thrown into disarray when his office is
vandalized and the night watchman viciously murdered. Clues lead to a
powerful organized labor movement. Targeted in the press as
anti-labor and with a big rally staged next door to his offices,
Doyle must uncover the culprits before his wedding plans and his
livelihood go up in smoke.
Plagued by memories of four brutal
deaths, school director Cady Delafield is determined to drive the
recent tragedies from her mind and enjoy being courted. Although his
commanding personality threatens to overshadow her, Doyle Flanagan is
the most dynamic man she’s ever met. When another tragedy unfolds
placing him at the center, she takes action—action that could
shatter her future dreams.
About the Author:
Joyce grew up in Minnesota and attended
college and grad school in Chicago. After working in mental health as
a clinical social worker, she retired to write full-time. Her first
book, Eliza, was published in 2012. A Burning Truth is the second in
the Cady Delafield series. When she isn’t writing historical
suspense or romance, she loves to travel, winter in Florida, swim,
read and walks almost every day. She loves chocolate almost as much
as crossword puzzles. She and her husband make their home in rural
Minnesota in her very own little house on the prairie.
There is no such thing as an ordinary traffic stop, something Tribal Officer Pat Colson is reminded of when pulling over a dusty old Buick. Before he knows it, shots are flying and he is huddled behind his police cruiser for cover.
In the ensuring investigation, a sizable amount of methamphetamine is discovered in the suspects’ vehicle. Uncut and very potent, the question is where does it come from— the Reservation or elsewhere?
With everyone on the Reservation becoming a suspect, and little information to go on, Colson must act fast to stop the dangerous drug from killing more innocent victims and stop a murderer in his tracks.
I received this book as part of a blog tour to give an honest review.
I love Native American stories, I also like the fact that this was a cop/suspense story. When Tribal officer Colson starts his day of pulling someone over, he learns that this more than just a normal pull the vehicle over. Things start going down hill from there. Office Colson starts investigating drugs that are so potent that it is killing people, but while he is busy trying to keep him self alive and do his job. The drug people have different plans for Colson. I really enjoyed the Native American lore that was written within the story. Colson starts seeing an Eagle and he doesn't truly understand why. Until Grandfather Hawk tells him to listen, and truly listen. There were parts with the Eagle that had me laughing! There is plenty of action, nothing too much. But enough to keep you engage. I do have to say I really liked Grandfather Hawk there was just something about him that had me giggling.
I also enjoyed the way the author described the canoes that were made. I could picture them, and see how beautiful they truly were. Overall a great read if you enjoy cop books.
Excerpt from Hollow
Point by Gary R. Eddings:
It is told that a Great Serpent caused
extreme distress and threatened the Salish people. Chief Kitsap
called down the Double-Headed Eagle from the mountains to fight it.
The two creatures engaged in a horrible battle and the Great Serpent
eventually pulled the Eagle down, presumably to his death, plowing a
huge trench that filled with water and became Agate Pass, separating
the Kitsap Peninsula from Bainbridge Island.
The people mourned. Then the ground shook and the Double-Headed Eagle rose from the water in victory, having killed the Great Serpent. To this day the symbol of the Suquamish is the Double-Headed Eagle, their protector.
That type of power is needed once again for the Tribe.
The people mourned. Then the ground shook and the Double-Headed Eagle rose from the water in victory, having killed the Great Serpent. To this day the symbol of the Suquamish is the Double-Headed Eagle, their protector.
That type of power is needed once again for the Tribe.
I retired as a fire department EMS Division Chief for Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue in 2005. I have been writing seriously since mid-2009, and this is my second novel with Champagne Book Group. I am also a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. I am the father of four and the grandfather of three; a two year old grandson and newly-minted twin girls.
Giveaway Details:
There is a tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:
- Five mystery eBooks from Champagne Book Group. Books will be selected at random from publisher.
- $20 gift card to either Amazon or B&N, courtesy of Joyce Proell
Giveaway is International.
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