Book A week: Week 19

Last week, I finished the book, "Still Life" by Val McDermid. 

I love the cold case getting resolved. 

the story begins with a dead body caught by the fishermen, from Scotland. The evidence prove, he didn't drown. So, it becomes a murder case. Police found that the body belongs to a French citizen. When they found the dead man's real name, the case became more interesting. He was the brother of a man who disappeared without a trace from Scotland ten years before. 

Now, the case is more interesting. With possibility of political embarrassment, the case was assigned to DCI Karen Perie. 

Finally, Ms.Perie finds out the truth. It is really stunning! Love the style of narration. 

I used to skip some lines while reading novels. This one demands my full attention. 

Will I read another from Karen Perie series???

Yes, I will try for sure!

Bindu

Book a week: week18

This week I am posting about "The Go-Giver  A Little story about a powerful Business Idea". Not a thriller like previous ones. 

Bob Burg tells us about why the "go getter" attitude is not going to let us where we want to be. This book will give us the five principles of how to be "giver" and to receive gracefully.

What are we giving? It is not giving out money or food or things like that. You give your best self to others and serve them. In a nutshell, give more than what you receive in value while receiving from others gracefully.

The book is written in a story narrative kind of. So, not actually a self help kind of usual book. The story helps to let us keep reading and grasp the points better. 

Will it work in your life? I am not sure though. But, if you want to try giving more in value for the pay you receive,When you start giving more value to what you actually paid for, you will find a difference in your attitude and happiness. 

It is a really fun book to read. I have written 18 blog posts about my reading so far. I can also create my own graphics for the blog. isn't kind of cool?

 

Bindu

Book a week: Book 17

I am not sure, I still have to call it Book a week. 

I finished the book "Snow" by John Banville. I share the books on Instagram as well. 

It is fund to make new graphics to showcase my books. 

Okay, now about the book "Snow"

That was a fun graphic to create a Sunday!

Victim is Father Lawless, a catholic priest. His body  ended up in the library of  the Osborn family. The body is adjusted. The blood is wiped away. 

Now it the job of Detective Stratford to find out what happened. No one in the family heard of anything. Then, Stratford's assistant is gone missing too. 

The Catholic church is not interested in finding the truth. So we are left to wonder why!

The priest had a past: untold stories. When the detective finally finds his assistant's body, he almost got a clue about who might have killed the priest. But, is that one is the actual killer??

The last chapter surprisingly reveals the real killer. 

Life will go on. Do you want justice to be served? Is it done well in this story?

Read and find on your own!!!! 

 

Bindu

Book A week: Week 15

Last week I fnished the book, "A week to Midnight" by David Baldacci. I didn't know it was second in Atley Pine series. 

I loved the beginning and thought to give it a try. 

 The beginning is a bit confusing. Agent Pine beating the crap out of a pedophile, her supervisor let her to go and find who is responsible for the disappearance of her sister Mercy.

When her investigation regarding Mercy was going on, the story turns around. there were several other murders happening in the small town. When Pine solved the case and still cannot find the key information about Mercy's disappearance, I did a Google search. That is when I understood that it is part of a series. 

Now, am I going to find the next one and read it???? Good question: not right away. It has to wait. The writing style is not that great.  

There are some flows: especially the way FBI handles their agents! Why Pine was not given any punishment for beating the pedophile? It can be justified, yet, not believable. That is the fault of the author. 

Bindu

A Book A week: Week14

This time it is another book from John Grisham. After Camino Island,  I can't resist another novel with the same background. 

This time, it is a murder mystery. When the hurricane hit the islands, and destroyed everything, few people stayed on the island. When the winds are gone and water receded, they started assessing the damages. 

Now, there is a famous writer, who is dead during the time. A closer examination of his friends revealed it is a murder. Who killed a writer? What happened to his newest novel he claimed to be finished?

Searching for the truth, Bruce hired a security firm. As a result, he got a girl killed. 

Story unravels in surprising ways. Finally they found the manuscript, along with the reason for the murder. But, finding the killer was hard. 

At the end, justice is served. A beautiful thriller to keep you turn the pages. 

Bindu

PS: I think, I have finished more than one book last week.

PPS: I shared last weeks book on Instagram and Alka Joshi messaged me about the next book😀.